Katie, Mother's song book was published in 1845. I imagine not to many people in the U.S. were able to read prior to that time. As I understand it, marriages in the Primitive church building is a relatively late event. All I have been able to find, they were either married in the bride's home, the bride's brother's home, the middle of the road, at the Justice of Peace's home, or some other inglorius place. I have not figured out yet why anyone would marry in the middle of the road. There must be some significance to it. Tears came into my eyes when the congregation began to sing. I had not been in that church since my Grandpa died in 1960. My grandparents met in that church, married, raised their children and were buried with services in that church. The fellow that did the preaching is a friend of ours. He was my Mother and Dad's pastor, and he spent a lot of time with us during Mother and Daddy's illnesses and deaths. As you probably know, the titles of the songs are usually the title of the tune. Probably the ones I like best are David's Lamentation and Wonderous Cross. It's been a long time since I attended the Primitive Baptist Church. So, I can't remember the songs, but I recognize them when I hear them. My gr.gr. grandfather gave land for a Primitive Baptist Church building, and I am trying to get information about him and it to write an article for a Cemetery Book. In the 1840s, he was a messenger from his church to a conference. My grandmother's grandfather was a messenger to the same conference from a different church. Bobbye