Sacred Music

At modern singings most of our time is taken up in singing. The exceptions are breaks, prayers, and memorial lessons (and sometimes a brief welcome). In older times it was common include a lesson or lecture by a music teacher. Near the close of the North East Texas Sacred Harp Convention (August 30-September 1, 1940), Professor Bob Bartlett lectured on “Sacred Music,” followed by his leading The Crucifixion, The Resurrection, and Weeping Mary.

The convention that year was held at Pleasant Hope Church in Cass County, Texas, near Huffines, Robert Edmond Bartlett, President, and Herschel Grady McLeod, Secretary.

The Citizens Journal (Atlanta, Texas), Thursday, September 5, 1940, p. 5