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ir;-. I. : i. 11 d" t q Q , 0 ftAPY TAYJ THAT " f FIXED MY CHOICE " f Whcnftey. Jtobert'Lowry added the ward and Jriusle of a "Chorus" to Mrs. Annie Hawks' poem "I nee thee jiverf hour," he : Improved he? nymn ' hnmeasarably? as did William Bradbury when. Jh composed the mu sical setting for "He leadeth toe, 0 blessed thought." But when Lowry did the same thine for Isaac Watts' "Come we that love the Lord" and transformed the stately hymn Into the lilting strains of "We're march ing to Zion' he detracted from the majesty and dignity Watts W Toic stanaas which had been sung to the cadences of the tune f "St Thomas" for over a hundred years. Later R. E. Hudson, did a similar thing withi Watts' 'AlaBrand, did my Savkml f-bVfmtt gospel- song toawk ai "M the eraam.? The hymns f Phflisr, Doddridge ( 1702-17S1) were subjected Id a like fate and, to this day, it is a matter of conjecture and debate whether the addition of a "Chorus" has added to or taken from their effectiveness. The hymn that illustrates this fact is his most popular' one, "O happy day that nxed roy enoice,, vo My Saviour and my God; Well may this glowing heart rejoice, And tell its raptures all abroad." The stan zas first appeared in Mr. Orton's posthumous edition of the poet preacher's "Hymns," brought out hi 1755, four years after Doddridge's death in Lisbon, Portugal, where he had gone in search for a better cli mate to alleviate the sufferings of tuberculosis. Published under the -title, "Rejoicing in our covenant en gagements to God," the hymn was based upon W Chronicles 15:5: "And I all Judaea rejoiced at the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole de sire; and he was found of them; and the Lord gave them rest round about." Sung to any standard Long Meter tune (one composed for a po em written in four lines with eight syllables ih each line), it was quick ly picked up by the English people and recognized as one of the author's noblest ( hymns.' ( r Queen . Victoria's husband held it in' such high regard that he had it sung at the confirma tion of their children, a fitting trib ute to the poet, who himself had been the twentieth child of a successful London merchant father' and a staunch and devout Bohemian Luth eran mother. For the next century, "O Happy Day" appeared in the major hym nals of the Churches and was sung to the dignified Long Meter tunes which were dear to the hearts of the people. , Meanwhile,! a .distinguished Eng lish composer, Edward Francis Rim-bauttifclff-iaftf)! had made a name for nimaejf : not only ; fw -,-a , Brilliant organist but also as a composer, author and lecturer. His fame had spread to the United States, where Harvard University confered upon him the honorary LL.D. degree and offered him the ProfesBorehip of Mu sic. Ha accepted the degree but de clined the offer. The third edition of Baker' : "Biogrphical Dictionary of Musicians, awarded him a full saare (two columns), which ' attests tA hi abfHtv and accomDlishmehts Of hl ierona and Wifcm'inbus works', one' atopic ' song; "Heiipy Land" cat the 'poMle'a faicy, and,1 after1 hit bookai cantatas; thema and miscellaneous 'works' were ing the liking refrain, "Happy land, Happy Jandl Wkate'er my i0 ffsw'OM lias w .-. In,iae,"Uie ataaa, w -UiftM Us'evane- listic fervor of the- pioneer preach ers had, eatafcliahBd JLht. Meet-i., religious'aaad sociai lift. ; Already p Urn Auievluiiu mia 'WamUiif distincdra type jot religtousj needs.' Such early American melo- . tract" How edkuaaand tasUlesi Jt was about tUa time, daring the ference of the, MeUvodist Churoh, Rev. t Mr. McQppajld ' auliliahed ; ' book enrltleTie' We&lsyt Sacred tedilcialon, i3U. Inf-kS jjoges was found an adaptation of py land" for the ktansas of Dod- ! .'i onoge nyma j-y na-ppy wiui v. nre. It Wai c i loHf t -e th e ivalists were singing, "Earry day, -' Hany day.'-Wh'"'-. w' 1 T"l - aina awayt" ,ttr " -uted' to f " e ' who bad never ".i.ay I . J. - But tbe-aew music, wbile dtotrac? n ?Ther will be I decoction at the' Dry J?bnd Cemetery the 4th '" ..n- dav la this ..month.' May 27, All from' the effectiveness of i the stan ces In aome plrclei, certainly made them better Irmwm in- other. vHow aver, a tune that can be taken from a song nd made Into a hymn jean Just as easily, become a- song again, and that taf the final step injthe "degradation"' of "Happy Land.1 w' When my brother was Minister of Musks In a Baptist . Church In New England, it was the custom of the pastor tft teU the children a sto ry during the 'first part of the morn ing service. At the close of his nar rative the organist would play a tune that fitted the moral ef ' the story, while the children left the sanctuary for an extended session in their classrooms. One Sunday, the minister told of the days when the' "aVth;twas cursed with tended draught He pictured r 4fc water as the sun .'dried op the well' and creeks and rivers, and he vividly Dortrayed the way some of them died of thirst on the dusty plains and on the hot sands of the deserts.' Finally, God Sent the gift of rain, for which every one was glad and rejoiced. The moral was, of course, "Thank God for the gift of rain." Brother wondered what piece of mu sic would be appropriate as the chil dren marched out that morning, since he wouldn't dare play the pop- ular songs "Rain" or "I get the blues when it rains." After think ing seriously about the matter, he said to himself, "I have it. Rain washes and cleanses. So I'll play that hymn that says "When Jesus washed my sins away." As the chil rlran laf tha anXllfArillTfl . fYlftt mom- ho pUy hymn .,0 , .ate-nation 0f the congregation, many of whom later accused him of playing, "No body knows how dry I am!" Fortunately Rimbault was spared the shock of knowing that the con vivial imbibers had taken "0 Hap py Day" from "Happy Land" and made it the final shame of the dis mal drunk! Whether the tune will live on as "Happy Day" or "No body Knows" remains to be seen. But of Rev. Philip Doddridge's more than four-hundred hymns, "Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve," "Gifeat God we sing thy mighty hand," "How Pleasant God's commands,'! "See Israel's gentle shepherd stand," "My gracious Lord,'' L own thy might," "Let Zion's watchmen ail awake,'" and "The King of heaven his table spreads" are all in com mon usage today, not one has been as badly treated or is as well known s "O Happy Day." 1 1- j 4i 4 :": f L m A;: mm IS, f,K I $ V f v. ! Tex. Pvt. Rosa H. i a of Mr. and Mrs. eyt. Walnut, li' receiv 5 infantry training in iored Division at Fort r Colt ing ad 4th Hood, Tex,s. ( , i" ' p , !The division, reactivated in June 1954, la now undergoing a compre hensive training program. 'The unit won fame in Normandy and Bas togne.in World War II. A 1955 graduate of Walnut School he entered it&e Army last February. Ramsey is a member of the 51st Ar mored Infantry Battalion's Company C. " ' " " v' '.f :''v I Corps, f be Pf c. Robert L. Hu, Sffl, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. pudSf, Route 1 fLeicester, recent ly wai gradiated from the I Corps Non-Commisaioned Officer Acade my's artiller; anrvey course in Ko- Hull, a ' merooer oi uw nui rioyi ArUryl,Battali0iBa A,"en ter'thilA'aia'lW and ar rived n ' the" Far East the following November. He was last stationed at Fort Sill, Okla. . Huf; Was gra,4ftated in 1951 from Leicester High School. Fort Knox, Ky. Pvt. Eddie F. Ramsey, Son' of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ramsey, Mars - Hill, recently com nleted ten weeks of advanced indi- I vidgai training1' under the packet platoon system at the Army's Armor Training Center, Fort Knox, Gy. Ramsey was trained to drive the Army's medium 4ank He passed the .30 and .50 caliber machine gun pro ficiency tests and qualified as a gun ner in the firing of the 90 mm. tank gun. Under the packet platoon system of training, each trainee becomes a permanent member of a tank crew. Ramsey entered ! the Army last De cember and completed basic train ing at Fort Jackson; S. C. 4th Div., Germany Pfc. John M. Rector, son of Mr. apd Mrs. How ard Rector, Route .2,. Marshall, is a member of the 4th Infantry Division in Germany. , : Traininjf VfeeWddT b$i ?lie "Ivy" division,? P$CtjM1PfJ'h Sventh Army, includes 'Inteppivft maneuvers anil 'realistic fieTd "jrobfebls. A driver in Company Dfof the di vision's 824, Reguaa$$Setor cater ed the. Army in November! 1954 and completed basic trainingiJ at Fort Gordon, .' Ga. He was stationed at Fort Jackson, S. C, before arriving in Europe in April 1956. The nineteen-year-old soldier was graduated from Marshall High School in 1954. Ask yourself these 6 buying a loiv-przco ccr-and youll switch to Plymouth ! (ThereV a ll8 irMJeajwIioihc nombflr of peopio who are switching to Plymouth from other makes!) -ncf Ilowdoa Tlrmoatk holds official NASCAR, ords for speed im ita class (124 baph) aoeleratfaw, Saock ears (81 mph). No contest I re new, t ' ! i 1 'iwi I f I Sgt and, Mra. Glen Reese were visiting his parents, Mr. and Mra. Hardia Reese, last week. c-aiA..fr - " Mr. ick;Sexton of AshevUIe call ed on his brother, Mr. McKinley Sexton, 1. Sunday. Pfc. J. D, Suttles of Fort Jackson, S. C, was visiting friends over the weekend. Miss Glenna Mae West was visit ing her parents last week. Mr. J. M. foster called on Wilson Payne Sunday. Mr. Sebo Green and Jim Shelton called on Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Payne Sunday. Margaret jJtfa Plemtnons has measles at tflil writing. We hope she is feeling better. Mrs .Dallas Lowe called on Mrs'. David Kfanberly Saturday; also Mrs. Reese Holt visited her Saturday. Mrs. Caney Smith and daughter, Judy Ann, spent Saturday after noon with Mr. Wilson Payne. Mrs. Dallas Lowe and kids called on Mrs. Gonnie Reese Monday. Mrs. Dorothy Pangle and Miss Cecil Rollins called on Mrs. Wilson Payne Tuesday. Master Minnis Shetley of Hot Springs spent Saturday night with Jip and Ron Shetley. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Waldroup of Spring Creek called on Mr. and Mrs. Bill Shetley Sunday. Mrs. Dorothy Pangle and son Da vid, Mrs. Wilson Payne and son, Tommy, Lewis Shetley and Wade Gardin called on Mrs. David Kim berly Sunday afternoon. Mr. Billy Ebbs, Spencer Allison, Lewis Shetley and Wilson Payne made a business trip to Marshall Thursday. Mr. Bill Shetley and son, Lewis and Dud, called on Mr. Willie Plem mons Tuesday. Master Johnnie and Dennie Payne and Bobby Allison called on Jip and Ron Shetley Tuesday. , Mr. Lewis Shetley and Spencer Allison were visiting friends in Waynesville Monday. LAST iRAIL RUN' HUMILIATING Dupo, 111. It was the last trip of eleven steam locomotives in serv ice on the Missouri . Pacific Railroad and it ended in a humiliating fash ion. The locomotives were unable to make it under, their own power. One of them developed a "hot , cylinder" and one exhausted, its water supply. A was sent out , for a Diesel 'lo caeaofWjl pulled', the , eleven weaaiftjajpsejto' juik.,yanL ! Soap'a water -wlU clau np your feet , but they won't dux. up Make this easy . ImL Gt Inttanl drylnf T-4-1. at any drug iton. Thia ' powarfol Inagielda will give rail! m 0 IIODB or ywu 40c hack. To4ay at Moon's Paarmacr. I-' WHch reo - ,Phmolbs again, ; aifka.. Rfofnieri: longer tnBffcspsx-.More '.' v .... v eu Ys I3C3 liKly VUof Kumbef " er. Plynioathi s I Mow 4an vw-PlymstaL NewW1! " ' t Iow-pr car1i ' belts, doc latches, heaC: nua ''styearf 'l-f - inany excIuifCTM,lIkeSalety-rjia wbeelaw-t - (,0 ."'' f ifr:A L Yt "Stag" for Commissioner Annual Homecoming And Decoration At Piney Grove June 3 Piney Grove Baptist Church, lo cated on Sandy Mush, is having its annual Homecoming and Decoration service on Sunday, June 3, with an ill day service. All speakers and singers are cor J 'ally invited. In addition to offering: the bert in DRY CLEANING SERVICE We Can CLEAN & RE-BLOCK HATS HAVE YOUR RUGS CLEANED SHOWER PROOF ALMOST ANY THING MOTH PROOF LAUNDER YOUR QUILTS AND BLANKETS CLEAN SLIP COVERS AND DRAPES -w CLEAN TIES rrPUTtIN?yCEW POCKETS, NEW ZIPPERS MEND AND DO MOST ANY ALTERATION WE WILL'1 BE HAPPY TO SERVE YOU . .. FOR'PICK-UF AND DELIVERY ' n FOR PICKUP tNp DEUVERY PIAL . i DIAL: 2481 1 1 1 J'. t1- EdvoraoOiCQiiCFG SERVICE IN MONDAY HOT SPRINGS questions before f; bnisr. i Mora eTorything, - Trs " i ..,... - r , $.,' are tit" r -v I y 1 f tori ' 1 -' fi fl - V ' tout vote and tup . port (or my re-election, mbject to the Demo cratic primary, will be . sincerely appreciated. V Ballentine of Agriculture Hot -Springs High School Student OeU Reader's Digest Award Madelon Henderson, valedictorian of the graduating class at jj Hot Springs High School, has been given the annual Award' of The Reader's Digest Association for students wh' by -their successful school work giV promise of attaining leadership ' the community, it was annoiine ; this week by Mr. H. W. Cooky pri j cipal. . ..i I ! TO TENN- STATE UNE e W f uti tn .... w-3P0-'. - r-" r- r ' SERUIGE
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