Son of the great sing­ing evan­gel­ist Ira Sank­ey, Al­len stu­died ci­vil en­gin­eer­ing and ar­chi­tect­ure at Prince­ton Un­i­ver­si­ty, grad­u­at­ing in 1897. In 1898, he be­came pre­si­dent of the Big­low & Main mu­sic pub­lish­ers in New York Ci­ty. He al­so served as vice-pre­si­dent of the Leeds and Cat­lin Pho­no­graph Com­pa­ny, and on the Ad­vi­so­ry Board of the Green­ich Bank. His works in­clude:

• The Male Quar­tette (with George Steb­bins)
• Best En­dea­vor Hymns (joint ed­it­or with John Cle­ments) (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: The Big­low & Main Co., cir­ca 1907)
• Hallowed Hymns, New and Old (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: The Big­low & Main Co., 1908)

Sources

Music

1. Go and Work!
2. Kept for Jesus
3. Lord, Send Us Forth
4. Never Give Up
5. Year of Precious Blessings, A