Gospel music as we know it began in the late 19th century. However, a common theme of most gospel music is praise, worship or thanks to God, Christ, or the Holy Spirit. Gospel music is composed and performed for many purposes, including aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, and as an entertainment product for the marketplace.
Like other forms of Christian music the creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of gospel music varies according to culture and social context. Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as (in terms of the varying music styles) to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music. Gospel music, can in crude terms, be though of as a sort of cross between popular music and hymns, for a better definition see below. They are being shared on this site for educational purposes only, please see our copyright page for more info. These transcriptions are made by many different individuals from all over the world for their own research and instruction and as such should not be considered definitive "official" versions or representative of any particular artist or performance. The melody is also Indian, and entitled “Assam” after the region where the text originated.THIS COLLECTION OF LYRICS with chords includes 1200+ songs, many of these date back to the 19th and early 20th century although many of them are more modern. The formation of these words into a hymn is attributed to the Indian missionary Sadhu Sundar Singh. The fierce opposition is possible, as various tribes in that area were formerly renowned for head-hunting. Called to renounce his faith by the village chief, the convert declared, “I have decided to follow Jesus.” His two children were killed and in response to threats to his wife, he continued, “Though no one join me, still I will follow.” His wife was killed, and he was executed while singing, “The world behind me, The cross before me.” This display of faith is reported to have led to the conversion of the chief and others in the village. Job, the lyrics are based on the last words of Nokseng, a Garo man, a tribe from Meghalaya which then was in Assam, who along with his family decided to follow Jesus Christ in the middle of the 19th century through the efforts of an American Baptist missionary.
I Have Decided to Follow Jesus is a Christian hymn that originated in Assam, India.Īccording to Dr P. The story behind the song, found here and many other places: Some of the folks in Nepal producing the ‘Psalms Unplugged’ series:
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This is from the ‘Psalms Unplugged’ series being produced in Nepal. And the beautiful singing by Anjali Nepali is also to be noted. Part of this is the jazzy bansuri flute played by John Rashin Singh, and the contemporary keyboard harmonizations by Anish Jerry Lama.
The musical feel is quite different from how I learned to sing the hymn growing p in a Baptist church in the USA. This lovely version is arranged and performed by acquaintances in Nepal, recorded in 2018. The India martyrdom story behind the lyrics to this classic is well known (and it’s below the video in this blog post).
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