Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-17
..,,.rfully surprising change MAJ

,.,,o,ly surprising change has
on the front Of the Utah
., v. Heretofore it was the
Ind Now II is TO be sot'
\ and gentle caresses. Hereto .S
The faithful soldiers of the
.,,on gathered to the council
rom various parts OF the state
ros filed with calnmnies and
"A ,be soldiers were sent forth
~ ,niuuction to batter down the
p,,a of MormonIsm with the
ns of their hate, but now they
to be gentle and kind withal
not ga much heed to the older
~ INIT center their energies
',,hs children. This was the thought
"a. dispatched through the as
~ in the Presbyterian teachers
.,,ton this morning
I. nponent of the new method was
: George Bailey of the Westmin-
I. ,sureh who has devised a host Of
,a5, whereby all the Mormon chill
Z. ,y TO become Presbyterlans. He
\ N beginning that he had not made
= feat preparation, for that would
4. Seoessltated his staying up all
4, and he didn't care enough about
/, ponnon doctrine for that. But.
|,sM Il thought | would give you
~ IDEAS that have occurred to me
III watching the training OF children
Il NJ dominant Church. Now, we
!, coniessedly here to convert
n Normons, TO show them a
In excellent way, and / think
l. will be more successful
n are more earnest with the child
\, Singing is one of the very best
|,ars Of getting a hold upon the child,
h that is the secret Of the success
!, Normons" have with their child
4 From their very infancy they are
sxht to sing the doctrines of the
arth, and they know much more
Dat their faith at eight years than
z children know about theirs. j am
h finding fault with the "Mormons"
h hey are consistent in that. 1t YVES
Il, they ought to do and it is whist
b ought 10 do, But the "Mormons )
w mistaken views and the childs
u. will take In errors as readily as
y truth. The consequence is the
sirn are so saturated with the doc
q. that II is hard TO get them away
n IT, ! know that In my church
W are members who had once been
1nnons" and while they are good
0siians and all that, they cannot
figay from the peculiar conceptions
issht them In the Mormon Church"
NJ Bailey then read one of the
INnon' hymns, entitled Praise TO
J nan who communed with Jeho-
u having reference 10 the Prophet
sph Smith He read in an affected.
Iasdc manner and added, NOW when
= gel a child to learn that how is
nlng to distinguish between that
aliion OF Joseph Smith and our
ms that are written and sang to
J glory Of Jesus? Experience has
.asti me that the time to win the
-'mons Is when they are children.
" are not Of much use when they
od al leastt ! have found It So"
ne next song by the revaend gentle
z Ras the famous 20 my Father"
Alng up his fight on the idea of n
fs1ly mother as well as a father.
W. be further Observed" when
% gets 10 be twelve years old he be-
NO think there is something in IT,"
quoted these lines from the hymn:
u lne heavens are parents single?
~ 'le thought makes reason stare"
shen was followed by a litter in the
.i.tnce.
While that does not make a boys
a'9h stare. said Mr.. Bailey" who
been singing ii all his life, il does
- ' Vll reason stare to hear such
q ,s o. the Godhead."
= las point a live, burning coal
nv q 70 have dropped into Mr.. Bal
: blood and he cried out, angrlly.
,'nehliy, and in tones Of bitterness.
..ar whole conception, their whole
ven Is based on this idea Of a pro-