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  1. timdabap

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    do you sing hymns ? not the choruses that some churches are wont to sing, accompanied by their crash-boom-bangs. But hymns that teach, hymns rich in doctrines. the hymns we sing (acapella) in PB churches are not always hymns that were written by Primitive Baptists, but, even by other children of God in other denominations. Here are two of the hymns we often sing in our current Primitive Baptist fellowship here in Bohol, Philippines:

    How Sweet To Die
    written by An Whitten
    In Memory of Elder S.A. Paine and his last words: "Oh, how sweet to die"....

    1. Farewell, vain world, I'm going home, My Savior bids me come,
    Sweet angels beckon from on high, Then O how sweet to die;
    2. I'm glad that I am born to die, From grief, my soul shall fly,
    Sweet angels beckon from on high, Then O how sweet to die.
    3. I'll praise my Savior while I've breath, I'll praise Him after death,
    I'll praise His matchless Name on high, Then O how sweet to die.

    O Sing To Me Of Heav'n
    by Mary S.B. Dana (1810-1883)

    1.O sing to me of heav'n, When I am called to die
    Sing songs of holy ecstasy, To waft my soul on high.
    2.When cold and sluggish drops, roll off my marble brow,
    Break forth in songs of joyfulness, let heav'n begin below.
    3. When the last moment comes, O watch my dying face,
    To catch the briight seraphic gleam, which on each feature plays.
    4. Then to my raptured ear, let one sweet song be giv'n,
    Let music cheer me last on earth, And greet me first in heav'n.
    Chorus:
    There'll be no sorrow there, there'll be no sorrow there,
    In heav'n above, where all is love, There'll be no sorrow there.

    FWIW.
     
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    Brethren we have met to worship.
     
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    I sing hymns out of my hymnals when doing farm and garden work. I've got 3 Goble Hymnals and a Sweet Songster at home.

    Two of the Gobles I ordered from the Primitive Baptist Library a few years ago, the other is an original ~1880s. The sweet songster is an original 1850s. I have a couple others dating to early 1800s.

    I sing a mix of (some of which are in the Goble or Sweet Songster, some are Bluegrass 'hymns', some are folk songs that been sung for centuries):
    Jesus Thou Art the Sinners Friend
    Am I Born to Die
    Come Thou With Us
    Wayfaring Stranger
    On the Battlefield
    Village Churchyard
    Green Pastures in the Sky
    Unclouded Day
    Oh Death (Conversation with Death)

     
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  4. timdabap

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    was that you singing, Brother ?
     
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    Not exactly an old hymn, but a beautiful song nevertheless....
    Title: when I go home....

     
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    A song often attributed to Abraham Lincoln, but my songbook says Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

    TIME ! WHAT AN EMPTY VAPOR 'TIS

    does anyone have a link to where it can be listened to ?
    I know hymnals have notes and beat and time signatures, but I really have no gift for sight reading.
     
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    No not me singing. When I sing I'm sure I sound like a mule with an upset stomach haha.

    The fellow singing wrote that hymn. He's a Chandler. The Chandler family is up in the mountains of Madison County, NC. I'm up where the Blevins, Coldirons, Baugesses, Taylors and Millers settled up in NW NC. In the mountains near Mountain City, Boone and Mt. Rogers area.
     
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    Here's a "crash-boom-bang" song that fits with your songs about dying. It was played for my nieces funeral. It's full of hope. The song title is "Absent From Flesh."
     
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    Lined out singing...Old School singing ...
    in the old days, most Primitive Baptists, being poor, could not afford hymnals, so if a congregation knew the tune of a song, someone called out the lines and they sang it

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    Song leader in my Old School Primitive Baptist Church for over 35 years... We all had song books and I never had to line one out and thanks for the trip down memory lane, had to dry my eyes more than once... Brother Glen:)

    Btw... They were happy tears!
     
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    Same here. I've heard some professionally done line singing that is wonderful. There's an Old Regular Baptist (NOT sovereign grace) and an old line Primitive Baptist church I've visited in a neighboring county that line sings, but to me it's excruciatingly SLOW!

    One of my favorites: Come Ye Sinners
     
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    Come, ye sinners, poor and needy,
    Weak and wounded, sick and sore;
    Jesus ready stands to save you,
    Full of pity, love and power.

    I will arise and go to Jesus,
    He will embrace me in His arms;
    In the arms of my dear Savior,
    O! There are ten thousand charms.

    Come, ye thirsty, come and welcome,
    God's free bounty glorify;
    True belief and true repentance,
    Ev'ry grace that brings us nigh.

    I will arise and go to Jesus,
    He will embrace me in His arms;
    In the arms of my dear Savior,
    O! There are ten thousand charms.

    Come, ye weary, heavy laden,
    Bruised and broken, full of sin;
    If you tarry till you're better,
    You may never enter in.

    I will arise and go to Jesus,
    He will embrace me in His arms;
    In the arms of my dear Savior,
    O! There are ten thousand charms.

    Let not conscience make you linger,
    Not of fitness fondly dream;
    All the fitness He requireth
    Is to feel your need of Him.

    I will arise and go to Jesus,
    He will embrace me in His arms;
    In the arms of my dear Savior,
    O! There are ten thousand charms.
     
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    ...but it's a 'joyful noise' though, right? :)
     
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    56 The Joy Of The Lord - YouTube

    From childhood one of my favorites, so simple and basic, the message that is, and a whoooole lot of Christians could benefit from a 'redo' of their Bible School lessons.
     
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    Come Thou Fount
     
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    Come Sunday, I've jotted down the following songs to teach, and sing with, the fellowship of Primitive Baptists here in this little island we live in, in the Philippines.
    The brethren do not know most of the songs of Zion, and not used to requesting songs to be sung during the singing portion of the morning services.
    We usually sing about 7 to 8 songs:
    1. Grace, 'Tis A Charming Sound
    2. To Him Who On The Fatal Tree
    3. I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord
    4. How Tedious and Tasteless The Hours (When Jesus No Longer I See)
    5. O Call It Not Death
    6. Oh, Once I Had A Glorious View
    7. And Let This Feeble Body Fail
    8. When Thou My Righteous Judge (Opening Hymn for the Preaching Services)

    WE have a music teacher (Roman Catholic) the congregation pays, who comes every other Sunday to teach us sight singing and some.
     
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    I attended a Black PB service... My preacher friend Elder Amos Todd (now with the Lord) I heard, line one out... You think our brethren are slow, some of these black PB brethren drag every word out... I know each of us have our favorite songs... Okay you PB brethren if our church had an Alma Mater what would it be?... You blow this an I'll question your church affiliation... Brother Glen:Whistling
     
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    Or, as my church bulletin often misprints..."Come Thou Font." :rolleyes:
     
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    My friend is singing. He is now in the final stages of dementia.
     
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