In the Wasatch Wonderland

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every man morally, mentally, and physically, and which saves temporally as well as spiritually. In brief, we have been taught faith, prayer, and a true conception of God; secondly, the object of life; and finally, the gospel which helps us to live our lives. Has Asael Smith's prediction, which was made before the Prophet was even born, been fulfilled? Listen to the answer of Mark Twain, who visited Salt Lake Valley while on his way to the gold fields of California: "Neither hunger, thirst, poverty, grief, hatred, contempt, nor persecution could drive the 'Mormon's from their faith or their allegiance. And even the thirst for gold, which gleaned the flower of the youth and strength of many nations, was not able to entice them. That was the final test. An experiment which could survive that was an experiment with some substance to it somewhere." Miller Ward, Salt Lake City

In the Wasatch Wonderland

Left: Brighton and Silver Lake; right: Balsam Inn. Harold H. Jenson sends the Era a number of interesting pictures of what he appropriately calls Utah's Switzerland —Brighton. Two of these are given here, and from his interesting description we cull: "Here the tired business man finds rest and a peaceful retreat; the idealist, the dreamer and the artist see their visions of bliss and beauty, and many miners their visions of wealth. One could gaze forever at these wonders. It makes one realize what a small part one person forms in this great world of ours. The mind also reverts to ancient times when another race used these retreats for their hunting and fishing grounds, and one dreams dreams of the long ago."