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When Mr. Pike had played the `` Hallelujah Chorus '' from the _ Messiah _ , and `` He Shall Feed His Flock , '' he mentioned to me , almost apologetically , that he liked sacred music , and for the reason , perhaps , that for a short period , a child ashore in San Francisco , he had been a choir boy . `` And then I hit the dominie over the head with a baseball bat and sneaked off to sea again , '' he concluded with a harsh laugh . And thereat he fell to dreaming while he played Meyerbeer 's `` King of Heaven , '' and Mendelssohn 's `` O Rest in the Lord . '' When one bell struck , at quarter to eight , he carried his music , all carefully wrapped , back into his room . I lingered with him while he rolled a cigarette ere eight bells struck . `` I 've got a lot more good things , '' he said confidentially : `` Coenen 's ` Come Unto Me , ' and Faure 's ` Crucifix ' ; and there 's ' O Salutaris , ' and ` Lead , Kindly Light ' by the Trinity Choir ; and ` Jesu , Lover of My Soul ' would just melt your heart . I 'll play 'em for you some night . ''