Nearer My God To Thee - Sacred Harp Singing, Gospel Song, Recognized by the State Capitol of Alabama as the oldest musical art form in the southern states. Songs were sung by diverse congregations mixed with African American, White, and Native American Indians, prior to the Civil War. History has it that the first Sacred Harp Hymnal published by Benjamin Lloyd of Greenville, AL.(1840)
He was a circuit preacher for the Primitve Baptist Church, Beulah Association, Daleville, AL. (near Fort Rucker Army Base outside of Dothan Al)Both Bill Lloyd and Daniel Lloyd are music ministers in their own churches in North Florida and Albany in South Georgia.
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I find it interesting that such a conservative group would sing the song of a Unitarian .Does the theology of the writer matter to the singers?
ConfederateGypsy 1 year ago