His Dearest Name

God has a Son with the dearest name

Author: A. H. Ackley
Tune: [God has a Son with the dearest name]
Published in 1 hymnal

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Author: A. H. Ackley

Alfred Henry Ackley was born 21 January 1887 in Spring Hill, Pennsylvania. He was the youngest son of Stanley Frank Ackley and the younger brother of B. D. Ackley. His father taught him music and he also studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He graduated from Westminster Theological Seminary in Maryland and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1914. He served churches in Pennsylvania and California. He also worked with the Billy Sunday and Homer Rodeheaver evangelist team and for Homer Rodeheaver's publishing company. He wrote around 1500 hymns. He died 3 July 1960 in Los Angeles. Dianne Shapiro (from ackleygenealogy.com by Ed Ackley and Allen C. Ackley) Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: God has a Son with the dearest name
Title: His Dearest Name
Author: A. H. Ackley
Language: English
Refrain First Line: No other name is so precious and sweet
Publication Date: 1956
Copyright: This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1956.

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