102nd Old Folks Day Singing at Morning Star
166th Year of the Church

Morning Star United Methodist Church
Dutch Cove Road, Canton, Haywood County, North Carolina
Sunday, September 13, 1992

All selections from The Christian Harmony (‘Carolina book’, 1873 facsimile, 1979 reprint),
except for a few from The Christian Harmony ('Alabama book', Deason-Parris revision, 1958) (“the black book”; marked).

At 1:30, after the Old Folks Day morning worship service, and after a bountiful Dinner on the Grounds spread,
the church bell was rung, and the shape-note singers gathered in the choir loft.

Rev. Wendell Brittain opened with prayer, then led 129t, Coronation.
88, Pisgah - Quay Smathers
157, Hallelujah
106, Sweet Rivers - Laura Boosinger
341, The Lone Pilgrim
152t, Cross of Christ - J. B. Parker
174t, Prospect
165 (AL), Babylon is Fallen - Laurel Horton
216b, Social Band
111t, Minister's Farewell - George Reynolds
128t, Ninety-Fifth
225b, Martin - Maggie Lauterer
206 (AL), Prayer Meeting
158, The Land of Rest - Mike Nichols
117, Angel Band
58b, Primrose - Willie Israel
160 (AL), The Saint's Delight
55b, Idumea - James Egerton
130b, Passing Away
109 (AL), Not Made with Hands
249t, Green Fields - Betty Smith
248 (AL), Twilight is Falling
178 (AL), That Beautiful Land - Bill Strapper
255 (AL), Watchman (Second)
153, Columbus - Quay Smathers ( “used to be led by Lee Black”)
359, Wondrous Love - Lee Richard
258, Thorny Desert
360, The Saints Bound for Heaven - Laurie Allison
339, Samanthra
135, Raymond - Diane Eskenasy
89b, Northfield
293, Lenox - J. B. Parker
367, David's Lamentation - George Reynolds
215t, In That Morning
200b, Parting Hand - Quay Smathers
3:50 P.M. Closing prayer

Thanks to Diane Eskenasy for taking notes.

Transcribed from Christian Harmony Notes, by Willie Israel, No. 1, October 9, 1992.