Ancient AND modern, if you please

This is worth considering:

AN ARTICLE in a newspaper in the United States took exception to new trends in church music: “Because there are so many new songs, you can’t learn them all. It puts too much emphasis on instrumental music rather than godly lyrics. This new music creates dis­turb­ances, making people act in­decently and disorderly. The preced­ing generation got along without it. It’s a money-making scam and some of these new music upstarts are lewd and loose.” These words were written in the 18th century about Isaac Watts, au­thor of “When I survey the wondrous Cross”.

Worship music has always generated controversy when a change in style or relation to culture is involved. This article goes over some of the issues. It’s an overview but helpful for that.

via Church Times – Ancient and modern, if you please.

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