WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:17.280 Now the story behind the sites a on the story of the Hymn. To 2 00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:23.359 the living Christ, I serve. To the living Christ, I serve and 3 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:27.480 he in the world is, although others deny it. I know that he 4 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:32.640 already lives his hand Tierna, I see his voice, comfort gives and when 5 00:00:32.719 --> 00:00:37.840 I call him very close he is. He lives, He lives today, 6 00:00:38.119 --> 00:00:44.320 the Savior lives with me, and my redeeming lover will keep me. He 7 00:00:44.439 --> 00:00:49.679 lives, he lives, he imparts salvation. I know he' s living. 8 00:00:49.799 --> 00:01:00.640 It' s because it lives in my heart. It was Easter Sunday 9 00:01:00.799 --> 00:01:04.599 and Pastor Alfred H. Hackley was preparing for the ulto in his church, 10 00:01:06.079 --> 00:01:12.120 of the California Presbyterian Church. It was the year one thousand nine hundred thirty 11 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:17.799 - two and radio was the most common method of communication. Pastor Akley had 12 00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:22.719 turned him on and listening to local programs all of a sudden he heard the 13 00:01:22.719 --> 00:01:26.840 announcer say. Now we' re going to connect with a special program from 14 00:01:26.879 --> 00:01:33.599 NBC and ABC live from New York. The programme announcer introduced a well- 15 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:38.079 known New York preacher for his thoughts and liberals, who greeted his audience with 16 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:45.799 the words Good morning. Today is Easter Day. You know, I don 17 00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:49.239 ' t care if Christ really rose from the dead or not. As far 18 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:53.040 as I' m concerned, his body could be dusted in some tomb in 19 00:01:53.079 --> 00:02:00.319 Palestine. The really important thing is that your truth goes on. That' 20 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:05.000 s a lie. Atley exclaimed, forgetting that the preacher could not hear it 21 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:08.319 and that he could be cut with the razor he was shaving with. His 22 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:13.479 wife did hear him and asked him why he was screaming so much in the 23 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:19.479 morning or Pastor acle smiled when he told me the story, you didn' 24 00:02:19.520 --> 00:02:24.319 t hear what that preacher said. He said it didn' t matter whether 25 00:02:24.439 --> 00:02:30.639 Christ was resurrected or not. No. No. That morning Acley told me 26 00:02:31.479 --> 00:02:37.759 I preached like never before. He had preached earlier for several weeks he had 27 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:42.000 been witnessing to a young Jewish woman who had told him why I must worship 28 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:46.800 a dead Jew. Pastor Aclin had answered her. There is the key, 29 00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:53.039 he is not dead, he is alive and now that preacher had used to 30 00:02:53.199 --> 00:02:55.439 destroy at one stroke what he had given to the early Church, to his 31 00:02:55.520 --> 00:03:00.520 strength and for which many had given their lives. Christ risen and lives today 32 00:03:07.039 --> 00:03:13.479 in the Sunday cult. In the afternoon I saw the second walk, but 33 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:16.000 when the cult ended and I returned home, I realized that I had not 34 00:03:16.080 --> 00:03:21.639 said everything I wanted to say. My wife realized the situation and told me 35 00:03:21.639 --> 00:03:27.039 to listen to Ifred Ackley. It' s time for you to do what 36 00:03:27.159 --> 00:03:30.800 you least know to do why you don' t write a nimno.“ 37 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:36.960 Perhaps so, you find yourself better listening to his counsel,” Acley says, 38 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:43.719 “ I went to my study and locked myself in I read again in 39 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:46.639 the history of the resurrection, as found in Mark sixteen. He is not 40 00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:52.800 here, for the emotion has risen, filled my soul. It was a 41 00:03:52.919 --> 00:03:57.560 glorious experience I will never forget. As I thought of the reality of his 42 00:03:57.879 --> 00:04:04.159 certain presence in my room, I continued to write and in a relatively short 43 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:10.400 time, all thoughts and stanzas had been placed in their place. I sat 44 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:15.960 on the piano and the words and melody of the choir immediately followed.