The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-08-21
NorihfeM, Mass.
,.aDys SINGING rARTNra.
.us,nF Abei the Lfe Of Ira ID.
81, ia 10 Relation 10 This Town.


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iy .ps the namrs III
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I'D wonderful sarelnrss
...r .r I'd MANY Mas eahkoA Mas
aHi lie oaIoeT Isielaussl
#H-suI Ftanlis, Mr. Nankey
~. Ia o. tahia, III kngllsh and
ir.aI auaril, III, IaIrnls avrr
IN, 10. Hr had as a child a grral
co. alirndcl an academy
IHH. aui later scnoi Ia the /
a fHH Intame assistant To hls /
-. H.f 30 internal revenues lot |
b. HH isil, Mr., AAnkry went 1
. tH Ehr International Aoung 4
tf.f=..#H a--,sltallUn convention al |
- efI Jler AIR, Moody, Who /
p.da m tM,agn, heard him sing
.a#rI ina o. ltaNv bDslness aud
EUE Toe was the begin,
lua- asrnsiallun and lifelong
~ ,H. aH. daring many ul those years
X. ,4 H-aul i.ir house south oi the
i, ..sa ,HIH aH4 urnpled Il with his
Hr IaIi 81 each year lie
.. rlH.lTgri ihr greatest iriendli.
-. raI3 s rg.shlrofs, many Of whom
lff.Irui faith. aud he Was
- lHHRal Iy al. Them was never
-fr.f.'Hn uHr IrfieCt than that al
y. .ri sagaUN ~ euufsu MIR Moody
X 4 ,arWn. ,Ju-c 81 music aud could ,
~. Il ilr u,h ,iminCanrr Of sankey's
-, HI8.si hr could not tell Yankee
NJ nam uuc Hundred as tunes. Mr..
.n.,y, lU.ul was q rich tenor with full
sais,.. alal.r Of delicate expression,
M commanding the largest audiiorinms
I'd clIl De- ham clearly for great dis.
IA Many Ul his tunes were his own .
.T18.iI0n because he wished something
., ,gI,tl 90 the words, a., Tor example, !
Al X HE Ninety and Nine. This he :
"a, l,iofc in audience IN 1874 before the :
-tdy Wa written out. While singing !.
n >nkry played his own acoompani' y
,ai. always facing his audience sitting :
!, h.sh stool where he could be seen
n e,ery raS 81 the building. lie never =
q, lymn twice IN the same way. but y
,g,nd w prolonged his tones as the y
q a the Wori- moved him. The work s
IClnalI.m as carried ON by Moody and ~
,lsey Hl, practical and progressive, as ~
I NJ. lllm0u and Mortified seminary =
4 de summer conferences show. and in :,
! N0fk Mr. Sankcy was a most import -
I factor Two OF the buildings OF the ~
.s5 gruup were erected from the pro- 70
Z. u the ,ile OF gospel hymns, as Mr..
,sy said. MIR. Sankey sang them
r M. Slnkry and others compiled
K after book Of the Gospel Hymns and N
,te lat five or six years he was inter. a
q IN preparing and publishing story ab
them 40 the same time he saved his co
lltr.ul voice Tor future generations by W
n. into monographs, and the records he
L been sent all over the world. Be tic
:. his widow he leaves two sons, Ed ex
d aud Allen Sankey, and two grand lie
inn. TO
!. R. Moody son of Dwight l.. Moody, dit
81 the following statement at the col
thhed conference on the death OF Ira pri
,lnkey: ing
After an association of more than 30 in
! in eyangellstic work, which was pai
7derized by the warmest mutual re- Wis
and appreciation, the intimacy of my
eF with Mr.. Sankey may be more east
imagined than described. Mr.. Sankey \
NY father were associated in Chris OF
work almost continuously for gem
lon. both in this country and abroad. OF
recognized his own limitations and :,
keenly sensible of the way in which Ora
vas complcmented by the other. VI"
'hen the Northfeld work began il N
natural that Mr. Sankey should still que
ISOLATED with my father in the new N
prise, and as a member of the board SON
lstees OF Mortified seminary he gave Put
; time, sympathy and means to sup l.
the project during my fathers life. fam
Sankey was a pioneer in a certain W.
Of Christian hymnology, with which a,
lme will always be associated. Since VI
me many have succeeded him in this NJ
b Of Christian work. but his name -uiil
always stand alone. For the last NJ
years he had been laid aside from Tue
work, and in addition to bodily Mrs
less he had suffered the isolation III
Iuent from the loss of his eyesight. four
ring the months of sickness and suf- the
bis Christian fortitude, patience Al
ven cheerulness have been more dav
Mt testimony than the active min Ms
i his earlier days. Throughout the
world his death will be mourned by DC
Of thousands who have learned to t tt
1 name, not only for his direct min war
but Tor the indirect influence OF Nj
he was the origin" are
and
ERAL CONFERENCE OVER. Mi