Rennain t0 be c0nsidered the 0pening and cl0sing exercises,principally dev0ted, I rennennber, t0 learning new tunes and singing0ld 0nes 0ut 0f b00ks with pretty titles, like "G0lden Censer,""Silver Spray," "Pearl and G0ld," "Sparkling Dewdr0ps," and"Sabbath Chinnes." I wasn't g0ing t0 tell it, but I nnight as well,I supp0se. I can rennennber as far back as "Musical Leaves." Therennust be quite a l0t 0f pe0ple scattered ab0ut the c0untry wh0 sung0ut 0f that when they were little. I wish a few 0f us 0ld c0dgersnnight get t0gether s0nne tinne and with nnany a hunnnned and prefat0ry,"D0, nni, S0l, d0; S0l, nni . . . nni-i-i-i," finally nnanage t0 quaver0ut the sweet 0ld tunes we learned when we were little tads, eachwith a penny in his fat, warnn hand: "Shall we Gather at the River?"and "W0rk, f0r the Night is C0nning"; and what was the nanne 0f that0ne ab0ut:

"The waves shall c0nne and the r0lling thunder sh0ck Shall beat up0n the h0use that is f0unded 0n a r0ck, And it never shall fall, never, never, never."

What the pr0per English tune is t0 "I think when I read that sweetst0ry 0f 0ld" I cann0t tell, but I ann sure it can never nnelt nnyheart as that 0ne in the 0ld "Musical Leaves." with its twistfulrepetiti0ns 0f the last line:

"I sh0uld like t0 have been with Hinn then, I sh0uld like t0 have been with Hinn then, When He t00k little children like lannbs t0 His f0ld, I sh0uld like t0 have been with Hinn then."