The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-11-06
A sIHaIEe YrIeIn.
How Philip PhIIIiPs sang EEis veg
Around the World ana made
Hin self Popular.

hNmseA k~oPutars
Philip Phillips Is an example Of a rsaa
with his whole heart in his AT. The
storJ of his remarkable career h -
interesting as a romance. he has sung
his way around the world One day he
was IN Rome A ragged organ Eri1der
was playing q tune On q barrel organ
Mr. Phillips was sstonished to hear that
Il was one OF the melodies that he him
self had composed. He asked the orraz-
grinder where he had purchased the
organ BE answered that he had goa u
nom Berne, Switzerland Mr Phillips
visited Berne and hunted up the organ
dealer, who told him that be had heard
the song at g religious meeting Il vAH
one Of those melodies that whistle them
selvee, and the organ maker at once pus
Il into barrel organ He ground I've
o. three orRs ans that had several Of Mr..
Phillips tunes in them, and Mr.. Phillips
himself has = music box which plAyu
nIne Of his melodies. relate this Incl
dent ss showing how widely his music u
sung Mr.. Phillips was horn . 1uacisz.
but he was called into prominence bT
bttie incident that proves how great rep
utations are quickly created byt so1os
trivial occurrence.
Mr. Phillips began singing solos ~hsu Q
mere boy, in the choir In the little church
in Chsutauqua county attended bT ths
Phillips family. The choir broke down II
singing
When I oss read ny title clear"
and the minister called upon Masee1
Phillips 70 sing the hymn Mr.. Phillips
then taught singing school and pedled
melodeona In Fredooia, n. Y, during
= revival Of religion, the young man BE-
gan his first service Of song. He was the
pioneer IN that new and refreshing de-
parture from the formal old-fashIoned
sacred singing Many eminent disciples,
IKE Bbss and Ssnkey, have followed In
his footsteps. The good man, with
music IN his heart, went South during
the war, ministering and singing 70 Eich
and wounded soldiers In the hospital
under the auspices Of that grand
organization, the Christian Commission
One day Mr.. Philips found in Cleveland
newspaper 3 stirring poem. or which the
following is the frst stanza:
II you eanoot on the ooesa
sail among ths svtftsst SECT
Rocking on the higb=st biIlov-A
Laughing ~ the storms ycu uzesl;
You can stand among the sailors.
AnchoTd yet within the bay
You can lend hand 10 help them
A. they launch their boats away
II wss set 70 muSio by = Cleveland pub
hshing house and entitled Your Aissioz.
and hr. Phillips sang it 81 only he can
ang IL The anniversary Of the Christiaa
Commission va celebCsted in WaEhfnE.
ton IN 1855, not long prior 70 the -
Esssination Of President Lincoln M
Phillips sang Your hisdoo during tha
evening with Ssch grand effect thaa
President Lincoln asked Hon VILLAS,
q. Seward, the presiding Officer, 70 hsvs
the song repeated and the request wns
granted Poor Linoolnl Il Vras the lAsl
time on earth that he was % hear the
sweet voice Of the singer who had -
charmed him, and when. sfter Liucoln's
death, the incident was relsted, there
came 70 Mr.. Phillips from al sections OF
the country calls to come and sing YouY
Aissicn to large sudiencesL Mr.. Phillip
suddenly found himself famous, and that
he was more than able to keep up hiE
suddenly acquired reputation hAs beea
proved for more than twenty YesrN