Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-03

4 time In fact, we do not approve of
any music In "ragtime." But that
| sacred music may fulnll its ultimate
mission. and still not be altogether sad
and dreary. we assert, and are pre-
pared stoutiy TO maintain. "Hark
from the Tombs," does not appeal To
US in the slightest, for Instance. II
is musical monstrosity. so TO speak
and should never have been written
Its suggestion is gloomy and It's In
tent extremely doleful. 1t does not
proclaim religion of love, or evi-
dence n healthy determination 10
praise. II Is depressing and melan-
cholN. Nor do we think any better
of "Oh. to BE Nothing. Nothing"
Who wants to be nothing2 Nobody in
his right senses. The Lord did not in
tend. we think. that any man should
seriously incline 10 be nothing. on the
contrary, His purpose IL that man shall
be decidedly something. For beauty
and majesty. however. where shall
one seek a sweeter song than Lead,
Kindly Light2" What more soothing
and restful than abide with Me?" Ii
one prefers the martial airs, "On-
ward, Christian Soidiersl" must win
his instant appreciation. These exhibits
OF sacred music do not appeal more
60 the heels than the head" They do
appeal, however. directly to the hearts
OF men-and that is thu appeal that
the Master loves, we believe. Sacred
music should be digniied, but II need
not--and should not-be mournful.
sorrowful and heavy II IL no sin to
smile in church-no more a sin than
II is 10 decorate the pulpit with flowers
and let the sunshine stream in
through the MISUNDERSTANDING
Herald.
No Danger Naturally. the term
OF Deeen- American means and
Grafton. must continue to mean a
l.
public Ethnologically. II has a con-
stantly shifting significance. There is
frequent lament lest the "old stock"
shall disappear, and the virtues which
II implanted and the lofty principles
upon which Il erected the great struc-
ture or civil and religious liberty shall
go with It, With the new leavoning
that is every year In progress from
within and without there IL an ap-
parent basis for this apprehension,
though the prospect Is not so alarming
as some would have us think The
destinies OF most countries are worked
out i'm ways apparently more OF less
mysterious, and our own is no eXcep-
ton. We maintain, and with good
reason, that we are making a steady
advance along the higher levels Of hui
man progress. our standards of jus
tice are higher, the public conscience
is growing moro sensitive, the proVis-
ion for general education Is being con-
stantly Increased and strengthened, and
IL Is regarded as "A reproach 10 wealth
not 10 be also associated with philan-
thropy. With such evident tendencies
and aspirations, such increasing exact
ing requirements in the code OF social,
business, and public life, why Is II nee
essary to worry over the strain OF blood
that courses In the citizenship behind
It? II is as pain as possible that We
are not n degenerate nation. Where II
otherwise there would be cause for
alarm and even CONSERVATION. our
chance for salvation would be small
indeed. II is a comforting reflection
that the nations which have dcgenerat-
cd have generally done so from
a homogeneous and primal stock.
We should felicitate ourselves that we
are In no danger of such fate under
like conditions. But we have deSener-
ates and the most hopeless or them
arc Yankees, or their equivalents; that
Is. the descendants of original stock
i'm this country. II names signify any
thing. Silas Phelps, the bad man or
Franklin county" just captured, - one
of them. There is evidently nothing
in him upon which TO build. He ms
not shown himself interesting even as
n desperate He started out a walking
arsenal to defy the world and SUR
rendered because he was thirsty; ana
there are many OF his kind, though
generally of less exaggerated type
making themselves curse To Ne"
England communities. lie is doubtless
descended from respectable ancestors,
but the descent has been 50 great a
to destroy all hope OF recovery. Among
the poor whites OF the south are
many OF similar traits and tendencie',
but they are about the 'purest' Amerl-
cans in the country. Perhaps tho noun
tain whites should be excepted, since
with them it Is more largely cas-, ~
arrested development.--Bosto Tran
script