Utah, Star of the West

678 IMPROVEMENT ERA. comrades, he died in the bloom of manhood, an innocent victim to the scoffing powers of Satan. Yet in the words of the martyred hero, "No unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecution may rage; mobs may combine; armies may assemble; calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, till it has penetrated every continent; visited every clime; swept every country and sounded in every ear; till the purposes of God shall be accomplished and the great Jehovah shall say 'the work is done.' " UTAH, STAR OF THE WEST. Lo, a beautiful star in the west shineth bright, Its beams, so effulgent, now spreadeth in glory! To brighten and gladden the world with its light; And its destiny grand is the theme of my story. Chorus: 0 long may it shine, with a splendor divine, And shed forth its beams with a glory benign, That its people, through honor and virtue, may bring Salvation to those who will serve the Great King! As an emblem of peace to America's land, As a beacon of hope to this great spreading nation, As a power for the right lo, its sons nobly stand! And proclaim to the world the great light of salvation. Annie G. Lauritzen. Richfield, Utah.