LET HIM PLAY
In a large stone cathedral in Europe there was a very large, magnificient pipe organ. It was a Saturday afternoon, and the sexton was making one final check of the choir and organ loft high in the balcony at the back of the church. He was startled to hear footsteps echoing up the stone stairway, as he thought the doors were all locked and no one was around. He turned to see a man in slightly tattered travelling clothes coming toward him. “Excuse me, sir,” the stranger said, “I have come from quite a distance to see the great organ in this cathedral, would you mind opening the console so that I might get a closer look at it?” The custodian at first refused, but the stranger seemed so eager and insistent that he finally gave in. “May I sit on the bench?” That request of the stranger was met with absolute refusal by the cathedral custodian. “What if the organist…
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