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Ne> In 1862, during the US Civil War, General Daniel Butterfield wanted a
Ne> new melody for "lights out" And so, without any musical training, he
Ne> composed one in his head.
Ne> Years later, the general wrote, "I called in someone who could write
Ne> music, and practiced a change in the call of "Taps' until I had it suit
Ne> my ear, and then... got it to my taste without being able to write
Ne> music or knowing the technical name of any note, but simply by ear,
Ne> arranged it." General Butterfield gave the music to the brigade
Ne> bugler, and the rest is history.
Ne> While there are no offical lyrics to the hauntingly familiar strains of
Ne> "Taps," here is a commonly accepted version of one verse;
Ne> "Day is done, gone the sun,
Ne> From the hills, from the lake, from the sky;
Ne> All is well, safely rest, God is nigh."
Ne> What a comforting lyric as faithful members of the military are laid to
Ne> rest! And what hope in the acknowledgment that God is NEAR,
Ne> even-especially-in death!
Ne> At a time when death and evil reigned, the Prophet Isaiah anticipated a
Ne> day when death itself would die, "Your sun shall no longer go down," he
Ne> wrote to Israel, "for the Lord will be Your everlasting light." (Isiah
Ne> 60:20)
Ne> For those who follow Jesus, thestrains of "Taps" are not a funeral
Ne> dirge but a song of hope. "The days of your mourning shall be ended"
Ne> (Isaiah 60:20) All is well, God is nigh." - Tim Gustafson
Ne> From Our Daily Bread Bread
Ne> "Sunset in one land is sunrise in another."
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