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I Shall Be Satisfied

Author: Thomas O. Chisholm Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: If I can live my life with single heart Refrain First Line: O Christ, my heart cries out to Thee

[If I can live my life with single heart]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Samuel W. Beazley Used With Text: I Shall Be Satisfied

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Author: T. O. Chisholm Hymnal: Hosannas #10 (1917) First Line: If I can live my life with single heart Refrain First Line: O Christ, my heart cries out to Thee Languages: English Tune Title: [If I can live my life with single heart]

I Shall Be Satisfied

Author: T. O. Chisholm Hymnal: Songs for the Sunday School #137 (1921) First Line: If I can live my life with single heart Refrain First Line: O Christ, my heart cries out to Thee Languages: English Tune Title: [If I can live my life with single heart]

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Thomas O. Chisholm

1866 - 1960 Author of "I Shall Be Satisfied" 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) ============================== Signed letter from Chisholm dated 9 August 1953 located in the DNAH Archives.

Samuel W. Beazley

1873 - 1944 Composer of "[If I can live my life with single heart]" in Hosannas Samuel W. Beazley was born in Sparta, Virginia in 1873. He was a music scholar and taught music at Shenandoah College for five years. He composed over 4,000 gospel songs during his lifetime. Samuel W. Beazley maintained a successful publishing business in Chicago, Illinois. He died in Chicago on September 16, 1944. He was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1992. NN, Hymnary editor. Source: www.gmahalloffame.org