A new edition of “The Sacred Harp,” a Christian hymnal first published in 1844, is being released this year. It helps carry ...

A Christian hymnal called “The Sacred Harp” is at the heart of a more than 180-year-old American singing tradition that is as ...

It was complicated by a foul-up with the rights for the song. Committee members had found a version of the hymn with the alternate text in the Celebrating Grace Hymnal, a Baptist hymnal published ...