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I Have Decided to Follow Jesus

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as he and his family were killed. The formation of the martyr's words into a hymn has been attributed to the Indian missionary
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The melody of the song is an Indian Folk tune, which was titled "Assam" after the region where the text originated.
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writer noted, "It definitely has a different meaning when we sing it than it did for the person who composed it."
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One Congregation's Hymnal Is Another's Blasphemy: Missouri Synod leaders go after the African-American Hymnal
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Due to the lyrics' explicit focus on the believer's own commitment, the hymn is cited as a prime example of
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An American hymn editor, William Jensen Reynolds, composed an arrangement which was included in the 1959
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Four lines of the hymn are used as a bridge in the worship song "Christ is enough" (from the album "
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in the middle of the 19th century through the efforts of an American Baptist
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An alternative tradition attributes the hymn to pastor Simon K Marak from
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Sadhu Sundar Singh
Hymn
John 12:26
Christian hymn
Assam
Meghalaya
last words
Garo
Meghalaya
Assam
converted to Christianity
missionary
Gospel of John
Sadhu Sundar Singh
Jorhat
Billy Graham
decision theology
faith
hymnals
Lutheran
Though None Go with Me
Glorious Ruins
"I Have Decided to Follow Jesus"
"History of Hymns: 'I Have Decided to Follow Jesus'"
Assam
Newsletter
CCEL

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