Brother Claude Ely wrote the song after he was healed of tuberculosis as a very young man at the age of 12 ... his song was sang at several of the Pentecostal churches across the nation as a kid ... and later as a traveling preacher/singer.

Sturdivant and members of his church in Mississippi heard it during a tent revival being held by Pentecostal ministers that heard Brother Claude Ely perform it in the Appalachian mountains.

Later, the Caudill family of Whitesburg, KY recorded the song because they belonged to the church where Brother Claude Ely pastored in Cumberland, KY.

Sister Rosetta Tharp was familiar with the song because her husband was a Pentecostal pastor that attended the same services as Brother Claude Ely and the two sang at many of the same racially integrated services.

HOpe that helps!