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[I’ll tell to all that God is love]

Appears in 16 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Bentley DeForest Ackley Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 51176 65512 17661 Used With Text: I'll Tell To All That God Is Love

Till the Whole World Knows

Author: Rev. A. H. Ackley Appears in 25 hymnals First Line: I'll tell to all that God is love Topics: Devotional Songs Used With Tune: [I'll tell to all that God is love] (Ackley)

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I'll Tell To All That God Is Love

Author: Alfred Henry Ackley Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #8434 First Line: I’ll tell to all that God is love Refrain First Line: Till the whole world knows Lyrics: 1 I’ll tell to all that God is love; For the world has never known The great compassion of His heart For the wayward and the lone. Refrain: Till the whole world knows, Till the whole world knows, I will shout and sing of Christ my king, Till the whole world knows. 2 I’ll tell of mercy’s boundless tide, Like the waters of the sea, That covers every sin of man; ’Tis salvation full and free. [Refrain] 3 I’ll tell of grace that keeps the soul, Of abiding peace within, Of faith that overcomes the world, With its tumult and its din. [Refrain] 4 Eternal glory is the goal That awaits the sons of light; Eternal darkness, black as death, For the children of the night. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [I’ll tell to all that God is love]

I'll Tell to All That God Is Love

Author: Alfred H. Ackley Hymnal: Hymns for the Living Church #491 (1974) Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Refrain First Line: Till the whole world knows Lyrics: 1 I'll tell to all that God is love; For the world has never known The great compassion of His heart For the wayward and the lone. Refrain: Till the whole world knows, Till the whole world knows, I will shout and sing of Christ my King, Till the whole world knows. 2 I'll tell of mercy's boundless tide, Like the waters of the sea, That covers every sin of man; 'Tis salvation full and free. (Refrain) 3 I'll tell of grace that keeps the soul, Of abiding peace within, Of faith that overcomes the world, With its tumult and its din. (Refrain) 4 Eternal glory is the goal That awaits the sons of light; Eternal darkness, black as death, For the children of the night. (Refrain) Topics: Christ Cross of Scripture: Mark 14:9 Languages: English Tune Title: TILL THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS

Till the Whole World Knows

Author: Rev. A. H. Ackley Hymnal: The Gospel in Song #35 (1929) First Line: I'll tell to all that God is love Languages: English Tune Title: [I'll tell to all that God is love]

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A. H. Ackley

1887 - 1960 Person Name: Rev. A. H. Ackley Author of "Till the Whole World Knows" in Golden Bells 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)

B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Person Name: Bentley D. Ackley Composer of "TILL THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS" in Hymns for the Living Church Bentley DeForrest Ackley was born 27 September 1872 in Spring Hill, Pennsylvania. He was the oldest son of Stanley Frank Ackley and the brother of A. H. Ackley. In his early years, he traveled with his father and his father's band. He learned to play several musical instruments. By the age of 16, after the family had moved to New York, he began to play the organ for churches. He married Bessie Hill Morley on 20 December 1893. In 1907 he joined the Billy Sunday and Homer Rodeheaver evangelist team as secretary/pianist. He worked for and traveled with the Billy Sunday organization for 8 years. He also worked as an editor for the Homer Rodeheaver publishing company. He composed more than 3000 tunes. He died 3 September 1958 in Winona Hills, Indiana at the age of 85 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Indiana, near his friend Homer Rodeheaver. Dianne Shapiro (from ackleyfamilygenealogy.com by Ed Ackley and Allen C. Ackley)