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I Am Coming Home

Author: A. H. Ackley Appears in 83 hymnals First Line: Jesus, I am coming home today Used With Tune: [Jesus, I am coming home today]

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Appears in 55 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Incipit: 31216 15612 34532 Used With Text: I Am Coming Home

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Author: A. H. Ackley Hymnal: Victory Songs #221 (1920) First Line: Jesus, I am coming home today Refrain First Line: Jesus, I am coming home today Lyrics: 1 Jesus, I am coming home today, For I have found there’s joy in Thee alone; From the path of sin I turn away, now I am coming home. Chorus: Jesus, I am coming home today, Never, nevermore from Thee to stray; Lord, I now accept Thy precious promise, I am coming home. 2 Many years my heart has strayed from Thee, And Now repentant to Thy throne I come; Jesus opened up the way for me; now I am coming home. [Chorus] 3 Oh, the misery my sin has caused me, Naught but pain and sorrow I have known; Now I seek Thy saving grace and mercy I am coming home. [Chorus] 4 Fully trusting in Thy precious promise, With no righteousness to call my own, Pleading nothing but the blood of Jesus, I am coming home. [Chorus] 5 Now I seek the cross where Jesus died! For all my sins His blood will still atone, Flowing o’er till ev’ry stain is covered, I am coming home. [Chorus] Topics: Invitation Songs; Decision Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus, I am coming home today]

I Am Coming Home

Author: A. H. Ackley Hymnal: Reformed Press Hymnal #261 (1934) First Line: Jesus, I am coming home today Refrain First Line: Jesus, I am coming home today Lyrics: 1 Jesus, I am coming home today, For I have found there’s joy in Thee alone; From the path of sin I turn away, now I am coming home. Chorus: Jesus, I am coming home today, Never, nevermore from Thee to stray; Lord, I now accept Thy precious promise, I am coming home. 2 Many years my heart has strayed from Thee, And Now repentant to Thy throne I come; Jesus opened up the way for me; Now I am coming home. [Chorus] 3 Oh, the misery my sin has caused me, Naught but pain and sorrow I have known; Now I seek Thy saving grace and mercy, I am coming home. [Chorus] 4 Fully trusting in Thy precious promise, With no righteousness to call my own, Pleading nothing but the blood of Jesus, I am coming home. [Chorus] 5 Now I seek the cross where Jesus died! For all my sins His blood will still atone, Flowing o’er till ev’ry stain is covered, I am coming home. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus, I am coming home today]

I Am Coming Home

Author: Alfred Henry Ackley Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #2707 First Line: Jesus, I am coming home today Refrain First Line: Jesus, I am coming home today Lyrics: 1. Jesus, I am coming home today, for I have found there’s joy in Thee alone; From the path of sin I turn away; now I am coming home. Refrain Jesus, I am coming home today, Never, never more from Thee to stray; Lord, I now accept Thy precious promise, I am coming home. 2. Many years my heart has strayed from Thee, and Now repentant to Thy throne I come; Jesus opened up the way for me; now I am coming home. [Refrain] 3. O the misery my sin has caused me, Naught but pain and sorrow I have known; Now I seek Thy saving grace and mercy; I am coming home. [Refrain] 4. Fully trusting in Thy precious promise, With no righteousness to call my own, Pleading nothing but the blood of Jesus, I am coming home. [Refrain] 5. Now I seek the cross where Jesus died! For All my sins His blood will still atone, Flowing o’er till ev’ry stain is covered; I am coming home. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus, I am coming home today]

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A. H. Ackley

1887 - 1960 Author of "I Am Coming Home" in Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services 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 Composer of "[Jesus, I am coming home today] (Ackley)" in Christian Service Songs 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)