"Church, I'm Fully Saved To-Day" | ||||
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Single by Blind Willie Johnson | ||||
A-side | "The Soul of a Man" | |||
Released | 1930 | |||
Format | 10" 78 rpm record | |||
Recorded | Atlanta, Georgia April 20, 1930 |
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Genre | Gospel blues | |||
Label | Columbia (No. 150314) | |||
Songwriter(s) | See text | |||
Blind Willie Johnson singles chronology | ||||
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"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".
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. The subject-matter is said to be Psalm , "Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day". The words of the verses of hymn and song differ, but the refrains are similar. This is the refrain of the hymn:
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.