Thomas Obadiah Chisholm[a] (July 29, 1866 – February 29, 1960) was an American hymnwriter, poet, and Methodist minister.
[5] Circa 1893, aged 27, Chisholm had a Christian conversion experience during a revival in Franklin led by Henry Clay Morrison.
[6] Following his ordination in 1903,[7] served as a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for one year before resigning due to poor health.
[8] After 1909 Chisholm began working as a life insurance agent in Winona Lake and later in Vineland, New Jersey.
[7] Towards the end of his life, Chisholm retired to the Methodist Home for the Aged in Ocean Grove, New Jersey.