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Above all, the great temple which they had erected in the centre of the city grew ever taller and larger. From the first blush of dawn until the closing of the twilight, the clatter of the hammer and the rasp of the saw was never absent from the monument which the immigrants erected to Him who had led them safe through many dangers. ABOVE ALL THE GREAT TEMPLE WHICH THEY HAD ERECTED IN THE CENTRE OF THE CITY GREW EVER TALLER AND LARGER FROM THE FIRST BLUSH OF DAWN UNTIL THE CLOSING OF THE TWILIGHT THE CLATTER OF THE HAMMER AND THE RASP OF THE SAW WAS NEVER ABSENT FROM THE MONUMENT WHICH THE IMMIGRANTS ERECTED TO HIM WHO HAD LED THEM SAFE THROUGH MANY DANGERS
en overcome with Anglo-Saxon tenacity. Yet the long journey and the accumulated terrors had shaken the hearts of the stoutest among them. There was not one who did not sink upon his knees in heartfelt prayer when they saw the broad valley of Utah bathed in the sunlight beneath them, and learned from the lips of their leader that this was the promised land, and that these virgin acres were to be theirs for evermore. Young speedily proved himself to be a skilful administrator as well as a resolute chief. Maps were drawn and charts prepared, in which the future city was sketched out. All around farms were apportioned and allotted in proportion to the standing of each individual. The tradesman was put to his trade and the artisan to his calling. In the town streets and squares sprang up, as if by magic. In the country there was draining and hedging, planting and clearing, until the next summer saw the whole country golden with the wheat crop. Everything prospered in the strange settlement. WAY HAD ALL BEEN OVERCOME WITH ANGLOS AX AND TENACITY YET THE LONG JOURNEY AND THE ACCUMULATED TERRORS HAD SHAKEN THE HEARTS OF THE STOUTEST AMONG THEM THERE WAS NOT ONE WHO DID NOT SINK UPON HIS KNEES IN HEARTFELT PRAYER WHEN THEY SAW THE BROAD VALLEY OF UTAH BATHED IN THE SUNLIGHT BENEATH THEM AND LEARNED FROM THE LIPS OF THEIR LEADER THAT THIS WAS THE PROMISED LAND AND THAT THESE VIRGIN ACRES WERE TO BE THEIRS FOR EVERMORE YOUNG SPEEDILY PROVED HIMSELF TO BE A SKILFUL ADMINISTRATOR AS WELL AS A RESOLUTE CHIEF MAPS WERE DRAWN AND CHARTS PREPARED IN WHICH THE FUTURE CITY WAS SKETCHED OUT ALL AROUND FARMS WERE APPORTIONED AND ALLOTTED IN PROPORTION TO THE STANDING OF EACH INDIVIDUAL THE TRADESMAN WAS PUT TO HIS TRADE AND THE ARTISAN TO HIS CALLING IN THE TOWN STREETS AND SQUARES SPRANG UP AS IF BY MAGIC IN THE COUNTRY THERE WAS DRAINING AND HEDGING PLANTING AND CLEARING UNTIL THE NEXT SUMMER SAW THE WHOLE COUNTRY GOLDEN WITH THE WHEAT CROP EVERYTHING PROSPERED IN THE STRANGE SETTLEMENT
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