Imagine the Quaker
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archives | newquaker.comSunday, April 20, 2003
Today I took my youngest daughter to the Moravian church in New Hartford for the Easter service. The Moravians were part of the reformed tradition long before there was such a tradition. Theirs is a liturgical church, so it was a tight program with hymns from a book-of-hymns and lively organ music and a competent choir. The congregation corporately sang off-key, but that's because—like most liturgical assemblies with hymnals—the music is antique, the words are out of fashion (some are obsolete), and since no one goes around singing these musty songs, amateur singers are asked to perform without any rehearsal and often without ever having heard the song before. If they keep the same hymnal through another generation, they might as well be singing in Latin. But they have a pastor, not a reverend, and the faith is sincere and it is good to join in corporate Christian worship, and I felt even better having my daughter with me for worship. My local Quaker Meeting, alas, is not Christ centered.
posted by Merle Harton, Jr. 11:47 PM
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