The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-03-15

voices Of the women, he shouted
6 All sing, so We can keep better step
all sing Coronation" And, without low
erlng his voice he sang:
'An hail the power of Jesus name
Let angels PROSTATE fall
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown him Lord OF all"
The order came SO Unexpectedly that
few joined in singing the verse but when
he came to the next stanza almost all the
voices We're heard. felt a sort of relief,
when the soprano, alto, tenor and bass
voices all struck the words:
''Crown Him, ye martyrs of our God,
Who from His alter CALI"
but | feared the time when the bass should
be lett to carry line alone.
There were but three of four bass voices
IN the whole company, but my friend was
numbered among them. | saw he hus.
banded his breath for this us IA strong
man saves his strength for some great
effort. Nevertheless | could hear, alter
mating with the musical words,
Extol the stem of Jesse's rod"
the crack-crack-crack OF the brittle she'll
that was between US and eternity. 1t was
wondrous relief when four parts instead
o. one. and a hundred voices instead of
four, took up the words which seemed like
an anthem of praise,
" Extol the stem of Jesses rod
And crown him Lord of all.'
We were now approaching the middle
OF the lake, where the water was the deep
est, so deep that no line in the village
could roach the bottom, and where the ice
must be the rhinnest, because it is the last
to freeze there. | knew this; but | felt
that now we were going with such rapid
lty, there was no new danger SO long as
there was no break in the song. | singled
out tree upon the shore we were trying
to make, and calculated, at tie rate
they were singing, there were verses
enough to last until we reached it. I
feared lest the leader might omit verse,
as was sometimes done in church, and
there might be left space over which we
might pass in silence, or rather in a silence
made dreadful by the cracking Of the ice.
l had no cause. There was indeed that
awful crack. crack crack of the ice dis.
tlnctly heard during the singing of each
line of every stanza of the hymn; hut it
was either that | had become used to it or
that 1t was indeed more faint than 1t was
before, that it tailed to affect me as at first.
50, too, there were little breadths of ice to
be passed over, after the singers had clos
ed the verse:
g Let every kindred every tribe
On this terrestrial ball,
To Him all ma lesty ascribe
And crown Him Lord of AL"
But our momentum was then such that
knew We could reach the shore in safety,
which we soon did.
On reaching it there was the same bois
ferrous noise that marked our starting,
each one untying his own sled or sleigh,
and joining the little party with which he
came. But of the peril through which
they had passed, the danger from which
they had been rescued, not one had the
slightest intimaton. For my friend and
mysele-the only ones who were aware
of our wonderful deliverance-we were
left alone. And there, on that rocky
beach, With the stars above US, we sank
upon our knees, our arms entwiniDg eac
others necks. 1t was a silent PRAYER we
offered; an offering of thanks to the
4" Giver OF every good and perfect gift"
Not for us alone, but for all those who
had been brought out ofperil. Then we
rose, and hand in hand we walked to our
homes
The next day was Thanksgiving; we
entered into no biosterOus mirth. We
kept neoret ourselves tiIaI DAY, but
during ali the time since then we have mol
mentioned the affair to each other. But
once long after this, when we were in the
church together. and the preacher gave
out Coronation" | noticed that he did
not sing, but grasped my hand in his,
while the tears flowed from his eyes as
though he were u child.