The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-11-01

"a. Ne declared that II should never
| happen SO again. He reached town late
SATURDAY night and had heard only
about the war. He knew nothing oi
the declaration Of pence. or, rather,
knew A9tain. o. tie armis'icc Of n,N
months.
So. when the first hymn was given
ou'. the choir made that pause Of
little minute Euitering ITS wings ani
smoothing It's plumagc before il broke
into song The silence smofe upon the
heart Of Deacon Stnndfas'. still rank
ling win sense Of the indiynlty lnt
rpon his beloved pastor. he arose :"
his feet. drew up his muscular igni"
until he doomed up like saul among his
: lretAr,n-'irom his shoulders and NJ |
ward higher than any Of the people
filed his lungs. and in a mighty voice
} that had echoed over the surrlng backs
/ OF many a horned herd on the storm
, swept prairies. "A rcsourding shout 81
. far-reachiag cadences Thar MAS quail
| fled 10 paralyxc stampeded steer mo
: forgetfulness OF the terror that WAS
: driving him into frenzy, he raised the
0 time" Alas. for the service OF the sane
tuary. out OF that strength came form
v no sweetness, for Deacon Standfast
e could not distinguish "A funerai dir:e
( from college yell. And no Dared or
J. the first verse Of that hymn by himself.
= But he was enough. He needed no
reinforcement. With open mouths,
Il dumb with amazement. that choir
n stood in its silent place waitirg for him
N TO reach the end of the stan2a, intend
10 ing TO wavlay him and head him of On
e. the second Vain hope. They did not
G. know his powers of endurance lie
NJ drew but one long. deep breath At tie
ir end OF the closing line and went right
ld OH with the next verse. developing
Id cumulative power with the exh'aia-
he zion OF his work, until he wound up the
On long HYMN with long-drawn halloc
~. that sounded like n cross between a Wal
n whoop ard n hallclujah. One by one
If the silent choir sat down MS that tune
It's less hymn progressed. hut the congre
CATION. although not venturing ID as
s;st." stood by most molly while rea
con Standfast Justify sang his flfst ar'
last solo in that church. | believe h
never sang again: not even in chorus.
After that break, however, all wen
!. fairly well for several weeks. mayb
" a month Then the congregation stoo
A. IN at eight o'clock one Sunday nigh
II and sang:
Y "once more. my soul. the rising day
Salutes thy waking eyes.
And once the morning service opene
with the hymn:
lord dismiss US with thy blessing"
But as not more than one singer IN
hundred. perhaps, sings hymn WI
any though, of its meaning, simply co
n sidering the words as rather usele
Y necessities. merely put in to vocal
y the music. the incongruity OF the
lection did not strike more than thr
or four people beside the preach'
and they were not present. But :
SUNDAY morning following that I
: ~, leader came to the preacher before Sc
:. ice. with a troubled face and said:
..;,h .Look here. Mr.. Seekpcace. this
The never do ut ALL
,,.1 "Wcll. what is the matter now!
nar .Why." said the leader. "ths openi
,nc,l hymn. Ii is:
%. brother thou vast mild and lovely
~ VI Gentle as the summer breeze
was Pleasant as the air or evening
IS in when !, noa's l'" ~. ~. ~, d.a,b
nncd Now' tnerc nus oee'' ~
'ton TINS church ~ ~ 20 .,,,a,. :,
;,ns rot so mad the other day while he
.,~s heating his horse with pick han
r,,l that he fell down in fit and dieo
two hlinutes-a man with the We
temper in the state of Illinois.
80 can't sing that. Mr.. Seekpeace.
AZ The preacher melted at the sigh
go, the leaders appealing face. He smi
..,,;r a pleasant smile that might have
,;.,,.. two shades of meaning in II. lie
LII -, have been pleased to meet man
recognized the fact that hymn v
IN, anDropratc words is about as v
tfcrcd ana ss'o"S - = ,sava !
pleased about something else. :
r, how. he smiled without pcrmittil
! CLEAN of triumph 10 shine across
80 face. He said: Every WELL ant
lccted HYMNS for morning and eve
,rre~ service.
There was never again the sha
r. ,...s of trouble between the choir ana
LII :, pulpit OF that church. other lea
came and went. The choir char
80. MS choirs do: changing voices drov
-. the boys who sang soprano or
$3.50 soprano-we used to call it "tri
didn't we Marriage closed the me
!, ~. Of the girls. who. womanlike. apps
TO consider it solemn. religious
~. 10 forget their music" after the
:" ~, baby was born. Bassos and Z
-, =, MI came and went. But so long as
~, preacher was pastor the choir IN
church sang the hymnsappointcd'
I. my and IL was generally undcrstoo
though nothing was ever said apc
that the head of that church was
~, shoulders. and not on the neck
= -" musSc-racls stand.-Ladics' Home
l.. .u,.- nal.
lily tri- EM
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