--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Jenkin, Mary B. collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 20 number: 8 published: 1917-06 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Mary B. Jenkin, "Beautiful Sunbeams," *Improvement Era* 20, no. 8 (June 1917): 690.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2008unse 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: improvementera2008unse start_page: 690 end_page: 690 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1917-06) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2008unse publication_year: 1917 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 1917, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Beautiful Sunbeams Beautiful Sunbeams l.ents, Oregon Beautiful sunbeams, so pure and so bright, Filling our hearts with the purest delight, Waking the flowers from sweetest repose, Shading the rainbow and tinting the rose, Always an angel of mercy thou art, Ever thy mission to gladden the heart, Sending thy love-light to every domain, Changing the fields into ripe golden grain. Wonderful orbit, so pure and so bright, Always returning to chase away night, Sometimes retreating in frolicksome glee, Shining alike on the bond and the free. Life without thee would be one dreary night, Beautiful — beautiful — beautiful light. Wonderful — wonderful — wonderful light, Sunbeams of mercy, angels of light, God in His mercy hath given to thee, Light for our footsteps on land and o'er sea, Always resplendent in heaven thy throne, Naught can remove thee, but God's hand alone. Mary B. Jenkin