side 1: Standard Male Quartette. The Hymns of the Old Church; side 2: Contralto solo. Sweet Hour of Prayer (United Record A254). 78 rpm. Recorded in 1906 and 1907, released in 1908. Re-issue of ...
A few years ago, I came across a book called Worship Across the Racial Divide. Its chapter titles were arresting: “African Americans as the Icon of ‘True Worship,’” “The Naïve Experience of Worship in ...