Thomas Chisholm | |
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Born | Thomas Obadiah Chisholm July 29, 1866 |
Died | February 29, 1960
Ocean Grove,
New Jersey, US | (aged 93)
Other names | T. O. Chisholm [1] |
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Religion | Christianity ( Methodist) |
Church | Methodist Episcopal Church, South |
Ordained | 1903 |
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Thomas Obadiah Chisholm [a] (July 29, 1866 – February 29, 1960) was an American hymnwriter, poet, and Methodist minister.
Chisholm was born on July 29, 1866, in a log cabin near Franklin, Kentucky. [4] He became a teacher at the age of 16. [5] Circa 1893, aged 27, Chisholm had a Christian conversion experience during a revival in Franklin led by Henry Clay Morrison. [6] Following his ordination in 1903, [7] served as a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for one year before resigning due to poor health. [8] After 1909 Chisholm began working as a life insurance agent in Winona Lake and later in Vineland, New Jersey. [5]
Chisholm wrote over 1,200 sacred poems over his lifetime, many of which appeared in various Christian periodicals, and he served as an editor of The Pentecostal Herald in Louisville for a period. [9] In 1923, Chisholm wrote the poem " Great Is Thy Faithfulness" which he submitted to William M. Runyan who was affiliated with the Moody Bible Institute and Runyan set the song to music. [10] He also wrote the lyrics " Living for Jesus", composed by C. Harold Lowden. [7] Towards the end of his life, Chisholm retired to the Methodist Home for the Aged in Ocean Grove, New Jersey. [5] He died on February 29, 1960, in Ocean Grove. [4]