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Excerpt from The Juvenile Instructor, Vol. 47: October, 1912 Would it not be a good idea, in order that we may learn the meaning of these hymns (most of which are sung by the older members of the Church in Fast-day services and other meetings) to set apart a number of Sundays, at some time in the year, in which to teach and develop them? Not by the usual method, of com pelling the children to repeat the bare words, over and over again, until they learn them by rote, and are able to recite them, poll - parrot fashion, with out one thought of their meaning, but by having some good speaker treat one hymn - let us say, to begin with, We thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet. Let the speaker give a short account of the Gospel restoration in this dis pensation, with God's authority, and Priesthood again given _to man; to gether with all the offices of the prim itive Church, such as Apostles, Proph ets, Evangelists, etc. Tell how thank ful - the people were, and still should be, that they live under a new dis pensation of heavenly authority, and are not'left in doubt and darkness, each to grope his way, as he in his blindness may consider best - nothing sure; one man's word as good as an other; no one able to say, T-hus saith the Lord. Instead of this condition obtaining, we now have Prophets to lead us, the sun of righteousness shining upon us, and the beginning of a millennial day ushered in. After this, read the whole hymn through. Then let the children sing, We thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet, to guide us in these latter days, etc. Witness the electrifying effect. Such an im pression will never be wholly efiaced. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.