Methodism itself, of course, has in the form of the Wesley hymns, some really fine religious poetry.
It was, I confess, the musical side of Methodism which I liked best.
Our church had an exceptionally good choir. Every other year we would perform an oratorio:
Handel's Messiah, Haydn's Creation or Mendelssohn's Elijah. We were a musical family. From the age of five my parents had me learn the piano. My mother played too. Sadly, at sixteen, I found it necessary to stop music lessons when I was cramming for my university entrance. And I still regret that I never took up the piano again.
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