Stand Your Test in Judgment

- Robert Wilkins

 

Tom Feldmann - National Reso-Phonic guitar/vocals

Paul Liebenow - Upright Bass

Jed Staack - Drums

Lyrics

You've got to stand your test in judgement
Stand it for yourself
Ain't nobody else can stand it for you

You've got to stand it for yourself

You've got to stand your test in judgement
Stand it for yourself
Ain't nobody else can stand it for you
You've got to stand it for yourself

You've got to know Jesus as your savior
You'e got to know him for yourself

Ain't nobody else can know him for you

You've got to know him for yourself

You've got to stand your test in judgement
Stand it for yourself
Ain't no one else can stand it for you

You've got to stand it for yourself

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"You've Got To Stand Your Test In Judgment" appears on Remember Me.

Robert Wilkins was born on January 16, 1896 in Hernando, MS,  just south of Memphis.  He worked in Memphis during the 1920s at the same time as Furry Lewis, Memphis Minnie (whom he claimed to have tutored), and Son House.

During the 20s and 30s, Robert Timothy Wilkins performed as Tim Wilkins and was one of the most popular blues artists associated with Memphis' infamous, Beale Street.

Alarmed by fighting at a party where he was playing, he deserted secular music in the 1930's and took up the twin careers of herbalist and minister in the Church of God in Christ, and began playing gospel music with a blues feel as the "Reverend" Robert Wilkins.

During the 1960s blues revival the "Reverend" Robert Wilkins was "rediscovered" by blues enthusiasts Dick and Louisa Spottswood, making appearances at folk festivals and recording his gospel blues for a new audience.

Robert Wilkins died on May 26, 1987 in Memphis at the age of 91.

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