[Libertina]

Church bells don't pump out religious demands 5 times a day - early, late, or loud.

[lightman]

"Church bells don't make demands....."

That's because so few bells are actually being used to the fullest and richest potential. Besides signaling the approach of a worship service or the start of a service, a single bell should be rung continually throughout the congregation praying the Lord's Prayer so that those in the vicinity who are unable to attend the service might at least be summoned to pray, wherever they happen to be.

There are some fascinating discussions on how bells were a communication tool in pre-electric America in some of the books by Eric Sloan; also a wonderful listing of the many ways bells could be utilized today in the Book of Occasional Services of the Lutheran Book of Worship, 1978.