Johns Island Wesley United Methodist Church: Getting Late In the Evening (1983)

[@jeremycjenkins]

This brings tears to my eyes. R.I.P. Daddy... Rev. A. Clark Jenkins

[@jbligengirl]

Wow! I miss my grandfather!💜

[@frederickrasenberger1000]

This is the taproot of American music. A national treasure!

[@simchr2541]

Thats my shoutin uncle! Rip uncle Benji

[@ChandraSeaseHSTV]

That's the old Wesley where grandma,Ruth"tootsie" Bligen took me every single Sunday . we honor and miss you dearly.

[@jbligengirl]

wow! this just brought me to tears...how i miss my Papa...R.I.P. i love u!

[@kas3583]

my grandmothers church!

[@LomaxFilmCollection]

@simchr2541 Thank you for the comment and identification!

[@kennethbrown6345]

I have just been sitting here for days listening to everything Benjamin"Benji" Bligen and others and have been homesick, and longing for the days of the old Church. I grew up in Wesley. One song I loved by Mr. Benji was "Peter you got the power!," I wish someone had a recording of that?

[@chaulchnamthmei9954]

I am thankfully able to access the Guy Carawan recordings of the Moving Star Hall during the 60's. I am continuing to convert these files and to upload them to my channel. Unfortunately, there is no 'Peter you got the power' recording in the index. If there are any other songs you want uploaded that was sung in Moving Star Hall, please let me know so that I can upload it to youtube.

[@kennethbrown6345]

Thanks

[@kennethbrown6345]

Thanks

[@RochesFan]

I'm amazed that you have access to those precious recordings. I can't know what wasn't published, so I'd love to hear at least all the songs that weren't on the Folkways releases. I've listened to Been in the Storm So Long literally dozens of times, and I count it as one of the most meaningful collections of music I have.

[@chaulchnamthmei9954]

I will definitely post more in the future, and of course more renditions of 'Been in the Storm So Long'. It's such a beautiful spiritual.

[@Aaros-SL]

This is amazing, I wished I would've been raised in a church like this

[@bwmertz]

WOW, Hallelujah!

[@user-qb3ki5ki1h]

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