plGHT now the angels of heaven are rushing th rou gh those golden corridors, shouting, “Ma rion is here, Marion is here!” In my mind’s eye I can see all of heaven assembling in the great hall. Angels, saints o f the Old and New Testament, our Lord, and of course, the new one, Marion. Marion, born in 1909 o f such humble beginnings in a little vil lage, east of Budapest, Hungary, brought to this country as a lit tle girl, now stands in heaven! I imagine she is impatient a lit tle as she wants to join the choir. And join she will! It may take a few days for the director to figure it out, but soon he will complain to his superior music master that, “Marion sings off key.” The com plaint will reach the higher-ups and then the word will come back, “ She must stay in the choir and yes, on the front row, even though she can’t carry a tune.” “Why?” comes the gentle ques tion o f the director. “Well, it seems for most of her 57 years on earth she has sung her praises to the Lord,” is the reply. She has introduced hundreds o f children to the Master by her loving work in Sunday school, daily vacation Bible school, Child Evangelism classes and many summer weeks at “Good News” camps. She has w orked physically, mentally and spiritually side by side with her minister husband for almost 38 years, sharing all the joys and all the heartaches of the ministry. She has been a mother whose three children “ rise up and call her blessed.” By her exciting Bible classes and her chaplaincy in the Chris tian sorority, Lammba Theta Chi, she has helped countless women to trust in Christ. By her every day living she has inspired even more men and women to give God only their very best. Always she has sung her song of praise. (Yes, “ off key.” Some times she has changed keys nine times in one chorus of “ In My •
Heart There Rings a Melody.” ) The Master, however, says it was the sweetest sound He heard coming from earth so she is to continue her song in the choir as before. Heaven wouldn’t be right w ith ou t that sweet “ off-key” voice. The great hall is filled now, all of heaven has gathered, and the angels have finished their mag nificent songs of praise and all are standing quietly, with folded wings, for they are listening to Marion. What are the words to that beautiful song? “Holy, Holy is what the angels sing, And I exp e c t to help them make the courts of heaven ring. But when I tell redemption’s story They will fold their wings. For angels never felt the joys That our salvation brings.” So with her gentle humor and her exciting way of talking she is telling them how she went from “ sinner” to “ saved” and all about
the “ joys of salvation brought.” Heaven glistens a little bright er today because Marion Miller, my mother, is there.
Mrs. Marion Miller, mother of Joyce Landorf, who passed away Septem ber 22. We thank the Lord for the faithful witness of this dear saint now home in the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. THE KING'S BUSINESS
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