Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-24


girls" IN possession; George Morris
son Of the late Elias Morris, Brothe
Shepherd. choir member and Mis-
Clark another An what q blessed 10
has been mine, TO have labored with
so many OF the young, and now doubl,
best feel as their eyes beam upon m,
as we meet so far from homel Their
the mail has not been idle, and in {
few days | shalt have my old, younl
companion, Willard Chtistopherson
down from Christiana to mcet me here
| and when he IS ready TO return north
shall go with him TO the land of the
| midnight sun" have also met
Brother Tout Of ogden, and win heai
1he silver throated Mamie tomorrow
] hear no end OF great things about her
development as a singer.
LECTURE ON TRIvIALfTY.
heard a good performance OF Men
delssohn's Hymn Of Praise yester-
Gay. How ! wish YOU would Tabor with
nalf the zeal and devout earneAtness
of even the little boys IN England. With
your good voices and natural breadth
OF UNDERSTANDING, what might we not
dol l3ut this butterfly tliyiality, Ike
n flaming sword, Will bar the gate to
greatness until we reform. So il we
are 70 hear the great and difficult mas
ter WORKS performed In the serious
artistic mood In which they were con-
ceived we must visit among people who
take q serious view Of life even from
childhood up. Right or wrong. the Brit.
lsher seems 20 be I'm real dead
earnest and / would with all my
heart we We're a little like him in this.
Like a painter going farther and far.
iher away from his picture to note the
details as other observers viii. I too
see my work at distance and note
with eagerness the defects even more
man when ! am close by and / yearn
with all my soul to have them correct.
ed, that we may indeed become the
local and glory Of the whole earth. We
nave made many and great strides
unsteady but, do believe me, We are
infested with number Of detrimental
troubles that sadly mar our progress
and turn our well meant efforts into
bye and forbidden paths. The key
words to those troubles are "frivolity"
and "sectarlanism," while their cures
might be styled earnestness, discrimln-
alton and true 'Mormonism. We
breed 'frivOlity" at home, while Sec
tarlanism is imported from abroad.
largely by our talented young music
students whose want OF discrimna-
ton does not even seem TO suggest ia
them that an ave Maria" Is out of
place IN a Latter-day Saint service
Just as much as the robes Of Catholic
priest would be on one OF our own
speakers In the stand, bat some VITA
say, II makes the meetings Interesting
and brings the people out 10 IL. No
would the robes. Let ID be announced
that one of the leading "Mornonsr
would preach in the Tabernacle next
Sunday evening In the robes of a Cath
Ollie priest, and the house would NOT
hold half the multitude that woplA
congregate. But who would for mo-
ment excuse such a proceeding? So |
we ought TO discriminate IN our sing |
ing, and neither sing doctrines we do |
not believe IN, nor initiate the churches |
Of the world In their sensational at |
tempts 10 draw people to church with
their musical programs. We do not |
pray TO the Virgin Mary. Then Why |
sing Ava Marias?" We do not believe |
in saving by grace" alone. Then why |
sing Just as I Am" etc. II Is not |
"Mormonism" 90 dwell upon Inc |
"Pearly Gates" the Golden ytreots " |
the 'IIarps OF Cold the "Endlese
Rest the Never Ending Song ana |
ouch flights Of fancy as onr 'beautifoI |
sacred songs" (price 60 cents) which |
our soloists are so fond OF giving us
between sermons" partly ont OF a de-
sire to please, partly 10 advertise their
studios, but chiefly because we choir
leaders urge them to favor rs. IN our |
great desire TO make the music in our |
charge n grand success to please
and tickle the ears OF the congrega- |
ton Is the thing-never mind the in |
congruity OF the text The papers viii |
make special mention OF the lovely |
solo by so and so, and that Is suffi- |
Gent evidence that II was lust the |
thing Just the thing 10 avoid say |, |
u our meetings are 10 remain free from |
the shallow sentimentality Of today.
say, II you wish the musical palate |
20 remain healthy give us the unaf- |
fected strong, healthy sublime music |
that corresponds with the plain un- |
adorned truths OF the Gospel. Avoid |
the plalntive tremulous whine Of the |
affected singer, forever dealing with |
funeral scenes and thoughts with us |
sorrow here and bliss bye and bye"
We should live gloriously here and con.
tinue doing 30 in the hereafter. We |
are looking for no eternal rest so do
not sing OF e. Our Ideas lead to "eter. |
nal activity" Avoiding the sickly sen.
viii rid us Of much Of tho /
trivial The eternal fitness OF things" |
being well kept In mind, love song
music VIII become offensive to our |
taste when adapted 10 hymns and we |
need not fear that the organlst viii |
play "old Kentucky Home or cold |
Dog Tray" while the sacrament Is be.
ing administered. Are you shocked |
10 has been done, and why SHOULD n !
not be, II similar tunes are adapted 10 /