The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-28
WHEELING DAILY INTELIGENoER TUESDAY DECEMBER g l8y


In this country, the missionaries present
Joined In the singing the 'Doxolosy."
each In the language In which he Was ac-
euslomed TO carry on his missionary
labors; and yast amount Of enthusiasm
was aroused by listening 10 his score OF
languages uniting In a song OF praise TO
rhe Iriune Cod But what an insisuid-
cant chorus was that compared 10 that
mighty anthem that shall be sung by
and by when the redeemed millions out
OF every kindred and tongue on the
whole earth shalt sing the new sOnF,
Unto Him who hath redeemed US, and
washed us from our Sins In HIS own
bloodl And, now and again, In the oc-
caslonal bushes that fall upon that han
py throng, there viii be new scenes at
which angels themselves shall be aston
iShed,
II Is said that the most thrilling quar-
ter OF an hour IN John Howard Payne'a
life, was that when Jenny Lind sang
IN concert In washington. the night OF
December II, 1850 The assembly, was,
perhaps one OF the most distinguished
ever seen In concert room in this coun-
try. The Immense National Hall, hast
lily constructed for the occasion, was NIL
gulshed persons present, and occupying
front seats, We're President Fillmore,
Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, General
Scott, and John Howard Payne.
Jenny Lind opened with the "Casta
Diva" and followed with the Flute
Song" In which her voice contested
rivalry for purify and sweetness with
flute IN a duet, the famous Bird Song,
o gYJ hafs tho ff( .pAat,
ing 10 America" All the pieces were ap1
plauded, apparently to the full capacity
OF an enthusiastic audience; but when
the Swedish Nightingale answered
the encore by turning In the direction OF
John Howard Payne and giving Home,
Sweet Home with all the wonderful
tenderness, purity, and simplicity Hitting
both the words and the air OF the lmmor-
tai song, the difference between the me-
chanical APPLAUSE called out by the dis
play Of fine vocallzation and that elected
by the touch OF nature that makes the
"whcle world kin" was at once seen.
Before the first verse of the song was
completed the audience was "off It's feet"
and could scarcely wait for pause 20
give expression 10 Its enthusiasm. PeO-
Pile ordinarily OF the undemonstrahve
bNAN NlhilNhf hAAA NIANNINu go 90 t"'fF
We're Wild. and Ii seemed as II there
would be no end to the uproar
That was n marvellous recognition,
and must have repaid the homeless poet
for many sad day Of lonely exile, But
there is scene OF recognition before
which even that splendid occasion palas
into inslgniiicanoe. There Is an assem-
bled world; the Everlasting Father and
the holy angels are Witnesses Then He
whose incarnation songs We are now
singing will be on the throne, and shall
call forth from the army Of redeemed
and astonIshed saints, one name-lt
makes no difference which one, for there
will be time enough In heaven to honor
all. II may be some obscure missionary
In Africa, or India, or China, or the
South Sea Islands: IL may be some Ar
,uartar christian sl3ln nv The sultan's
.,,as. =, 80. Sn ,o,''a s,.,ot,or ,riSa ~
t'ooPs, u may We SUN, oisottet w ~
drunkard. VINO anna poverty ana SUI
ferings indescribable, brought up her