[Fedora]

"I have found a great deal of comfort in learning the 'ancient' traditional songs, and wonder why those others shun them so. The words they sing in those baby-sunday-school songs are nothing compared to the 'old-timey' music."

I love old-fashioned church songs! For that matter I love medieval Gregorian chant :) I like playing Baroque church music on the piano, too.

[Alkhin]

In our book of hymns we sing songs that span everywhere from early Reformation ("Let Thy Blood In Mercy Poured") to the 1940s. But what I love most are the lyrics. There's some DEEP feeling POETRY in those songs!

I grew up in the 70s Folk era...our church had a Folk Group. But we at least kept our songs liturgical, and the songs were pretty and thoughtful as well. Not many of a poetical bent, but more often drawn directly from Scripture, so sometimes it was like singing directly from the Bible.

When we joined a local 'progressive' church, I thought I would scream, because it felt like I was five years old again. Happy Happy Joy Joy. No liturgy. No biblical phrases.

I know of a great site to get midi's on favorite church hymns. I'll see if I can find it.