The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-07-22
The Valley In
The Mountains
By Sarah +. Milton

by Saran r. Milton
In between the claiming mountains,
Which were white with in winter,
Green with verdure bright in summer,
Verdure which did fade at autumn.
Lay the peaceful western valleys.
Lay the Salt Lake, still and briny
With no fish to stir its BOSOM
No white man to its waters,
As emblazoned in the sunlight,
There it lay enwrapped in silence
And for ages did the pale stars,
In their constant nightly glitter,
Simmer down upon these valleys
Yet upon man. people,
Save the fierce and savage red man,
AS he prowled about his wigwam,
Which built among the sagebrush
For himself and dark companion.
And for many, many summers, =
Did the Wild flowers in profusion,
Send abroad their pleasant odors,
Bloom and fade away unnot ced.
Yea for years and years, together.
Did the bear, the deer the panther.
Roam at large Ger all these valleys, -,
Flee before the red mans arrow.
AS upon their track he followed.
In pursuit of game; and sporting,
Up and down the lakes and rivers,
In canoes of rude construction,
Could be this brawny red man,
At high noon or early morning
Thus for ages untold ages ~
Silence fingered DER the valleys,
Broken only by the music,
OF the wild birds and their nestngs; ,.t
Or the whoop of the Indian,
When upon the field Of battle.
But day, there came people
To these valleys in the mountains.
Who were weary, red and footsore;
With their long and tiresome journey s.4r
Over planes and sandy desserts,
Stretching wastes of barren country.
They were homeless exile wanderers;
Fleeing from the foul oppression
Underneath which they had suffered
For the love of their religion.
Left behind them homes and comforts
In the lands far to the eastward
Where the blood of their true prophet
From the ground cried unto heaven
Brigham Young, their noble leader gMlNS'r
Viewed this land from east to westward;
Where the sun at evening settled. y
Far adown the western mountain us
Turned and viewed the Landscape nortbward
And the plains stretching far southwark
Then he said this is the country /!
God hath shown to in vision ~.
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Here they pitched their tents and settled, "~S'
In the valley near the Salt Lake;
Built their rude huts as protection,
From the storms of coming winter. '"' '''
Thus they labored thro the summer;
Ploughed the soil then seed was planted
And harvest, them given
In that dreary sagebrush valley. ",.5
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And the God of heaven with them 7 y
Yea, HIS spirit dwet among them; T'-s
Here they trusted in His power a
And did call His great name - -
And He blessed their every effort;
So they grew in strength and number
Until now a mighty concourse
Dwell within these peaceful valleys.
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God Himself preserved these valleys, -~
With their streams of living waters
And the soil in rich abundance,
For the gathering Of his people .-.r
And when westward they did journey,
He accompanied them; His spirit
Did prepare the way before them
AS it did for ancient Israel
When led by their captain, Moses
Der the land He stretched His power;
Soothed the elements around them;
louched the climate with His finger,
Made 1t mild for Their enjoyment
NOW ike garden spots, these valleys
Nestle In between the mountains;
And the harvest fields stretch widely,
over miles and miles of country
And the holy, true religion ., -..,.. .
is proclaimed among the people
"here their songs of praise are waited
TO living God in heaven.
fea they praise Him. that He led them
From the throldom of oppression;
And from cruel persecution,