That is a beautiful, touching, and evocative hymn. That must have been especially rewarding for you to visit that church where it was first performed, with those special memories you hold relating to that hymn.
It is a real shame when misguided people come along and "improve" and "enhance" a sanctuary like that. It reminds me of that woman a while ago who bumbled her way in to "repair" and "restore" (ruin) that old painting of Christ.
(Here are the original, the "before her", and the "after her" images, after she got her unskilled hands on it. Pitiful.)
