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De Dry Bones in De Valley

De Dry Bones in De Valley Rev. Robert Parker Rumley Appalachian Heritage, Volume 5, Number 2, Spring 1977, pp. 27-34 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1977.0024 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/441697/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 23:18 GMT from JHU Libraries DE DRY BONES IN DE VALLEY A sermon by Rev. Robert Parker Rumley as reported by Orville Knight Smith and published in AsheviUe, N. C, 1896 The Rev. Robert Parker Rumley, a Negro preacher, achieved fame in western North Carolina for his sermon "De Dry Bones in de Valley"—a sermon he is reported to have preached exclusive to all others in his later active years. Large crowds, both black and white, gathered to hear him, some journeying great distances for the oc- casion. With its prophecy of resurrection and redemption and its strong poetic phrasing, the Biblical passage ( Ezekiel 37: 1-10) on which the sermon is based has had wide appeal to both the primitive and sophisticated mind. Especially popular with Negro preachers and audiences in both sermon and spiritual, it was also the stimulus for literary en- deavors—North Georgia poet Byron Herbert Reece's "Ballad of the Bones", T. S. Eliot's "Ash-Wednesday", James Weldon Johnsons http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

De Dry Bones in De Valley

Appalachian Review , Volume 5 (2) – Jan 8, 2014

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Abstract

Rev. Robert Parker Rumley Appalachian Heritage, Volume 5, Number 2, Spring 1977, pp. 27-34 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1977.0024 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/441697/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 23:18 GMT from JHU Libraries DE DRY BONES IN DE VALLEY A sermon by Rev. Robert Parker Rumley as reported by Orville Knight Smith and published in AsheviUe, N. C, 1896 The Rev. Robert Parker Rumley, a Negro preacher, achieved fame in western North Carolina for his sermon "De Dry Bones in de Valley"—a sermon he is reported to have preached exclusive to all others in his later active years. Large crowds, both black and white, gathered to hear him, some journeying great distances for the oc- casion. With its prophecy of resurrection and redemption and its strong poetic phrasing, the Biblical passage ( Ezekiel 37: 1-10) on which the sermon is based has had wide appeal to both the primitive and sophisticated mind. Especially popular with Negro preachers and audiences in both sermon and spiritual, it was also the stimulus for literary en- deavors—North Georgia poet Byron Herbert Reece's "Ballad of the Bones", T. S. Eliot's "Ash-Wednesday", James Weldon Johnsons

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Appalachian ReviewUniversity of North Carolina Press

Published: Jan 8, 2014

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