Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-03-12
NiGtS MON ~ ,.NOLUt.Y.

Songs Thn. Cont tn,euh Themselves
t..e Religion. T'ns,c of the Snints.
IN edition. of a Mormon hymn book is
sufficiently fanny and grotesqUe but o!
which has recently come into the writer
htr.ds is s,lrp"s jngly 81. II is eEt ileI
"Thc MOI 'in W&rD!er. Being a coz
lection Of o, ginaI Songs and RacitatipnS.
Sy William WiIIes. with selections from
other writers, for the use of Choirs, Sab
hath Schools, and Families" Its inn
! rut shows it to have been printed at the
ID seret' printing office, the official
iormou establishment. 1t was pub
l7hed in March. 1872. The book Is
23N5! inches in size, in paper covers.
The music is not given, but the tune in
Heated with each hymn or song. and the
selection of these show a varied, if nn!
an elevated taste. The second hymn l.
To be sung to "Sherman's March through
Georgia, and goes thus:
We here enjoy the blessings our parents never
kUcN.
For the, were schoulrd in error and we are
taught whats true;
80 foolish old traditions do here becloud oui
minds
And we are free from dclusion.
TIurrah hurrah! Con e let us all rejoice!
Ilur1aI.I hurrah. W We've made the truth ouI
ChrI"v
Then let lis always love it. and never turn asids
From this tin, forward forever
Another, TO the tune of Aunt Sally
contains these delicate (:) sentiments:
~ ~,
and true:
Tho wicked men among US, the Lord will trot
them thrru.:h.
He will not lee; e a Grcase-spot to mark the
place they truf.
Eut hurl them to destruction beneath the Iron
Rod.
One sung to the delectable music 81
"l'hr I[ing Of the C;,nnihaI Islands,
represents the Grntiles as saying of the
Latter Day Saints:
These poor deludct people say
O'rr all the world t'.p" II soon bear sway,
And sweep the GcI.t}i, all away,
And send thctI Iu he'll across lots"
For none but MormohS here can stay,
I'm sure thcrt''l Iu rae t,vVil to pay
Unless there's SOM, ,!ing quickly done
To pat these suucy hurmOns down.
These Mormons marry many wives
Ana every man ann nS lneln strives
To raise the great. crowd of boys
To thrash the wicked Gentilcs.
An honored officer in one of the Pro
teytant churches of Utah. a convert from
MoImonism, has, with two others of like
autecelents. made affidavit that when
they were children they We're taught in
the Sunday school that all the GentiIcs
should be sent "to hell across lots. The
familiarity with which Brigham Young
and his associates treated the subject of
perdition and consignment thereto is
notorious and reminds one of the preach
ing of three and four hundred years ago.
\ hymn entitled Hone Manu-
features, for which the tune "Sprig of
ShiIaah" is named, reveals the hidden
inwarlness of MornOnism:
The first on the list of our wants will men.
Are the boys and girl, that most claim at.
tentiOn,
For building up Zion in these last days;
And these must be raised on the Old-ta~hionc,
plan
Which Abraham and Isaac and jacob puv.
sued,
To give many women to every good man,
And raise up host from our own mountain
brood.
The following was rolled out to tht
tune of "BOnny Breast knOtS:"
The Mormon fathers love to see
Their Mormon families all agree;
The prattInE 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;
CclcS,ialiHc and purify
Thi. earth for perfect Mormon-.
These are samples taken ut rand"w
ON the pages. Among other lnueicr
ms designated for tunes are. It.
lily, Rosa May, ""Unclr Ned, ""B
Riscay, ""Femae Aucliouccr, 18th
oId!ng Wife" and many more ;
roice! These were actually sung
Iuday and day schools of this Ter
ny.
The book is now ont Of print and SUI.
.,51ed: but it was not withdrawn iii
1T been used for some years; and
..rllar Mormon Church hymn book
It much more elevated, poetic, on No
ul.-The independent.
The true difficulty about art, painter
orca tuI1 a plIpil is not to prOQuG" ~,