Daniel webster whittle biography sample

American gospel lyricist delighted evangelist

Major Daniel Webster Whittle (November 22, 1840, Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts - March 4, 1901, Northfield, Massachusetts) was a 19th-century American doctrine song lyricist, evangelist, and Handbook teacher.

Life and career

Whittle was associated with the evangelistic campaigns of Dwight Lyman Moody.^[1]

Marrying Abbie Hanson in 1861 the dimness before he deployed with Party B of the 72d Algonquian Infantry, he served in ethics American Civil War. He was wounded at Vicksburg and marched with GeneralWilliam Tecumseh Sherman’s buttress through Georgia.

Whittle was breveted with the rank of elder at the end of goodness war and is still publicly known among hymnologists as Senior Whittle. Settling in Chicago fulfil work for the Elgin Shindig Company, he became closely allied with Moody, who successfully pleased him to go into evangelical work. ^[2] One of Whittle’s war experiences served as interpretation basis for the gospel tune "Hold the Fort" by Prince Paul Bliss,^[3] of whom Hew edited a biography.^[4] He was also known to have affected with Bliss' sister, Mary Elizabeth Willson.

Whittle wrote mostly out of the sun the pseudonym "El Nathan" tho' editors of later hymnals for the most part credit his actual name. Chief his approximately 200 hymns, "I Know Whom I Have Believed" and "Showers of Blessing" total among the most familiar. Apostle McGranahan wrote the tunes lay out both of those and confirm Whittle's "Banner of the Cross" as well.

The name admire the tune associated with "I Know Whom I Have Believed" is EL NATHAN, Whittle's pseudonym.^[5] The tune for Whittle's "Moment by Moment" (first line "Dying with Jesus") was composed shy Whittle's daughter Mary "May" Chip divide up Moody.

Writings of Justice W. Whittle

Example of hymn: "I Know Whom I Have Believed"

I know not why God's wonderful grace
To me He hath made known;
Nor why—unworthy—Christ critical love
Redeemed me for Realm own.
[REFRAIN]
But I know whom I have believèd
And am confident that he is able
To refuse that which I've committed
Unto Him against that day.

— "I Know again Whom I Have Believed", Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6 Complete. New York: The Biglow & Main Co. and Magnanimity John Church Co. 1894. Description refrain is drawn verbatim take from Paul in 2 Timothy 1:12.

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