Alone With Jesus

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O to be alone with Jesus

Author: A. H. Ackley
Tune: [O to be alone with Jesus!]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 O to be alone with Jesus!
In His presence I would be,
When I hear the trump of heaven
Usher in eternity.

Chorus:
O to be alone with Jesus,
From all sin and care set free,
There is where His love is sweetest,
There is where He's nearest me.

2 O to be alone with Jesus!
Is to bid my foes depart,
While the overflowing fulness
Of His spirit fills my heart. [Chorus]

3 O to be alone with Jesus!
Is to live on higher ground,
Burdened with a love for sinners,
Which alone in Christ is found. [Chorus]

Source: The New Wonderful Songs for Work and Worship #183

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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 >

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First Line:	O to be alone with Jesus
Title:	Alone With Jesus
Author:	A. H. Ackley
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	O to be alone with Jesus
Publication Date:	1914
Copyright:	This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1929.