Sister Willie Johnson 78 If I Could Just Make It In / I Know Who Holds Tomorrow
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EXTREMELY RARE 78rpm 10" record of Sister Willie Johnson singing If I Could Just Make It In b/w I Know Who Holds Tomorrow in excellent condition!
Sister Willie Johnson was known as "The Singing Evangelist" in the Pentecostal church. The granddaughter of a slave, she was born on May 2, 1905 to Senator Daniel Lane and Louella Cougar. Due to the stigma surrounding interracial relationships, her father rejected her. She was sold by her mother in marriage to a man who severely abused her. On her way to the Wheeling (West Virginia) bridge to end her life, she heard music coming from a small Pentecostal church. She recounts the story:
"It was beautiful! I reasoned that it would not hurt, nor change anything if I pause and listen. I stood for a moment, and the singing drew me inside. Something got ahold of my heart, and the first thing I knew I was in the altar. I received the Holy Ghost and it changed my life, it changed my future, it changed my eternity."
From the 1930s to the 1980s, Sister Willie's powerful ministry intermingled song, Scripture, and a unique demonstration of spiritual gifts that were unusual in her day. Everywhere she ministered, she was beloved and highly esteemed, and lives were changed. She left this earth for her Heavenly home on January 24, 1984. In 2019, a biography about her remarkable life was released: Through the Waters, the Life and Ministry of Sister Willie Johnson by Lori Wagner.
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