1866–1960

Introduction

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Born: Ju­ly 29, 1866, Frank­lin, Ken­tuc­ky.

Died: Feb­ru­ary 29, 1960, Ocean Grove, New Jer­sey.

Buried: St. Tho­mas White­marsh Epis­co­pal Church Ce­me­te­ry, White­marsh, Penn­syl­van­ia.

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Biography

Chisholm was edu­cat­ed in a small coun­try school, and be­came its teach­er at age 16.

At age 21, he be­came as­so­ci­ate ed­it­or of the week­ly news­pa­per, The Frank­lin Fa­vo­rite.

In 1893, he be­came a Chris­tian un­der the min­is­try of Dr. Hen­ry Clay Mor­ris­on (fu­ture pre­si­dent of As­bury Col­lege, Wil­more, Ken­tuc­ky).

Chisholm moved to Lou­is­ville at the pe­rsu­asion of Mor­ris­on and be­came ed­it­or of the Pen­te­cos­tal Her­ald.

He was or­dained a Me­tho­dist min­is­ter in 1903 and served a brief pas­tor­ate at Scotts­ville, Ken­tuc­ky.

In poor health, he moved his fa­mi­ly to a farm near Wi­no­na Lake, In­di­ana. He be­came an in­sur­ance sales­man, mov­ing to Vine­land, New Jer­sey, in 1916.

Chisholm re­tired in 1953 to the Me­tho­dist Home for the Aged in Ocean Grove, New Jer­sey.

He wrote ov­er 1200 po­ems dur­ing his life­time, of which 800 were pub­lished, and ma­ny set to mu­sic.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. After a While We Shall Fi­nish the Jour­ney
  2. All My Sins, Which Were Ma­ny
  3. All Things Through Christ
  4. All Things Work To­ge­ther for Good
  5. As I Jour­ney on Along Life’s Change­ful Way
  6. Awake, Thou That Sleep­est
  7. Be with Me, Lord
  8. Be Ye Kind One to An­oth­er
  9. Be Ye There­fore Rea­dy
  10. Bear Thy Bro­ther’s Bur­den
  11. Beautiful Gold­en Land
  12. Bless the Lord, O My Soul
  13. Blessed Be His Name For­ev­er
  14. Bring Back the Lost to God
  15. Bring Christ Your Brok­en Life
  16. By Grace Are Ye Saved
  17. Call to the Col­ors, A
  18. Can I For­get?
  19. Cause Thy Face to Shine Once More
  20. Christ Is Ris­en from the Dead
  21. Come Back Home
  22. Come Ye Apart
  23. Committed
  24. Do It for the Mas­ter
  25. Do You Love Him?
  26. Do Thy Pray­ers to God Seem Una­vail­ing?
  27. Dreaming, Still Dream­ing
  28. Everlasting Arms, The
  29. Eyes of God Are on You, The
  30. Fainting Pil­grim, Worn and Wea­ry
  31. Father, Thy Way Was Right
  32. Fighting Life’s Bat­tles Un­aid­ed
  33. Fighting the Bat­tles of Life Alone
  34. Go, Tell It to Je­sus
  35. God Give Thee Eyes to See
  36. God Help­ing Me, I Will
  37. God Is Watch­ing ov­er Me
  38. God’s Will for Me
  39. Great Is Thy Faith­ful­ness
  40. Had It Not Been for the Lord
  41. Harmony Di­vine, The
  42. Hast Thou Made Peace with God?
  43. He Bore the Cross
  44. He Gave Him­self
  45. He Is Able
  46. He Is My Por­tion For­ev­er
  47. He Know­eth the Way That I Take
  48. He Pro­mised Me
  49. He Reigns as King
  50. He Sup­pli­eth All of My Need
  51. He Will Nev­er Change
  52. He Thinks of Me
  53. He Was Wound­ed for Our Trans­gres­sions (© 1941)
  54. He Who Fol­lows Je­sus
  55. His Eye Will Guide
  56. His Gar­ment’s Hem
  57. He Is with Me
  58. His Grace Abound­ed More
  59. His Grace Is for Me All Suf­fi­cient
  60. His Love Is Won­der­ful
  61. His Love Will Fol­low Me Al­ways
  62. His Lov­ing Call
  63. His Won­drous Gifts to Me
  64. Hold Me Clos­er to Thee
  65. Home Up There, The
  66. Hope Thou in God
  67. House Not Made with Hands, A
  68. How Dreary ’Twould Be With­out Je­sus
  69. How Long, O Lord, Shall Evil Tri­umph?
  70. How Much Great­er Is His Love!
  71. I Am the Vine, Ye Are the Branch­es
  72. I Am Trust­ing, Ful­ly Trust­ing
  73. I Be­long to Him
  74. I Can Trust Him
  75. I Come to Thee
  76. I Have Con­stant Peace and Glad­ness
  77. I Know Not What of Pain or Grief
  78. I Love Him Best of All
  79. I Love the Lord, My Wound­ed Lord
  80. I Love Thee, Lord Je­sus
  81. I Must Be True to Him
  82. I Must Go On
  83. I Need Not Die
  84. I Sat Alone at Ev­en­ing
  85. I Shall Be Sa­tis­fied
  86. I Strove to Grasp the Thought of God
  87. I Thank Thee, Hea­ven­ly Fa­ther
  88. I Want to Be Like Je­sus
  89. I Will Not Fear, My God Is True
  90. I Will Not Leave Thee
  91. If Christ Had Not Come
  92. I’m Wea­ry, So Wea­ry, of Liv­ing in Sin
  93. I’m Will­ing to Be Thine
  94. In Green Pas­tures
  95. In Per­fect Peace I Read the Pro­mise O’er
  96. In the Thun­der of the Ocean
  97. Is the Lord in Your Heart?
  98. Is Thy Soul Cast Down With­in?
  99. It Is Je­sus
  100. It Is Not Here Alone We Live
  101. It Will Come All Right
  102. Jesus Has You on His Heart
  103. Jesus, I Am Not Alone
  104. Jesus Is Al­ways Near
  105. Jesus Is Call­ing You
  106. Jesus Is Pray­ing for Me
  107. Jesus the Hope of the World
  108. Jesus Knows When Hea­vy Bur­dens
  109. Jesus On­ly
  110. Jesus Pleads for Me
  111. Jesus the Hope of the World
  112. Jesus Will Save and Keep
  113. Just a Lit­tle While
  114. Keep Me, Sav­ior, Keep Me
  115. Kept by the Pow­er of God
  116. Let Not Your Heart Be Trou­bled
  117. Let Us Be Joy­ful
  118. Let Us Re­joice in the Grace of God
  119. Let Us Re­turn unto the Lord
  120. Listen While I Tell
  121. Living for Je­sus
  122. Lord, I Know Not What to Do
  123. Lord Is Rea­dy to Save You, The
  124. Lord Je­sus, My Sav­ior
  125. Lord of Hosts Is with Us Still, The
  126. Lord, Teach Us to Pray
  127. Love Found a Way
  128. Love Not the World
  129. Mercies of God, The
  130. Mine Is a Story of In­fi­nite Love
  131. My Ever Faith­ful Friend
  132. My Fa­ther Knows It All
  133. My Re­deem­er
  134. My Sins Are Un­der the Blood
  135. My Soul Is Glad To­day
  136. My Trust­ing Heart Re­joic­es
  137. My Won­drous Friend
  138. Never Lose Sight of the Cross
  139. New Crea­ture, A
  140. Not One Word Has Failed
  141. Not Un­der Law, but Un­der Grace
  142. O Cross of Love
  143. O Grace That Did for All My Guilt Atone
  144. O Je­sus, May Thy Dy­ing Love
  145. O That My Life a Light May Shine
  146. O to Be Like Thee!
  147. O, Words of Love, and Joy, and Praise
  148. On the Oth­er Side
  149. Once I Was Lost
  150. One Life to Live
  151. Only Be­lieve
  152. Only in Thee
  153. Only Way, The
  154. Prepare to Meet Thy God
  155. Prodigal Son, The
  156. Redeemed and Saved
  157. Save Me, O Lord
  158. Sing the Sweet St­ory
  159. Sometimes There Comes a Long­ing
  160. Souls Are Com­ing Home
  161. Speed the Pre­cious Mes­sage
  162. Still Small Voice, The
  163. Sunshine of His Smile, The
  164. There Is a Land Be­yond Earth’s Change­ful Skies
  165. There Is a Land Be­yond Our Mor­tal Vi­sion
  166. There Is a Land That Li­eth Well Be­yond
  167. There Is a Place of Re­fuge
  168. There Is but One Name
  169. There Is For­give­ness
  170. There’s a Theme That Nev­er Will Grow Old
  171. Think of Je­sus
  172. This Is Not Death
  173. This Man Re­ceiv­eth Sin­ners
  174. Thy Per­fect Will Be Done
  175. Thy Sins Be For­gi­ven Thee
  176. Thy Word Is Ve­ry Pure
  177. ’Tis Enough, Enough for Me
  178. To Be with Christ
  179. To See His Face
  180. To Whom Shall We Go?
  181. Today Is for Toil and Achiev­ement
  182. Touch Not the Book My Fa­ther
  183. Troubled Soul and Tem­pest
  184. Trust in the Lord
  185. Wait on the Lord
  186. Was It for Me?
  187. Way That Seem­eth Right, The
  188. We Are Sol­diers in the War for the Cause of Christ
  189. We Have Sinned, O Lord, Against Thee
  190. We Know in Part
  191. We Shall Be Changed
  192. We Thank Thee, O God, for the Gifts
  193. What a Bless­ed­ness Is Mine
  194. What Ac­count Will You Give?
  195. What Did It Mean?
  196. What Is Your Life?
  197. What Shall I Do When the Day Is Dark?
  198. What Will It Mat­ter Then?
  199. What Would We Do With­out Je­sus?
  200. When Are You Com­ing Home?
  201. When the Way Is So Dark That No Light
  202. When Will You Cease from God to Stray?
  203. Where Are Thy Sins, Friend?
  204. Where Art Thou, Soul in Sec­ret Hid­ing?
  205. Where Is Your Faith, My Bro­ther?
  206. Which Will You Choose?
  207. While the Years Are Speed­ing On
  208. Whoso Of­fers Praise
  209. Will of the Lord Be Done, The
  210. Will Our Work Be Done?
  211. Will You Be Among His Jew­els?
  212. Wilt Thou Let Him Go?
  213. Wondrous Name of Je­sus, The
  214. Would You Be Saved?
  215. Ye Would Not
  216. Yet There Is Room
  217. Yonderland
  218. You Can Find Him
  219. You Must Do Some­thing with Je­sus
  220. Your Suf­fer­ing Sav­ior and Mine