Elder from the Past Praying

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I can tell there's some great praying going on, but I would need subtitles before I could add "amen" with my understanding. :)
...is that really a baptist church, with all the crucifixes...?
 
That looks like a collage of all sorts of church buildings. I can almost guarantee that the vaults and crucifixes where not in that Primitive Baptist church house. :)
 
Nope, not the ones with the crucifixes. Some of the older frame church houses may have been, but not those.
 
There is a melody to his praying. It sounds like he is singing his prayers. Can someone explain?
 
That is a type of praying that used to not be all that uncommon in the rural South. In places and subcultures it is still seen and practiced. It is more common among congregations that are predominantly 'black' today. Prayer and song are related. Even a cursory reading of Psalms shows this. It is a carry over from that view in part.
 
I once heard an old Free church minister from somewhere in the remote Highlands praying in a similar style - free and rhapsodic with long, long periods, and though he didn't quite break into song, it didn't seem as if it would have taken much to make him. It was worth hearing.
Of course that's a Gaelic culture, which may have more in common with your Primitive South than it does with Lowland Scotland or England.

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...Lawrence! you split an infinitive!! :eek:
 
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...Lawrence! you split an infinitive!!
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Alas, I did. :( Would you be so generous as to forgive? I am not quite myself. My family, all of us, have the flu. Additionally, I seem to have a rather severe stomach ailment. I am not quite myself at present.
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I heard the connection of the Highlands before. That type of prayer is most common, among whites, in the South Appalachian and Ozark mountains. Those areas have significant Highland and Ulster Scot populations.
 
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Alas, I did. Would you be so generous as to forgive? I am not quite myself.
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:) say no more. I might have guessed there was something wrong - it seemed so unlike you.... hope you all feel better soon, keep warm!
That's interesting about the Ozarks and Appalachians. I have a little book of Appalachian Christmas carols. Some of them are very primitive, several are really beautiful. The Scots echoes are noticeable though.
 
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