Chisholm was ed­u­cat­ed in a small count­ry school, and be­came its teach­er at age 16. At age 21, he be­came as­so­ci­ate ed­it­or of the week­ly news­pa­per, The Frank­lin Fav­or­ite. In 1893, he be­came a Chris­tian un­der the min­is­try of Dr. Hen­ry Clay Mor­rison (fu­ture pres­i­dent of As­bu­ry Coll­ege, Wil­more, Ken­tucky). Chis­holm moved to Lou­is­ville at the per­sua­sion of Mor­ris­on and be­came ed­it­or of the Pen­te­cos­tal Her­ald. He was or­dained a Meth­od­ist min­is­ter in 1903 and served a brief pas­tor­ate at Scotts­ville, Ken­tucky. In poor health, he moved his fam­i­ly to a farm near Wi­nona Lake, In­di­a­na. He be­came an in­sur­ance sales­man, mov­ing to Vine­land, New Jer­sey, in 1916. He re­tired in 1953 to the Meth­od­ist Home for the Aged in Ocean Grove, New Jer­sey. Chis­holm wrote over 1200 po­ems, of which 800 were pub­lished, and ma­ny set to mu­sic.

• Erickson, pp. 262-63
• Hustad, p. 220
• Reynolds, pp. 266-67
• Sanville, p. 24
• Schwanz, pp. 54-57

1. All Things Work To­ge­ther for Good
2. Awake, Thou That Sleep­est
3. Be with Me, Lord
4. Bring Christ Your Brok­en Life
5. Christ Is Ris­en from the Dead
6. Great Is Thy Faith­ful­ness
7. He Bore the Cross
8. He Prom­ised Me
9. He Sup­pli­eth All of My Need
10. He Was Wound­ed for Our Trans­gres­sions
11. How Much Great­er Is His Love!
12. I Must Be True to Him
13. I Want to Be Like Je­sus
14. It Will Come All Right
15. Jesus On­ly
16. Jesus the Hope of the World
17. Listen While I Tell
18. Living for Je­sus
19. New Crea­ture, A
20. Not Un­der Law, but Un­der Grace
21. O to Be Like Thee!
22. On the Other Side
23. Only in Thee
24. Prodigal Son, The
25. Still Small Voice, The
26. Trust in the Lord
27. Wait on the Lord
28. What Ac­count Will You Give?
29. What Will It Mat­ter Then?
30. What Would We Do With­out Je­sus?
31. When Are You Com­ing Home?
32. Where Is Your Faith, My Bro­ther?
33. Yonderland
34. You Must Do Some­thing with Je­sus