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Author: Charlotte G. Homer Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Deep in my heart, like a river Refrain First Line: Jesus will never forsake me Used With Tune: [Deep in my heart, like a river]

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[Deep in my heart, like a river]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Tune Key: D Flat Major Incipit: 56176 56351 76534 Used With Text: Jesus Never Forsakes

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Jesus Never Forsakes

Author: Charlotte G. Homer Hymnal: Williston Hymns #32 (1917) First Line: Deep in my heart, like a river Refrain First Line: Jesus will never forsake me Lyrics: 1 Deep in my heart, like a river, Flows the assurance divine That Jesus, the Savior of sinners, Is now and forever mine. Refrain: Jesus will never forsake me, My trials and strength He knows; Safely He’ll guide me, Surely will hide me From ever the last of foes. 2 Though I may often forget Him, Often be selfish and blind, He never will leave me to perish, So patient is He, and kind. [Refrain] 3 Friends I call dearest may fail me, Yet He is ever the same; He comes to my rescue whenever I call on His blessed name. [Refrain] 4 Why should I fear for the morrow, When He is mindful of me, Or why should I tremble at sorrow, With such a defense as He? [Refrain] Tune Title: [Deep in my heart, like a river]

Jesus Never Forsakes

Author: Charlotte G. Homer Hymnal: Perlen und Blüthen #E29 (1890) First Line: Deep in my heart, like a river Refrain First Line: Jesus will never forsake me Languages: English Tune Title: [Deep in my heart, like a river]

Jesus Never Forsakes

Author: Susan Rich Hymnal: Sweeter Than All Songs #41 (1927) First Line: Deep in my heart, like a river Tune Title: [Deep in my heart, like a river]

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B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Composer of "[Deep in my heart, like a river]" in Williston Hymns 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)

Chas. H. Gabriel

1856 - 1932 Author of "Jesus Never Forsakes" Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree ============= For the first seventeen years of his life Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (b. Wilton, IA, 1856; d. Los Angeles, CA, 1932) lived on an Iowa farm, where friends and neighbors often gathered to sing. Gabriel accompanied them on the family reed organ he had taught himself to play. At the age of sixteen he began teaching singing in schools (following in his father's footsteps) and soon was acclaimed as a fine teacher and composer. He moved to California in 1887 and served as Sunday school music director at the Grace Methodist Church in San Francisco. After moving to Chicago in 1892, Gabriel edited numerous collections of anthems, cantatas, and a large number of songbooks for the Homer Rodeheaver, Hope, and E. O. Excell publishing companies. He composed hundreds of tunes and texts, at times using pseudonyms such as Charlotte G. Homer. The total number of his compositions is estimated at about seven thousand. Gabriel's gospel songs became widely circulated through the Billy Sunday-Homer Rodeheaver urban crusades. Bert Polman