The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-05-22

Her voice. q rich soprano, even and
true. rose and fell, now soft, now
strong. but always filling the building,
pouring around us foods of music.
had heard PATHS "Home. Sweet
Home" and Of all singing that alone
affected me ~ did this.
At the end Of the first verse the few
women In the church and some Of the
men were weeping quietly. but when
she began the words,
'When remember all
The friends once linked together"
Sobs came on every side from these
tender hearted fellows. and Shaw quite
lost his grip. But she sang steadily on,
the tone clearer and sweeter and fuller
at every note. and when the sound Of
her voice died away she stood looking
at the men as II In wonder that they
should weep. No one moved. Mr.. Craig
played softly on and, wandering
through many variations. arrived at
last at
"Jesus. lover Of my soul"
As she sang the appealing words her
face was lifted up. and she saw none
Of as. but she must have seen some
one. for the cry In her voice could only
come from one who could see and feel
help close at hand. On and on went the
glorious voice, searching my souls
depths, but when she came to the
words,
Thou. o Christ, art all I want"
she stretched up her arms-she had
quite forgotten us; her voice had borne
her to other worlds-and sang with
such passion of abandon that my soul
was ready to surrender anything. ev.
erything.
Again Mr.. Craig wandered on through
his changing chords till again he came
to familiar ground, and the voice be-
gan In low, thrilling tones Bernard's
great song Of home. Jerusalem. the
Golden"
Every word. with all its weight Of
meaning. came winging to our souls till
we found ourselves gazing afar into
those stately halls Of Zion. with their
daylight serene and their jubilant
throngA When the singer came to the
last verse, there was a pause. Again
Mr.. Craig softly played the interlude.
but still there was no voice. looked
up. She was very white. and her eyes
were glowing with their deep light Mr..
Craig looked Quickly about. saw her,
stopped and half rose, as IL to 60 to
her, when. in voice that seemed to
come from a faro1 land, she went on:
"oh. sweet and blessed countryl"
The longing. the yearning. in the sec.
ond "Oh" were indescribable. Again
and again as she held that word and
then dropped down with the cadence In
the music my heart ached for knew
not what
The audience were sitting as IN q
trance. The grimy faces of the miners,
for they never get quite white, were
furrowed with the tear courses. Shaw
by this time had his face, too. lifted
high. his eyes gazing far above the
singers head, and I knew by the rap.
ture in his face that he was seeing, a.
she saw. the thronging. stately halls
and the white robed conquerors. He
had felt and was still feeling all the
stress Of the fight, and to him the
vision Of the conquerors In their glory
was soul drawing and soul stirring.
And Nixon, too--he had his vision, but
what he saw was the face Of the singer
with the shining eyes, and. by the look
Of him. that was vision enoagh.
Immediately after her last note Mrs.
Mavor stretched out her hands to her
little girl. who was sitting on my knee.
caught her up and. holding her close to
her breast. walked quickly behind the
curtain. Not q sound followed the
No one moved TIN she had dis
appeared. and then Mr.. Craig came to
the front and. motioning TO me to FOL.
low Mrs. Mavor. began in . low. d.
dnct voice:
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