Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-10
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depict with Joseph and his predictions
as a type. that torrent Of truth, that
river Of prophecy which, flowing
from eternity into time, ana from time
back into eternity, Is the means where
by Jehovah. through His messengers,
enlightens and redeems mankind. The
modern Prophet is declared to stand
spiritually in the very presence Of
Divinity,
Where Truth, the Has Been, Is ana
Eer-tO-be.
With seas Of Righteousness-the salt
The Great White Throne with endless
He walks and talka with God az frienl
with friend
He reads the Book OF Time from end
TO end;
And IN the Volume OF Eternity
Pcruses past and far futurity
The poet then follows the Prophet in
great vision of the dlspensations,
down to the establishment Of the per-
feet Church. Respondent in the sheen of
risen Righteousness;
Grey grows to crimson, crimson melts
to gold,
And dawns the day by starry night
foretold
Whose twinkllng prophets pale their
silyery rays,
Lost In the golden light of latter days.
No summary can do justice to the ex-
position that follows but the treatment
of the whole may be judged from the
selection here given
Man divinity In embryo,
Who ere he reign above, must serve
below,
His spirit in earth-element baptize,
BY death and resurrection sink and
rise;
Nor rest content with restful Paradise,
But soar to SUMMER realms, 10 loftier
skies.
Maker and man but Times antitheses--
Times opposites, and not Eternitysi
The gulf that parts the lower from
the higher
Bridged by development Of son to SIRE
Other characteristic Mormon tenets
are treated with similar comprehensive
ness and freedom. the canto being a
concise. luminous and faithful exposi-
ton Of each topic undertaken
believe that enough has now been
quoted to show with tolerable fulness
the scope and character OF this work,
and to Illustrate the style and method
of the author. The poem will repay
while It requires careful study, Every
sentence often every line, replete with
thought and virie in expression, re-
aulres It's annexation. 1t Is work that
calls for meditation and reflection. and
will scarcely serve for Willing away an
idle hour. OF the remaining cantos
only brief synopsis will be given.
THE Lifting OF the Ensign signifies
the organization Of the Latter'day
Church, with an incidental description
OF the Zion OF Enoch as type and
foreshadowing of the modern Zion,
which II is the mission Of "Mormonsm'
TO establish. Incidentally also are por-
trayed religious, political and social
phases Of modern times, with those
errors and abuses which the restored
GOSPEL was designed 10 correct and
abolish. Upon the Shoulders Of the
| Phllstlne" is the caption indicating the
westward movement OF the Church
through its various mgrations from
Fayette to Nauvoo, where, in the clos
ing canto. 1.-THE Parted Veil,' thu
Prophet, addressing his people Just be-
fore his martyrdom foretells the great
future in store for them. The epllogue.
"The Angel Ascendant" is mainly an
apostrophe to Elias, the Spirit of Res
toration,
The author has evidently tak-
en- no work for his model.
His plan and treatment are
original. For purposes Of variety, and
TO suit the eyerchanging themes, sew
eral different meters arc employed
chiefly blank verse. the Spenserian
stanza and the English couplet This
departure from stereotyped methods ana
the monotony Of jlnging verse is both
pleasing and effective.
In conclusion. | desire to express the
admiration feel both for the plan and
the execution Of this magnificent work.
To read IL Is an inspiration, not less
on account Of the truths It contains,
than because Of the majesty, the stern.
stately dignity Of the language employ
ed. and the lofty style chosen and con-
slstently sustained throughout Believ-
ing. as I do, that this epic is the worthy
creation Of a true poet | commend II
without reservation to the critics and
lteratl as a work Of art, and TO the
people to whom II is primarily ad-
dressed as a choice poetic exposition
OF theme that must always become
the latest and severest study Of every
noble mlnd-the Everlasting Gospel Of
the Son OF God.