For two hours these young people stirred the depths of their vast audience. It was like a glimpse of the great scene described in the Bible, “of the company out of every nation and kindred and tribe before the throne of God, whose anthem of praise is like the sound of the sea.”
The closing number was most impressive. Led by the youthful orchestra, the audience sang the evening hymn of Sabine Baring Gould:
“Now the day is over,
Night is drawing nigh,
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.”
So the music swept on until the closing stanza was reached:
“When the morning wakens,
Then may I arise
Pure, and fresh, and sinless