Every time 🙏🏿

My niece told me for years as a little child she was saying, "Ray Charles to keep . . ." 😂 Because that's what she thought they were saying, but she was singing with all of her heart ❤️

Amen lord

Part of our glorious history

As u should Sis! 🙏🏾✌🏾✊🏾

It humbles us helps Us to remember where we came from. 👏👏 Bpj

I admire you, so many of A/Americans do not Know our history. We learned by listening to adults, Who whispered various stories . Let the spirit lead You. Be Blessed

That's awesome Souvenie! Can you share a link to any examples of your congregations/denomination's hymns? Please feel free to post it in the chat.

@@ladirectora50 sure thing. These are a few fabricated songs I've managed to locate on KZfaq. The singing style was invented by Methodist Christians (they were the first church to evangelise our country), but have now spread throughout other religious groups (Roman Catholic, Anglican, Mormon, Pentecostal, etc). Nowadays, since the literacy rate is very high, people prefer to record them in writing and pass them down. However, back in the days, the songs were learned through participation. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rqqZdZOklbLYcZc.html - This song is usually sung on Watch-Night services on New Year's Eve, and is a warning for believers to prepare for the approaching day of their death and the Last Judgement as time is running short. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gppjm7uGnJbRnHU.html - This song is an encouragement for Christians to persevere through hardships in this world by prayer and faith. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g6yTZbehzqiwmHk.html - This was recorded during a prayer service (you can hear the oldies praying simultaneously in the background). The song refers to the Lord Jesus (Sīsū) as the Light that leads us through the desert path. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mK6FlbaZyLqUfoU.html - This song is a summary of the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus on the cross. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdZ4nsWrzbSsdp8.html - This is one of the earliest "hiva usu". It refers to how much the Lord Jesus loved us that He would lay down His life for us. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mZ91ecp52beXf6M.html - This song is about Jesus' sacrifice on Calvary and our salvation, and urges believers to run the race in order to win the crown of life.

Thank you for sharing that! "Guide Me O Thy Great Jehovah" was a mainstay in my Missionary Baptist Church. The old Deacon who use to lead it during devotion for us is gone now and we don't get to sing it anymore..

Awesome thx for sharing

Yes, the singing is filled with the spirit of God. It is moving as I listen to it years after this presentation was created for a 1st-year seminary class.

Amen glory glory hallelujah 🙏🏿

Same here Darius. Our arrangement of this same song is a little different (at least in Chicago religious circles) however, I found this rendition from South Carolina was just as beautiful! This video was done for a class project some years ago and their rendition of a "Dr. Watts" was the best I could find on KZfaq.

The reason why this song which is entitled I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say and other songs are titled Dr. watts is because they’re titled after who they’re named after which is Dr. Isaac watts who wrote the majority of those hymns although many of these sacred melodies appear in our hymn books as European arrangements which differs from the stylistic interpretation produced When sung By most African-American congregations

"I Heard The Voice Of Jesus Say", this is the funeral of Pop Isom in South Carolina