“O Stop and Tell Me Red Man.” A Collection of Sacred Hymns,

“O Stop and Tell Me Red Man.” A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of the Latter Day Saints, 83–84. Kirtland, Ohio: F. G. Williams & Company, 1835.
HYMN 63. P. M.
1 O stop and tell me, Red Man, Who are ye? why you roam? And how you get your living? Have you no God;—no home? 2 With stature straight and portly, And deck’d in native pride, With feathers, paints and broaches, He willingly replied:— 3 “I once was pleasant Ephraim, “When Jacob for me pray’d; “But oh! how blessings vanish, “When man from God has stray’d! 4 “Before your nation knew us, “Some thousand moons ago, “Our fathers fell in darkness, “And wander’d to and fro. 5 “And long they’ve liv’d by hunting, “Instead of work and arts, “And so our race has dwindled “To idle Indian hearts. [83] 6 “Yet hope within us lingers, “As if the Spirit spoke:— ‘He’ll come for your redemption, ‘And break your Gentile yoke: 7 ‘And all your captive brothers, ‘From every clime shall come, ‘And quit their savage customs, ‘To live with God at home. 8 “Then joy will fill our bosoms, “And blessings crown our days, “To live pure religion, “And sing our Maker’s praise.”