Improvement Era, 1926 by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Religion

Footnotes

1. A sermon delivered at the 96th annual conference of the Church, April 4, 1926.

2. The "Almanak" in which the article appeared was published in 1915.

3. The "Almanak" was published in 1915.

4. Genealogy of Thord Didriksson, after B. Gudmundsson i Sudurnesjum, written 1876.-E.H.J.

Vol. XXIX. July, 1926 No. 9

I Am Old Glory

Proud sentinel o'er a soldier grave;

Mute tribute to the life he gave,

When titled monarchs in conclave

Planned their Holocaust.

Great Master of men's destiny,

Give them power that they may see

How utterly void the earth must be

With human freedom lost.

Love sinews from a maiden's heart,

Knit snugly there from friendship's start,

Were singly, slowly torn apart

To weave my stripes of red.

And Mother's hair erstwhile so brown,

By dumb fear changed to white swan's down,

Offered this, her hallowed crown,

For white stripes, warp and thread.

From countless orphaned baby eyes,

My field of blue was synthesized,

That sovereign emblems from the skies

Might gleam a refutation.

Each seismic thread of marshalled feet;

And muffled throb of war drum's beat,

Borne on the breeze, transforms my sheet

To frenzied protestation.

As weary workmen homeward plod,

As Irene reigns o'er crag and sod,

With folded arms I bow to God

In vesper meditation;

And this my silent prayer must be,

At once desire and prophecy,

"Great God, may I, through sympathy,

Teach men felicitation."

Sigurd, Utah. IRVIN L. WARNOCK.

Crown Prince Gustaf Adolph and Princess Louise, Swedish Royalties, visit the United States. It is announced that they expect to spend a part of July 9 in Salt Lake City, and later take a tour of the canyons of Southern Utah.

See article by J. M. Siodahl in this number.

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