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[O be happy in the Lord]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: B. D. Ackley Incipit: 55111 23433 23261 Used With Text: Singing As the Days Go By

Singing As the Days Go By

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: O be happy in the Lord Refrain First Line: Keep singing as the days go by Used With Tune: [O be happy in the Lord]

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Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: New Junior Songs #6 (1914) First Line: O be happy in the Lord Refrain First Line: Keep singing as the days go by Languages: English Tune Title: [O be happy in the Lord]

Singing As the Days Go By

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: Hymns of the Heart #8 (1914) First Line: O be happy in the Lord, trusting fully in His word Refrain First Line: Keep singing as the days go by Languages: English Tune Title: [O be happy in the Lord, trusting fully in His word]

Singing As the Days Go By

Author: Lizzie DeArmond Hymnal: World Wide Revival Songs #71 (1915) First Line: O be happy in the Lord, trusting fully in His word Refrain First Line: Keep singing as the days go by Languages: English Tune Title: [O be happy in the Lord, trusting fully in His word]

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Lizzie De Armond

1847 - 1936 Person Name: Lizzie DeArmond Author of "Singing As the Days Go By" in Hymns of the Heart 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)

B. D. Ackley

1872 - 1958 Composer of "[O be happy in the Lord, trusting fully in His word]" in Hymns of the Heart 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)