Holly Springs Sacred Harp singing: Idumea,

"Idumea" (#47b), also known as "And Am I Born to Die?", led by Mark Brown. Shot by Alan Lomax and crew at Holly Springs Baptist Church, Holly Springs, Georgia. For more information about the American Patchwork filmwork, Alan Lomax, and his collections, visit culturalequity.org. [03.09.57]

[@tomryan2851]

In so many years of my life, I have never heard a prettier song. I love this.

[@billkrouwel8827]

Mr Lomax may have recorded this to capture the old songs (and all power to him for doing so) ... but to me it feels like a really vibrant expression of living Christian faith.

[@evgeny9965]

Sure is!!!!!!!

[@andrewdriver3318]

Crazy, the young guy leading this must be in his late 60's now. How short our span...

[@myradalton450]

Love it! Mark is just a young whippersnapper! And such sweet memories to see Check & Carnice Wootten there!

[@sapat664]

My God these voices are like heaven. Thanks for sharing these archives.

[@evgeny9965]

I am Eastern Orthodox we have a great choral tradition and the American church needs to have a liturgy of Sacred Harp Singing. G-d bless!!!

[@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim]

Repent unto Jesus Christ and receive forgiveness through the true and only mediator, to whom alone is due honor and glory, praise and all veneration.

[@CourtlySeaDog]

God bless your heart, brother! Much love to our Orthodox siblings from a Presbyterian! And I must say, your liturgy is beautiful, particularly the Greek chants and the Russian Operatic choirs

[@petergriffintv8315]

No one cares

[@hh8222]

This sounds so much like Orthodox Chanting! It probably originated there and may God bring us all back!

[@jamieclark420]

Beautiful

[@anyways661]

Blessed be the name of the Lord🔥

[@tobyknapp1]

And am I born to die?
To lay this body down!
And must my trembling spirit fly
Into a world unknown?
A land of deepest shade,
Unpierced by human thought
The dreary regions of the dead,
Where all things are forgot.
Soon as from earth I go
What will become of me?
Eternal happiness or woe,
Must then my portion be!
Waked by the trumpet sound,
I from my grave shall rise;
And see the Judge with glory crowned,
And see the flaming skies!

[@carolyn1696]

Thank you so much for the words!!

[@just-tess]

Thank you! This version doesn't include the third verse ftr, from Soon as- to -portion be, but the Sacred Harp version in Cold Mountain does.

[@N2Mtns2]

Amazing true history. Voiced Harmonies were the instruments - and those with instruments played outside the church determined to be included. Nice history and HERstory lesson of Primitive Truth. Thanky.

[@n.d.w8504]

The heck is "herstory"?

[@N2Mtns2]

@@n.d.w8504 self explanatory.
Her story

[@justanotherbaptistjew5659]

Her story? Because you are a feminist who can’t handle a normal word having “his” in it?

[@spaceorbison]

As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

[@AngieOwlglass]

This.

[@vaughnwinslett776]

My brethren.

[@AngieOwlglass]

Still

[@rang4889]

Beautiful, Churches need to be true to God, and not true to the world. Youll never see this in the newer churches of this age. Jesus will be returning soon

[@LetsBeClear87]

Yell singing.. got it

[@spacelemur7955]

Sort of Black Gosspel Lite, but that's not an insult. This getting together to sing is good.

[@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim]

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[@aeiesland]

@spacelemur7955 th-cam.com/video/4aCHWxc3pT8/w-d-xo.html

[@Zappaholic]

​@@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim he's probably meaning a more congregational kind of singing and more drive/spirit to it

[@TheAndroze]

Just like bleating sheeps.

[@YorkyOne]

Sheep not sheeps.

[@gigipeedee]

Go fawn over Bill Nye or some other psuedo-scientist