He saw twelve cellos once in silent choir, like bathers poised and dripping by the wall to leap beyond a lifeguards beckoning.
The shop was open: RENTAL & REPAIR OF DOUBLE-BASSES, CELLOS, VIO- LINS BY EXPERT. Bows and strings.
One oscillating wave . . . the moving air submerged him in its tide. The full rooms “hummm” refracted, flooding
through the prism of his ear; one tone widened to display all tones. The spectrum of all things
a man could speak and hear rainbowed in his mind and he must kneel: the umber trees with burnt-sienna sheen
reveal their music in a prayer that he can learn and tell in praise that these carved woods will sing.
You have a decision to make: double or nothing.
For this week only, a generous supporter has offered to fully match all new and increased donations to First Things up to $60,000.
In other words, your gift of $50 unlocks $100 for First Things, your gift of $100 unlocks $200, and so on, up to a total of $120,000. But if you don’t give, nothing.
So what will it be, dear reader: double, or nothing?
Make your year-end gift go twice as far for First Things by giving now.
