Weary Traveller Come Home
Weary Traveller Come Home

Author: Gloria Jean Hansen

Publisher: FriesenPress

Published: 2015-07-21

Total Pages: 119

ISBN-13: 1460270614

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Mariah, a widow struggling to raise her three children on a small farm in Midwestern Canada in the ‘30s, is determined to succeed alone. She works hard, along with her two young sons, Jonathan and Seth. Nellie Lynn, her little girl, also helps out when she’s not busy dressing the family hound dog in doll clothes. Each night, Mariah talks to her dead husband’s picture, and tells him no one can ever take his place. No one, that is, until a weary traveller shows up at her gate for a cool drink, and makes the devastating mistake of letting his shirt fall open...

The Spirituals and the Blues
The Spirituals and the Blues

Author: Cone, James H.

Publisher: Orbis Books

Published: 2022-11-03

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 1608339432

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"How two forms of song helped sustain slaves and their children in the midst of tribulation. With a new introduction by Cheryl Townsend Gilkes"--

God of the Oppressed
God of the Oppressed

Author: James H. Cone

Publisher: Orbis Books

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 1570751587

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In his reflections on God, Jesus, suffering, and liberation, James H. Cone relates the gospel message to the experience of the black community. But a wider theme of the book is the role that social and historical context plays in framing the questions we address to God as well as the mode of the answers provided.

Best-loved Negro Spirituals
Best-loved Negro Spirituals

Author: Nicole Beaulieu Herder

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9780486416779

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Beloved spirituals include such lasting favorites as All God's Children Got Shoes, Balm in Gilead, Deep River, Down by the Riverside, Ezekiel Saw the Wheel, Gimme That Ol'-Time Religion, He's Got the Whole World in His Hand, Roll, Jordan, Roll, Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, Steal Away to Jesus, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, This Train, Wade in the Water, We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder, Were You There When They Crucified My Lord? and many more. Excellent for sing-alongs, community programs, church functions, and other events.

Slave Songs of the United States
Slave Songs of the United States

Author: William Francis Allen

Publisher: Applewood Books

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 1557094349

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Originally published in 1867, this book is a collection of songs of African-American slaves. A few of the songs were written after the emancipation, but all were inspired by slavery. The wild, sad strains tell, as the sufferers themselves could, of crushed hopes, keen sorrow, and a dull, daily misery, which covered them as hopelessly as the fog from the rice swamps. On the other hand, the words breathe a trusting faith in the life after, to which their eyes seem constantly turned.

Were You There?
Were You There?

Author: Luke A. Powery

Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing Corp

Published: 2019-01-08

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 1611649137

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Valuable not only for their sublime musical expression, the African American spirituals provide profound insights into the human condition and Christian life. Many spirituals focus on the climax of the Christian drama, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and the ways in which those events bring about the liberation of Gods people. In these devotions for the season of Lent, Luke A. Powery leads the reader through the spirituals as they confront the mystery of Christs atoning death and victory over the grave. Each selection includes the lyrics of the spiritual, a reflection by the author on the spirituals meaning, a Scripture verse related to that meaning, and a brief prayer.

Slave Songs and the Birth of African American Poetry
Slave Songs and the Birth of African American Poetry

Author: L. Ramey

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2008-02-04

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 0230610161

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In this insightful and provocative volume, Rameyreveals spirituals and slave songs to be a crucial element in American literature. This book shows slave songs'intrinsic value as lyric poetry, sheds light on their roots and originality, anddraws new conclusions on anart form long considereda touchstone of cultural imagination.