Artfuldodger
Senior Member
He sent men out to Appalachia but his bother in law Daniel Marshall started a lot of Baptist Churches in Georgia.
Back to Stearns,
Shubael Stearns, had a heavy dependence on singsong chant interspersed with elongated shouts and wails, appearing so similar to that of modern “Lining Out” traditions or "Presenting the line” as it is also known. Before Churches had songbooks, there was 'Lined-Out' Gospel.
Lining out, also called hymn lining, is a form of a cappella hymn-singing or hymnody in which a leader, often called the clerk or precentor, gives each line of a hymn tune as it is to be sung, usually in a chanted form giving or suggesting the tune. It can be considered a form of call and response.
Back to Stearns,
Shubael Stearns, had a heavy dependence on singsong chant interspersed with elongated shouts and wails, appearing so similar to that of modern “Lining Out” traditions or "Presenting the line” as it is also known. Before Churches had songbooks, there was 'Lined-Out' Gospel.
Lining out, also called hymn lining, is a form of a cappella hymn-singing or hymnody in which a leader, often called the clerk or precentor, gives each line of a hymn tune as it is to be sung, usually in a chanted form giving or suggesting the tune. It can be considered a form of call and response.