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JoHtv IKckbvsotv SHernvatNJ 5 VOft, id HE national parks will probably soon stage a contest in scenic love liness between Yosemite valley and Zion canon. For the bill creating :l Jj (s canon a national park has c y been Dassed bv both h gressLand at, this w riting is in con ference over an amendment. Californians always the best of boosters have , lung contended that Yosemite : valley is the su- : preuie 'expression of scenic loveliness. They hold : that there is nothing like it on earth. To them it is "the valley whose compelling beauty the world acknowledges as supreme." But Utah enthus iasts believe that when Zion's beauty is known to -he public Yosemite will be put in the second, rank. Of course the, new Zion National park will hardly rank with Yosemite as a national park, for the latter contains 719,622 acres, while the , former will have only 76,800 acres. But the con test in loveliness -between Yosemite valley and Zion canon, is likely to be close and interesting. Yellowstone National'; park -In.; Wyoming, Mon tana and Idaho, as everybody knows, was the first national. iark to be established (1872) in the world. It is our oldest and largest and most famous scenic natural park. Its geysers and bears have made its name a worldwide household word. ' Yosemite in California, established in 1S90, is scarcely less famous ; all the world-knows of ' its waterfalls and its big trees the oldest and largest living things in the world. And Yosemite valley, its greatest beauty, is familiar to every one through pictures. It is visited yearly by thou sands; this season the attendance was 58,564. The proposed Zion National park lies in south em Utah, about 200 miles south of Salt Lake flrr. The state has 'made it accessible to, the tourist by building 100 miles of automobile high ly from Lund on the Salt Lake route. The Ar rowhead trail from Salt Lake City is also available.- President Taft in 1009 creafed the Mun kirofuweap national monument of 15,840 acres to preserve the wonderfully scenic area of the canon of the Rio Virgin. In recent years other scenic canons were discovered, and in 1918 Presi dent Wilson enlarged the national monument to 76.S(iO acres and changed its name to Zion. In the debate over the Zion National park bill in the house Representative Welling of Utah said in part: . ?' ,-' "This region obtained its name Zion canon be causeof the devout reverence of the Mormon pioneers who settled upon the Virgin river more' than GO years ago. Its perpendicular walls pre sented an impassable barrier to hostile tribes of Indians, who infested these regions, and these peoj.l looked upon Zion canon as a convenient and hospitable refuge when threatened by at tack from these troublesome Indian tribes. Zion -canon is an extraordinary gorge cut from bril liantly colored sedimentary rocks by the north frk of the Virgin river. Its proportions are 'd'out equal to those of Yosemite valley, in Yo s,niiie National park ; the walls are several hun wotl fVot lower and the canon is considerably narrower. in the cutting of the gorge, however, the torrential stream and wind and rain have carved domes, spires, towers, and other curious forms thnt strikingly resemble many of the fea t!s flf yosemite valley. . .. ''.More interesting than the carving of Zion's cliffs is their exquisite coloring. Red -predominates. ;,s it fi(Ks in the Grand canon in Arizona, l,ut ih ro ;ire amazing combinations of brown, Mack, and white colors with the red and with each uihrr. White sandstone is superimposed on jhfr r..,i strata, and other layers of the red rock ,,e ir' turn upon the white. The action of water upon !i!( exposed surfaces of these rocks has J'ro!,V( a symphony of color that gives the canon its greatest charm. The finishing-touches are.jriven by the forests of the valley floor and t!i(' trees on the rim and in the niches of the . nearly perpendicular canon walls." rntil recently Zion has been practically inac-sii-le. iiiid scarcely tens have seen it where nou.si,,s nave seen .Yosemite. But Zion's visi tors h.ie' paid eloquent tribute. The Indians j'l it. Munkuntuweap Land of God because jt so beautiful. The fierce Mormon zealot name,! jt "Little Zion" because of its heav- J" ifeauty. Away back In the seventies J,-hn vSey powen of Grand canon fame j'as. tempted far out of his way by the exceeding -"ty of a temple of rock-"lifting its opalescent slouhiers against the eastern sky." It was the finili-n body and shining white dome of the ;eat Temple, of the Virgin at the entrance to Munkuntuweap. .. , "U'ain we are Impressed with the marvelous 'eilu'.v of outline,-the infinite complication of T,,es tifamC buttes. It Is doubtful If in this re iao. valley has its equal. Not even . the ruid (annn nfforo o mrro vnrtprl spectacle : yet ail is S. be ro ls welded together In-a superb ensemble." F. nhaugh, topographer of the. Powell party. 'his on hi Rpphnd visit. ' 'K Nothing can exceed the wondroun beauty of -fimon wrote C. E. Dutton. "In its propor ".ns jt Is about equal to Yosemite, but in the and beauty of its sculptures there Is no Prison, it is Hyperion to a Satyr." Hollow VI rs. . Nrth at this paint Canyon 75 ft. wida .1600 It. 4tp Tempi ofSl & i r - 'CI The Giet Orj 4890 tt. . -El Goberndor Natural Bridge tt C A WYLIE CAMP -ch Cr. 7200 n. yjo . 4 ?i - - j?Mountainf-th-Sun 0700 lu fyitytno it. .ea&o it. iiEiit Tempi " 700O II. . ffffftfi-ff: iiif:;-.-y 7m &: WftTmpl 750 It. Cr. 1?860 H. v Natural Bridge Mtn. IS 4 4ss i A f m UK A' Jack Lait wrote a characteristic appreciation of Zion canon for a railroad administration book let, in which he said : ' "Zion canon is an epic, written by Mother Na ture in her most ecstatic humor, Illustrated by Creation in its most majestic manifestations, pub lished by God Almighty as an inspiration to all mankind. Zion canon is the most beautiful spot on this continent. I think I have seen all the famed show-places that the evolution of the earth's formation has made. And of them all Zion to me stands first, stands alone." Zion has the double charm of form and color, and it is hard to say which Is the more appealing. The entrance to the canon is spacious and im pressive. The course up the Rio Virgin is tor tuous and the variation of view and of formation of the lofty walls is great. At the end of six or seven miles of canon the . wall narrows to the stream. What there is beyond Is practically un known. Thus from the plateau above the visi tor may look down thousands of vertical feet Into the painted canon with its river. From the river bank he may look up thousands of feet with a changing view at every turn of the canon. The entrance to the canon is most impressive. To the west rises the West Temple (7,650 feet), flanked by the Towers of the Virgin. The guar dian to the east is the East Temple (7,000), -flanked by the Watchman (6,350), and Bridge mountain (6,650). Then come the, Streaked Wall on the west side and the Brown Wall on the east side, topped respectively by the Three Patriarchs and the Mountain of the Sun. Extraordinary fea tures of the wall formation include El Goberna dor, the Great Organ and the Temple of Sinawava. v The visitor finally comes to a point where the chasm is more than 2,000 feet deep and the Walls . so nearly touch that he looks up to see no sky.V; The walls are practically vertical and parallel and warp in and out, thus cutting off the blue above. Here is revealed the secret of .the Making of Zion, as is pointed out by Dr. G. K. Gilbert of the United States geological survey. This chasm is an example of-downward erosion by sand-bearing, water, which acts like the marble saw. The cut is not entirely vertical, because the .current has carried the cutting sand to one side or the other, and the cut undulates both In . Its vertical , and horizontal sections. ' . . : , The forms along the canon walls are extraor dinary. And the colors are even more stf iking. The famous Vermilion Cliff of the Painted Desert here combines with the White Cliff and we see a thousand feet of white superimposed on two thousand feet of red. JBut this startling combina tion is but the heginning of a veritable riot of color. The Vermilion Cliff rests on the Painted Desert stratum 350 feet of a deeper red set off ' by purple and mauve shales. Below this is a hun dred feet of brown and gray conglomerate. The crowning touch is the coloring -of the upper sum mits of the White Cliff. Here there are in places several hundred feet of varicolored shales and ' limestones whose seepage fantastically stains the glistening white. In consequence of the meeting of these many colors Zion Is as gorgeous as a Gypsy scarf, and. sunrise and sunset produce un believable effects. 5 For example, take the West Temple. ' F.-om a foundation of mingled, reds, yellows, biowns. grays and purples it rises ab ruptly 4.000 feet. The body Is a brilliant red. The upper third is fwhite. The huge mass is so perfect in conformation that it suggests the work of a titan architect. And 09 top of the lofty central rectangle rests a squared cap of red above the glistening white. Across the cannon, and slight ly to the north, rising between two peaks of deepest umber looms the great silvery dome of the Eastern Temple, clothed in colorings like to Its western sis ter. This rounds to a broad summit upon which is mounted a symmetrical cap of that same beautiful bloodlike sandstone formation. Just beyond the East and West Temples are ranged three cone-shaped mountains, wildly rug ged in4their outlines and facing another court of totallydifferent type from that which fronts the Western Temple. . Here again has Bible history contributed the titles, for the three peaks are known as the "The Patriarchs" and the space at their base the "Court of the Patriarchs." A little farther on is another trio which occu pies the eastern wall. Of-decidedly different for mation and coloring, they are called the "Three ' Brpthers." A great white dome is known as the "Mountain of the Sun." Here the breaks in both canon walls have brought about a most interesting ef fect, for this beautiful mountain catches the first glint of the rising and receives the last kiss of the setting sun. Still another feature of the "Mountain of the Sun" is the tint of the afterglow that changes its chalky summit into a rosy dome. Many intersecting canons and the tortuous course of the main canon give great variety to the formations. Possibly El Gobernador is the gem of them all. Standing at a turn of the canon, its mighty mass rises sheer 3,000 feet from the creek that skirts its base; this pile presents a picture unsurpassed. Gray at its base, it clears to a - glistening white,-with a summit that terminates in a great table." Far up on. .one of its faces there hangs a wonderful natural Bridge, the top of yvhich has never been, pressed by. the foot of man. Beyond El Gobernador the canon twists and turns until it widens out into the most weird of all its bizarre features. This is the "Great Tem ple of Sinawava," which occupies a vast amphi theater shut in by wals of brilliantly colored rock towering 2,000 feet above its floor. Here th,e rippling creek horseshoes around a most remark ably formed sandstone "object that closely resem bles a Buddha seated on his throne. Legend has given this place as the locality -where the pre historic people of this southwestern land gathered to do reverence to Sinawava, their ruling deity. ' The place-fills the bill. If ever there was a spot wThere weirdly mystic i. Incantations and wildly impressive ceremonials would seem to accurately fit into the surroundings, it is this same rock bound pocket in the depths of Zion. ' Just beyond the prehistoric temple the canon enters Its narrows until the creek occupies every foot of the floor and feathery waterfalls dash down from moss and lichen covered terraces. As if these were not enough, It is known that there are other beauties possibly of even more wonderful quality. Secretary Lane of the in terior department, in recommending the bill, wrote : - "I have dwelt particularly upon Zion canon be cause it is now so readily accessible and because It is actually being used as a tourist resort, but there 'are other canons in the reservation that are v bigger and even more beautifully colored. Still more remain to be entered and explored. In time they will all be open to the public. Further more, there are in the reservation mountains,5 wa terfalls, natural bridges, ancient cliff dwellings, and numerous other features interesting to the tourist and exceedingly valuable to the scientist and student." Yosemite the Beautiful apparently must look to its laurels. IMPROVEB UNIFORM IlfWlNATIOIUL SMSdDJL Lesson (By REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. -P-, Teacher of English Bible in the Mood Bible Institute of Chicago.) (Copyright. 1919. Western Newepaper Union) LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 30 JESUS TEACHES PETER, TRUE GREATNESS. LESSON TEXT John 13.1-16. GOLDEN TEXT The Son of Man came j not to be ministered unto, but to minis ter, and to give his life a ransom for i many. Mat. 20:28. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Mark 10: 36-45; Rom. 12:3-8; Phil. 2:5-11; I Peter. 6:5-11. PRIMARY TOPIC Jesus Washing the Disciples' Feet. JUNIOR TOPIC Jesus Taking the Place of a Servant. INTERMEDIATE TOPIC The Dignity Of Common TaskB. I. Christ's Amazing Love for His Own (vv. 1-3). " -y-v: - Jesus was fully conscious "of what was upon him. He knew that the crossv with all its anguish was just before him. He knew that his disciples would shamefully forsake him In a few hours. He knew that one of that number would be the instrument In the hands of the devil in his betrayal. He knew that ali things were In his hands ; was fully conscious of his deity. Notwith standing all this, he displayed patient and untiring love. He did not with draw his love from them because of their weakness and the shameful fail ure which he knew would soon be made, manifest. II. Christ Washing His Disciples' Feet (vv. 4-11). This act is symbolic of his amazing love for his disciples. Jesus did not regard his hands as too holy to do this menial service. The true Christian does not allow his rank in society to keep him from acts of lowly service. 1. Steps in this service: (1) He rose from supper, (2) laid aside his garments, (3) took a towel and gird ed himself, (4) poured water into a basin, (5) washed his disciples' feet, (6) wiped them with a towel where with he was girded. These steps sym bolize Christ's entire work of redemp tion. His rising from supper repre sents his rising from his place of en joyment in the heavenly glory ; his lay ing aside his garments, his putting aside his vesture of majesty (Phil. 2:7, 8) ; his girding himself, his taking the form of a servant (Phil. 2 :7) ; the wa ter in the basin, his cleansing blood; his washing oftheir feet, his actual cleansing of men through his -Word (John 15:3; Eph. 5:26) ; his taking his garments again, his return to his place and position of glory. 2. Peter's impetuous ignorance. He goes from one extreme to another. It In his failure to understand the sig nificance of this service that caused him to hehave so strangely. 3. The significance of this service to those who participate In it. (1) It is a spiritual cleansing (v. 8). Fellow ship with Jesus Is only possible as we are continually cleansed fronvour sins. "He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit" (v. 10). The cleansing here is not the washing of regeneration, but that of sanctification. Even regenerate folks need the continual cleansing of Christ's blood In order to have fellow ship with him. He that is regenerat ed washed In the blood of Christ, symbolized by baptism does not need a repetition of the act; he only needs the cleansing of sanctification, symbol ized by the washing of the feet. As we gor through this world after regen eration we are contaminated by its sins. He Is willing always to cleanse us of our sins if we allow him. (2) A badge of brotherly affection. This act showed his abandonment to the service of his own. This is a lesson that Is much needed today. We need more and more the fulness of broth erly love. . This love needs to be man ifested so that it may be seen and re alized. True love can only be proved by the service it renders. (3) A proof of humility. This is a lesson much needed by us all. The' disciples had just been disputing as to who should be the greatest in the kingdom; their selfish ambition was expressing itself. Today, on every hand, we see expres sions of pride, vanity, and even arro gance on the part of those who are professed followers of the lowly Jesus. If the Son of God was not ashamed to stoop to lowly service his disciples should not regard it beneath their dig nity to follow In his steps. (4) Equal ization. As they would thus stoop to serve each other In the name of Christ there would be sure destruction of caste among them. The Spirit of Christ In this service Is the great lev el er of humanity. III. An Example for Us (w. 12-16). The disciples of the Lord are under obligation to do unto each other as he did unto them. This obligation rests upon his Lordship (v. 14). All who call him Lord in sincerity will obey him. To refuse to obey him Is to put one's self above his Lord. Bearing the Burden. As to the burden, be content to bear It until thou come to the place of deliverance; for there It will fall from thy back of Itself. Bunyan. Our Troubles. All our troubles come from our sense of separateness from the Infinite source. Orison Swett Marden. Tempting the Devil. The devil tempts us' not 'tis we tempt him, beckoning his skill with opportunity. George Eliot S(If (Conducted by National "Councijl s-pf the Boy Scouts of 4Amerlca. f' ij SCOUT DOG AWAITS M TER Do you think a dog has a heata that hangs heavy when sadness tomes, even as human hearts are lament '.ith the coming of adversity? And doiyou suppose that canines weep when suns of happiness set and fail tof rise ?.W " Then give a thought to Jerry,i the once frisky little Airedale with he - wettest nose In all the world and the ' most beloved dog in Kansas. Jerry doesn't run around any more, nor dos he find delight in rubbing jip against the little tots whom he still must JoV?. He lust "sirs with his litrlft hPiilrt bursting, waiting for the .return -of the best pal he ever had, Paul Jeffords; whose scout uniform is laid away - ' never again to be wrorn. J r f For Paul is dead. If Jerry, could read, he'd find the 'story in the reports. of the war department particularly in the short one which snvs: '"CYr- poral Paul Jeffords, One Hundred and Thirty-seventh infantry, killed in ac-f tion in the Argonne Forest." J.- But Jerry doesn't know that. . He's'' waiting, even though the papers have, told that Paul, true scout that he was, went West in the glory of scout like heroism; that he cast himself' through fire to certain death; dying for duty ; that General Pershing him self hallowed his memory by reward- . ins him Dosthumouslv with the dis- ' tinguished service cross. But dogs can't read; so Jerry just 'J sits on his hind paws and waits, sniff- ing hopefully day in and day out. Perhaps, up there, Paul, too, is wait ing. True friends are ever true. SCOUTS IN VICTORY PARAGE. In the great Victory parade In Lon don of the forces that successfully carried on the war, the boy scouts were given a place of honor. As a unit in the splendid naval force, the sea scouts appeared under their own flag, on their own merits. They had been accorded this priv ilege in recognition of the wark done by them for the country in carrying out coast-watching duties during the war. They were the more remarkable in being the only boys' organization taking part in the parade. . In the preparation of the great pa rade the boy scouts were again utilized behind the scenes by the authorities. With the troops of ten different na tionalities assembled for the occasion, there was a great need of guides, or derlies, first-aiders and the other gen erally useful helpers. The authorities, as is now becoming their nature, turned to the boy scou s for help and did not turn In vain. Some 1,700 scouts were employed on this duty dur ing the week, and they acquitted them selves well. SCOUT EXHIBIT FOR K. OF C. The national movement looking to the organization of troops of the Boy Scouts of America in Catholic churches was given impetus in Louisville, KyM by an official demonstration under the auspices , of Louis vill council, Boy Scouts of America, In the Knights of Columbus building. The demonstration was arranged by the local organization of the Knights of Columbus as a result of a public let ter, in which Cardinal Gibbons, the great Catholic leader In America, praised the good work of the boy scout movement and urged the formation of scout troops in Catholic churches whenever feasible. Louisville has for some time had a scout troop in a Catholic church, this being the St. Francis of Rome church in the East end, and enjoyed the dis tinction of being one of a very few cities in America boasting scout units of this kind. SCOUT OFFSETS JiNAKE BITE Bitten by a copperhead snake while picking raspberries near his home, near Northumberland, Pa., Myron Hopewell, seven years old, was saved from death by the prompt action of his brother, David Hopewell, fifteen years old. The child was standi ng far in among the bushes, when he lelt a twinge of pain, and looking down saw the snake with his fangs fast in his. foot. His brother attracted by his, screams ran to his aid and killed the snake, which was two feet long. He than cut the skin on the boy's foot where the fangs entered, causing It to bleed freely. -' Doctors say this sav;d the boy's life, and he did not get sick as a result of the reptile's attack. David Hopewell is a boy scout and learned his first aid methods while a member of the Northumberland .troop, ' , r WHAT KEEPS SCOUTS BUSY. ' Scout Troop No. 5 of Highland Park, MIch were the first one? to clear the ground for the new church home. Scouts in Los Angeles collected tons of brush seed to be used In sowing over a burned area with a view to recreating the growth of brush which retards water flow. The unsightly ruins left after a big fire in Catsklll, N. Y were such an eyesore that the boy scouts of Troop No. 1 cleaned up the place as a "good turn" for their city.
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