Here, Upon Thy Holy Mountain

390 IMPROVEMENT ERA.

where encountered. The work in cement mentioned by Helaman was found by Mr. Cook to still be preserved in the ruins. No exact dates can be determined, from the workings of the forces in nature, but the vegetation in Central America, the number and distribution of the lower forms of animal life in the forests, and the erosions indicate, as nearly as such things can, that the dates given in the Book of Mormon are correct. As time goes on and the field of human knowledge is widened, it becomes more obvious that the story of the ancient civilization in America, as it is being told to scientists by "rock and tree," is the same story that was told to the boy prophet by "the voice from the ground" a generation ago. Ithaca, N. Y.

Here, Upon Thy Holy Mountain. {For the Improvement Era.)

Here, upon thy holy mountain, Lord, a living prophecy, Under Truth's celestial fountain, Lo, thy people wait for thee.

Soon the sky shall roll asunder, And proclaim thy mighty name In eternal peals of thunder From thy chariots of flame.

Hangs thy sword o'er shrine and steeple, And o'er Mammon's crowded halls; Lord, reclaim thy chosen people, Ere thy pending judgment fahs.

Lift us up from every nation Into thine eternal rest, When the world to condemnation, Sees thy glory manifest. Theo. E. Curtis.