The Rev. Dr. Millard F. Troxell tells of the experience of a group of tourists, cloud-bound on the summit of Pike's Peak, huddled about the fireplace in the block-house : "It was suggested that we sing some popular melody. A voice began one of the many sentimental songs of the day, but few knew enough of it to join in, so the singer was left to finish it alone. Then some one began to sing softly, "Nearer, my God, to Thee" and before the second line was ended it seemed as if all who had been strangers now felt at home ; and, for the time-being, the place seemed like a very Bethel." Before long the mists rolled away and "before us stretched the most wonderful of views."
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