I Have Decided To Follow Jesus; No Turning Back, No Turning Back

I Have Decided To Follow Jesus;
I Have Decided To Follow Jesus;
I Have Decided To Follow Jesus;
No Turning Back, No Turning Back.

Though None Go With Me, I Still Will Follow;
Though None Go With Me, I Still Will Follow;
Though None Go With Me, I Still Will Follow;
No Turning Back, No Turning Back.

The World Behind Me, The Cross Before Me;
The World Behind Me, The Cross Before Me,
The World Behind Me, The Cross Before Me;
No Turning Back, No Turning Back.

“I Have Decided to Follow Jesus” is a Christian hymn that originated in Assam, India.

According to P. Job, the lyrics are based on the last words of Nokseng, a Garo man, a tribe from Meghalaya which then was in Assam, who converted to Christianity in the middle of the 19th century through the efforts of an American Baptist missionary. He is said to have recited verses from the twelfth chapter of the book of John as he and his family were killed. An alternative tradition attributes the hymn to Simon K Marak, from Jorhat, Assam.^[1]

The formation of these words into a hymn is attributed to the Indian missionary Sadhu Sundar Singh.^[2] The melody is also Indian, and entitled “Assam” after the region where the text originated.^[3]
An American hymn editor, William Jensen Reynolds, composed an arrangement which was included in the 1959 Assembly Songbook. His version became a regular feature of Billy Graham‘s evangelistic meetings in America and elsewhere, spreading its popularity.^[4]

Source: Wikipedia

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