If you go back to my post and read it one more time carefully...you will find that I am talking about instrumental music, not choirs.
***If you go back to my post and read it one more time carefully...you will find that I am talking about instrumental music, not choirs.***
No matter how ‘carefully” I read it, it still says “choirs”.
***I bet you, most Presbyterians never even think about their choirs as unnecessary, man-made tradition added to Protestant rituals.***
Above are the words you wrote. It says “Their Choirs”, it doesn’t say their band, their ensemble, their string quartet, it says their choirs.
Be that as it may, why do you think ANY music is a man made addition, whether it be instruments, or voices?
What do you have against instrumental music in service? Is it because the early churches didn't have it? They didn't have air conditioning either, and the Bible has nothing against it. In fact, the Bible says:
Ps 150:3-5 : 3 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre, 4 praise him with tambourine and dancing, praise him with the strings and flute, 5 praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals.
2 Chron 29:25-26 : 25 He [King Hezekiah] stationed the Levites in the temple of the Lord with cymbals, harps and lyres in the way prescribed by David and Gad the king's seer and Nathan the prophet; this was commanded by the Lord through his prophets. 26 So the Levites stood ready with David's instruments, and the priests with their trumpets.
Of course I do not say that instruments are mandatory, but I don't see anywhere how the Bible frowns on them in worship. And I assure you it is only a coincidence that I happen to be an instrumentalist in our church orchestra during services. :)