notes & lyrics won't line up

[Jeffery B. Rancier]

Hi All,
This is my first real attempt, although it took a some time, Emacs
helped quite bit.  I've got a couple quick questions:

How can I assign names to the voices showing up to the left of the
first line?  E.g.,

Soprano |--------------------
Alto    |--------------------
        |--------------------
Tenor   |--------------------
Bass    |--------------------

Why aren't my lyrics lining up with my notes?  And I guess along the
same line, why is the spacing in some measures so cramped?

Since most of the time each of the voices share the same lyrics, I
used double quotes when I wanted to preserve space, but print no
lyric.  To make lining this up easier, I put each measure on a new
line.

I've attached the ly source, and PDF.
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Thanks in advance,
Jeff

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