Show FOURS ill HIE E SUNSET LAND SE SEA 1 GULL GUI 1 MONUMENT by ora F r rate pate no V 4 AH this the stately column that discs acs from the fountain bowl where tart ia the gold full fish in and out like fleaming swords or arthurs log legions lons armored with kotalic Die tille lustre spun 01 ol id beaten work a granite arm ex ending from the pool in knightly T gracefulness Is that excalibur Ewal ibur it brandishes up there nay nothing 0 o inanimate I 1 see a granite ball and here aero two ordinary birds alighting wait vait will they stay they hei state 3 nor leave thy are arc inanimate two plis in bronze a goodly piece of workmanship mansz manship hip two gulls did I 1 say ordia nry birds here in the golden west a strangely 1 sacred sentiment makes reverent the mention of the gull it was may way back in forty eight and winter wheat ind barlev 01 erk ed the lately barren plains in prom 4 sing plenty for which the utahans gratefully had hoped there in their rairie isolation but in one depressing hour anxiety wrape taut the grate fill ul hope the glories of anticipation to a I 1 lower ebb as a colony rt of f crickets settled down in a blank let et of destruction upon the green things thin of the earth all mortal efforts were found ineffective in warding off tile the dreadful plague willie while rifen appeared absolute Solute the pioneers well weathered in the benefits of faith turned to their mindful deity in prayer A new and soul frendling alarm attacked their sen sell ses as aa they witnessed an oncoming coming on cloud sea gulls wending a definite wan wing from the direction of the great salt lake surely were the fields field abandoned 1 by v tile the locust hordes this t second horror borror would complete the de ya station i and often we have prayed a faithful 1 prayer yet timely have been taxed with circumstance unseemly to the an all tev fewer st r of our quest then aben in the way least a intimated a I 1 blessing greater than we ve asked I 1 Is ministered so in this hour of hazardous affront thankie thanks than kiv div ing ang made tile the day clay a testament nent whre where ain lin we read the anguish of the soul unade made deeper with a 1 I greater fear ere yet the bowers 11 1 awers were interpreted to heal bed and healing blest the cloud of gulls swooped lower lower still then settling in an all orderly ass assault fell fatally upon the lessor ranks feasting to bickly repletion gorging disgorging dis and renewing the attack attach A battle won the gulls returned to their island relief and wheat and barley raised their trampled foliage in triumphant plenty at how blessed the reminder that to antin man is entrusted such an agency as prayer eliat comuni com mullica nica pion ion wherein man speaks and god at ai gives ill hearing to his utterance A riol not only in that overflow overl low of joy we feel el too great for our containing 0 much in pleading for need expressed as much for wisdom iscom we would learn as much tor for blessing to our facilities to he bhoj rich is man how select his cir lole who can call in worthiness associate jorth god and be of influence to breth alren ren if and this majestic monument on t FI stemple CT emple square Is seen as a reminder remind pr T of prayer answered A granite column uplifts ats to a deserved 1 I height two gulls aln bronze depleting in a solitary arv sen oil went what is said aid to be the only mown sculptural appreciation to a ird As much it is 19 a thankfulness expressed to him who rave gave us utterance to pray r C spoken over may IF 15 19 1933 11 ll 10 lo setting ng the swan 0 F p r |