Major+D.+W.+Whittle

=Major D.W. Whittle (November 22, 1840- March 4, 1901)= Marrying Abbie Hanson in 1861 the night before he deployed with [|Company] B of the [|72d Illinois Infantry], he served in the [|American Civil War]. He was wounded at [|Vicksburg] and marched with [|General] [|William Tecumseh Sherman] ’s forces through [|Georgia]. Whittle was [|breveted] with the rank of [|major] at the end of the war and is still widely known among hymnologists as Major Whittle. Settling in [|Chicago] to work for the [|Elgin Clock Company], he became closely associated with Moody, who successfully encouraged him to go into evangelistic work. [|[2]] One of Whittle’s war experiences served as the basis for the gospel song "Hold the Fort" by [|Philip Paul Bliss], [|[3]] of whom Whittle edited a biography. [|[4]] Whittle wrote mostly under the pseudonym "El Nathan" although editors of later hymnals routinely credit his actual name. Of his approximately 200 hymns, "I Know Whom I Have Believed" and "Showers of Blessing" are among the most familiar. [|James McGranahan] wrote the tunes for both of those and for Whittle's "Banner of the Cross" as well. The name of 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 by Whittle's daughter Mary "May" Whittle Moody.
 * [[image:Major D.W. Webster.jpg]] || Major **Daniel Webster Whittle** (born 1840 November 22 in [|Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts] ; died 1901 March 4, [|Northfield, Massachusetts] ) was a 19th-century American [|gospel song] lyricist, [|evangelist], and [|Bible] teacher. He was associated with the evangelistic campaigns of [|Dwight Lyman Moody] . [|[1]]

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