Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-21
EVERYBODY SANG HIS SONG.
The Death of the Composer of ''There : IL
Light in the window for The"

The Death OF the composer oi i"if q"
Light in the window for The"
Recently an old man, dressed in rags.
appeared AT the city prison in Corey
vile, Kan. and asked the jail"r To al
low him Ia sleep in one of the empty
cells over night. He declined t" tell
his name. but said he had arrived on
Il freight train from Texas. His re-
quest WIS granted. Next morning he
was found /" he i'll. and. though prop
rrly taken care of. died four days later
4 few hours before death h" Called
the taller to his side. and told him his
name WAS Edward Dunbar. and that
he. WAS the author of that beautiful
hymn. "Thcrrs Light i'll the Window
for Thee. Brother. He waS buried III
the Cotf, willie cemetery.
When Dunbar WAS Il small boy h"
lived in New Bedford. Mass, and work
ed in Il factory. His mother lived 1T
the foot of the street on which iii"
factory WAS located. and. HS tn" lil'
work kept him away till after dark.
she always placed Il light i'll tn" WI
dow 10 guide his footsteps homrWard.
One day he took Il notion To 20 L. sea.
and off he went on Il three years
cruise. During his absence his mrihcr
fell i'll and WAS at deaths door. Sh"
talked necessarily about her boy. and
every night she asked those around her
to- place Il light i'll tn" window i'll an
ticpation of his return. When Sh"
realized that her end had come. Sh"
said: Tell Edward that will ST Il
light in the window of heaven Tor
him" These were her last words.
The lad had grown To manhood "r"
he returned home. and his mothers
dying message so affected him that h"
reformed and became II preacher. IN
the course of his reformation he wrote
the song. "rhcrr'S II Light in til" Win
dew for Thee. Brother. Th" song he
came widely known.
rnc Rev Edward Dunbar married Il
Young woman in New Bedford during
his work i'll Il great revival III lN'N
and several children were til" result
of this union. The young divine soon
made Il reputation as Il brilliant pulpit
orator. and the public was therefore
greatly surprised when one bright Sun
cay morning he skipped the country,
leaving his wife and children behind
He came to Kansas. and after snatch
ing brands from the burning i'll differ
rnt parts of the Stale. he went t" Min
nCap Ills, and began to show the p""-
pie the error of their ways y great
revival followed and hundreds were
converted.
Miss Eunicr Bell Lewis, Il hAnd>om"
young hrircSS of indianapolis. WAS on"
of the converts. She fell in love with
the evangelist and married him against
the wishes of her friends. Shortly
after the wedding Dunbar returned to
Kansas to fill an engagement AT !.rAN-
,nNolIh While he was away The
friends of the bride. who had miStrl>t-
ed the evangelist all along, laid then
suspicious before w. ID. Wrdd. now
Judge of the Second Judicial district
of Kansas. and Judge Austin Young.
who were law partners in Minneapolis
and they took the case. The lrSj.ii
WAS that they soon found evidence >lii-
iicicnt to warrant an arrest. and Qua
bars ministerial career WAS brullgn!
To Il close.
Judge Webb and Judge Young rs
sisted in the prosecution of Dunbar.
Aftrr D,nhar'S incarceration judy
Young secured Il ,livorc" for Mrs; nuH
bar and married her himself. rh"T
now live happily together in Mimi Ap
oils. Judge l.uChr"n. the present tn!.l
mission n of Pensions. defended DUE
bar in the case Dunbar'S first WIFI
died in Taunton. Mass. about NV"
years ago.-Ro>ton Herald.