http://www.pietisten.org/authors/LeeOPierre.html http://www.pietisten.org/authors/LeeOPierre.html en-us http://www.pietisten.org//viii/2/billy_goat_talk.html http://www.pietisten.org//viii/2/billy_goat_talk.html “Good morning. Do you believe in Jesus?” It was not long after our fourteen-foot flood. I was sitting in Hardees at a booth tucked away in a far corner, hoping to eat breakfast and read the morning paper in relative quietness. http://www.pietisten.org//viii/4/sacred_harp.html http://www.pietisten.org//viii/4/sacred_harp.html In the early to mid-1700s, during the first American revival movement known as the “Great Awakening,” a new kind of worshiping-through-song developed. There were few musical instruments to accompany singers in Colonial America, and the singers paid little attention to either timing or pitch.