[A blessed fellowship my soul has found] (Ackley)

[A blessed fellowship my soul has found] (Ackley)

Composer: A. H. Ackley
Published in 4 hymnals


Composer: 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 >

Tune Information

Title: [A blessed fellowship my soul has found] (Ackley)
Composer: A. H. Ackley
Incipit: 51721 56177 52132
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Copyright, 1939, by The Rodeheaver Co. International Copyright Secured.

Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • Gospel Stylings for the Modern Organist: The Ackley Gospel Collection
    Composer/Editors Ralph Sunden; William McMains
    Published By: Pointer Publications, Inc. (1970) pp. 29
  • Sacred Songs for Organ No. 3: Registrations for Hammond and Pipe Organ
    Composer/Editor Peter Slack
    Published By: The Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company (1965) pp. 33

Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)

Christian Service Songs #250

Audio

Favorites Number 4 #35

Old Fashioned Revival Hour Songs #46

Rodeheaver's Gospel Solos and Duets No. 4 #47

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