The Touch of The Master's Hand

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The Touch of The Master's Hand

" Twas battered and scarred, and the auctioner thought it scarcely worth his

while

to spend much time on the old violin, but he held it up with a smile.

" What am I bidden, good folks, " he cried. " Who " ll start the biddidng for me?

A dollar - one dollar " Then " Two - only two? Two dollars, and who'll make it

three?

Three dollars, once; three dollars, twice; going for three! " But no!

From the room, far back, a gray-haired man came forward and picked up the

bow.

Then wiping the dust from the old violin, and tightening the loose strings,

He played a melody pure and sweet, as a caroling-angel sings.

The music ceased, then the auctioneer, with a voice that was quiet and low,

Said, " What am I bid for the old violin? " And he held it up with the bow.

" A thousand dollars! And who'll make it two? Two thousand! And who'll make it

three?

Three thousand, once; three thousand, twice; and going and gone,

" said he.

The people cheered, but some of them cried, " We do no quite understand.

What changed its worth? " Swift came the reply. " The touch of a master's

hand. "

And many a man with life out ot tune, and battered and scarred with sin,

was auctioned off cheap to a thoughtless crowd, much like the old violin.

A mess of potage, a glass of wine, a game, then he travels on.

He's going once, and going twice, he's going and almost gone.

But the Master comes, and the foolish crowd never can quite undestand

The worth of a soul and the change that's wrought by the touch of the Master's

hand.

~Myra Welch~

~ " We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a

little of each other everywhere. " ~

~ " If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the

entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand. "

~ " We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a

little of each other everywhere. " ~

~ " If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the

entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand. "