--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Brimhall, George H. 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: 'George H. Brimhall, "Light, Life, Love," *Improvement Era* 20, no. 8 (June 1917): 731.' 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: 731 end_page: 731 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. --- # Light, Life, Love Light, Life, Love The voice of Omnipotence called into night, And back came the echo, "Let there be Light;" Then the sun and the moon and the starts lent their rays, And radiant Earth appeared in the blaze. Again called the Voice, and the elements rife Sent back the echo, "Let there be Life;" Then the air and the sea and the germ-waiting earth Teemed with the fruitage of primitive birth. A Voice low and tender went out from above, And sweet rolled the echo, "Let there be Love;" Then thought and emotion joyously sped To the altar where Justice and Mercy were wed. George H. Brimhall.