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The trick of smuggling through tbo mail.
the detection Of which few days ano in ,ha
Chicago Post Office, resulted in the seizn,s Of
| a number of miscellaneous and valuable A.
tcles of foreign manufacture, was duly men.
| toned in the PRESS, and it was also stated
that among the smugged goods was found a
lot of Mormon hymn books, addressed 10
Brigham Young Salt Lake City.
A Chicago paper gives the following curl
GUS description of one of these hymn books:
"The title page says the book contains The
sacred hymns and spiritual songs for the
Church of Latter Day Saints There are
four hundred and fifteen pages Of hymns, and
some of them are decidedly rich. Here Is
one, entitled Lord, hear the Red Mans WALL
"Great Spirit listen to the red mans wait;
- Thou hast the power to help him in lis woe;
1 nv nv mighty ann was never known to TAIL;
"Fekt Cheitain! save him from the pale-aeed foe
LAS broad, green hunting grounds, where buhPoss
rj ms ou96ling streams where finny thousands pay
'Io "avlhg ag praries, once his happy home.
Aie i"st departing 10 the Christians sway.
WWn Ewil, eprssd fre-waier's strpefying fame,
Vi " t si't si et me senses OF cur chiefs resJ,
anu hOutned words, the cheating pale flce came
Ana stole our lands and drove as 10 the vest '
W wi9a asHIa o..l
"nlyn di ~ ne er was known To flow In Indian blood
A'ii "ni'e men brought 1t nom beyond the seas
and shall our nation. once so great decavo
Z, gu, ,a, sn.dfeh @ perish anh our ebieiians de?
3rSat spirit, help!-Thy glorious mower disntav
oupNeft our ioes! VI hear the In .ian,s crS -
There is second part to tais hymn, which
tells the rel man that his prayer is heard and
tnaL his foes .s1lall pea iiss Zoo sun-scorcb.
ed grass and that his Mormon brotneis Sin
reveal the truth OF the holy book which his
father hid
Brigham evidently wants to make friends
with the Indians, in order that he may use
them to drive back Uncle Sam, for whom, if
one may judge by the following, he has a
Little aversion:
Sup, awake, ye defenders OF Zonl
The Toes at the door OF your homes;
Let each heart be the h art OF a lion,
unfolding and proud as he roams.
Remember the wrongs OF Missouri;
Forget not he fate OF Nauvoo;
When the God-batiLg Toe il before ye
Stand firm and bs faithful and true.
"Bv the mountains cur Ziou's surrounded;
Her warriors noble and brave;
And their faith OH Jehovah is founded,
Whose power Is mighty to save.
ob2osed by a proud Roasting nation,
Ihelr numbers, compared NAV be few;
But thtir union IS known through creation,
ANA theyNe always been faithful and true.
''Shall We bear with oppression for eyer9
Shsll we tamely submit 10 the fne,
Willie The ties OF 0ur kindred they sever?
Shall the blood of our phrophsIs stl Aow?
No! Tne thought sets The Lealt wildly beating
Our vows at each pulse we renew
Ne'er rest till our foes are Ietreating
While we remain faithful and true.
Though, assisted by lsgions in ernal,
The plundering wretehes advance
With host rem the regions eternal
We scatter their hosts glance
iQ1eDendeDt
In wonder the nations will view
The despised ones in glory respendent;
Then leL us be faithful and true.
"Deseret, another name for the country
around Salt Lake, also has hymn, beginning:
"Deseret. Desere! tits the home of the free,
And dearer than all other lands its 10 me
Where The saints are secure from oppression and
And enjoy to the full the rich blessings OF life
lis land which for ages has been lying waste,
"here me savage has waniersd, By darkuess de-
Where The wolf and the bear unmoiesfed did roam
Away, tar away! Dsseret is my home.
"The second stanza is very suggestive of
what Brigham would do ii he could. 1t Is:
''Deseret, Deseret. she has long been opprest,
But now, tor a while, she is taking her rest;
She feels like giant refreshed with new wine.
And enjoys from Jehovah his blessings benign.
1here are hears that can eel Tor anOhers deep woe
And with charity, blessings on others bestJw;
Return good for evil TO those who oppress,
And await the time coming to give them redress.
SIN the next verse the brethren sang that
they do not regret leaving the land Of their
birth to dwell in
THAT sweet, favored SPOT of earth
Where Brigham and hcber and David preside.
"The collection also embraces From Green
lands Icy Mountains a number OF Metho-
dist HYMNS, and several very popular with
coioied Baptists. Brigham was notified that
they had been seized. Until the duty is pad,
the Saints will not sing out of them"