Voices Only: ‘I Want to Be Ready to Meet Him’

Welcome to Voices Only, your weekly dose of a cappella.

This week we have to videos — from two different continents — of Adger M. Pace’s 1938 hymn “I Want to Be Ready to Meet Him.”

Here’s a great congregational version of the song from a 2009 gospel meeting of Churches of Christ in Springfield, Mo. (This meeting is the gift that keeps giving in terms of Voices Only.)

And here’s another version from a small group in the West African city of Port Harcourt, Nigeria:

What’s your favorite a cappella song? Send us a video link and a short description of what the song means to you. We might use your selection in a future Voices Only.

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