The Church in the Wildwood - A Cappella Hymn (4 verses!)

"The Church in the Wildwood"
Lyrics & Music - William S. Pitts (1865)
Key - Bb Major
Tempo - 86 bpm
SATB - J. Elliot Bowman
Recorded at the Netherland church of Christ in Rickman, TN.
Psalm 95:1-2 - 1 Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! 2 Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
These recordings and sheet music slides are copyrighted when I create them. I hope you enjoy these recordings, but please do not download them. It is illegal to do so without permission, even if they are public domain hymns.

[@anarchorepublican5954]

🎄🎅🏻... I'm learning this song as a sort Xmas gift to my preaching partner (...he requested It,...last Lord's Day, and no one knew it😔)....🎁 🗣🎼🎵🎶 Come...Come ...Come...Come🎵🎶.... ....thanks for steering me on "the straight and narrow"...

[@MabelMfayela]

This song makes me think about sweet home beyond the blues

[@jerrypalmer8580]

My parents were married there in 1963!

[@stephaniehorneLovesJESUS]

Mine in 1964! 💗

[@mephisto_octopus]

Who asked?

[@tangobravo5752]

@@mephisto_octopusget a life

[@johnnyswanepoel]

I sang this song many years ago in our sunday school and still brings joy

[@remojane9038]

I'm happy I came across this hymn. Brings back so many memories of my home church while growing up

[@brucealanwilson4121]

@@remojane9038 It isn't a hymn. God & Jesus are not so much as mentioned, and the theological/spiritual substance is nil.

[@ResidualConfusion]

This and "Balm In Gilead" were my grampa's favorite hymns. (He was a strong bass.) He didn't believe in organized religion, but he sure believed in God and hymns. I hope I'll see you again, someday, Grampa, so we can sing this together.

[@chamberlinalonso7024]

thanks I’m Blessed of Your Nice Voices Godblessyou

[@PepperFarm-kw8fl]

Nice uplifting spiritual music

[@Brianchaninov]

What a stirring A Capella rendition of this fine old hymn. William R. Holmes my maternal Great Grandfather fought on Union side in our Civil War. I treasure a 1938 dated photo me age 2 holding his hand but of course I don't remember. My mother and uncles attended his Aledo IL funeral in 1944. At 98 years he reportedly was one of the last hundred Union vets. Mom said this hymn was his favorite and sung at the gravesite.

[@VickyRBenson]

Wow! You’ve outdone yourself on this one with its moving parts! Beautiful! Thank you so much!

[@acappellahymns]

Glad you enjoyed Ms. Vicky! It was fun to put this together.

[@sonyahannah]

Thanks for the smiling trip down Memory Lane; it was an "atheist" friend of mine who most often would ask for the dorm crew to sing this song. . .

[@djabbamont1080]

I know of a church that has adopted this one as their theme. It is a little brown church, Brookdale. This was one of the 1st pieces I learned to play on the organ. My dad loved it. Thanks for the memories.

[@acappellahymns]

You're very welcome!

[@Rosie-hd7eg]

Praising our Lord and Savior with this beautiful hymn.

[@gruchka]

I love this hymn. I'm from Brazil🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@reinyhorman6049]

God Bless Amen 🙏💖

[@katrinafroese3267]

My mom sings this song sometimes. I love it so much! I'm a teenager btw so yes. Mom is still alive :)

[@acappellahymns]

It's a fun one!

[@zennyriehl9197]

You have sung it again amazingly This.is my father's favorite song.Thsnks

[@acappellahymns]

Thanks, Zenny!

[@brucealanwilson4121]

How is this a hymn? It doesn't mention God or Jesus or any other religious or spiritual subject. It is a very pretty nostalgic song, but don't call it a hymn.

[@caydenkasongo3534]

This right here yes

[@carwashslayer4235]

0:25 love this and conducting can be fun as well. I pretend I have a choir and I am leading them.

[@theintrovertgospelmusic1676]

Beautiful singing, glory to God!

[@daria4713]

Wonderful song

[@billionbilly7348]

oh oh come come come.👍👍👍

[@nfornoha4625]

If you learned it at a faster tempo, set the speed to 1.5x. Beautifully done regardless.

[@mbonezakabanda7971]

God bless you for this melodious message

[@JaedieSmith.]

Praise God ❤️

[@BalancedTrust]

Please pray for the Warner family

[@hughmcniece3986]

Hannah is singing hymns on Sunday and Wednesday night

[@possummanrld]

Outstanding!

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

EXCELLENT! And you sang it like it was written. In all the congregations I've ever been in we never sang it exactly like that. The tune is the same, the words are the same but the tempo is always freeform. 😄

[@christophera.nakoski2460]

I praise God for your willingness to share your gifts to encourage the hearts of our Brother's & Sister's in the Lord Jesus Christ.! Would you please consider doing all 4 verses of the Star Spangled Banner.! The People need to hear the truth that will set us free.!

[@acappellahymns]

Hello Christopher! Glad you're enjoying the channel! Yes, I think I will record The Star Spangled Banner some day and put it only in the patriotic playlist. When/if I do so, I'll definitely record all the verses.

[@user-bm2ip3oz5l]

この讃美歌大好きです。讃美歌何番か教えてください。

[@TK_Edits5]

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[@randystarr7705]

I'm an evangelist traveling from church to church all over the USA. We listen to your music for hours in evenings on youtube & we singalong, but we find many in churches who are still using CDs. Do you have CDs at a reselling rate for our booktable? God's people who don't use youtube would love this music!

[@conradgallardo9046]

Thank you so much for all your videos Love them all!!!

[@DeLucaFrancesca]

Love it!

[@LordOdyseus]

Dude, I'm glad someone else recorded this hymn and uploaded here.

[@acappellahymns]

I'm glad too! 😃

[@LordOdyseus]

@@acappellahymns, can you do "Yield not to Temptation" in Ab and/or "I Will sing of My Redeemer"?

[@acappellahymns]

@@LordOdyseus I can add them to the ever-growing list. ( : It'll be a while until I can get back around to recording again. Probably a few more months.

[@LordOdyseus]

@@acappellahymns, got it. Thanks for your answer, брат.

[@jimmydomingo2015]

Amen

[@Lumbago_survivor84]

Can you do I want to stroll over heaven with you? I really like that song

[@joesprague2261]

Pass Me Not Oh Gentle Savior by Fanny Crosby would be a great one to hear Acapella. Could you please do that one in the future?

[@acappellahymns]

Already done. 😉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/en6TY41-brGUnsk

[@VickyRBenson]

@@acappellahymns Thanks for doing this one. When I was 9 I went forward to an altar of prayer at a church my family was visiting to confirm my salvation. It was this hymn that moved me to go forward, and has had a special place in my heart ever since. “Kneeling there in deep contrition,” “While on others Thou art calling, do not pass me by.” Looking back, it was when I was 9 that I started an after-school Bible club for girls in my class at school, which was just across the street.

[@acappellahymns]

You're welcome! It's a very special hymn. Definitely in my top 10 favorites!

[@champo187]

Please sing "swiftly we're turning life's daily pages"

[@acappellahymns]

I don't think I know that one. Do you know who wrote it and what year?

[@aaronshotts6849]

@@acappellahymns This is a song that Tillit S. Teddlie wrote the music to. It is also known by the title "Into Our Hands."

[@acappellahymns]

@@aaronshotts6849 Thanks Aaron! Looks like it was written in 1939 so it may be copyrighted.

[@multifandom1563]

I request I AM COMING LORD

[@LanceGrey]

Thank you for Posting & sharing! 😃

[@josephraymonddelice5002]

Thanks , God bless you

[@acappellahymns]

You're very welcome!

[@ozzyboi4138]

Please do Ho! Reapers in the whitened harvest

[@aaronshotts6849]

I gotta ask....why didn't you do the 1/8th rests on "come, come, come..."?

[@acappellahymns]

Hello Aaron! It's tough for me to find a balance between staccato eighths and legato eighths. In the end I thought about how a bell might sound and sort of went with that. 😄

[@NickSoong]

I'd love to hear your arrangement for -"Standing on the Promises"- and "Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee"

[@NickSoong]

I meant "For the Beauty of the Earth"

[@rosered4897]

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[@rosered4897]

Cool l love it very much ♥️ 👌 ❤️ 😎 👍 😍 ♥️ 👌 ❤️ 😎 👍 😍 ♥️ God-bless you all!!!!❤❤

[@suluzonyekha9778]

Please do All hail to thee Immanuel. Author D. R Van Sickle

[@yuvinavivin]

Beautiful song! Where can I find more info about the church of yours? I'd like to learn more great songs 🎵😊

[@acappellahymns]

Glad you enjoyed! I attend a church of Christ. Many of them still sing these older hymns. Hope that helps!

[@ResidualConfusion]

Although they "updated" their hymnal in the 1970s, many Seventh-day Adventist churches still sing the old hymns. Just FYI. 🙂

[@pampruett245]

Elliot, I did this on my four track back some years ago, and the last four verses I have in my very, very old songbook are different. Heartbreaking, I had to try many times to get through the last verse (weeping). So poignant and sad. I'll try to find them and make a note and see if you've heard those other verses. Good job.

[@acappellahymns]

Sounds good Ms. Pam! These were the only ones I could find. But I'm always interested in more! ( :

[@pampruett245]

@@acappellahymns Elliot, a couple of weeks ago I sent the other verses to you, through an email, I wasn't sure if you had seen them, or how often you pulled the emails. Let me know if you didn't get them, and maybe I could put them on here.

[@acappellahymns]

@@pampruett245 Hey Ms. Pam! I didn't get an email from you that I can tell. Would you mind to re-send that?

[@pampruett245]

@@acappellahymns Yes, I'll see where I put it and try it again!

[@loya2467]

Is there any chance you still have those verses? Thank you.

[@naysaw2938]

😍🙏

[@billclintononyimbo_officia]

Amen... Please how can I connect with you Kindly

[@acappellahymns]

I reply to a lot of comments on the channel. You can also email me if you'd like. My email address can be found on the 'about' tab of the main channel's page.

[@billclintononyimbo_officia]

@@acappellahymns ok 😊thank you 🙏

[@josephraymonddelice5002]

Thanks, but i need his grace is sufficient for me , sheet music

[@acappellahymns]

If I'm ever looking for sheet music for a hymn, I search for the hymn name plus "hymnary". It's a great resource for public domain hymns and sheet music. hymnary.org/text/his_grace_was_sufficient_for_me

[@verewilliams2701]

So you think the church is a building?the church is the people,not a ĺittle brown building or a large one,it is the called out people,ecclesia

[@acappellahymns]

Hello Vere. Are you asking me? Or everyone here? It's probably best if you ask questions and wait for an answer instead of assume what I (we?/they?) are thinking. I think there are "church buildings" as well as "the church". "The church" is the body of Christ. The body of Christ often gathers in church buildings. I don't see a need to start an argument when one doesn't exist. Also, I wouldn't consider this a hymn for worship. But not all songs have to be hymns of worship. In my opinion, this song was mostly written to remind believers of their simpler upbringing and encourage them to "come to the church". It doesn't matter where the church gathers whether it be "in the wildwood" or in the city, in a "church building" or at home. It's just a song. In this song, the church building happens to be brown and in a vale/valley.

[@verewilliams2701]

@@acappellahymns i was simply making a statement friend,there are a lot of people who believe the church is a building and this song seems to perpetuate this,thats why we dont sing it in a lot of congregations in my part of the world.thanks for your response,i was not expecting one😊

[@acappellahymns]

@@verewilliams2701 No problem! When people say "you", I naturally assume their talking to me. 😄 Have a great weekend!

[@lorlahhay]

AMEN