Story Time

 THE GREAT GILDED HALL

  Singing “In the Great Gilded Hall” but it wasn’t really…it was only an entry to a school gym… that is where the congregation of people had met to sing about Jesus, to sing about the journey, to sing about Heaven. It was an informal invitation to an informal evening… but oh! The singing!!! The youth girl was singing; the youth boy was tapping time as the music ejected from his voice box. Grandpa was leaning against the wall singing tenor. Grandma chimed in with alto. The entry was filled with sound! School girls were lined up towards the front, eyes glued on the screen. The melody bubbled from the young voices. Baby was nestled in Daddy’s arms while Daddy rolled out the base! Mother sang alongside. The elder, middle-aged, youth and children were singing  * "What will it be like? And we ponder…What will it be like when Jesus returns?" This glorious singing is but a foretaste of the singing, ** “In the Great Gilded Hall!”

*Kelly and Mikayla Toews, "What will it be like?"

**Johnie Masters, "The Great Gilded Hall"