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Voice—See [Audience, Inspiration from].
VOICE, A SWEET
The sweet voice of Philip Phillips once charmed the Senate chamber at Washington and won a rare tribute from President Lincoln. It was toward the close of the Civil War. The United States Christian Commission was in session. Statesmen, generals and other leading friends of the Union were there. On being invited to sing, Mr. Phillips rendered Mrs. Gates’ “Your Mission,” beginning,
“If you can not on the ocean
Sail among the swiftest fleet.”
As he proceeded every one sat spellbound. But when he reached the lines,
“If you can not in the conflict
Prove yourself a soldier true;
If where fire and smoke are thickest