Living for Jesus, a life that is true

Living for Jesus, a life that is true. Thomas O. Chisholm* (1866-1960). Written in 1917 at the request of the composer, organist, and editor (Carl) Harold Lowden (1883-1963). In 1915 Lowden composed a song for Children’s Day titled ‘Sunshine song’. According to William J. Reynolds* (who was the first to piece together the story of this hymn) Lowden ‘early in 1917, while preparing a collection of hymns for publication came across this song and was impressed that the tune needed a stronger text and substituted ‘‘Living for Jesus’’ (from Acts 17: 28, ‘‘For in him we live, and move, and have our being’’)’. He sent the tune and new title to Chisholm requesting he compose a new text. Chisholm...