Christian Harmony with the Cherokee Repertory Choir

Courthouse, New Echota State Historic Site
Calhoun, Gordon County, Georgia
Saturday, November 1, 2025

This singing met in conjunction with the annual Cherokee Heritage Day held at New Echota, one-time capital of the Cherokee Nation. Singing was held at the Courthouse, which served as a community gathering place in addition to hosting the sessions of the Cherokee Supreme Court beginning in 1823. This courthouse “rings like a bell” and Christian Harmony singers have enjoyed meeting there occasionally over recent decades. On this occasion, tunes from Christian Harmony were sung together with the texts from Cherokee Hymns with which they were traditionally paired. Information following the name of the tune includes the hymn number—first line in Cherokee syllabary—first line in Latin characters; and English title.

55b, Idumea (ᎦᏨ ᏓᏥᏩᏛ; gatsv datsiwatv; not from Cherokee Hymns)
128b, Ninety-Fifth (85—ᎦᏙᏃ ᎢᏗᏍᎪᏂᎰ; gadono idisgoniho; Death of Believers)
359, Wondrous Love (34—ᎠᏂᏲ ᎢᏥᎷᎩ; aniyo istilugi; I Will Tell What God Has Done for Me)
323, Holy Manna (16—ᏱᎰᏩ ᏣᎬᏫᏳᎯ; yihowa tsagvwiyuhi; Greatness and Condescension of God)
78b, New Britain (87—ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏪᏥ; unelanvhi uwetsi; Christ’s Second Coming)
26b, Ninety-Third (91—ᏅᏩᏙᎯᏯᏛ; nvwadohiyadv; Heaven)
549t, The Christian's Farewell (86—ᏞᏍᏗ ᏂᎪᎯᎸᎢ ᏱᎨᎡᏍᏗ; tlesdi nigohilvi yigeesdi; I Would Not Live Alway)
88, Pisgah (50—ᏥᏌ, ᎤᏂᏍᎦᏅᏨᎯ; tsisa, unisganvtsvhi; Lord Remember Me)
257, Jubilee (46—ᏍᎩᏍᏕᎵᏍᎩ ᏨᏒᎯᏳ; sgisdelisgi tsvsvhiyu; Praise to the Savior)
36t, Lovely Vine (35—ᏞᏉ ᎢᎦᎵᎢ; segwo igalii; I Will Tell What God Has Done for Me)
134, Liberty (130—ᏥᏰᎸ ᏩᏲᎱᎯᏉ; tsiyelv wayohuhigwo; And Let This Feeble Body Fail)
206, Prayer Meeting (5—ᎠᏫ ᎠᎹ ᏕᎨᏴᎢ; awi ama degeyvi; Longing for the House of God)
147, Fairfield (38—ᎡᎮᎾ ᏣᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗ; ehena tsadadolisdi; Come Humble Sinner)
261t, Come Thou Fount (26—ᏍᏆᏘᏂᏎᏍᏗ; sgwatinisesdi; Guide Me, Jehovah)

Members of the Cherokee Language Repertory Choir then sang one more Cherokee song to a tune not found in Christian Harmony.

Co-Chairs: Sara Hopkins and Judy Mincey
Minutes: Jesse P. Karlsberg