June 29, 2005

Have faith in God –
Christ risen walked with men;
Have faith in God –
As His disciples then;
Have faith in God –
Until He comes again.
Have faith, dear friend, in God.

Christ Liveth in Me

Daniel Webster Whittle, 1840-1901

     I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. Galations 2:20.

    The author, Daniel Whittle, was a most interesting individual. He joined the Illinois infantry during the Civil War and rose to the rank of major. For the remainder of his life he was known by this title. Following the war, he returned to Chicago and became treasurer of the Elgin Watch Company. In 1873, however, he resigned this high position and, under Dwight L. Moody's influence, entered the evangelistic ministry. He was unusually successful as an evangelist, as well as the author of a number of favorite gospel hymns, most of which he wrote with the pseudonym "El Nathan". Christ Liveth in Me first appeared in Gospel Hymns #6, which was published in 1891.

Once far from God and dead in sin,
No light my heart could see;
But in God’s Word the light I found,
Now Christ liveth in me.

As rays of light from yonder sun,
The flowers of earth set free,
So life and light and love came forth
From Christ living in me.

As lives the flower within the seed,
As in the cone the tree,
So, praise the God of truth and grace,
His Spirit dwelleth in me.

With longing all my heart is filled,
That like Him I may be,
As on the wondrous thought I dwell
That Christ liveth in me.

Chorus:
Christ liveth in me,
Christ liveth in me,
Oh! what a salvation this,
That Christ liveth in me.

Have Faith in God by H.M.S. Richards, Used by Permission