The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-19
MORMON HYMNS.
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lts title page sets forth, contains 9Th,
sacred hymns and spiritual songs of tbe
Snurch of Jesus Christ of Latter Do,
bu,nss, bu,l., There are AIS pages of these
morus OF some of them and the idea oi
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% uo no more adhere and keep pace to.
Sether than the Hundreth Psalm to the
tune OF Green Sleeves" Here, for ex.
ample, is hymn beginning:
Deseret, Deseret home of the free.
ana dearer than all other lands tis to me;
where the saints are secure from oppression
and strife,
And enjoy to the full the rich blessings of life.
lis land which for ages has been lying waste,
"nero the savage has wandered by darkness
debased;
"here the wolf and the bear unmolcsted did
roam
away far away Deseret is my home.
In the second stanza is mild supoes.
lion as to what "the oppressor nav
look for in {" the time coming:
Deseret Deseret she has long been opprest,
But now for while she is taking her rest
She feels like giant refreshed with new wine
And enjoys from Jehovah his blessings BENIGN
There are hearts that can feel for anotber,s
deep woe,
And with charity, blessings on others bestow q.
Return good for evil to those who oppress.
ont await the time coming to give them redress
And in the next verse the saints de-
clare that exile from their native land is
not to be deplored so long as they have
left to them
That sweet favored spot, earth's ioy and nride
"hero Brigham and Heber and David preside.
Through nearly all these sacred
hymns and spiritual songs runs an air of
3enance to some power not designated.
In some Satan may be meant, but in the
greater part the object of the singers
scorn and contempt is evidently the
united States government. In MANY
there are more or less clumsy bids for
the friendship of the Indians. as in this,
which is called "Lord, Hear the Red
Mans Wail":
Great Spirit listen to the red man,s wa;
lhou hast the power to help him in his woe
Ihy mighty arm was never known to fail;
"reat Chleftain save him from the pale
faced foe.
His broad, green hunting grounds. wbere
buff'loes roam,
Ills bubbling streams, where fnny thousands
play;
Inc waving prairies, once his happy home,
Are fast departing to the Christians SWAY.
WIN cursed fire-water's stupefying flame,
t"meh luiled the senses of our chiefs TO
rest
Auu soft-mouthed words, the cheating pale-face
came,
ana stole our lands and drove us to the West.
onr gray-haired medicine men, SO wise and
good,
are all confounded with the dread disease.
"hlch eer was known to flow in Indian blood
LII white men brought it from beyond the
seas.
ana snail our nation, once so great de,ay?
Our children perish and our chieftains die
Great Spirit, help! Thy glorious power display,
subvert our foes Oh, hear the Indianscrv
In another hymn the red man is told
That the Great Spirit has heard his pray
er, and that his foes shall perish like the
sun-scorched grass, and that his Nor.
mon brothers will take pleasure in re.
veallng to him the truths contained in
the book which his Father hid and
which 10 Smith found. The hymn that
follows partakes to slight extent of the
nature of war cry;
T..
Up, awake, ye defenders of Zion!
Inc foes at the door of your homes
Leu each heart be the heart of lion,
onyielding and proud as he roams.
Remember the wrongs of the Missouri.
Forget not the fate of Nauvoo;
Nhen the God-hating foe is before We.
Stand firm and be faithful and true.
by the mountains our Zions surrounded:
Her warriors are noble and brave:
And their faith on Jehovah is founded,
Whose power is mighty to save.
Opposed by proud boasting nation,
Their numbers compared may be few:
Dut their union is known through creation,
And they've always been faithful and true.
shall we bear with oppression forever?
Shall we tamely submit to the foe.
While the ties of our kindred they sever2
Shall the blood of the prophets still flow?
No the thought sets the heart wildly beating
Our VOWS at each pulse we renew:
Never rest till our foes are retreating,
While We remain faithful and true.
Though assisted by legions internal,
The plundering wretches advance,
With host from the regions eternal,
Well scatter their force at a glance
Soon the kingdom will be independent
In wonder the nations will view
The despised ones in glory respledent
Then let us be faithful and true.
The above are a few specimens Sc
lected promiscuously from one of the
most remarkable hymn books ever print
Another Centenarian Gone.
Amid the noise and confusion of the
celebration on the fourth, of July, Mrs.
Hannah Coon, born just two weeks before