A CHURCH HYMN FROM ANGERIn the Anglican Communion of Nigeria, poorly-trained catechists, assisted by elder called Baba-Egbes, usually chosen from the congregation, managed village churches in the pre and postindependent eras in Nigeria, if such churches hadno ordained priests, organized choirs, organs andorganists. For every church service, the catechistschose very popular hymns and their tunes anddictated their words, line by line, so thatworshippers, who had no hymn books of their own, could actively participates in the praise songs