1 B l'T L E R AND T H E CLERGY
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I
i he cam cn in to th e ir place of business,
— AT—
F lobxnc «,
i
>» P j » i ’\'TY
L
axk C opxtt ,
p. A IL « » .
O beoon
silen t and dejected.
,^♦--9»
•W hat is th e m a tte r now, W ebster?
asked hia p a rtn e r.
.„ „ « .n iw n M
•Oh. n o th in g —it iso f no consequence
.................... —it’ll b e a ll rig h t by an d by," answ ered
^ • • 'r h e n /’ says Dr- B en n ett, " th e idea
cam e to me like a flash of » uhltgbt, am
I responded in sta n tly : ’T he S w eet By
knh.n-<l at the port-office at Florence, and By;’ w hy w ouldn’t th a t be a go
Lane county, Oregon, a« aecou
# ! su b ject for a song0’
inAtwPr.
••
•Perhaps,’
he
an
sw
ered
,
indiffer
iii tii m atter.
■T bbm b : $2.00 a
year in advance.
„ ¿ e e x Z ro a l« . a» ?.v en n e r e -
only know th e exu.
life of
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With' ?T hra t are p “ (oundl.Y, « « « c tly
th e soul th a t are
SCe n t of a S e n s a tio n C re a te d b y th e Gover
u n fo
fo ld
ld in
in g g „f
of
real, b u ut t u n s e e n - - b n lic v
n o r’s F a s t D a y Proclamation.
rose ,WV b X 'w e cannot k n o w - n o t
a rosebud, bu
behind th e visible H o w th e W h o le S ta te or Mi*snaeha*etti
ye t-th e
of God th a t
Wai* C o n v u lsed l>y a Neat l.lttie
T rick o f tb s C hief Ex
,n iri‘cl<: X
fact I have o ften been
w orks in th e fa
d e ar dcinon who
ec u tiv e .
d ra w n from
j b av e—on one 1
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cried: " rite.
1' ‘ hvm ns in a sin *
"1 see old Ben B u tle -’s gone at last,*
occasion—w ri
a n y th in g to said Maj ? E d w a rd D owning, of Boston,
gle night, hu
nd By , y es, w a s t. L ouis Globe-Democrat man.
me ju st astiiu
m&ny p]aceH ..L e t m e teU yon a sto ry on thp o]l
I have h ear
c irc u m s ta n c e s -b u t iuan t h a t h a s n ev er been printed: at
XXniiCr
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j
< b n t.
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»4 K n a T n o v n r I t a w n Kz«r*M.l —J •,
“ Hut I w as n o t to be discouraged. I
tu rn ed to my desk and wrote the orig-
1 ^.1 nolle»» • ee»u‘¿rT“ ¡¡¡¿. e ^ h Inwrtlon. iual form of the poem:
A b V K B T IH l NO B A TES M AD E K N O W N ON
AP-
“ gWKKT BY ANU BT.
fa s tin g an o p ra y e r. Well, when Ben
w as gover n o r h e h ad a mighty hartlrow
to hoe. T h e re w ere all sorts of editors
- I will five yoa." h«> murmured, ”» w.rrlor it
1 in th e s ta te w ho laid for him with a
name "
sca lp in g -k • n ife up th
She Hltfl.eil und »book her heurt.
- e ir sleeves nightand
’O—«.««*».
1 In the Sw eet lly and 11.,’,
»•1 all! carve U aloft on the ptllara of fan»*
We «hali «noet on th a t beautiful ahore-
v«u,y,
no
o
p
p
o
rtu
n
ity
to
make
life a
,
day>
a
n
d
In mood r. rt leuera.enacrolled In flame.
ln lb : Sw eet By au I By.
I
„i
rw
V
t
f
1
Y
1
»
1
.
n
ig
h
tm
a
re
to
him
w
as
ever
overlooked.
•• Hut »ove cannot read it, abc »aid.
1
We shall im et on th a t beautiful shore.
, T h e sam e feelin g w as indulged in by
- 1 will BiaUe you." he pleaded, " a »tuteam an’B
•• Wc shall aln? on th at beautiful shore,
I m en of h ig h sta n d in g in other profes
bride "
The melodiou» »oug» of iho bleat.
sions, too, clerg y m en among the rest.
Hhe II h P n. (1. ami turned her head.
And our aplrlta anali Borrow no m o r e -
.. J will »H In tb. bulla where th< creat abide.
W ell, w h e n old B en’s proclamation
Not a sigh for the bleaalug of real.
Wehr« umi Hion D uals, mid la a tiislled .
‘
(Gtiorua)
cam e o u t i t w as a beauty. It wound up
" Hut lovevunnot «hure It, »he subl.
w ith a special e x h o rta tio n to the clergy
•• To our oounm ui c a m cr above,
1 1 will sing you a aonif such us poets prize
to th e effect th a t th e y devote their time
Wc will oiler the tribute of pralae,
v<‘ rsc •
Mhc blushed and «In dropped her heart
to th e w e lfa re of th e spiritual man and
F o r the giorioua g ifio f Ills I ov . j ,
••Tlii rc’H a land th a t is fairer than day,
• I will woo soft chord, in»«» ' “<• muse. »ho»e
And the bkhaluy a that hallow our days.
Joy hin gwtxik yow yut jaw wah me shaw,
re fra in from in d u lg in g their curiosities
(Chorus.)
And by faith we can see it afar,
in th e fam ily affairs of the men and
Illumine th- portal«of l o v a paradise
Yow sun do' u gwa cm non» ym hong geen,
•• B ut love cannot slug them,' ahe aalu
w om en o f th e ir congregations, and look
"W hen I had it com pleted 1 handed
For the F ath er waits over the way,
to
it t h a t in th e ir teachings their own
•• I will give you my luv», then—'ila all I oaa it to W obater. As -he read it he lont
Foo ' he yun hoy hen boon gong jib gaw,
his
inti
i
if
ere
1
1
«
c
and
hi»
face
b
rig
h
ten
e
d
souls
w e re free from taint. That proc
To prepare vs a dwelling place thore.
do.”
*
Low dropped her womanly head
Gwy hoi choey gin die juck we on goey.
la m a tio n c re ate d a sensation. It shook
w itii culhusiaam . T h en he a sk e d a
- I love you. oil. love, with a love «0 true. M
th e s ta id old s ta te of Massachusetts
frieiitl who hud ^topped in to h an d him
Tin ro 1» nothin« el»»’ In my Ilf'* for you.
•jin the sweet by and by
from e n d to end. The papers every
his
violiu
and
he
im
provised
the
m
el
"B u t love Is enough," »to »aid.
Dow how loy dock wing gong,
— Brandon llanuvr.
V, e shall im et on th a t beautiful shore,
ody. In a few m om ents he hud w rit
w h ere d en o u n ced th e governor as
Go chi dan bit joy chop wah me shaw.
ten o u t the notes for the four p a rts of
im p e rtin e n t, sacrilegious, indelicate,
In the sweet by and by,
the
chorus,
and
in
th
irty
m
in
u
tes
from
coarse,
b r u ta l <.nd profane. They ac
A FAMOUS 11YMN.
liow lio v loy dock wing gong,
the tim e 1 had ta k e n my pen to w rite
cused
him
of bein g everything that was
\Vi shall meet on th a t beautiful shore.
Go chldau hit joy chop wall me »haw."
th e word», four of 11s w ere singing the
d isag reeab le; no official in the history of
“ Tbo Bw oot By an d By," W h ic h hym n. W ithin tw o w eek s we h eard th e
The au th o r of "T h e S w eet By and th e w o rld h a d ever dared to assail the
Millions H uvo Sung.
children singing it on th e s tre e ts .”
clerg y in th e w a n to n manner that Gov.
T here are only tw o of those who a s By” nays this b eau tifu l trib u te to his B u tle r had. On th e following Sunday
T he writer of one Im m ortal pocin re- sisted a t the b irth of th is in sp iratio n al excellent wife:
e m in iste rs h a d th e ir fling at the old
• The only home hours a doctor h as th
venK-v th e estab lish ed
axiom and song who are now living—Dr. B ennett
w a r h o rse, and rig h t merrily did they
reaches th e haven of am bition by a s in ami S. E. B right, of F o rt A tkinson, are tlio evenings—and he is n o t sure of ro a st him . T h e old m an kept perfectly
gle bound, ’l’here have been a golden Wis. T hese tw o have been m any them. The sw eet silence of solitude, q u ie t an d good n a tu re d through it all.
numlM-r th u s slgnullv fo rtu n ate . T he tim es w itn esses of its w onderful popu when fauey or feeling w ould find e x never lo sin g his tem p er or vouchsafing
a u th o r of "C urfew Shall Not Ring Io- la rity , and ev ery w h ere the notes of its pression in rhythm , is n o t fo r him , a n y th in g in th e shape of an explana-
n ltfh f sealed a t one Ism nd the atoep plaintive m usic was to them as a leastw ays, I never find it. Duly m y
A fte r everybody had nad their
‘S w eeth eart’ know s when to he g r a tion
h eig h ts of Im m ortality. She who w ro te b re a th of th e ir n ativ e air.
an
d a w hole lo t was said, too, the
w ith puthetle pen the story of "A Sol
T h is is th e b rief and sim ple story of cious, and if she observes th a t w hen I say
old
m
an
cam e o a t w ith a statement
d ie r of the Legiou" InverHied h er nam e th e in cep tio n of th e song w hich was am w riting I do n o t carry th e lines to
e copy to show it, too-
on th e seroll of fame in le tte rs of light. i cm sisU m t w ith tlie life and sentim ents the right-hand verge of th e sh ee t and a th n a d t in th asm
u ch as he was nou experi
T h e a .ith o r of th e "B a ttle llv m n of the of its au th o r, w ho, w hen an a tta c k was leave lines b lan k by fours and by
enced
in
such
m a tte rs lie ha ' P11
llepttbH e" w ill live w ith th e nation, mode on his iclljrious belief, th u s foi- e ig h ts—th en all is silent, as if each
w
ord
fo
r
w
ord,
th
e proclamation of one
and lie who w as inspired w ith p atrio tic e ib ly 1 nd m odestly defeudod himself were occupying a position a t the n a d ir
of
th
e
lirst
governors
of l.h° co:aT ‘
a rd o r lo s in g "T h e S tar Spangled B an and his friend:
and zenith of in te rste lla r space, an d
w e alth , 1 ve fo rg o tte n which one bu
n e r’’ will be romeml>ered by his w ords I "W hile 1 claim tliut every m an’s re th a t is solitude enough, in all eon-
in such h ig h esteem was he held tlu hr
w hile th a t b a n n e r continues to wave. ligion is so m eth in g sacred to his own s e ie n < _ .................
Y et 1 know th a t nil the tim e an
T hese are heroic p's-m s stru ck to t r i soul, an d ao in etliiu g no man has a right oeea’ ional glance, love lit, comes tne- w as a lm o st sain ted . Butler showed V»
th e e s sa a tisfa
tio u n in
of v»«.«/
everybody
that G
um phal or m ajeslle notes. But th e re to isw so n ally question, 1 feel compelled w ard from ju st across th e w ritin g ta -I th
tis ia c c tio
- - -
Is an o th er pool« which, like those <»f • to say th a t th e hope and longing of hie. and from the sumo locality th e re only c h a n g e he had ™ul 1 ‘ a(1ed
th e sw eet sin g er of Israel, is a ttu n e d to every im m o rtal soul, as expressed in v ib rates into mv being the te n d er m ag- in
m al
at d (toeumein.
w.u-.
.... _
o c u m en t w
as to h-'
,
.............1,
.«:.. i.....-i
» „ tn
a iflc
s u b ,u
s titu
te iii«
liis iiw
o w n n n nam
e io
tor rt'ist
tea
chords th a t live forever hi the soul. Of ‘The* Sw eet lty and By.’ was not to n s netism of . a sym
pathetic
h e art, ....
and i i 1 ...iu
o ri-in n l.
T aa h ao a zv
t tickled
th e se are th e songs, poems, hvm ns
live, origin«»!»
--------- the " I d " “
n ‘p ain ted lie,’ h u t th e th in conviction am w ithin the a re a of an appreciative,
isev m e all these and more know n in Hint fa ith of b o th of ua, and to Iwith helpful intellect.
She is in
my b e st p ro b ab ly as m uch as any t nn„
th e llli-r itn re of song as "N ea re r, my c re atio n w ould have seemed n farce h • elp er, v b -cause
of
h
er
sy
m
p
ath
.b u t th e re w a s a n aw tu } •
—
—— — - »/ — v— y —and life
i.'.'t
oY
editors
clergymen in
in t t!i” '
i.........
...
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i....
t
»
•
b
.«
/»
( ltG
ii- s a and
n d clergymen
h m I, to T h e e ” and "T h e Sw eet By and
because
she
is
iny
best
c
r
i
t
i
c
.
”
unless a»siMnated witii a la-lief in a
"
Tire
llrst
w
a
s
w
ritte
n
by
a
wom-
Bv
P erh ap s the thousands, who have liny s ta te (o r . long
Suprem e Being of infinite love, and an
an. the last by a m an, and it is this im m o rtal exlatenco for man beyondtl e snug, prayed o r chanted the melody of T he old m an had caught tnc J •
am i th e re w as no w ay for them to gtt
a u th o r the p resen t paper cone<srn*. and
the hym n-song w ill take a new p leas
v e .”
th e »imple history of the w ords and g ra Dr.
B ennett, in a very Interesting pri ure in its sw eet strain s th ro u g h le a rn out of it.”
tnesle th a t have Is-eii sung m ev ert
ing som ething of the home and life
q u art -r of the gl«»ts', in ehurc.i, in eyu* vate le tte r, says:
"W hen a boy my dream was to de history of its author. A copy of the
T H E S C U L P T O K S ART.
< rt halt, a t home, by th e deatht»ed
verses
in
inv
possession,
penned
for
me
vote
my
hfe
to
my
pen.
b
u
t
an
educa
tnd at the g rave
Never can i forget
A ccowdino to th e latest
th e sweet and com forting w on Is a . 1 t i o n w a s th e llrst object, a bard thing bv th e au th o r, reveal a ehirog-s;>hy as
Before I d a in ty ns the Ita lia n hand of a past K aiser W ilhelm monum ent in
llrst heard them »Mug on the oeuaalon for «»lie to gain unaided.
knew enough to teach I began teach era. and quite consistent w ith th e ideal
««f a g re a t »• lU uiltv. w hen m any |wo*
w ill c o st $4,000.000.
.
W illia m L loyd G abwhon s ste t^ ^
w alked ,ti the valley of the sha-low ing. I w as ab o u t eighteen, and sensi c h a ra c te r of aix x ’t —Mrs. M. b. llayne,
t iv e a* a girl, ^’y book qualifications in D etroit Free Press.
bronze, of colossal size,
if death. It was a w om an’» r«»»ee—•
sizr . wtl
, i-
w ere m eager.
I had plenty of pupils
. in
.. ..
in
Newburyport
next
Fourth <> .
‘t tlo ii o f a g re a t -ing.T. hu t one
l
i
e
llevoketl.
• A
A C«»1’
w ho sent fo rth ry m p ath etie notes front much older th a n myself. 1 had never
B ish o p D oane is to have »
u
T - h - e y . w ere , p lay in w
g a „ game
-----
of
cards,
looked
in
th
e
a
lg
eb
ra
—to
study
i
t
an overcharged h e a rt T he aoug w as
a
lth
o
u
g
h
they
w
ere
ju
st
engaged,
and
ood th irone
ro n e in m
tlie
o
, i V. L
new then. As her voiee fell on the ’Could I teach alg eb ra ’’ cam e the ques he w as m iserably jealous of h ns or»-1 w
b an y . I t is th e g ift of \ ,s
gnfst
tio
n
from
these.
•Oh.
yea’
,
lint
let
ns
s i’ca<s> Hint ww* broken only by the
P
ru
v
n
.
an
d
is
said
to
«
pon
en
t.
on
whom
Mabel
w
as
in
n
o
cen
t
w all« of the m o u rn ers, tl.ete fell ujvm w ait a w eek lx«lore we organize a
th in g o f th e k in d in America-
y.
sm ilin g
, ... »
T ........
h a t night I w alked eight ly »railing.
th e group th s t p e a c e o f t o si w^iich ela
S
h
e
le
d
a
diam
ond,
lie
blindly
fol-
is
b
la
ck
oak
a
n
d
th
e
throne
pa»«eth all u n d e rsta n d in g . She sang m iles t«» th e nearest village and bought
tw o fe
e t hitrh.
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feet
liieh.
««very w ord in a d istin ct recitativ e a n t a ” alg eb ra T h e re a fte r four o’clock of low ed w ith a h e a r t
H o w to U ecalv e a < r r ‘l1^
"
T
a
k
e
back
th
e
h
e
a
rt
th
a
t
thou
gav-
th
e
w
in
te
r
m
ornings
1
was
nt
the
th e aw fu l tension of unavailing g rief
H o w to »«■«— " -
. , iBg biT
T h e tr ia ls of a ti m
an
ceffi Ltiro*
w aa broken. T h ere w as a hum an need Jooely country schoolhouse stiulving e s t.” she said coquettlshly.
I«
«
«
»
"D o yon m ean it?" lie said, w ith so m etim es ta k e an an n " ' in
o f csiaifort; every one w anted a copy a tre b ra t»y th e lig h t of a “tallow dip,’
s o in e u n i^ uutv »......
»u.Mien - sir??'
fa
ta l insistence.
kerosene
n
o
t
having
then
b«en
in-
«if th e V «»rda. the music, and in le»a
of th o se p le a s a n t g»’nU ‘ n e d ’W''
"C ertain ly I _ do," she responded.
-•
—
’ seems
than a w eek m urm urin g lij* were venl«*d. 1 t'*»k my clas* th ro u g h the
in to a n office,
nnd.
8ee?",'L,7 frk»^
‘You
know , Tom, von revoked.”
biMtk
and
they
never
knew
the
secret
ta lk in g to n n u m b e r of l’ where«p*
fram ed to sing:
"1 have auapected it all tlie ev en in g .” w a ite d t;il he h a d I '/ 'h / c o U « « '" ^
T h a t is about the way 1 have worked
•‘Fur ib«’ I'sihcr watt» ever the **y
he
ex claim ed , incoherently, as he
all
tny
life
When
I
w
as
younger
1
de-
T o e tide of g rie f w as d iv erted by I he
th e d e b to r tu rn e d to tiw
ru
sh
ed from th e room and from th e
aired
to
publish
a
volume
of
p>»einx,
hut
w ouilerfnl m»pirati«»n of th e «ong
a very p le a s a n t tn:m ni 1 ’ jay.
S. F.Ilttonv B en n ett, th a u th o r of never had th e «money t » «io i t Thus I house.
w ill loan y ou th is much
And ju s t becawK* he revoked in a
" T h e Hw,«et By and By.” In e » in Bw «•acap»'d t Ac e id li -a and probably con-
gum w h en y o u a r
Hth»ttf*k
sim ple trick of cards, he w as obliged
to w n of Richm ond. HL At the tim e of served iny rypuiatio«.
am
,led
o
n
e
o
l
th
o
se
am'
,
.. „ t
"Yu »u inquire aliout ’The Sweet By to propose tw ice to th e sam e g irl.—
w ritin g th e poem, how ever, h r. lien-
and By. ’ Aa to how it was born. I l' é t r o it l're«« P
a l l w aa a rvstdent of the village of
•• love is ENOUGH."
•• T here’s a land th a t la fairer than day.
An i by fa ith n o can at-o it afar,
F or the F a th e r w aits over the way.
To prepare us u dwelling place there.
— tv loves to th in k of anu s t a g « • -
,niU11 11 -sse.l reunion w ith th o se w ho
t
i i d d o w n th e burden of e a r th
v I,ether it can d em o n strate it o r
1,f t l't =S V X t^ V is in o f th e soul to th e
tvno of its p rim al innocence an d com-
•* •
. . « z » 1
m union w ith God.
...
"W ould you like to h e ar how th e
,1c hym n sound» in Ih u ic sc ? A S o «
York jo u rn al published it in th e ( hi
¿CSC cliaraeters and a n In te r m eal
lra n .la .io n , w hich. 1 . W " -
“
authentic. I w ill transcribe the h r.t
j