The Hymn That Came as a Lullaby

On the evening of June 6, 1882, Scottish minister George Matheson sat alone in the manse at Innellan while his sister's wedding celebration carried on without him. Nearly blind since his university days, Matheson carried a private grief — years earlier, his fiancée had broken their engagement when she learned his sight would never return. Now, as his sister began a new life, the old sorrow surged back with crushing force.…