The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-11
MORMON Mythology.
Songs That Commend Themselves to
the Religious Taste Of the Saints.
From the Netc York Indeoendeut

Songs That Commend Themselves to
the Religious Taste Of the Saints.
From the Neg York Independent.
An edition of Mormon hymn book Is
sufficiently funny and grotesque, but one
which has recently come into the writer's
hands is surprisingly so. 1t is entitled
1.-THE Mountain Warbler. Being a col
lection of original Songs and REGULATIONS.
BY William Wilies with selections from
other writers, for the use of Choirs. Sab
bath Schools, and Families" Its i'm
print shows 1t to have been printed at the
DeSeret printing office, the official Mormon
establishment. It was published in March,
1872. The book is 81 by 81 inches in size,
in paper covers. The music is not given,
but the tune indicated with each hymn or
song, and the selection of these show a
varied, II not an elevated taste. The second
hymn is O-be sung to "Sherman's March
Through Georgia. p and goes thus:
We here enjoy the blessings our parents never
knew,
For they were schooled in error, and we are
taught what's true;
No foolish old traditions do here becloud our
minds
And we are free from deluslon.
CHORUS.
Hurrah. hurrahl Come let us all rejoicel
Hurrah! hurrah! We've made the truth our
Then let us ALWAYS love it, and never turn aside
From this time forward forever
Another, to the tune of "Aunt Sally, u
contains these delicate % sentiments:
There's nothing can destroy us if We are firm
and true;
Tho wicked mon among us, the Lord will trot
He will not leave a grease-spot to mark the
place they trOd,
But hlrl them to destruction beneath the Iron
Rod.
One, sung &c she delectable music of 'The
King of the Cannibal Islands," represents
the Gentiles as saying of the Latter Day
Saints:
These poor deluded people say
Der all the world they'll soon bear sway,
And sweep thu Gentiles all away,
And send them TO hell across lots;''
For none but Mormops there can stay
I'm sure therell be the devil to pay,
Unless there's something quickly done
To put these saucy Mormons down.
These Mormons marry many wives,
And every man among them strives
To raise the greatest crowd of boys,
To thrash the wicked Gentiles.
An honored officer in one of the Protes-
tant churches of Utah. a convert from
Mormonism, has, with two others OF like
antecedents, made affidavit that when they
were children they were taught in the Sun
day school that all the Gentiles should be
sent ito hell across lots" The familiarity
with which Brigham Young and his asso-
ciates treated the subject of perdition and
consignment thereto is notorious and re-
minds one of the preaching of 800 and 400
years ago.
A hymn entitled "Home Manufactures. "
for which the tune "Sprig of Shilalah" is
named, reveals the hidden inwardnsss OF
| Mormonism:
The first on the list of our wants will men.
ton,
Are the boys and girls that most claim our at
tention,
For building up Zion in these last days;
And these must be raised on the od-fashioned
plan
Which Abraham and Isaac and Jacob pur-
To give many women to every good man,
And raise up host from our own mountain
brood.
The following was rolled out to the tune
Of "Bonny Breast Knots"
The Mormon fathers love to see
Their Mormon families all agree;
The prattling infant on the knee
Cries Daddy, I'm Mormon"
High he our Heaven, the Mormon's CRY.
Our place of birth and where we die;
Celestialize and purify
This earth for perfect Mormons.
These are samples taken at random from
the pages. Among other musical gems de-
signed for tunes are, 20, Nelly,n Rosa
May" "Uncle Ned" EBAY of Biscay, ~
Female Auctioneer," 1.-THE Scolding
Wife," and many more as choicel. These
were actually sung in Sunday and day
schools Of this territory.
The book is now out Of print and sup
pressed; but it was not withdrawn till it had
been used for some years; and the regular
Mormon church hymn book is not much
more elevated, poetic or musical.