Show fH r Poem boP pis by a n Special To t Committee tt ec PROSPECTUS IS ISSUED nE rH E DC De of oC 15 3 Corles 10 be or br Authors Im Pen OJ Friends of ot five Me residents A Heber M 1 Welt Wells Proal U UH ct H 11 Lund t d Artist HU 11 L A Cul CIl I W r tr n ui Ill publication of ot epic Iho tua MV Ta letter addressed to nt and Ii LAkin thorn th m to sub lub for tor tho edition do of ot which d dono U 11 ft n Jim will 1 b be nl tre of ot the printers IUd and rb 3 In been b n it that th t hai 11 never art Each of thelio copies will b bt numbered and autographed luto by byor or end other cd It Ion Ioni t follow a the letter r Hates et t It H Ii i tollow edition V and Initial 1 be prized t If It only tor or Ui It V when tha tM hoa hIlS becom 1 accepted acc work of ot art arti artA e of ot tho 18 Is Ish A i ell York tit lit nt tho h and most elegant return tho copy c and upon his P PIt ff In the W o ot tho printer It I be lear In its iti Initial orm FU S J BU au months nod and tho comm committee tt tta to its letter letterii jo a II generous gen i out tho work has they point II ii the l fo of tho best years of or Bishop ll ute life and Md they desire to seo 1 SL Ills labors on ie re reIn InThe In The tu of tho poem 1 h In rut ELLBA EPIC OP OF THE ran AGES For t Tho ho CM tnY the ot TrUth 1 W O dim bloody blood hand her beam divine shAll he hilt hall the progress ot or tha tho Iare of tho Infinite Bot out the tho i dull the cythe ct m M will roll back eter naI night Ad tho tha mo esl throne of ot dea I tiny tin f The year 1 1 will bo signalized by the of ot an 1111 Ilo l 1 om 11 pronounced I tv literary who hao read It In Ini naU i worthy worth of a place alongside lU twite tlc masterpieces of history Het Is I mad madu to 0 O P r Whit work IWas concerning Utah and the th country have hae al III h and uro des toi eo n Ith thu tho world worl at to hear oca JC Upon tho original ordinal announcement i d Its CO tho Deseret News 13 II lit It I Issue lisue of elf Jan 19 1 1003 rrt to toU U u UI event In western Ll Lf th the Now York World on the tit I Ilia Ille dot two halt half columns to a 1 description d of ot tho Iho poem It was pronounced by I authorities n most lofty ami nub Rull llna literary gem In addition lion to oth r voiced In at io by l who have lillo heard the Chers public readings of ot tho lb I NV hsu of ot tho Luke Iu k kH H dAdd Dee Dec 27 7 1903 1003 gave space 00 pago to an fill cf et Bishop BIho masterly work or by byH b bH H L A and critic under the caption An n 1110 of a atha tha West In tho beginning ot lr Cul mer said A Utah llah pot lot has prod n r groat t A man IHan born In this till city and e life purposes and nu all nuU U with thoS Of or this ir M IN II li hall completed a af 1 f O m h 11 rank among the Ih st e ct all lit Attar After care Jut tUI of II merits I do not hrIt Ul t in to toc c Lilaa with 1 anoll Divine Com or o Lost It ba lini hero to tn p fm Into IntI Uie r l ua of ot till the for fol It hals with utti thu tho AI of ot the lull li ol 01 thou h t h nil Ih nN of or dim an i 9 through the of o belief 1011 ov true rw novi no In III of If Illumination and tho Iho thoo o dark rk aits US tho LUM i when tho Iho low lo i passing t til i j through w t i M a into tho tha OJ MI Held of ot f 1 rl Whatever u In Mr Ir Whitneys In nun I h It 11 has hns this ti tl f auro all Its III own that It II m rl tn morn than that It Is III MIHI Ln of It rn America II f th lb as liS I It It b tJ tilled in tho Iho nt lit Wit American culture n l lat ht v which vo wo hero n tn 11 t ne ncr cr ct Ir Jl Without to It Irl iv not Hug I n r rI is I let tho tl west hl I verso fur III el i ht for for or n 1 i theme for th m they will w oar i mi nl on every Th n II i f tho poem IB hi to point nut th 10 f stations of fit th t hosl of ot jun which ha hoo 10 ro the T nil ages agos for fill tho Iho progress of nt I Thus It 1 ly with thAl nl but with M t I aK ding tip to tod d rr i i ns nil their The rhe treatment n nt ih th i fil XI lh mi both hoth In Us pro ni tnt I v f t i ti I in AJI heaven time ot Io tho th Ih i r m IA supplemented by h Ii i I Rl nr ry of or man I t and the lion tI 11 i to the tho ne n n 1111 drama If transferred th f II of and tha tho I or ot the Birot mo loin republic Clor duvet lIla I 11 with through and apostles and Ilia 11 ht h MUSH on direct II 1 ref s lu pl rl and the th like me nil all mule I purls of ot thu plan 1111 the Iha o of tilt the hunh of t lire are t In nO forth In bold ohl I r I lines I the th whole II 1 and for I ha and Ins few lII ien the th epic Lost lo t n 11 some of Its Is lf If behind in I and width oJ hoi Iron t tn cay ln of ot I and UP j to Ulo by b th work of thi western oit Th hl title till lIa I and 1111 lie Is used to denote and t or WIIl I 1 workings through the J th h the thc l ui n ln OW III I stage HULIN of ot human In UM In III and theme of tin tilt tho time 11 ro poem poemS I S So much f for r the and diameter of ot the ho work worl In It may le 10 wild f ill that It Is made up of or 12 I 10 or 01 and an epilogue llIo the poem ns n II hob eon lun of about 1000 linen II II Il pur I nofen of ot variety to tn null lull the 1 themes four forms of I verse aro lined mostly tl blank Cr erse the th rhyming rh couplet till the It docs O A not appear Mr Ir Culiner Culmer In his hili critique H t Whitney hUll has any un of ot the gr nt epic aH nil his model fur or In theme mii treatment tr bo IH lias none fr frand I and from 1111 the ol l yet et hit work or Mould be 1 epic In did It not like them on the old HUGH of ot the tho relation roll of Clod 1111 to man of lit heaven to earth lILIth of celestial drama to mundane experience An All equally and of the poem from the th pen of Joshua Jo hurL II JI Taul of tit tho I university It u Ill the of Hi appearance and at nt th clos said In 1 to 10 i 8 the tho admiration I feel both Iloth for fill forthe I the and till the execution of m IK I work To 10 read rI It IH I an In not foot less Ilu on n of or the truths It II contains than Ihan of ot the ty t the stern or of tho Iho till tho lofty l chosen sustained H au nil I do rIo that Is tho worthy creation cr of a 1 trim poet I commend It without ie i lo to the tho critics and na a II work of ot art IUt to the people to tn whom It II Ii III i primarily as a I e rottie 0 l III of ot a 1 theme that mum U the thu latest t severest of 1 every eer noble nol lo mind 11 I |