Some who read this column must wonder about the young lady with the 'cello. Who is she - why is she here? So do I! I think she is playing a hymn . . .
But first: in August I briefly commended church musicians and encouraged you to do the same. The Bible does, and those glimpses in Chronicles and Nehemiah have been lovingly expounded in more than one recent book about 'worship'. Let me follow Hebrews 11 in naming a few friends who represent the faith of the great multitude of musical saints.
Thank you, Charlie, for many years of service at the organ: you were almost completely deaf, but your smile and greeting were weekly delights. There wasn't much wrong with your music either, even when you lost your place in an Anglican chant and had to whisper: 'Where are we?'.
