Miracles in My Life - J. N. Loughborough

tuning fork. As he placed this to his ear, he would
sound the do; then those of the other parts of the
music would sound their first note before singing.
There came a time when a man stood at the
head of the choir with a violin with which to give
the leading note. Though it was a decided
improvement, it displeased some of the members
who thought that no instrumental music should be
used in the Lord's house. They thought the violin's
only use was "with the devil's music in dance
halls."
Once when my father was constructing a
certain house, there was quite a large pile of stones
which they wanted moved to the other side of the
fence. My uncle, who was one of the carpenters,
said if I would move them with my little
wheelbarrow, I would find a sixpence (twelve and
one-half cents) under the last stone. Of course I
worked hard to get to the last stone, and sure
enough, there was the sixpence. I knew very well
that my uncle had to divert my attention just before
I picked up that last stone.
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