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[Choose ye this day whom you will serve]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: "Choose ye this day whom you will serve" Lyrics: 1 “Choose ye this day whom you will serve.” Hear ye not the Lord’s command? Ever along the way of life, You will need a guiding hand. Refrain: Choose ye this day, Choose ye this day, Choose ye this day whom ye will serve; As for me and my house will serve the Lord, Choose ye, O choose ye whom you will serve. 2 “Choose ye this day whom you will serve.” Many snares like all around; Pleasures of earth will oft beguile, Climb above to higher ground. [Refrain] 3 “Choose ye this day whom you will serve.” Make the Lord indeed your King; Faint not nor falter, press ahead, To the cross of Calv’ry cling. [Refrain] Used With Tune: ["Choose ye this day whom you will serve"]

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Choose Ye This Day

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: New Songs of Praise and Power 1-2-3 Combined #321 (1922) First Line: "Choose ye this day whom you will serve" Lyrics: 1 “Choose ye this day whom you will serve.” Hear ye not the Lord’s command? Ever along the way of life, You will need a guiding hand. Refrain: Choose ye this day, Choose ye this day, Choose ye this day whom ye will serve; As for me and my house will serve the Lord, Choose ye, O choose ye whom you will serve. 2 “Choose ye this day whom you will serve.” Many snares like all around; Pleasures of earth will oft beguile, Climb above to higher ground. [Refrain] 3 “Choose ye this day whom you will serve.” Make the Lord indeed your King; Faint not nor falter, press ahead, To the cross of Calv’ry cling. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: ["Choose ye this day whom you will serve"]

Choose Ye this Day

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: Magnificat #127 (1923) First Line: Choose ye this day whom you will serve Refrain First Line: Choose ye this day, choose ye this day Topics: Decision and Evangelistic Languages: English Tune Title: [Choose ye this day whom you will serve]

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B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Composer of "["Choose ye this day whom you will serve"]" in New Songs of Praise and Power 1-2-3 Combined 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)

Lizzie De Armond

1847 - 1936 Person Name: Lizzie DeArmond Author of "Choose Ye This Day" in New Songs of Praise and Power 1-2-3 Combined Lizzie De Armond was a prolific writer of children's hymns, recitations and exercises. When she was twelve years old her first poem was published in the Germantown, Pa. Telegraph, however, it was not until she was a widow with eight children to support that she started writing in earnest. She wrote articles, librettos, nature stories and other works, as well as hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)