Romance of a Well
Known Composer
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HTATH CAMP MOIIHHM
nnd hn iiwt'il itiiini to tho lender wordu and enco was hh Btlll uh dentil and many eyex ((.'opyrlKbt, Hid. by I'llKrlm l'libllMhliiK Co.) tho pupur down, but Hhiully before anlv
Kinlln di'id" wito "Ih'd with eni!i Tho souk whb tin- Shortly after returnliiK from KiiBland In lii lu KdlnliurKh I p lulled It up aaln with
Your iinino Ir llona,
Vim urn in v trli'iiil
II In a Hweet nninu.
yoll you aru my
llou." Then a tiudileii IIkIH enuio Into tho for Uiobo wlio iiearu mo hoiik wiai morniiiK. eunio Known an lloapel liynniH iso. l. a
obi mini h eym and ho nprmiK from the At tho head of the khivo tho mime Klrllsh half hour nfler wo had handed thu eoni
I, flKiiro tdiieed a Iiitko bunch of rosew anil pleted coiiipllatlon to our publishers I
My lb: ii hi' i xi Inluiid 'My It cary'
LATH C II.
... wr.to a song and It shall bo called
L far you." Tho gray-ha.red musician
I w
that
mltetml a minute, nnd then added in a
(Mtketle Yiilee, "and I fenr It will be my
last."
It waa then that one of tho sweeleat
aaaaa ir written wus bom. Ho was en
lhtiil with the Imiplratioti and, though at
taint unabl to Htnnd alone, went to his
fttwdla. Tt4re, nil night long, by tho Unlit
tii aa all lamp, he tolled at the piano, put
tlaa; hta ewDtlfltifl Into numlr
My ibtyllKht It wua flulahed. Ho nmdo a
ria awl enrrlail It to hfir to try. A week
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tba iMtMi aar Hka a whirlwind. ters fr'"n oUe" ,nt'n-
Hat tb miMKlHN aavar recovered. He
taab Ma bwl and terminally the eym
i4taatd ittitil they eloswl forever
Darta bla lllmaae nlmoat every morning
tara waa a bunch nf roses beside his bod,
taut bad baan gathered by the fair southern
atrl, anil of tan ah would drop In for a
aria at to ehar him up and brln some
iea.y It wiu fine that sat besldo his
Had and rntd his brow as the last light In
hi" died awity
The funnnil took place at the church
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tulnlHtor Mulshed IiIh discourse u beautiful
Klrl mopped to tbo clumcol and begun the
mft. HWi et Hi ruins of ti mulody to tho tender
accompaniment of the great organ. Tin
ileiul composer lay nt her feet. Tho nudl-
Ished and tho renialiiH wero taken from the
enuren. iiy uusiuj nun u ne uirnuiuh
on tho ribbon was written the opening noted
HAVKNS OF OMAHA
to tho tender melody which Is stirring tho
hearts of thousands by Its peculiar sweet-
A Bachelor's Reflections
A woman never feels porfectly sure of
going to heaven till sho has onco had all
her hair drop out.
Now York Press: Tho dimple lu a pretty
girl's shoulder ten years after Is only a
erenso In a fat place.
Most women would rnther burn up tholr
H women ncted the way thoy felt, half
l,lr t,1P8 w,,cn '""V ru" togothw nnd kiss
l'y woinu nuo encn omei.
During tho first ten years of her life a
womnn tenches herself to be happy; tho
next ten tho world and her mother teach
her to be miserable.
i takes tho average womnn till sho la
30 to ninko up her mind whether It Is hot
ter to marry a pig that looks llko a gen
tleiean or a gentleman thai looks llko
pig
I)., FUIIUL'AH V Kl HHtl
The Origin of
Famous
is".", 1 beeauie iiHsocliited with Mr. P. 1'.
iiiihh in me luiniieuiion oi wiiui uiiei nu
chanced to pick up a Hinall paper-covered
pamphlet of Sunday Hchool liynniH, pub
lUhed at Ulchmoud, Va., In which I
found tho hymn, "What u Fileud We
llavo lu Jcbub." It at otico Htruck my
fancy and 1 out down at tho organ and
played and Hang 11 through. It hu Im
pressed mo that 1 determtued to have II
appear lu (iospul Hymns and accordlut;ly had not heard a word, ho nlmoibed wus he
requested tho return from the printers of lu a letter which lie had received from
tho collection wo had Just handed lu. Clilcnmi. My cliiiKiin can be better Imiii;
Thu composer of tho music to this hymn lued than described. NotwltliHlaudliiK thin
was my friend, O. C. Uimvortio of Idle, l'a. experience, I cut out tho poem and placed
I thoroforo withdrew from thu collection It lu my musical scrap boolc.
one of his compositions ami substituted At tho noon meutliiK on the second day.
for It tho hymn 1 had Just found and thus hold at tho Free Assembly hall, thu mibjcct
tho Inut hymn that went Into thu book bo- presented by Mr. Moody and other speakers
ciunu ono of tho first In favor. was that of tho "Oood Shepherd." When
As published In thu small Ulchmoud Mr. Moody had Mulshed speaking ho culled
hyniiuil, tho authorship of thu words was upon Dr. llnnar to say a few words, lie
attributed to tho great Scotch preacher spoko only a few minutes, but with ureal
nnd hymn writer, Dr. Horatlim llouar, an- power, thrlllliiK the Immense audience by
thor of "I Heard Iho Video of Jesus Say," his fervid eloquence. Mr. Moody turned lo
"I Was a Wandering Sheep" and other fa- mo with tho question, "Have you a solo
motts hymns. Believing Dr. llouar lo bo appropriate for this subject with which to
tho author, wo also assigned tho words to close tho service?" I had nothing suitable
him, Sumo years afterward Dr. llouar In- in mind and was greatly troubled to know
formed us t lint hu was not thu author of what to do. The twenty-third psalm oc
tho hymn nnd that ho did not know who eurred to me, but this hud been snug suv
wroto It. This disavowal naturally oc- oral (lines In the meeting. I knew that
caiilouod Investigation on our part. Six or uvery Scotchman In tho audience would
eight years after tho hymn tlrsl appeared Join mo If I sung that, so I could not pos
In our collection thu author was found to slbly render this favorite psalm as a solo,
huvo been John Schriven, who lived and At this moment 1 seemed to hear a olco
died near Tort Hope, Canada, on tho north saying: "Sing tho hymn you found on tho
shore of Lake tlulailo. train," but I thought this Impossible, at)
When we consider this humble mini, llv- no music had ever been written for that
lug In such a remote place and following hymn. Again tho Impression enuio strongly
thu occupation of a dairyman, wo can upon mo that I must sing the beautiful
scarcely refrain from recalling tho fact that and appropriate words I had found tho day
thu Savior himself was a carpenter and that before, and, placing Hie llttlo newspaper
tho disciples wero fishermen. Surely (iod slip on tho organ lu front of mo, 1 lifted
can accomplish wonders through most up my lienrt lu prayer, asking (iod to help
hiimblo agencies. Mr. Schriven was a na- mo to so slug that tho people might hear
tlvu of Dublin, Ireland, nnd belonged to (.ml understand. Laying my bands upon thu
that devoted band of Christians and earnest organ I struck thu key of A flat, and began
bible students, tho Plymouth llrethren. Hu to sing.
dlod soiiio years slnco ut the ago of (in. Nolo by nolo tho tunu was given, which
From correspondence with his neighbors has not been changed from that day lo
nnd friends wo learned that tho author this. As tho Hinging ceased a great sigh
of this splendid hymn was a most devoted seemed to go up from tho meeting and
and earnest Chilstlau. Could ho but fully know that thu song had reached thu heartii
renllzo tho world of consolation his beau- of my Scotch aiidluncu. Mr. Moody wiih
tlful hymn has brought to thousands, even greatly moved, and, leaving tho pulpit,
millions, of his fellow mortals, great, lu- eamo down to whom I was seated. Lean
deed, would bo his satisfaction. Ing over tho organ ho looked at tho little
H wns In tho year 1871 Hint tho poem, newspaper slip from which thu iiong had
"Tho Ninety and Nine," wns discovered, been sung mid with tears lu his oyes said:
set to miiBle, and sent out upon Its world- "Sankoy, where did you get that hymn?
wldo mission. Its discovery seemed as If 1 never heard tho llko of It lu my life."
by ch.mco. but I cannot regard It other- I was also moved to tears and nruso and
wlso than providential. Mr. Moody had
ZTaTJ munf asillngl h.m
2 T
wero nt the railway station at (Jlasgow
about to take tho train for lCdlnburgh.
whither wo wero going, upon an urgent In-
vltatlon of ministers to hold three days
of meetings, beforo going Into tho High-
lands, wo hnvlng held n threo months'
series in IMInburgh Just prevloim lo our
four '"""'lis' campaign In (ilasgow. As wo
Wl'r" "hout to board the train, I bought n
weeKiy newspaper uir a penny, neuig iiincn
fatigued by our Incessant labors nt (Has-
gow and Intending to begin work imme
diately upon our arrival at IMIubiirgh we
did not travel second or third-class, as wns
... ,.,, illlt ,.. .i, seclusion and
r(Ht n nrst-class railway carriage
)M f;rcnt nrltnin affords. In tho hopo of
finding news from America. I began perns-
K my lately purchased newspaper. This
hopo, however, was doomed to disappoint-
merit, as tho only thing In Its columns to
remind an American of home and native
- Innd wns a sormon by Henry Ward needier.
- As I had been preached to constantly for
a tho preceding eight months I did not feel
the need of nnolher Kormon. and I throw
Two
Gospel Hymns
ll vlow of readiiiK the adverllHeiuuntH and
while thiiH eiiKiiKed my eyes fell upon u
1 It I lu pleee of poetry In a eorner of the
paper. 1 earefully read It over, and at
oueo mailt) up my iiilml (hut thin would
make a ureal hymn for evaiiKellntle work
If It had a nine. Ko ImprcHXid wiim I
that 1 called Mr. Mondy'H attention to II.
and hu nuked me to read It In lilin. TIiIh I
proceeded to do with all I ho vim it ml onci't;y
at my command. After 1 had llnltdicil, 1
looked at my friend Moody to see what the
effect had been, only to discover that he
ropllcd: "Mr. Moody, that's tho hymn I
' dVTot'Toar'
IZJtto "lltl" a"
yesterday on tho train, which
Then Mr. Moody
and pronounced tho bene-
diction, and the meutlng closed. Thus
"Tho Ninety and Nino" was born,
A short tlmo afterward I received nt
Dundee n loiter from a woman, who hud
been present at the meeting, thanking mo
for having sung her decensed sister's
words. From tho correspondence following
I learned that tho author of tho poem
was Kllznboth C. Clephane, ono of thni
sisters, an mourners or a rolluril Christian
family, and a resident of Molrcso, Scotland
IUA D. SANKKV.
Warned
liidlnnnpollH Press: "I don't think
shall let my boy go clear through school,'
said tho middle-aged man.
"Why not?" asked the other num. "Volt
know very well you can afford to give him
tho best education."
"That's Just what I don't want lo do.
I'm afraid he will bo going through tho
oxportonco I did when I lost two or thnv
of my early Jobs by undertaking lo corree'
the grammar of tho men I worked for."
