The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-06
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ana It's questions prepared in tabloid
FORM, suitable for The most enfeehIed
oigesuons, see directions printed on in
sue wrapper Among the many evil
uehces OF the degeneracy of the age is
.lie scahoaious ignorance of our young
pIop,e regarding the sacred Scriptures
"hicn at the very lowest estimate arc
ihcontestably the finest English eve,.
written. Those whose Childhood ante
yates the lesson leaf are not so nm
ianillar. with that wondrous treasure
louse OF thought It is not for r-,e a.
say what mas wrought the change 7
can only point out that lesson leaves
oelng about the right size fur sbay;,n
papers, barely last from SUNDAY, -
sunday, while that very Identical Ribie
WIN the binding type that won wears
ana years ago, by learning verses ;s
with me STILL Yes, and as often won
der to discover. some of those very
verses that gob5ied down as reedless-
iy as any ostrich are with me still
Remain to be considered the cpen-
ing and closing exercises principally
devoted, / remember, to learning new
tunes and singing old ones out of books.
with pretty titles. like Golden Gem
ser, Silver Spray" Pearl and Gold"
Sparkling Dewdrops," and "Sabbat III
Chimes" / wasn't going to tell it,
but might as we'll, L suppose. 1 can
remember as far back as Musical
Leaves" There must be quite a lot
of people scattered about the country
who sang out of that when they were
little. / wish few of us old codgers
might get together some time and with
many hummed and predatory, DO,
mi, sol, do, sol, mi; mi-i-i," finally
manage to quaver out the sweet old
tunes we learned when we were little
tads, each with a penny in his fat.
warm hand: "Shall We Gather at the
River?" and Work, for the Night Is
Coming" and what was the name of
that one about
1.-THE waves shall come and the roll
ing thunder shock
Shall beat upon the house that is
founded on a rock
And it never shall fail, never, never.
never"
What the proper English tune is to
Il think when l read that sweet story
or old" l cannot tell, but l am sure it
can never melt my heart as that one in
the old Musical Leaves" with it's visit
full repetitions of the last line:
II should like to have been with Him
then,
Il should like to have been with Him
then,
When he took little children like lamts
to His fold
should like to have been with Him
then,
1 fear we could not sing that with
out breaking down. AS we recall it.
we draw an inward fluttering breath
something grips our threats and makes
them acne, our eyes blur, and tear
slips down upon the cheek not of sor-
row-God knows not all of sorrow
but II we had it all to live over again.
how differently we-oh, well. it's too
late now. but still
Leaning over my little girls Ara
bian Nights" the other day. when I
came to the story of "The Enchanted
Horse" / found myself humming.
Land ahead! Its fruits are waving"
Ny father used to lead the singing in
Sabbath school, and when he was SOL
fa-ing that tune to learn it 1 was de-
vouring that story. and was just about
at the picture where Prince What's
his-name rises up into the air on the
enchanted horse, with his true love
hanging on behind, and all the multi
as they look up and exclainn: We'll if
that don't beat the Dutchr'
And another tune still excites In me
the sullen resentment that IL did when
L first heard it. In those DAYS. lust as
a fellow got to the exciting part i'm
Frank at Don Carlos Ranch" or
whatever the book was, there was
kindling to be split. or an armful of
wood to be brought in. or a pitcher of
water from the well. or run over TO
Mrs. Boggs' and ask her if she wnn't
please lend me her fluting iron, or
run down to Galbraith's and get me a
spool of white thread. No. SO, and hur-
ny right back. because then I want you
to go over to Sarepta Downey's and
take her that polonaise pattern She
asked me TO cut out for her." or-there
was always something on hand. So
what should one of these con,posers
dol don't know whatever possessed
the man--but go write a Sabbath school
song with this chorus.