God! Oh how I miss that awesome sound!!! My, My!!! This was when Gospel music was REAL Gospel Music!!! Something that would last way up to next Sunday inside your soul on your job!
This song brought tears to my eyes. You see I am from the old school and 60+ years. Oh how my heart cry for songs like this today. Please churches remove our rebellious spirit and get back to praising God on Sunday mornings.
This is the most beautiful singing of "Blessed Assurance" I have ever heard!! I love to listen to this video EVERY DAY!! Thank you for providing such a blessing for so many to hear!! God bless you!!
Do ya'll hear them....it sounds like there are 1000 voices...this is how a choir is supposed to sound...my GOD JD was one anointed director/musician/teacher/leader...lawddd have mercy. Nothing like it in this day...
Woods has that organ, walking, talking, wimpering,whining,squalling and wailing all at the same time! And to look at him play, it would seem as though he's casually sitting watching tv. I'm not buying it, Woods! You KNOW you're beating the daylights out of that Hammond!....:)
My GrandMothers Church Choir was the same outstanding. Those are the days, I’m not sure we’ll ever see this again like this. This song blesses the soul
I could not agree with you more; I've never heard anything like this in my life! This is simply amazing. The choir is on JD like white on rice! By far the greatest director Detroit has ever known! No slight to anyone else, but JD was in a class all by himself! God bless his memory!!
If the Church was still like this today I believe the world would be a better place. There is so much production in the Church these days. No authenticity whatsoever!
Um umm ummmmmm' just cannot say anything more! But to hear it, and then hear this over tha' Airwaves is Awesome! When o moved to Detroit, didn't kno' anyone much there! Then I started listening to tha' radio on Sundays, Martha Jean tha' Queen, Nation of Islam, few more Churches, Preachers, Teachers, Ministers! Started hearing this Church come on, Pastor C.H. Nicks' III & Choir! I started praying, said ohhhhhh' my God(KA). I have to find that church, when I do I'ma join, join tha' Choir & become a member! No lie! Well, we started looking for bigger place, we did, on the E. side of Detroit! We lived off of Edwin & Conant. Never even had any idea that this Church was down the street. OMG won't God(Is), (KA) a Spirit do it? Never knew, Conant turned into Mt. Elliot, Detroit side. We resided in Hamtramck! Anyhew, there sat St. James Missionary Baptist Church! MT. ELLIOT & PULFORD! Miss that place, surely do! Well, my neighbor, Ms Mary invited me one day, my heart just melted! Tha' Annointing there when I walked thru' their doors, tha' Aroma was heavenly scented! Ohhhhhh' what a gift! I am Blessed & Annointed to say that I was baptized in tha' Spirit by the Late, Great Pastor & Gifted Musician C. H. Nick's, III ASE'/AMEN! And Mr. Jimmy Dowell was such an Awesome, very Gifted & Annointed Choir Director, although never got to join or sing under his Annointing! Luv' U & TU for allowing me to become a part of this Gifted & Annointed Family! ASE'/AMEN!
I wish I could travel in a time machine back to the days when going to church was fun. Miss those old glory days when people use to really have church in Detroit. St. James, Greater Grace.... those were the days. On Sunday, we use to go church hopping starting with St. James and sometimes we would end up at Bishop Ker's Neapolitan church on Mack where we would get our shout in and end the night with Rev. Ralph Boyd. Definitely can't leave out Greater Grace, Bishop Ellis. And it was not just the music at these churches, it was the pastors (Charles Nicks, Bishop Ellis....) that added to the great times we had back then and that made going to church special back then. Today it seems as thou something is missing from the church. Jimmy Dowell directing this song remind me of those old glory days.
After reading the many comments, I must agree. The choir is working it and there's no other that I have hear that can. St. James knew how to put the icing on the cake. Priase GOD for his anionting that abides in his people. Sing on Choir.
"MAGNIFICENT." ... This is a real choir and church. I'm a professional musician that has played in a number of churches with ... "GREAT VOICES & MUSICIANS." ... This performance is on another spiritual level ... "THE OMNISCIENT, OMNIPOTENT & OMNIPRESENT HEAVENLY FATHER GOD & SON JESUS CHRIST ANOINTING." ... Is clearly present here. I would have been honored too play with them along with some of my buddies ... 🎵🙏💖✝️🥇🎹🥁🎺⚖💸 ... 😘 !!!
Beautiful song, beautiful harmony from the choir! Voices singing together for God is always a blessing to hear!! Thank you for such a wonderful presentation of Blessed Assurance!! God bless you!!
no that's Bishop Andre Sonny Woods playing!! if i remember correctly Sidney plays for Wings Of Love Baptist Church in Detroit. i do know that he also helps out at Historic St. James.
You are such a blessing to share all these wonderful songs of the "real" church. My soul is so happy to be a part of the St James experience via this portal. I have to be careful and not get to praising to loud up in here, my neighbors will think somebody killin me in here cause they don't know what it's all about. Thank God for you child. From a Granny in Texas
There is no match for this. None. Take all of the rest of todays music and make them set down and listen to who we once were in our churches and music. This is Holy Ghost. That choir. Oh my God. Bring it back. Please.
I have a choral arrangement of this great American hymn for both SATB and TTBB Choirs in counterpoint with a solo trumpet playing 'The Last Post'. Check it out on on SMP
Marcel: I've probably ask you this before, but, where is a church that sings and have a worship experience like this today? I will travel now that I am retired. We have nothing like St. James here in Reynoldsburg, Ohio; I know a lot of changes have taken place with St. James as well as Fellowshp, Chicago, First Church of Deliverance, Chicago. There has to be other churchs that mininister in song like St. James some place????????? Jerrell Bess
Time to go back to choirs...the "praise team's" time is running out. Same people leading songs, not as effectual as it once was, and becoming redundant. I can count the times on one hand that I've seen the spirit shown above in service. Worship IS NOT an event.
today is February 20th 2017, lawwwd have mercy! where on earth are these types of choirs now??? we need this type of anointing in This day day and age because this mess (yes, I said mess, actually it's junk-mess) that jumps out of today's choirs are pathetic and should be sung only for entertaining the deaf! (and then again, we don't want to offend them either)
Beautiful!! I do love the old style hymns.
They just don't make choirs like this anymore...such an anointing. The Church has somehow got to find it's way back to this kind of worship!
The drummer is amazingly the best!!!😊😊😊
God! Oh how I miss that awesome sound!!! My, My!!! This was when Gospel music was REAL Gospel Music!!! Something that would last way up to next Sunday inside your soul on your job!
This song brought tears to my eyes. You see I am from the old school and 60+ years. Oh how my heart cry for songs like this today. Please churches remove our rebellious spirit and get back to praising God on Sunday mornings.
This song absolutely brings me to tears when I think what a blessed assurance Jesus has been to me, Yes he is all of our Blessed Hope!
This director is what a heaven's choir director looks/sounds like...Anointed. God bless you richly for sharing this Holy heritage.
This is the most beautiful singing of "Blessed Assurance" I have ever heard!! I love to listen to this video EVERY DAY!! Thank you for providing such a blessing for so many to hear!! God bless you!!
Do ya'll hear them....it sounds like there are 1000 voices...this is how a choir is supposed to sound...my GOD JD was one anointed director/musician/teacher/leader...lawddd have mercy. Nothing like it in this day...
He and Mattie Moss Clark were twins when it came down to choir directing in Detroit. :) :) :)
Amen ... 🔥 !!!
Woods has that organ, walking, talking, wimpering,whining,squalling and wailing all at the same time! And to look at him play, it would seem as though he's casually sitting watching tv. I'm not buying it, Woods! You KNOW you're beating the daylights out of that Hammond!....:)
I declare I am about to fall out! This is amazing! How did choirs get away from this standard of real gospel music! Hymns! Hymns!
He preached a sermon without saying a word! This is my all time favourite hymn and now my all time favourite version. This is beyond beautiful.
My GrandMothers Church Choir was the same outstanding. Those are the days, I’m not sure we’ll ever see this again like this. This song blesses the soul
I could not agree with you more; I've never heard anything like this in my life! This is simply amazing. The choir is on JD like white on rice! By far the greatest director Detroit has ever known! No slight to anyone else, but JD was in a class all by himself! God bless his memory!!
So was Mattie Moss Clark.
This is how a real choir director would let the Lord use him. I wish I could be a musician in those days instead of now.
i KNOW THE FEELING!!!!!
Right on brother!
I listen to this everyday, so I glad that his Blessed Assurance blesses me everyday, one of the great hymns of the church
This is what we called natural voices and good church services in those days. God bless you all Amen
OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!.... I TRULY MISS THIS SOUND FROM THE CHOIRS..PLEASE, PLEASE CHURCHES, BRING IT BACK. HALLELUJAH.....
What a choir, awesome!🙏❤️
Greetings in Christ from Sweden!🇸🇪
They sing like they believe it! And I agree! What a blessed assurance!
This arrangement of this hymn was arranged by their former pastor the late Rev C H Nicks Jr.
WOW!!!!! we need this in churches today! its sad to say but these days you have to go for yourself, TH-cam can be a blessing!
Ginger Underwood choirs don't sang like this no more.if we go back to this i belive devil get of the chruch.
If the Church was still like this today I believe the world would be a better place. There is so much production in the Church these days. No authenticity whatsoever!
I love gospel music I think it's wonderful
Um umm ummmmmm' just cannot say anything more! But to hear it, and then hear this over tha' Airwaves is Awesome! When o moved to Detroit, didn't kno' anyone much there! Then I started listening to tha' radio on Sundays, Martha Jean tha' Queen, Nation of Islam, few more Churches, Preachers, Teachers, Ministers! Started hearing this Church come on, Pastor C.H. Nicks' III & Choir! I started praying, said ohhhhhh' my God(KA). I have to find that church, when I do I'ma join, join tha' Choir & become a member! No lie! Well, we started looking for bigger place, we did, on the E. side of Detroit! We lived off of Edwin & Conant. Never even had any idea that this Church was down the street. OMG won't God(Is), (KA) a Spirit do it? Never knew, Conant turned into Mt. Elliot, Detroit side. We resided in Hamtramck! Anyhew, there sat St. James Missionary Baptist Church! MT. ELLIOT & PULFORD! Miss that place, surely do! Well, my neighbor, Ms Mary invited me one day, my heart just melted! Tha' Annointing there when I walked thru' their doors, tha' Aroma was heavenly scented! Ohhhhhh' what a gift! I am Blessed & Annointed to say that I was baptized in tha' Spirit by the Late, Great Pastor & Gifted Musician C. H. Nick's, III ASE'/AMEN! And Mr. Jimmy Dowell was such an Awesome, very Gifted & Annointed Choir Director, although never got to join or sing under his Annointing! Luv' U & TU for allowing me to become a part of this Gifted & Annointed Family! ASE'/AMEN!
Direct J D! We miss you my friend!
My absolute favorite rendition EVER of my favorite hymnal. I comeback to this one over and over.
Y'ALL BETTA BETTA BETTA SANG.........I MISS DIS KINDA SINGING, IT JUST BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES. LOVE IT!!!!
I love majestic music. The full force of these voices are admirable.
Very
So many voices singing as one! The choir director is definitely moving with the Holy Spirit.
Needed this song today 🙌🏾
Thank you Jesus
THE OLD SONG'S THAT WE GREW UP ON, STILL TOUCH THE HEART DEEPLY. SING Y'ALL SING TO THE GLORY OF
"GOD" AMEN...
HALLELUJAH 🙌 🙌.
This is how you WORSHIP GOD..
BLESSED it ASSURANCE... HALLELUJAH 💃
" To God Be the Glory", One of my favorite hymns of all time.Love watching the director.....I would have loved to sing with choir.
LOVE THIS THANK YOU JESUS.
I wish I could travel in a time machine back to the days when going to church was fun. Miss those old glory days when people use to really have church in Detroit. St. James, Greater Grace.... those were the days. On Sunday, we use to go church hopping starting with St. James and sometimes we would end up at Bishop Ker's Neapolitan church on Mack where we would get our shout in and end the night with Rev. Ralph Boyd. Definitely can't leave out Greater Grace, Bishop Ellis. And it was not just the music at these churches, it was the pastors (Charles Nicks, Bishop Ellis....) that added to the great times we had back then and that made going to church special back then. Today it seems as thou something is missing from the church. Jimmy Dowell directing this song remind me of those old glory days.
Gloryyyyyyyyy❤👏
This is great. Ain't nothing like a spiritual singing and this hymn sounds beautiful by this choir.
Now this is church !
ST JAMES!!!!! this here is shonuff CHURCH....
My GaWd, One of my favorite hymns! Sing St. James
BrothaRollins am so bless many thanks God bless you always in Jesus might name
Marcel,Marcel, .....thank you.This is the best revival ever.
After reading the many comments, I must agree. The choir is working it and there's no other that I have hear that can. St. James knew how to put the icing on the cake. Priase GOD for his anionting that abides in his people. Sing on Choir.
Yes Lord!!!! 🙌 Hallelujah!!👏👏👏💖🙋yes Lord!!😢
the orgainst Oh MY MY MY. Play Itttttttttttttttttttttttttttt!!!!!!
Wow. Anointing. Goosebumps
very nice blessed assurance sung to the beat of Ave Marie. how excellent
My God !!!!!!!
I listen to it daily, as well! I feel ya!
yes, please keep posting! the director is gettin it...he uses his whole body to direct...now thats what i call directing.
"MAGNIFICENT." ... This is a real choir and church. I'm a professional musician that has played in a number of churches with ... "GREAT VOICES & MUSICIANS." ... This performance is on another spiritual level ... "THE OMNISCIENT, OMNIPOTENT & OMNIPRESENT HEAVENLY FATHER GOD & SON JESUS CHRIST ANOINTING." ... Is clearly present here. I would have been honored too play with them along with some of my buddies ... 🎵🙏💖✝️🥇🎹🥁🎺⚖💸 ... 😘 !!!
Beautiful song, beautiful harmony from the choir! Voices singing together for God is always a blessing to hear!! Thank you for such a wonderful presentation of Blessed Assurance!! God bless you!!
Praise God for all goodness
Needed this today…thank you
thank you so much!! i'm glad that you're being blessed by the music ministry of St. James.
Be Blessed.
Classic!!!
I miss church
no that's Bishop Andre Sonny Woods playing!! if i remember correctly Sidney plays for Wings Of Love Baptist Church in Detroit. i do know that he also helps out at Historic St. James.
AWESOME!
JD! nuff said
JD WAS THE GREATEST!
Mattie Moss Clark started Detroit's choir directing methods.
Yes Lord
Truly!
You are such a blessing to share all these wonderful songs of the "real" church. My soul is so happy to be a part of the St James experience via this portal.
I have to be careful and not get to praising to loud up in here, my neighbors will think somebody killin me in here cause they don't know what it's all about. Thank God for you child. From a Granny in Texas
So amazing - this really touched me!
I love this one
wow and Amen is right
There is no match for this. None. Take all of the rest of todays music and make them set down and listen to who we once were in our churches and music.
This is Holy Ghost. That choir. Oh my God. Bring it back. Please.
Marcell77,
Do you have footage from the tribute to JD after his passing in December 2004?
Jesus, Jesus,
Jesus
SANGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!
I have a choral arrangement of this great American hymn for both SATB and TTBB Choirs in counterpoint with a solo trumpet playing 'The Last Post'. Check it out on on SMP
God Bless You Grans2008!! thank you so much for the kind words!! they mean alot!!
Be Blessed.
Hands down you can'y beat this...Wow and Amen!. where is this church located so i can pay a visit.
Detroit MI.
Marcel: I've probably ask you this before, but, where is a church that sings and have a worship experience like this today? I will travel now that I am retired. We have nothing like St. James here in Reynoldsburg, Ohio; I know a lot of changes have taken place with St. James as well as Fellowshp, Chicago, First Church of Deliverance, Chicago. There has to be other churchs that mininister in song like St. James some place?????????
Jerrell Bess
That choir director.
Is Bro. Houston playing? and what happened to Sidney Holmes. This is classic
Play Bishop Andre Woods!!! The organ is talking!!!!!!!
What the lyrics arrangement?
Time to go back to choirs...the "praise team's" time is running out. Same people leading songs, not as effectual as it once was, and becoming redundant. I can count the times on one hand that I've seen the spirit shown above in service. Worship IS NOT an event.
You nailed it!!
today is February 20th 2017, lawwwd have mercy! where on earth are these types of choirs now??? we need this type of anointing in This day day and age because this mess (yes, I said mess, actually it's junk-mess) that jumps out of today's choirs are pathetic and should be sung only for entertaining the deaf! (and then again, we don't want to offend them either)
What the lyrics arrangement?