October 12
The Master’s touch
“For he must reign” (1 Cor. 15:25).
“The Lord shall reign for ever and ever” (Exod. 15:18).
A village organist in Germany was once practicing a piece by that master-musician—Mendelssohn. He was not a great expert, and stumbled somewhat through it. While he was playing, a stranger quietly entered the church and sat in one of the back pews.
As the organist was finishing, the stranger approached and asked to be allowed to play his instrument. The organist gruffly refused, saying, “Certainly not, I never allow anyone to touch the organ but myself.”
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