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When I was sick with sin and care

Author: A. H. Ackley
Tune: [When I was sick with sin and care]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 When I was sick with sin and care,
The only friend to me,
Was Jesus with His healing touch,
Of love and sympathy.

Refrain:
All I need, Yes, all I need,
All I need is blessed Jesus,
In Him I find my life, my all,
Yes, all I need is Jesus.

2 Tho’ bitter anguish filled His heart,
His wondrous love for me,
Would ne’er release this King of kings,
From death on Calvary. [Refrain]

3 For I have nothing of mine own,
But all I claim is Thine,
And in return Thou givest me,
The gift of Life Divine. [Refrain]

Source: Great Revival Hymns #44

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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:	When I was sick with sin and care
Title:	All I Need
Author:	A. H. Ackley
Refrain First Line:	All I need, Yes, all I need
Publication Date:	1911
Copyright:	This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1929.