We began to build plain Jane buildings and to restrict the ceremonial of the liturgy to the minimum required.  We became more content in the black robe from Geneva than the historic vesture of the Church.  We treated hymns as if they were merely ornamental and not truly confessional, a matter of personal taste in which they were mostly equal in quality.  We became utilitarian and decided that pipe organs were too costly and so the Church that produced Bach found itself unable to utilize Bach’s music in the Divine Service.  We turned choirs from their primary role as leaders of the congregational song and gave them a ministry which was only slightly different from Methodism and its parade of the choir up front to perform for the enjoyment of … Read entire article »