Cradle of J.S. Bach's Creativity

After various moves and prominent jobs, [classical composer Johann Sebastian Bach] finally settled down in Leipzig in 1723, where he remained for the ...

The Gift of Music

Music is a glorious gift of God, very like to theology. I would not part with my little gifts of music for anything in the world. We ought to teach the ...

A Cushy Job

Our church has hard wooden pews, so it was good news when Rev. Watkins announced, "The Ladies Fellowship will refurbish the pews with cushions." Then ...

All Music Belongs to God

Secular music, do you say, belongs to the devil? Does it? Well, if it did I would plunder him for it, for he has no right to a single note of the whole ...

Bells and Organs

The year bells are first known to have been used in a church: A.d. 560.

The approximate year an organ was first used: A.d. 730