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活着為耶穌 (Living for Jesus)

活著為耶穌,只望能單純 (Huózhe wèi yēsū, zhǐ wàng néng dānchún)

Author: Thomas O. Chisholm
Tune: [Living for Jesus a life that is true] (Lowden)
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Thomas O. Chisholm

Thomas O. Chisholm was born in Franklin, Kentucky in 1866. His boyhood was spent on a farm and in teaching district schools. He spent five years as editor of the local paper at Franklin. He was converted to Christianity at the age of 26 and soon after was business manager and office editor of the "Pentecostal Herald" of Louisville, Ky. In 1903 he entered the ministry of the M. E. Church South. His aim in writing was to incorporate as much as Scripture as possible and to avoid flippant or sentimental themes. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: 活著為耶穌,只望能單純 (Huózhe wèi yēsū, zhǐ wàng néng dānchún)
Title: 活着為耶穌 (Living for Jesus)
English Title: Living for Jesus a life that is true
Author: Thomas O. Chisholm
Language: Chinese
Copyright: Tr. © Witness Press

Tune

[Living for Jesus a life that is true] (Lowden)

LIVING FOR JESUS is a gospel hymn tune distinguishable by its dactylic rhythm for the stanzas and its straightforward iambic refrain. The guitar chords avoid some of the chromaticism of the original harmony; when using guitar, do not use keyboard. Singing the refrain only once–at the end of stanza…

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Sheng tu shi ge = Hymnary (聖徒詩歌) #306

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