--- title: Times and Seasons description: Issues of 1841 to 1842. authors: - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints editors: - Ebenezer Robinson - Don Carlos Smith - Smith, Joseph, Jr. - Taylor, John collections: - periodicals tags: - newspaper - times-and-seasons - nauvoo - nineteenth-century periodical: Times and Seasons volume: 3 number: 18 published: 1842-07-15 publisher: E. Robinson and D. C. Smith; later John Taylor publisher_place: Commerce and Nauvoo, Illinois language: en type: article reference: "“From the New York Herald. A HYMN. BY JAMES ARLINGTON BENNETT, of Arlington House N. Y,” *Times and Seasons* 3, no. 18 (July 15, 1842): 862." printed_title: From the New York Herald. A HYMN. BY JAMES ARLINGTON BENNETT, of Arlington House N. Y. source: url: https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_times-and-seasons_1842-07-15_3_18 transcription: Text from the Centerplace.org transcription (https://www.centerplace.org/history/ts/v3n18.htm), with its page breaks; this Internet Archive scan is the reference copy (its OCR was used only as a witness for OCR repair) identifier: per_utah-and-the-mormons_times-and-seasons_1842-07-15_3_18 start_page: 862 end_page: 862 curator_note: A Mormon newspaper published by the church in Nauvoo; included for historical study. Inclusion does not imply endorsement. rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1842 (Nauvoo, Illinois); published before 1931, so public domain in the United States source: https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_times-and-seasons_1842-07-15_3_18 publication_year: 1842 --- # From the New York Herald. A HYMN. BY JAMES ARLINGTON BENNETT, of Arlington House N. Y WRITTEN FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY. Tune - " HAIL COLUMBIA." Hail ye Mormons-chosen band? Sound, O! sound the trump of fame, Hail ye Saints of our lov'd land! Let Jesus with the Mormon name, Who suffered much in freedom's cause. Ring through the world with loud applause- Who with your blood have seal'd your laws; Our legion shall defend our cause And now fierce persecution's gone, "Let every chme [chime?] to freedom dear, Enjoy the peace your faith hath won. Now listen with attentive ear," Let your religion be your boast, The Truth through all the world proclaim Ever mindful what it cost, Ye elders, in your Savior's name; Ever grateful for the prize, While female voices sing the praise Let its Altar reach the skies. Of Jesus in these latter days. Be ye faithful, &c. Chorus-Be ye faithful, just and true, Brothers, in the great Nauvoo; All hail, ye chiefs who hold command! Firm, united without fear, Hail, ye Patriarch of our band! Worship in your temple here. Ye Elders-faithful Elders, hail! Ye Elders-faithful Elders, hail! Immortal Masters, rise once more, Ye seek for Empire over mind, "Defend your faith, defend your shore;" Ye seek for blessings on mankind. Let Joseph, with the Prophet's wand, A voice from heaven, ye nations hear, And all the saints who hold command, The end of time is drawing near! Expel the foes who dare invade Delay not, stop not on the way, The sanctuary of our dead. But join our standard while you may. "While offering peace sincere and just, CHORUS-Be ye faithfal [faithful], brave and true, In heaven we place our only trust, That truth and justice must prevail" And all the schemes of bigots fail. Be ye faithful, &c. May 28th, 1842. DR. WEST AND THE MORMONS.-A discussion on the subject of Mormonism was commenced at the Marlboro' Chapel, on Monday evening between Dr. West and Mr. G. J. Adams, a Mormon Elder. The andience [audience] was numerous; and, for Christian people, as orderly as could be expected-that is, rather boisterous. However the affair went of [off] pretty well, and was, on the whole, quite interesting. The valient [valiant] Dr. did his best, but he got most essentially mauled and "used up." The Mormon, with the whole Bible at his tongue's end, bore down upon him with a torrent of Scripture that swept away his objections like chaff before the hurricane, and the doughty Dr. was fairly at a loss how to get hold of him. This practice of quoting Scripture is a knock down argument with Christians; and as it can be made to prove Mormonism just as well as any thing else, the poor fellows had to swallow it-though we perceived that many of them made most awful faces. Mr. Adams is a perfect tearer on the Bible quotations; and the way he brought them to bear in confirmation of Mormonism, must have sorely puzzled many of the faithful. To the infidel, however, it afforded another evidence, if any were wanting, that the Bible, in regard to doctrines, as it is made to prove every thing, proves in fact nothing-or rather, nothing that is consistent.-Boston Investigator.