The Love-Lighted Cross

The love lighted cross never loses its glow

Author: A. H. Ackley
Tune: [The love-lighted cross never loses its glow]
Published in 3 hymnals

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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 >

Text Information

First Line: The love lighted cross never loses its glow
Title: The Love-Lighted Cross
Author: A. H. Ackley
Language: English
Refrain First Line: The blessed old cross, the Calvary cross
Publication Date: 1930
Copyright: © 1930, by Homer A. Rodeheaver

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Audio

New Awakening Songs #17

Rodeheaver's Gospel Solos and Duets No. 2 #13

Songs of Praise #d143

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