I Have Decided To Follow Jesus-Instrumental
I have decided to follow Jesus,
I have decided to follow Jesus,
I have decided to follow Jesus,
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
Tho' none go with me, I still will follow,
Tho' none go with me, I still will follow,
Tho' none go with me, I still will follow,
No turning back, no turning back.
Will you decided now to follow Jesus?
Will you decided now to follow Jesus?
Will you decide now to follow Jesus?
No turning back, no turning back.
by-Folk melody from India
"In the 1880's a Welsh missionary who had endured severe persecution, finally saw his first converts in a particularly brutal village in the Indian province of Assam. A husband and wife, with their two children, professed faith in Christ and were baptized. Their village leaders decided to make an example out of the husband. Arresting the family, they demanded that the father renounce Christ, or see his wife and children murdered. When he refused, his two children were executed by archers. Given another chance to recant the man again refused, and his wife was similarly struck down. Still refusing to recant, the man followed his family into glory.
Witnesses later told the story to the Welsh missionary. The reports said that when asked to recant or see his children murdered, the man said: "I have decided to follow Jesus, and there is no turning back."
After seeing his children killed, he reportedly said, "The world can be behind me, but the cross is still before me." After seeing his wife pierced by arrows, he said, "Though no one is here to go with me, still I will follow Jesus."
