In a small town,a homeless man with no relatives had recently passed away.
A professional singer was contacted by the priest who asked if she would sing at the funeral.
The priest informed her that, since he had no relatives or money, the man would be buried in a paupers grave in the countryside, and informed the singer she would have to drive herself.
Moved with compassion, the singer agreed.
On the day of the funeral, the singer set out in her car following the directions she had been given, but quickly got lost on the unnamed backroads of the countryside. As she got closer she was dismayed to find that the hearse, the priest, and any attendants of the funeral were long-gone. Only the workers remained with their digging equipment, and they had already started filling the hole.
The singer approached the grave, and began singing at the grave side.
She poured her heart and soul into the most beautiful rendition of “Amazing Grace” she had ever sang.
The workers stopped shoveling dirt and took off their hard hats, and their eyes teared up.
The singer was crying, the workers were crying, and everybody embraced as the singer finished her song. She picked up her things and made her way back to her car. One of the workers approached another, tears still in his eyes and said “that’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen, and I’ve been installing septic tanks for more than twenty years!”
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