Church, I'm Fully Saved To-Day

"Church, I'm Fully Saved To-Day"
Single by Blind Willie Johnson
A-side The Soul of a Man
Released 1930 (1930)
Format 10" 78 rpm record
Recorded Atlanta, Georgia
April 20, 1930
Genre Gospel blues
Label Columbia (No. 150314)
Blind Willie Johnson singles chronology
"Can't Nobody Hide from God"
"If It Had Not Been For Jesus"
(1930)		 "The Soul of a Man"
"Church, I'm Fully Saved To-Day"
(1930)		 "Go with Me to That Land"
"Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right"
(1930)

"Church, I'm Fully Saved To-Day" is a gospel blues song recorded by Blind Willie Johnson in 1930, with backing vocals by Willie B. Harris, sometimes identified as his first wife. It was released on Columbia 14582-D, as B-side to "The Soul of a Man".[1]

The song is derived from the hymn "Fully Saved Today" by William J. Henry (words) and Clarence E. Hunter (music), published in 1911. It is in call-and-response format.[2] The subject-matter is said to be Psalm 96:2, "Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day".[3][2] The words of the verses of hymn and song differ, but the refrains are similar. This is the refrain of the hymn:[4]

I am fully saved today,
I am in the narrow way;
And no evil can betide,
For I’m walking by my Savior’s side.

Recordings

References

  1. ↑ Wirz, Stefan. "Blind Willie Johnson discography". Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Blakey, D. N. (August 8, 2007). Revelation Blind Willie Johnson the Biography. Online: Lulu Enterprises. p. 286. ISBN 978-1430328995.
  3. ↑ "Fully Saved Today". timelesstruths.org. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Fully Saved Today". hymnary.org. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
  5. ↑ Biscuit Palace at AllMusic. Retrieved January 31, 2015.


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