Vivo por Cristo

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Vivo pro Cristo, confiando en su amor

Author: Thomas Chisholm; Translator: George P. Simmonds
Tune: [Living for Jesus a life that is true] (Lowden)
Published in 13 hymnals

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Author: Thomas 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 >

Translator: George P. Simmonds

Used pseudonyms G Paul S., J. Paul Simon, and J. Pablo Símon Go to person page >

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First Line:	Vivo pro Cristo, confiando en su amor
Title:	Vivo por Cristo
English Title:	Living for Jesus
Author:	Thomas Chisholm
Translator:	George P. Simmonds
Language:	Spanish
Refrain First Line:	Oh, Salvador bendito
Copyright:	Tr. © 1939 en Himnos de la Vida Cristiana. © ren. 1967, The Rodeheaver Co.

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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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