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cadence, he would read such a hymn as
"Oh could I speak the matchless worth!"
till the silence became oppressive & ^the tears would start
in spite of us. Then Wilder would draw his bow very
gently for a final preparation and lifting his head
as high as possible to make up for his lack of
inches. Started the "devotee of song." And what singing
that was! We had just passed through a powerful
revival in which nearly every member of the two
academies had been hopefully converted. By the
side of Wilder stood Isaac P. Langworthy, beloved &
honored then, as now, Horace James, the soldier minister
was there in a blue round-about. ? was there
and Scooby, and Joseph Gibson Hoyt, and Putnam,
and Enoch & Warren Childs & W.H. Long, and many
another.