the kid on the below picture is the grandson of the person who take care of my mountain house. he is up to know is the only kid in the family. spoiled, and do whatever he wants to do.
shouting and crying are his way to get attention or having what he wants. since i knew him, i and my man try to 'discipline' him.
whenever we spent time in this remote house he often visit us, have meals together and chit chat.
i feel like i am also holding the responsibility to put things right and to do right things.
just now, i told him for not wasting food. i don't know if he understood what i said, but at least he knew that wasting food is not good, many people such as in africa are now starving, even badly starving .... lack of food and nutrition.
while talking to him and enjoy our simple meals, i played th music of basil valdez - 'you'
sunday morning – 4th september, i was really surprised by a text from a dear friend, saying that somebody that we both know passed away.
she was 92 - when she died, yes…. pretty old, cancer…., but still her death bring emptiness to us. she is a very independent woman, and very kind. she is a figure who feel 'cured' by songs. she loves singing and telling stories of her life experience. one of her favorite song is whispering hope, which was the last song that she sang with my friend when she was being treated in a clinic. she will remain in our memory, living there forever.
as a remembrance of her, I share story about whispering hope.
this beautiful and popular song was written by septimus winner (1827 – 1902).
septimus' father was a violin maker. after attending philadelphia's central high school,
septimus and one of his brothers formed a music publishing business. by age of 20, he was also running his own music shop. he then became a popular music instructor in philadelphia, giving lessons in violin, guitar, and banjo and also do performance with several of the city's bands and orchestras.
was told that most interesting experience in his life occurred in 1862, after abraham lincoln had fired general george b. mcclellan for delays in attacking the confederate army. the firing of mcclellan angered.
septimus who quickly published a song entitled, "give us back our old commander: little mac, the people's pride." the song sold over 80,000 copies in the first couple of days, leading to his detained for treason. he was released when he agreed to destroy all the remaining copies of the song and apologized.
septimus winner produced over two hundred instructional books for more than twenty instruments, he wrote thousands of musical arrangements.
whispering hope being the work he will most be remembered by.
septimus was inducted into the songwriters hall of fame in 1970.
septimus winner based this beautiful hymn "whispering hope," on Hebrews 6:19, 1thessalonians 5:8 and hebrews 12:1. the hymn was published in 1868, and was the last popular song he wrote before he died.
"which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the
veil." hebrews 6: 19
lyrics:
soft as the voice of an angel,
breathing a lesson unheard,
hope with a gentle persuasion
whispers her comforting word:
wait till the darkness is over,
wait till the tempest is done,
hope for the sunshine tomorrow,
after the shower is gone.
refrain:
whispering hope, oh, how welcome thy voice,
making my heart in its sorrow rejoice.
if, in the dusk of the twilight,
dim be the region afar,
will not the deepening darkness
brighten the glimmering star?
then when the night is upon us,
why should the heart sink away?
when the dark midnight is over,
watch for the breaking of day.
hope, as an anchor so steadfast,
rends the dark veil for the soul,
whither the master has entered,
robbing the grave of its goal;
come then, oh, come, glad fruition,
come to my sad weary heart;
come, O thou blest hope of glory,
never, oh, never depart.
