--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Crystal, James collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 11 number: 7 published: 1908-05 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'James Crystal, "Utah," *Improvement Era* 11, no. 7 (May 1908): 493–494.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1107unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera1107unse start_page: 493 end_page: 494 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1908-05) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1107unse publication_year: 1908 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1908, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Utah UTAH. {For the Improvement Era.) Utah, bright star, our proud banner adorning, Home of the patriot and land of the free, Sweet are thy charma as a balmy spring morning, All our affections are centered in thee. Brave are thy heroes in love or in battle, Pure are thy maidens as lilies in June, Priceless the dear ones that round our knees prattle- Bright as the sunshine and fair as the moon. 494 UTAH. Others may boast of their clear, bubbling fountains, Blue skies and mountain-decked vales o'er the sea; Silence their claims with thy sweet vales and mountains, Shelt'ring the homes of the gallant and free. While others' prospects are blighted and shattered, Through want and hunger, so common abroad, Here, in the rich vales of Utah, are scattered Blessings unnumbered by nature and God. Utah, the land where our fathers and mothers, Footsore and weary for liberty came, Robbed of their all through the malice of others. Millions unborn yet shall sing of thy fame. Utah, we praise thee, for in thee are sleeping Loved ones who made us their pride and their joy, Sowed in affliction, the bliss we are reaping Here may we live long, and here let us die. Utah, the refuge and hope of the nations, When the dire judgments predicted shall come. Kings at thy feet then shall lay their oblations. Flee to thy borders for safety and home. Utah, blest land, where the righteous are rearing Temples to God, where his pow'r is diplayed, Where, on Mount Zion, are saviors appearing, Linking together the living and dead. Let us rejoice that the blessings of heaven, Promised to Israel, through Joseph of old. To his descendants in plenty are given Here in fair Utah, as prophets foretold. Utah, the peerless, we praise and adore thee. Star of our ensign the brightest and best; Glorious and grand is the future before thee, Nature has crowned thee the Queen of the West. James Crystal. American Fork, Utah.