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Show ORGAN USED BY SAN KEY. ,J Instrument Accompanied Great Evangelist Evan-gelist on His Travels. Ira D. Sankey's little cabinet organ, -': of which this is a picture, began its Jong public career in Chicago ia 1870, shortly after the singing evangelist met Dwight L. Moody. The organ was taken to Europe with Moody and San-' San-' key in 1873, and there it really started on its famous career. ' On this organ Mr. Sankey played . the songs of Philip Phillips, the first singing evangelist, and P. P. Bliss. On ' the instrument he composed nearly all of the 500 songs and hymns of his ' own. He had it carted about and used 1 It at thousanus of meetings through-V through-V out the world. (1 About 75,000,000 copies of Mr. San-J liey's hymns have been put in circula-f circula-f tion, yet the evangelist never kept a i cent of the royalties for himself, al- t though the returns have amounted to over $500,000. These great revenues i iiSlI - ' ' Ira D. Sankey's Organ. went to a trust fund for the benefit of - the schools established by Moody. Ira D. Sankey is now passing his final years at his Brooklyn home, blind. He is moderately rich, from investments in-vestments and from money Inherited. |