[OLD REGGIE]

Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lampstand, where it gives light to all in the house.

I remember my mother sending the us "kids" (the 4 of us) to a Salvation Army Bible School one year. It was during WW II, my father was in the Navy, and my mother had a full time job. I'm certain she had no real interest in the Salvation Army but it was a good baby sitter for a few weeks.

I have a dim memory of the Bible Study (though it might be where the "brothers of Jesus story became implanted in my subconcious?) but I do remember the hymn "Don't hide your light under a bushel".

[enat]

“but I do remember the hymn “Don’t hide your light under a bushel”

We still use it in our kids clubs.

This Little Light of Mine

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
(The kids hold up their index finger and move it in a circular motion.)

(The children cup one hand over their finger and when shouting NO they remove their cupped hand)
Hide it under a bushel - NO!
I’m gonna let it shine.
Hide it under a bushel - NO!
I’m gonna let it shine, Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

Won’t let Satan blow it out.
I’m gonna let it shine.
Won’t let Satan blow it out.
I’m gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.
(When the kids sing “Won’t let Satan blow it out....they blow on their finger.)

Let it shine til Jesus comes.
I’m gonna let it shine.
Let it shine til Jesus comes.
I’m gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

Let it shine over the whole wide world,
I’m gonna let it shine.
Let it shine over the whole wide world,
I’m gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

When my dad was 10 he played the trumpet for some local Salvation Army band. I can’t pass a SA kettle drum or hear a trumpet sound without thinking of him.