Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-11-22

was Confederate soldier in cer-
tain company" Said he, "Were
you at certain place on certain
night9" eyes, sir, 1 was there on
sentry duty" The other gentleman
said, 81 know that hymn had sacred
place in my heart and it was there
that heard it. was Union SOL
dier, and l heard you sing that song
that night" He said, eyes, 1 remem-
ber singing and / remember the cir
Gu instances which prompted me to
sing. l was on sentry duty and l
was sick, and something said to me,
"This is your last night" 1 tried to
pray, and thought of my loved ones.
After while felt like l had to
sing this song. Something whis-
pered "They will hear you, and shoot
YOU" l first started to singing in a
whisper, then l had to sing it aloud.
"Now," said the other, s'listen to
my story. There were three other
men with me in the wood that night.
We had found you before you began
TO sing. We had our guns leveled
and just as soon as you got up from
behind the bushes we were going to
fire at you. But all at once we
heard you singing, and when you
came to that part,
Cover my defenceless head
With the shadow of Thy wing
l said, Boys, you can't fire on man
whose head is covered with the wing
of God.'"
Henry Drummond was on the
boat and afterward had the incident
published, ard it fell into my hands.
HOW JOSEPH PARKER WAS FOUND.
One more story. Many, many
years ago temperance lee
turer and preacher was travelling
through Scotland. A man with his
wife and boy came upon the train.
The man was drunk and very ugly
in his conduct. He abused his wife
and cursed and swore. The temper
ance lecturer and preacher tried to
quiet him, but he couldn't. Finally he
began to sing to the old drunkard,
and he had enough of something left
in him to yield to song, became
quiet and after while went to sleep.
Occasionally he would wake up and
begin to curse, and again the man
would sing and he would quiet down.
Thus he kept him quiet on the jour
ney the whole day until he was per-
fectly sober, when they reached his
destination.
Several years afterward this same
temperance lecturer was in Edin-
burgh, and at the close Of his great
address handsome man came to
him with his wife by his side, ex-
tended his hand and said, "You do
not know me. | am now an elder in
the great church over the way"
The lecturer said, "Who are you ?"
81 am the man that was drunk on a
train many years ago that you kept
q uiet by singing. When l reached
home that night l was perfectly
sober, and the singing of your song
just kept throbbing in my heart. l
gave up to God, and l have been
sober man ever SINCE" Then the
lecturer said, "Where is the bright
little boy that was with you that
day ?" Then the wife spoke up:
"Mr. let me tell you about
him. That boy finished his academic
training and is now in the university
and is being trained for the ministry
Joseph is." "Thank God" said
the lecturer.
But who is that "Joseph ?" Come
with me a few years back, just few
years, for he is gone home now. We
will take our stand close to Hoburn
viaduct, in London, and will see a
great crowd of men and women and
children from all parts of the great
known world singing, as if going to
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