Bill Green Memorial/Baldwin County Convention (Cooper Book)

Galilee Primitive Baptist Church
Stapleton, Baldwin County, Alabama
Saturday, January 25, 2025 and Sunday, January 26, 2025

This singing used: The B. F. White Sacred Harp (Cooper Book), 2012 Revision, The Christian Harmony, 2010 edition, and The Harp of Ages, 8th ed., 1977? (!).

Saturday, January 25

The Bill Green Memorial Baldwin County Sacred Harp Convention was held at Galilee Primitive Baptist Church on the fourth weekend in January. The class was called to order by Mary Amelia Taylor leading 293b, Saint Thomas.
She gave a warm welcome to all in attendance and led 63, Coronation, in memory of deceased singers who were faithful for many years to attend the singing. The opening prayer was offered by Ken Kelley.

Leaders:
47t, Salvation, O the Joyful Sound (Primrose) - Tim Taylor
77t, The Child of Grace
99, Gospel Trumpet - Ken Kelley
567, Child of Thine
380t, Nettie - Kevin Dyess
559, Will You Meet Me?
45b, Supplication - Tim Royappa and Ben Fink
268b, Texas - Tim Royappa and Stanley Smith
335, Return Again - John Kelley
100, The Bower of Prayer
159, Wondrous Love - Charlotte Naylor
155, How Long, Dear Saviour (Northfield)
108t, Weeping Sinners - Will Kelley.

RECESS

Mary Amelia Taylor brought the class back to order leading 31b, Come, We That Love the Lord (Webster).
Leaders:
87, Sweet Canaan - Russ Scholz
293t, Ballerma
106, Ecstacy - Anne Royappa
133, John 4:14
264t, Great God, Attend (Duke Street) - Joshua McCoy
38t, Sessions
300, Calvary - Isabella Segalovich
239, David's Lamentation - Isabella Segalovich and Ben Fink
393, I'm Wandering To and Fro - DeAna Autry and Brooke Autry
348t, Happy Land.

RECESS

Mary Amelia Taylor brought the class back together leading 54t, Palmetto.
Leaders:
355, Hinder Me Not - Danny Creel
514, Wiley
515, When the Lord Shall Come for Me - Stanley Smith
501, That Beautiful Land
81, Jesus Is Willing (Beach Spring) - Russ Scholz
41, Poyner - Ben Fink
327, Hatfield
405, Children of the Heavenly King (The Marcellas) - John Kelley
282, I'm Going Home
464, Hocutt - Ken Kelley
563, Jesus Is Mine - Tim Taylor
504, ('t'op or 'b'ottom of the page?)
491, Closer Walk With God - Will Kelley and Ken Kelley
543, Consecration - Tim Royappa
140, Chicago - Tim Royappa and Stanley Smith
48b, Thou Man of Grief (Kedron) - Kevin Dyess.
Mary Amelia Taylor led 369, Send a Blessing, and Tim Taylor offered a prayer for the noon meal.

LUNCH

The afternoon session began with Mary Amelia Taylor leading 82, Bound for Canaan.
Leaders:
276, Bridgewater - DeAna Autry
274t, The Golden Harp
386, Carry Me Home - Ben Fink
486, No Night on That Golden Shore
404, He Died on the Cross - Danny Creel
98, Glory Shone Around
196, Alabama - Anne Royappa
203, Florida
115, The Midnight Cry - Charlotte Naylor
186, Sherburne
518, Love At Home - Farrell Stearns
47b, Idumea - Isabella Segalovich
505, Cleansing Fountain
336t, Hester - Joshua McCoy
162, Hark! from the Tomb (Plenary)
72, Firm Foundation (Bellevue) - Charlie Harner
131t, Messiah - Anne Royappa
131b, Invocation
507b, The Glory of the Cross - Joshua McCoy
142, Stratfield - Kevin Dyess.

Announcements were made. Mary Amelia Taylor led 95b, The Christian's Love, for Nancy Hogan.
Danny Creel offered the closing prayer.

Saturday, January 25, 6:00 p.m.

The Christian Harmony (2010) singing was brought to order by Mary Amelia Taylor leading 322, Among that Band.
Leaders:
133, Juniata - Joshua McCoy
186, Lord Remember Me - Stanley Smith
303, The Unclouded Day - Joshua McCoy
417b, Zanesville - Tim Taylor
54, My Trust - Farrell Stearns
339, Samanthra - Ben Fink
117, Angel Band - Isabella Segalovich
64, Youthful Blessings - Mary Amelia Taylor
507b, Sicily - Joshua McCoy
214, Hosanna - Tim Taylor
203, Cumberland - Stanley Smith
336t, Sweet Harmony
107, Resignation (First) - Farrell Stearns
432b, Fish Pond - Ben Fink
165, Babylon is Fallen - Isabella Segalovich
143, Farther Along - Joshua McCoy.

RECESS

Without an adequate supply of loaner books, the class elected to finish the session with the Harp of Ages, found in the church.
Leaders:
307, Revive Us Again - Joshua McCoy
65 1/2, Parting, When Languor And Disease Invade - Stanley Smith
102, Sweet By and By - Isabella Segalovich
127, From The Heavenly Choir - Tim Taylor
126, I'm Going O'er Home, O Wonderful Trip - Mary Amelia Taylor
371, Leaning On the Everlasting Arms - Joshua McCoy
397, Anywhere Is “Home” - Stanley Smith.
Ben Fink led 409, If We Never Meet Again, as the closing song.
Tim Taylor dismissed the class with prayer.

Sunday, January 26

The Sunday morning session of the Bill Green Memorial Baldwin County Sacred Harp Convention was called to order Mary Amelia Taylor leading 48t, Devotion.
36t, America.
The opening prayer was offered by Kevin Eddins.
Leaders:
384, Longing for Heaven (Panting for Heaven) - Tim Taylor
270, Confidence
99, Gospel Trumpet - Brian Kelley
58, Pisgah
418, Rees - Stanley Smith (for Nate Green)
539, Bidding Farewell to Loved Ones
553, The Hill of Zion - Ezra Eddins
207b, Passing Away
497, The Bitter Cup - Ken Kelley
86, Guiding Spirit
50b, Distress - Ryan Bowman
300, Calvary
60, Saints Bound for Heaven - Jake Kelley
505, Cleansing Fountain.

RECESS

Mary Amelia Taylor brought the class together leading 77t, The Child of Grace.
Leaders:
507t, Jackson - Kevin Eddins
89, The Church's Desolation
392, Little Pilgrim - Will Kelley
108t, Weeping Sinners
159, Wondrous Love - Eric Eddins
411, The Finest Flower
235, The Resurrection (Easter Anthem) - Isabella Segalovich and Ben Fink
87, Sweet Canaan
112, The Last Words of Copernicus - Nicole Bowman
380t, Nettie
385t, Fight On - Ewan Eddins
285t, Arnold
380b, Humble Pleadings - Stefani Priskos
133, John 4:14
176b, The Good Physician - Elam Eddins
168, Cowper
140, Chicago - Jamie Kelley
146, Hallelujah
138t, Song to the Lamb - Eli Eddins
47t, Salvation, O the Joyful Sound (Primrose)
378t, The Heavenly Port - Jamey Wootten
29b, Entreaty (Liverpool)
461, Let Us Sing - Ethan Eddins
444t, The Gospel Pool
44, The Converted Thief - Emily Eddins
292b, The Wonder.

The memorial committee was recognized to present the memorial lesson. Stanley Smith read the names of the sick and shut-ins as follows:
Wayne Jones, Tim Jones, Nate Green, Agnes Farris, and Mazal Horesh. Smith spoke of the community that binds singers together, and the generations of singers who sustained this singing and others for decades.

Smith also read the names of the deceased which included Tommie Spurlock and Billy Kelley—Alabama. Ken Kelley led 572, We Will Sing with Angels There, in memory of his father, Billy Kelley.
Ken described his father's final days and the comfort that Sacred Harp songs gave him and his family. Stanley Smith led 183, Arbacoochee, in memory of Tommie and Margaret Spurlock, and closed the memorial lesson with prayer.

Leaders:
520, Rest for the Soul - Ben Fink
546, Farther On
383, Eternal Day - Daniel Williams
441, The Saint's Delight
404, He Died on the Cross - Brian Kelley and Jake Kelley
31t, Ninety-Third Psalm - Elliott Eddins
73t, Show Pity, Lord (Cusseta).
Mary Amelia Taylor led 369, Send a Blessing, and Ken Kelley offered the blessing for the noon meal.

LUNCH

Mary Amelia Taylor brought the class back together leading 515, When the Lord Shall Come for Me.
Leaders:
511b, Jesus Died for Me - Ewan Eddins
39, Eden of Love - Stefani Priskos
466, The Christian's Flight - Ken Kelley
276, Bridgewater - Elam Eddins
563, Jesus Is Mine - Jamey Wootten
507b, The Glory of the Cross - Eli Eddins
335, Return Again - Brian Kelley
391, The Royal Invitation - Tim Taylor
132, Evening Shade - Hannah Ladesic and Stefani Priskos
49t, Old Hundred - Eric Eddins
293b, Saint Thomas - Emily Eddins (for Chris Nicholson)
119, Heaven's My Home - Jake Kelley
82, Bound for Canaan - Ezra Eddins
364, Greenland - Ethan Eddins
399, The Dying Boy - Daniel Williams
131b, Invocation - Edith Eddins
107, Martin - Kevin Eddins
121, Florence - Elliott Eddins.

Announcements were made. Tim Taylor and Mary Amelia Taylor led 527, Heavenly Grace, as the closing lesson.
Tim Taylor offered the closing prayer, and the class was dismissed.

Chairman and Secretary—Mary Amelia Taylor