The Salem Orientalist Society

Sunday, November 19, 2006

Somebody once told me they felt like a cat in a world of dogs

When Joseph Smith was killed in 1844, they wrote a song called "Praise to the Man," which was sung to a tune called "Star in the East" until sometime closer to the end of the century. Here's an image of that song in a hymnal that was sold in Kirtland. Try singing it and see if you don't think the church used to be a lot more true than it is now.

















But that's neither here nor there... As I was saying:

Farewell, farewell to all below
My Savior calls and I must go.
I'll launch my boat upon the sea -
This land is not the land for me.

Here's what I'm thankful for this Thanksgiving, and what I want for Christmas this Christmas:
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