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Ready for the Winter Storms

Improvement Era, vol. 11, no. 3, January 1908, p. 177

Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations

''THE BRIGHT ANGEL." Y is in itself a grand canyon, ten miles long and three thousand feet deep . The Navajo expression for canyon is, literally interpreted, "a. water trail." This meaning has especial significance here. The path hewn out by the water is the only passable way from the river to the rim. This name is as appropriate as that with which it was contrasted, by the explorers. There is every suggestion of the Master. In the shadows of the depths of solitude seem to appear Golgotha , Gethsemane and Calvary; high up in the sunlight is the mighty truth that has swept the deck of the world. There are lurking moods of evil, and bright pictures of everlasting hope; there is the remorse of Peter, and the halo of the light of the Pentecost. I listen to the call of this strip of wilderness. It is a wild place, a holy place; a place for which I have deep affection. I worship at her temples, drink the pure water from the sacred stream, and bathe in its "pools of Paradise." Not many have been here. A few more, perhaps, than followed Jesus to the place of Transfiguration. It is fit ground for pilgrimages, and whoever passes through must be filled with awe and reverence. Orderville, Utah. i _^^^^^^H 1111 ■1 i III -m 1 1 l.'EAliY FOR T}\K WINTER STORMS.