# Brethren We Have Met to Worship

## Classification

- Queue shelf: light
- Current website category: archive
- Research category: public-domain
- Rights status: public-domain-us
- Confidence: confirmed

## Writer / Source

Text by George Askins; tune commonly HOLY MANNA by William Moore

## Earliest Located Evidence

Early nineteenth-century hymn tradition; Southern Harmony / shape-note usage

## Context

Public-domain hymn text/tune; later arrangements may differ.

## Rights Assessment

The package uses the current U.S. public-domain rule of thumb that U.S. works published before 1931 are public domain in 2026, while modern works and later arrangements need separate clearance. For traditional material, the underlying tune/text may be public domain while The Scrips arrangement and any modern variant source remain separate rights questions.

## Source Links

- https://hymnary.org/text/brethren_we_have_met_to_worship
- https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-duration.html

## Local Scrips Evidence

- Current source text: src/_content/song-text/brethren-we-have-met-to-worship.txt
- Existing site status: unknown
- Existing site notes: lyric/chord sheet present

## Scrips Arrangement Notes

The text/chords supplied here follow the Scrips working source where available. Differences from older printed or collected versions should be treated as arrangement choices unless separately documented.

## Chords / Key / Tuning

- Key: not documented
- Capo: not documented
- Tuning/comment: not documented

## Alternate Titles / Indexes

- Alternate titles: Brethren, We Have Met to Worship, HOLY MANNA
- Roud number: none located / not applicable

## Open Questions

- No cleaned Scrips ChordPro file found; chords need confirmation.