and it came from the hearts of those who knew the weight of lonely weeks and months. The Sky Pilot in the office turned his face to the wall and prayed while they sang this hymn which the men had sung at the service the night before. “All out,” cried the “push.” From the shack streamed forth the men, singing the song of comfort. Into groups they separated, each going his appointed way, but the hymn continued in all parts of the forest until the sweet melody died to tender murmurs and was lost in the distant evergreens. In all that North Star State no happier body of men went forth to toil, for with them went the spirit of song. Here is an instance of gratitude expressively shown in the words, “Pass It On” Henry Burton’s famous hymn, “Pass It On,” was inspired by a story relating to the early life of the Rev. Mark Guy Pearse, noted as a preacher and a writer, and who died just a few months before Dr. Burton. The latter married a sister of Mr. Pearse. How he came to write this hymn was related in _The British Weekly_. “Returning from school in Holland, Pearse once found himself on a steam packet bound from Bristol to Hayle in Cornwall, having had a hearty supper, and later finding that he had reached the limit of his finances. The steward was inclined to be severe, but on hearing the lad’s name he changed his tone. Pearse’s father had recently helped the steward’s mother in a difficulty, now the opportunity had come for the old debt to be repaid. The steward paid the supper bill with the remark, ‘Now pass this on to some one else.’” This furnished the inspiration for the appealing lines: “Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on! ’Twas not given for thee alone— Pass it on! Let it travel down the years, Let it wipe another’s tears, Till in heaven the deed appears, Pass it on! Did you hear the loving word? Pass it on! Like the singing of a bird? Pass it on! Let its music live and grow, Let it cheer another’s woe, You have reaped what others sow— Pass it on! . . . . . . . . . Love demands the loving deed! Pass it on! Look upon thy brother’s need, Pass it on! Live for self, you live in vain; Live for Christ, you live again; Live for Him, with Him you reign— Pass it on!”[20] CHAPTER VIII _Songs of Salvation_