Jquery – Sharepoint getlistitems not returning list items

I'm a bit new to spservices, and I hope I'm not asking a question that's already been answered. I have checked and have not been able to find another question that addressed the same issue as this. I'm using GetListItems to retrieve url's and titles stored in a list. Right now I'm retrieving items and just displaying them in a temporary table.

It works perfectly in a little html page that I've created that references the js files, jquery, etc.

But,

When I set a Content Editor Web Part to point to the html file (using the Content Link), the javascript doesn't work, (or something), and the items aren't displayed. I found out where exactly it stopped working:

 $().SPServices({
                operation: method,
                async: false,
                listName: list,
                CAMLViewFields: fieldsToRead,
                  CAMLQuery: query,
                    completefunc: function (xData, Status) {
         alert("When it's in the Content Editor Web Part, this gets called");
                        $(xData.responseXML).SPFilterNode("z:row").each(function() {
         alert("but this does not");
                            var hyperlink = ($(this).attr("ows_Hyperlink")).split(",");
                            var url = hyperlink[0];
                            var description = hyperlink[1];


                            AddRowToTable(url,description);

                        });                
                    }
        });

As I said before, this code works perfectly when I go to the physical address of the html page. It grabs the list items and displays the correct things. The problems occur when I reference, through the Content Link, the html page in the Content Editor Web Part. If anyone has insight on this, it would be most welcome.

Thanks, AA