One more point. There are in my view, two primary reasons that a person prefers to be low church. The first is suggested in my previous post, and is simply a lack of familiarity or knowledge of tradition. The second is an informed, but highly protestant sensibility that is predispositioned against what it perceives as papist ritualism.
I’m sure what you are saying is quite true. Low church types (and although I am one of them...I’m not exactly lowest of the low, I do appreciate well done liturgy, kneeling, solid hymns, using the traditional prayer book etc.) however don’t even think about it. My main point though is the very term “high church” basically assumes “better (or best) church” in a comparative sense. Most evangelical types don’t even consider a comparison...
I do believe that the primary criteria for God glorifying worship is where God’s Word and Sacraments are faithfully administered. Such can be well done in high or low church environments. I sincerely doubt, for example, that any worship service administered by Saints Peter or Paul would have been recognizable as “high church.” That of course does not mean that we should not use a high church form today.
One of the things I think very significant in the more liturgical (higher) church forms found in Anglican (and Roman and Orthodox) circles is the reminder to all the senses of exactly WHERE we as God’s people are heading for in Eternity...