The Organ That Was Drowned Out.
The Church Organ said to the Electric Light: "I am completely discouraged! I am all tired out!"
"What's the matter now?" flashed the Light.
"The matter? It's that forward and ill-mannered congregation. I make the most wonderful music, and what do they care? They actually drown me out with their singing. The louder and finer I sound forth the tune, the louder they sing. I reach my limit at last, but they seem to have no limit. What can one organ do against a thousand bellowing voices?"
Then the Electric Light answered, twinkling: "My dear Organ, has it ever occurred to you that the hearty singing of the congregation is a proof of your skill? You are not a performer, but a leader. It is your task to draw out, not to show off. The louder the people sing, the greater is your real triumph. Don't you see it?"
But the Organ only grunted, down in the bass.
Moral: Many a human leader, like that organ, wants to be the Whole Thing.