,transcriber's note3    ,text enclosed  
by underscores is in italics 7italics74 
,small capital text has been replaced   
with all capitals4    ,variations in    
spelling1 punctuation and hyphenation   
have been retained  except in obvious   
cases of typographical error4    ,the   
illustrations have been moved so that   
they do not break up  paragraphs1 thus  
the page number of the illustration     
might not match  the page number in the 
,list of ,illustrations4                
,illustration3 ,,alma ,,white           
,,with ,,god ,,in ,,the    ,,yellowstone
      ,,by      ,,alma ,,white          
,,author ,,of      ,looking ,back from  
,beulah 7in both ,english    and        
,german71 ,gems of ,life1 ,golden       
,sunbeams1    ,demons and ,tongues1 ,the
 ,chosen ,people1 ,my    ,trip to the   
,orient1 ,the ,new ,testament ,church   
7#b vols471 ,the ,titanic ,tragedy--,god
 ,speaking    to the ,nations1 ,truth   
,stranger than ,fiction1    ,why ,i do  
not ,eat ,meat1 ,restoration of ,israel1

    the ,hope of the ,world1 ,the ,story
 of ,my ,life    7,vol4 ,i72 and ,editor
 of the ,pillar of ,fire1 the    ,good  
,citizen1 the ,rocky ,mountain ,pillar  
of ,fire1    the ,london ,pillar of     
,fire1 the ,british ,sentinel1    and   
the ,occidental ,pillar of ,fire4       
,,pillar of ,,fire    ,zarephath1--,new 
,jersey    #aibj      ,copyright1 #aibj1
 by ,alma ,white          ,,preface     
,in this volume ,i have attempted not   
simply to give a brief account of  a    
recent trip to ,yellowstone ,national   
,park and to describe some of  ,nature's
 grandeurs1 but to elucidate spiritual  
truths that were  demonstrated in this  
place of many wonders in a thousand     
miracles  before my eyes4    ,there is  
no more poetical1 picturesque1 and      
fascinating spot on the  globe1 and no  
other place where magnificence and      
sublimity blend so  harmoniously with   
the softest tints and colorings as in   
the  ,yellowstone region4    ,here are  
geological formations in which the book 

of ages has been  written in inks of    
variegated hues4 ,in the canyons1       
rivers1 and  waterfalls1 in the lakes1  
springs1 and pools1 specimens of ,eden  
have  been preserved on the outside of a
 thin crust1 covering the sulphurous    
flames of the regions below1 where the  
rumblings of ,god's wrath are  heard    
threatening the world with judgments4   
,the mighty forces that operated in ages
 past are still at ,his command1        
demonstrated by the boiling springs1 the
 volcanoes and spouting  geysers4 ,ten  
thousand omens are heralding the        
approach of the  winding-up of this age1
 and the beginning of a new dispensation
 in  which all men shall acknowledge    
,jehovah in ,his majesty and power as   
the one and only ,potentate worthy of   
the adoration and homage of the  human  
race4          ,,contents               
,,page      ,historical ,statement      
#i      ,,chapter ,i--,enroute to the   
,park                  #ai              
,,chapter ,,ii--,grand ,canyon of the   

,yellowstone     #cc      ,,chapter     
,,iii--,upper and ,lower ,falls         
#dg      ,,chapter ,,iv--,mammoth ,hot  
,springs                 #ei            
,,chapter ,v--,norris ,geyser ,basin    
#gc      ,,chapter ,,vi--,upper ,geyser 
,basin                  #hd             
,,chapter ,,vii--,upper ,geyser ,basin  
7,cont47        #ajb      ,,chapter     
,,viii--,the ,bottomless ,pit           
#aji      ,,chapter ,,ix--,the ,voice of
 ,god                   #abc      ,the  
,yellowstone and ,how it was ,made      
#acf          ,,illustrations           
,,page    ,,alma ,,white                
,frontispiece      ,map of ,yellowstone 
,park                          #h       
,group of ,bannock ,indian ,war ,chiefs 
#ab      ,bannock ,indian ,papoose      
#ad      ,arch at ,northern ,entrance to
 ,yellowstone ,park   #ah      ,shoshone
 ,canyon                                
#bb      ,shoshone ,dam                 
#bd      ,the ,holy ,city               
#bg      ,pahaska ,tepee ,lodge         

#bi      ,chittenden ,bridge            
#cb      ,sylvan ,lake                  
#ce      ,yellowstone ,lake             
#cg      ,eagle's ,nest ,rock           
#dj      ,grand ,canyon1 from           
,inspiration ,point            #db      
,willow ,park ,camp                     
#de      ,lower ,yellowstone ,fall      
#dh      ,bear ,feeding ,a ,la ,carte   
#eb      ,upper ,yellowstone ,fall      
#ee      ,beaver ,dam                   
#fa      ,mammoth ,hot ,springs         
#fc      ,fort ,yellowstone             
#ff      ,obsidian ,cliff               
#fi      ,roaring ,mountain             
#gb      ,norris ,geyser ,basin         
#ge      ,national ,park ,mountain      
#gh      ,hell's ,half ,acre            
#hj      ,mammoth ,paint ,pots          
#hc      ,office ,old ,faithful ,inn    
#he      ,old ,faithful ,geyser         
#hf      ,giantess ,geyser in ,action   
#hi      ,the ,sponge ,geyser           
#ic      ,the ,beehive ,geyser          
#ie      ,castle ,geyser                

#ih      ,butterfly ,spring             
#ajj      ,riverside ,geyser            
#aje      ,giant ,geyser                
#ajg      ,morning ,glory ,spring       
#ajh      ,grotto ,geyser               
#aaa      ,sapphire ,pool--,biscuit     
,basin                   #aad           
,punch ,bowl                            
#aaf      ,handkerchief ,pool           
#aah      ,emerald ,pool                
#aba      ,jupiter ,terrace             
#abe      ,buffalo ,herd                
#abg      ,elk ,stalled in ,snow        
#acj      ,golden ,gate ,canyon and     
,viaduct                 #acb           
,illustration3 ,,map ,,of ,,yellowstone 
,,national ,,park          ,,historical 
,,statement      ,in a book entitled1   
,the ,discovery of ,yellowstone ,park1  
written by  ,nathaniel ,p4 ,langford1   
the author gives an account of an       
expedition of  #acj persons who started 
from ,st4 ,paul1 ,june #af1 #ahfb1 for  
the ,salmon  ,river1 as it had been     
widely rumored that extensive placer    

mines had  been discovered there4 ,the  
expedition was led by ,captain ,james   
,l4  ,fisk1 the noted ,indian fighter4  
,among his assistants were ,e4 ,h4      
,burritt1 ,nathaniel ,p4 ,langford1 and 
,samuel ,r4 ,bond1 who acted as         
secretary4 ,david ,e4 ,folsom1 ,robert  
,c4 ,knox1 ,cornelius ,bray1 ,patrick   
,doherty1 ,ard ,godfrey1 and ,patrick   
,bray1 were selected for guard duty4    
,many well-known pioneers of ,montana   
were in this company1 whose names  are  
familiar to the writer4    ,after       
eighteen weeks of hazardous adventure1  
the expedition arrived1  on the #bc;d of
 ,october1 at ,grasshopper ,creek4 ,the 
weather being too  cold for them to     
proceed on the journey1 they decided to 
camp in that  locality for the winter4  
,this region was then the rendezvous of 
the  ,bannack ,indians2 and the ,st4    
,paul expedition named the settlement   
,bannack4    ,to me it is a strange     
coincidence that this expedition of     
pioneers  should have left ,st4 ,paul on

 the day of my birth1 the #afth of      
,june1  #ahfb2 and that on ,march #cast1
 #ahhb1 a little more than nineteen     
years1  later1 ,i should reach this same
 locality1 having been engaged to teach 
the ,bannack public school1 which ,i    
began the #dth of ,april4    ,frequently
 the early history of the town and its  
inhabitants was  rehearsed in my        
hearing1 but many deplored the fact that
 some of the  old-timers had moved to   
,virginia ,city1 ,helena1 ,butte1 and   
other  places1 and that the placer mines
 of ,bannack were not so prosperous as  
in former days4 ,but there were enough  
of the pioneers left to keep  fresh in  
the memories of the younger generation  
the stories of  adventures with wild    
beasts1 the ,indians1 etc4 ,some of the 
stories  were looked upon as            
fabrications1 while others were known to
 be plain  statements of facts4    ,i   
heard so much about the ,indians1 their 
reprisals and cruelty1 that ,i  lived in
 constant dread of them1 even when there

 was no cause for  alarm4 ,a short time 
before ,i reached ,montana1 which was   
then a  territory1 there had been an    
uprising of some tribes1 and a number of
  persons living in ,bannack and        
vicinity had been killed4 ,when they    
were  on the warpath at this particular 
time1 the inhabitants of ,bannack had   
to barricade themselves in the new brick
 courthouse and stay for days  to       
protect themselves from a general       
slaughter4    ,i was not afraid of the  
squaws with their papooses strapped to  
boards  on their backs1 but when the    
bucks1 as they were called1 pressed     
their flat noses against the            
window-panes asking for muck-a-muck     
7food71 they frightened me so that ,i   
could not get over it for hours4  ,no   
one else seemed to have any fear of     
them1 even though harrowing  stories    
were everywhere being told about their  
treachery and cruelty4  ,i made my home 
with ,aunt ,eliza1 my mother's sister1  
who had married  ,dillon ,b4 ,mason1 a  

pioneer of ,montana1 about ten years    
before4 ,it was  she who had engaged the
 public school for me and had insisted  
on my  coming to ,montana1 from         
,kentucky1 to teach at ,bannack4        
,when the ,indians on their foraging    
expeditions came around to the  back    
door and windows of the kitchen1 it     
seemed to be my lot to see  them first4 
,when they saw how ,i was disturbed at  
their presence1 they  would throw their 
heads back and laugh1 and say1 ,white   
squaw1 heaply  big fool4 ,my uncle and  
aunt were always on friendly terms with 
them1  calling them ,john1 ,jim1 and    
other familiar names4 ,this pleased them
  very much1 especially when food was   
given them2 and ,i knew they would  be  
around again in a few days1 much to my  
annoyance4    ,illustration3 ,no #fa ,a 
,,group ,,of ,,bannock ,,war ,,chiefs   
,,pocatello ,,idaho    ,patrick ,bray of
 ,bannack1 whose name is mentioned in   
the ,st4 ,paul  expedition1 was one of  
the old pioneers who could tell more    

blood and  thunder stories than anyone  
else in the community4    ,illustration3
 ,no #eh ,,bannock ,,papoose ,,pocatello
 ,,idaho    ,in #ahgj1 a party composed 
of some of the most prominent citizens  
of  ,montana1 under the leadership of   
,general ,washburn1 then the            
,surveyor-,general of the ,territory1   
went on an exploring expedition to  the 
,yellowstone regions4 ,the names of some
 of the members of this  party were     
household words in the early days of    
,montana1 and familiar  to the writer4  
,among them were ,cornelius ,hedges1    
,nathaniel ,p4  ,langford1 the first    
superintendent of the ,park1 ,t4 ,c4    
,everts1 ,s4 ,t4  ,hauser1 and ,lieut4  
,g4 ,c4 ,doane4 ,the reader will note   
the fact that ,n4  ,p4 ,langford was a  
member of the ,st4 ,paul party under the
 leadership of  ,captain ,fisk1 that    
landed on ,grasshopper ,creek1 ,montana1
 in the fall  of #ahfb2 and much of the 
success of the expedition was due to his
  heroism4 ,also much credit is due him 

for his unabating devotion to the  cause
 of the republic1 and the service he    
rendered in having the  region set apart
 as a ,national ,park1 ,march #ast1     
#ahgb4 ,until this time1  there were no 
restrictions on hunting1 trapping1      
gathering of  specimens1 etc41 or to    
fencing in the geysers by private       
individuals4  ,,the ,,act ,,of ,,the    
,,dedication ,,of ,,yellowstone         
,,national ,,park1 approved ,march      
#ast1 #ahgb1 was as follows3            
,,be ,,it ,,enacted ,,by ,,the ,,senate 
,,and ,,the ,,house ,,of                
,,representatives ,,of ,,the ,,united   
,,states ,,of ,,america ,,in ,,congress 
,,assembled3         ,that the tract of 
land in the ,territories of ,montana and
       ,wyoming1 lying near the         
headwaters of the ,yellowstone ,river1  
and described as follows1 to-wit3       
,commencing at the junction       of    
,gardiner ,river with the ,yellowstone  
,river1 and running       east to the   
meridian passing ten miles to the       

eastward of       the most eastern point
 of ,yellowstone ,lake2 thence south    
along the said meridian to the parallel 
of latitude passing       ten miles     
south of the most southern point of     
,yellowstone       ,lake2 thence west   
along said parallel to the meridian     
passing fifteen miles west of the most  
western point of       ,madison ,lake2  
thence north along said meridian to the 
latitude of the junction of the         
,yellowstone and ,gardiner              
,rivers2 thence east to place of        
beginning--is hereby       reserved and 
withdrawn from settlement1 occupancy or 
sale       under the laws of the ,united
 ,states1 and dedicated and set         
apart as a public park or pleasure      
ground for the benefit       and        
enjoyment of the people2 and all persons
 who shall       locate1 settle upon or 
occupy the same or any part thereof1    
except as hereinafter provided1 shall be
 considered       trespassers and       
removed therefrom4         ,sec4 #b4    

,the said public ,park shall be under   
the exclusive       control of the      
,secretary of the ,interior1 whose duty 
it       shall be1 as soon as           
practicable1 to make and publish such   
rules and regulations as he may deem    
necessary and proper       for the care 
and management of the same4 ,such       
regulations       shall provide for the 
preservation from injury or spoliation  
of all timber1 mineral deposits1 natural
 curiosities or       wonders within    
said park and their retention in their  
natural condition4         ,the         
,secretary may1 in his discretion1 grant
 leases for       building purposes1 for
 terms not exceeding ten years1 of      
small parcels of ground1 at such places 
in said park as       shall require the 
erection of buildings for the           
accommodation of visitors2 all the      
proceeds of said leases1       and all  
other revenues that may be derived from 
any source       connected with said    
park1 to be expended under his direction

       in the management of the same1   
and the construction of roads       and 
bridle paths therein4 ,he shall provide 
against the       wanton destruction of 
the fish and game found within said     
park1 and against their capture or      
destruction for the       purpose of    
merchandise or profit4 ,he shall also   
cause all       persons trespassing upon
 the same after the passage of this     
act to be removed therefrom1 and        
generally shall be       authorized to  
take all such measures as shall be      
necessary       or proper to fully carry
 out the objects and purpose of this    
act4    ,illustration3 ,,arch ,,at      
,,northern ,,entrance ,,to ,,yellowstone
 ,,park1  ,,dedicated ,,by ,,theodore   
,,roosevelt          ,with ,god ,in the 
,yellowstone          ,,chapter ,i      
,,enroute ,,to ,,the ,,park      ,on    
,september #b1 #aiai1 ,i left           
,zarephath1 ,new ,jersey for ,denver1   
,colorado4 ,seven days later1           
accompanied by my brother and his wife1 

,rev4 ,charles ,w4 and ,lillian ,o4     
,bridwell1 ,i started on a trip to the  
,yellowstone ,national ,park4 ,traffic  
on the railroads was so heavy out  of   
,denver that we had some difficulty in  
getting properly routed1 but  finally   
succeeded4 ,twenty-four hours later1 we 
reached ,cody1 ,wyoming1  the eastern   
entrance to the ,park4 ,we secured      
lodging at the ,irma  ,hotel1 founded by
 ,william ,f4 ,cody 7,buffalo ,bill71   
and named for his  favorite daughter4   
,on the walls of the office and in the  
halls of this hotel were  splendid      
paintings1 in which the whole history of
 the famous  frontiersman and ,indian   
fighter was shown4 ,hours could         
profitably be  spent studying these     
pictures1 in which one could learn more 
about the  ,wild ,west1 of former days1 
than one could get from the average     
history4 ,all of the famous ,indian     
chiefs were there1 among them1 ,red     
,cloud1 ,sitting ,bull1 and ,black      
,bird4 ,their features were so perfectly

  outlined ,i almost felt ,i was looking
 into their faces4    ,there were so    
many tourists we were fortunate in      
getting  accommodations at this place1  
when arrangements had not been made     
ahead4 ,since ,i felt the need of rest1 
and my brother wanted more  information 
concerning the tour through the ,park1  
we concluded to stay  over for a day4   
,we held an open-air ,gospel meeting    
here1 and had the  opportunity of       
getting acquainted with some of the     
people whom we told  about the work of  
the ,pillar of ,fire organization4      
,at one time we had about decided to    
hire an automobile and drive  through   
the ,park1 but later1 concluded it would
 be too much of an  undertaking1 and    
made arrangements with the ,yellowstone 
,park  ,transportation ,company to take 
us through for about forty-three        
dollars each2 this included board and   
lodging at the ,yellowstone  ,camps4    
,at #h3ae1 on the morning of ,september 
#ab1 we boarded one of the big1  yellow 

touring-cars1 with a number of other    
passengers1 and proceeded  on our       
journey4 ,we had nothing to do with the 
selection of our  automobile party1 but 
could not have been better suited4      
,about four  miles west of ,cody1 we    
entered the ,,shoshone ,,canyon1 three  
miles from  the first tunnel4 ,in the   
meantime1 we were climbing up the       
mountainside so rapidly that it was soon
 hundreds of feet to the chasm  below4  
,in a little while we reached the top of
 the ,,shoshone ,,dam1 to the left1  and
 here made our first stop4 ,the scenery1
 while approaching and when  leaving the
 dam1 was the most magnificent ,i have  
ever beheld4  ,word-pictures fail to    
give even a slight idea of the depths of
 the  canyon1 the wonderful tints and   
hues caused by mineral formations and   
volcanic action in ages past4 ,the trees
 on either side were of such  immense   
height1 that ,i was almost staggered4 ,i
 was not expecting  anything like this1 
on the run from ,cody to the boundary of

 the ,park2  and surprises awaited me   
every moment of the time4    ,while     
waiting at the dam1 ,i copied from a    
board the following  dimensions3        
,illustration3 ,,shoshone ,,canyon      
,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul      ,height1 #cbh  
feet1    ,thickness at base1 #ajh feet1 
,thickness at top1 #aj feet1    ,length 
of crest1 #bjj feet1    ,capacity of    
reservoir1 #def1jjj acre-feet1    ,area 
of water surface1 #aj square miles1     
,maximum width1 #d miles1    ,maximum   
depth1 #bcc feet1    ,length of         
spillway1 #cjj feet1    ,work begun1    
#aije1    ,work completed1 #aiaj1       
,total cost1 #a1ced1jjj4    ,the scenery
 approaching the dam on both sides1 was 
to me so  unparalleled and inspiring1 my
 heart cried out with the ,psalmist3    
,lord1 thou hast been our dwelling place
 in all generations4 ,before  the       
mountains were brought forth1 or ever   
thou hadst formed the earth  and the    
world1 even from everlasting to         
everlasting1 thou art ,god4444  ,for a  

thousand years in thy sight are but as  
yesterday when it is  past1 and as a    
watch in the night4    ,after leaving   
the dam1 we passed slowly through the   
third1 fourth1  fifth1 and sixth        
tunnels4 ,twelve miles from ,cody we had
 a magnificent  view of the great       
,,shoshone ,,reservoir at our left4     
,then we passed the  ,morris ,ranch1    
crossed the bridge over the ,shoshone   
,river and turned  to the right4 ,we    
passed a school house1 ,hollister's     
,ranch1 ,frost and  ,richard's ,ranch1  
entered ,shoshone ,national ,forest and 
took the left  side road to ,canyon     
,forest ,ranger ,station4 ,two miles    
farther was the  overhanging ,rock      
,cliff1 and other places of less        
importance between it  and the ,holy    
,city at the right4    ,illustration3   
,,shoshone ,,dam  ,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul   
,about forty-one miles from ,cody we    
came to the ,palisades2 then  followed  
,mesa ,creek1 ,good ,camp1 ,elephant    
,head at the right1 ,mutilated  ,hand1  

and ,eagle ,creek4 ,about fifty-three   
miles from ,cody we arrived at          
,,pahaska ,,tepee ,,lodge1 founded by   
,buffalo ,bill4 ,this station is only   
two  miles from the boundary of the     
,park4 ,the yellow cars turn in at the  
lodge for luncheon4 ,a stop of about an 
hour and a half was allowed  here4 ,the 
house is built of unplaned logs with a  
large fireplace and  small windows4 ,it 
has wide porches1 provided with easy    
chairs for the  tourists4 ,while it has 
a wild1 rustic appearance it is         
homelike4    ,a little brown bear       
chained to a tree on the grass plot in  
front  furnished much amusement for the 
company by turning somersaults4 ,three  
or four bears had been killed a few days
 before1 somewhere in the  neighborhood 
of the lodge1 and bear meat was served  
at luncheon4  ,however1 none of the     
three members of our party ate animal   
flesh4    ,we asked that eggs might be  
substituted1 but our request was not    
granted1 and we had to be content with  

what we could get4 ,we did not  find the
 courtesy and interest manifested in our
 welfare here1 on the  part of the      
managers1 that we expected2 and we felt 
that if we had to  meet the same        
difficulties farther on1 it would be a  
matter of regret  to us that we did not 
hire a conveyance and make an           
independent tour4  ,fortunately1 we     
found a decided difference in the       
management at the  camps4    ,two young 
women1 who had been residing in the park
 camps for the  summer1 had arranged    
with the driver of our car to sit on the
 front  seat with him on the trip from  
,cody to ,yellowstone ,camp4 ,however1  
they  were not on hand in the morning   
when we were ready to start1 and a      
person who had later secured the front  
seat kindly let me have it4 ,i  was     
grateful for the protection the         
wind-shield gave me1 and of being  able 
to keep my feet warm near the engine4   
,when the young women  found that they  
had been left1 they hired an automobile 

and overtook  us4 ,they paid a woman    
chauffeur1 clad in men's clothing1 ten  
dollars  for this trip2 and just as we  
were halting at the dam they drove up1  
to the delight of the young man who was 
driving our car4    ,illustration3 ,,the
 ,,holy ,,city  ,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul     
,nothing was said to me about giving    
them the front seat1 but they made  some
 remarks in the presence of others that 
showed plainly what was on  their minds4
 ,i kept my place until we reached      
,pahaska ,lodge4 ,in the  meantime      
,heine1 the driver1 as he was called1   
seemed more or less  excited1 and       
occasionally called to them in the rear 
seat4 ,he was  running at such speed it 
was difficult for some of the passengers
 to  keep their places1 especially where
 there were sharp curves in the  road4  
,he was1 no doubt1 a skilful driver4 ,he
 seemed to know that he  was exceeding  
the speed limit1 and shouted out to one 
of the young  women1 ,ruth1 are you all 
there8 ,a few minutes after this he ran 

against the post of a bridge and came   
near having a wreck1 but no one  said   
anything to him1 nor made a protest     
against his carelessness and  levity    
when he should have been attending to   
business4    ,heine spent the time at   
,pahaska ,lodge in the company of the   
two  girls2 and when the time came to   
go1 he did not wait1 as others did1  to 
load up in front of the building1 but   
took them out to the rear  where the car
 was standing and put them in the front 
seat4 ,there was a  protest on the part 
of all the other passengers1 who        
insisted that he  should give me the    
seat ,i had occupied in the morning1 but
 he was  unyielding2 and after a half   
hour's delay and controversy they saw   
the  utter futility of trying to        
convince him of his act of injustice1   
and  proceeded on the journey4 ,however1
 it served the purpose of quieting  him 
down and causing him to be more careful 
in the dangerous places of  the road4   
,illustration3 ,,pahaska ,,tepee ,,lodge

  ,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul    ,the woman in  
charge at the ,pahaska ,lodge1 who had  
failed to serve us  with eggs1 after one
 of the waitresses had promised them to 
me1 was  chafing under an impeachment of
 her lack of good will and hospitality  
toward some of her patrons2 and came    
boldly out to the car1 and in the       
presence of every one took sides with   
the driver1 assuring him that  she would
 stand for the delay4 ,this greatly     
strengthened him in the  stand he had   
taken4    ,it was not very pleasant to  
ride behind a driver with so much       
responsibility1 who was carrying on a   
flirtation4 ,i once saw a  brakeman     
flirting with a young woman when he     
should have been  attending to business4
 ,suddenly1 he lost his footing1 fell   
between the  cars and was crushed to    
death4 ,human nature has been so        
weakened  through the fall that there is
 not much dependence to be put in one   
where a play by the opposite sex is     
being made on the heartstrings4  ,samson

 was shorn of his strength by the       
fair-faced ,delilah1 and made  to grind 
without eyes in the mills of the        
,philistines1 after he had  rent a lion1
 carried off the gates of ,gaza1 and    
defied all the enemies  of ,israel4     
,there is too much good-natured         
toleration of such things1 where human  
lives are involved4 ,most people choose 
the path of least resistance1  when it  
does not seriously interfere with their 
rights or comfort1 but  not so with our 
fellow passengers1 four of whom were    
devout members of  the ,friends'        
,church4 ,there was a principle         
involved1 and they did not  hesitate to 
show on which side they were4 ,we       
enjoyed the company of  these ,friends  
very much4 ,the two gentlemen and their 
wives were our  companions on the trip  
from the morning we left ,cody till the 
day we  parted at the ,old ,faithful    
,camp at the ,upper ,geyser ,basin4     
,illustration3 ,,chittenden ,,bridge    
,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul          ,,chapter  

,,ii    ,,grand ,,canyon ,,of ,,the     
,,yellowstone      ,after crossing the  
,yellowstone boundary1 about two miles  
west of  ,pahaska ,tepee ,lodge1 ,i     
began to feel an atmosphere of freedom  
that ,i  had not hitherto enjoyed on the
 trip4 ,i felt that the ,yellowstone    
,national ,park1 with all of its wonders
 and many interests1 belonged to  me as 
much as to any other person on the      
earth2 and from that moment  it seemed  
that ,i was walking with ,god to the    
very gates of heaven and  to the brink  
of hell4 ,the freedom of animal life in 
the ,park1 brought  to my mind vivid    
pictures of the ,millennium1 when1 as   
,isaiah says1  nothing shall hurt or    
destroy in all ,god's holy mountain4 ,it
 should be  a matter of great interest  
and satisfaction to ,americans that our 
government has the custody of the       
,yellowstone--that man with selfish     
interests is prohibited from laying     
claim to anything within its            
boundaries1 and is compelled to refrain 

from marring or defacing the  formations
 around the geysers and other places1   
and from destroying  animal life4    ,it
 is to be deplored that so few know how 
rich they are in the gifts  that ,god   
and nature have bestowed upon us as a   
people1 in this vast  region of more    
than #c1jjj square miles of so many     
miracles and  wonders4    ,about eight  
miles from the border1 we came to       
,sylvan ,pass2 then  followed ,snow     
,fall1 ,lake ,eleanor1 ,sylvan ,lodge1  
,sylvan ,lake1 and  ,wedded ,trees1 at  
the left4 ,about eleven miles from      
,sylvan ,pass1 we  came to ,turbid      
,lake1 ,osprey ,nest in a tree at the   
right1 ,fishing  ,bridge1 ,yellowstone  
,river1 and turned to the right to      
,grand ,canyon4    ,our first stop after
 leaving ,pahaska ,lodge was at ,,mud   
,,volcano and  ,,green ,,gable ,,spring1
 at the left4 ,this was the first place 
where we had  found any disturbance on  
the surface caused by the heated regions
  below4 ,the angry crater of the       

volcano resembled1 in some respects1    
the ,mammoth ,paint ,pots in the ,lower 
,geyser ,basin1 but unlike the  latter1 
there was nothing beautiful about       
it1--it was simply a great  mass of     
boiling mud1 manifesting such intense   
heat as to spout up  several feet1      
threatening to bespatter those who came 
too near4 ,it  was enclosed by a        
railing1 around which was a board walk4 
,below the  mud geyser was a boiling    
spring where the water1 clear as        
crystal1  poured out of the ground and  
was carried away4    ,illustration3     
,,sylvan ,,lake  ,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul    
,i ventured to put my finger into the   
water and was nearly burned4 ,this      
place was only a suggestion of what we  
were to see later in the ,geyser        
,basins4    ,at our left1 eight miles   
from ,sylvan ,pass1 we had a splendid   
view of  ,,yellowstone ,,lake in the    
distance4 ,in the heart of the ,park    
,plateau1  averaging more than eight    
thousand feet elevation1 surrounded by  

mountains1 waterfalls1 and cascades1 is 
the lake1 twenty miles in  length1      
which1 at its elevation1 has but one    
rival1 ,lake ,titicaca1 in  the ,andes4 
,as our party did not visit ,west       
,thumb1 it was our privilege  to see the
 lake only at a distance1 where we could
 have but a slight  idea of its beauty  
and immensity4    ,david ,e4 ,folsom1 of
 the ,folsom and ,cook ,exploring       
,party1 in #ahfi  says3         ',as we 
were about departing on our homeward    
trip1 we       ascended the summit of a 
neighboring hill and took a final       
look at ,yellowstone ,lake4 ,nestled    
among the forest-crowned       hills    
which bounded our vision1 lay this      
inland sea1 its       crystal waves     
dancing and sparkling in the sunlight as
 if       laughing with joy for their   
wild freedom4 ,it is a scene of         
transcendent beauty1 which has been     
viewed by but few white       men1 and  
we felt glad to have looked upon it     
before its       primeval solitude      

should be broken by the crowds of       
pleasure-seekers1 which at no distant   
day will throng its       shores4'      
,illustration3 ,,yellowstone ,,lake     
,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul    ,for the next few
 miles the scenery was most fascinating1
 but it was  only a prelude to what     
awaited us in the first glimpse we were 
to get  of the ,,grand ,,canyon4    ,we 
halted at ,,inspiration ,,point1 where  
,i followed others down the steps  to a 
great ledge of rocks overhanging the    
chasm4 ,the scene that  greeted my      
vision was so overwhelming and          
unexpected that ,i became  dizzy and had
 to make my way back to the car1        
supported by the  railing4    ,this     
yawning gulf with its awful depths of   
nearly two thousand feet1  through which
 the river1 like a silver thread was    
wending its way1 and  the sublime       
coloring produced by nature1 reflected  
from the mineral  formations on the     
sides of the great canyon1 was a sight  
too much for  human frailty1 and ,i had 

to be satisfied to take a glimpse and   
wait  until ,i could recuperate from the
 shock before attempting another        
adventure4    ,before leaving           
,inspiration ,point1 some one shouted1  
,see the eagle's  nest6 and there1      
looking down into a tall pine tree at   
the right of  the descent1 was the nest2
 but ,i was more interested in the      
canyon1  for ,i had never had the       
faintest conception of what it really   
is4    ,when ,i had recuperated somewhat
 from the bewilderment1 ,i was inclined 
to charge those who had visited the     
,park before1 among whom were my        
brother and his wife1 with stupidity and
 a lack of appreciation for  not having 
done more to tell of such grandeur4 ,but
 afterwards ,i had to  admit that the   
half cannot be told however much anyone 
might try4  ,unlike the ,royal ,gorge in
 ,colorado1 we were not at the bottom   
looking  up1 but at the top looking down
 into the silent and awful depths4 ,it  
was as if the earth had rent asunder and

 we were standing on the brink  looking 
over into the abyss4         ,of all the
 marvels of the ,yellowstone ,national  
,park1 the       most sublime is the    
,grand ,canyon4 ,through this the       
,yellowstone ,river1 which is a         
tributary of the ,missouri1       flows 
in one place for twenty continuous miles
 between       perpendicular cliffs only
 about #bjj yards apart and from        
#a1bjj to #a1ejj feet in height4 ,at the
 entrance of this part       of the     
canyon the whole river makes a          
stupendous leap of       #cjh feet1 in  
what is known as the ',lower ,fall4'    
,the sides of       this gigantic chasm 
have literally almost all the colors of 
the rainbow displayed upon their        
vertical surfaces4 ,red1       orange1  
yellow1 green1 blue1 violet1 and white  
tints1 are       constantly succeeding  
one another here in wonderful variety1  
thus lighting up with glory countless   
architectural forms1       which        
,nature1 it would seem1 had fashioned   

here to make the       proudest works of
 man appear diminutive and tame4 ,these 
colors doubtless have been formed by the
 percolating through       the cliffs of
 the hot mineral waters from the        
neighboring       springs4              
,distinguished painters have sadly      
declared that any       adequate        
representation of these brilliant1      
variegated hues       is utterly beyond 
the power of human art4 ,what an        
unrivalled       combination is there1  
therefore1 in this canyon1 of           
awe-inspiring grandeur and enchanting   
beauty6 ,and what a       magnificent   
pathway has been given to the           
,yellowstone ,river6       ,leaving the 
famous ,yellowstone ,lake enclosed by   
snow-clad       mountains1 it passes    
through a series of rapids and a fall   
of #adj feet before it even reaches the 
,grand ,canyon1 and       just beyond   
this it receives a tributary1 which in  
its haste       to join it1 makes a leap
 of #aef feet4 ,thus cradled in         

sublimity1 the ,yellowstone ,river must 
be called in some       respects the    
most extraordinary stream upon our      
continent4    ,illustration3 ,,eagle',s 
,,nest ,,rock  ,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul      
,why was this place kept concealed from 
the eyes of civilized man for  nearly   
four hundred years after ,america was   
discovered8 ,even now only  a small per 
cent of the #ajj1jjj1jjj people of the  
,united ,states know  what they possess 
in this romantic and mysterious region1 
which in  some places seems to be the   
ante-chamber of heaven and the very     
mouth  of hell4 ,many1 for lack of      
opportunity or interest1 will never see 
the  ,yellowstone ,national ,park1 while
 multitudes from foreign shores will    
swarm like bees within its boundaries   
and reap the benefits of the  sacrifice 
and toil of its discoverers and of      
,god's free gift to  ,america4          
,illustration3 ,,no4 #adg4 ,,up ,,the   
,,grand ,,canyon ,,from ,,inspiration   
,,pt4--,,yellowstone ,,park4            

,,haynes-,,photo4    ,when the ,queen of
 ,sheba came from the uttermost parts of
 the earth to  hear the wisdom of       
,solomon1 and he answered all her       
questions1 showing  her the riches and  
glory of his kingdom1 she said1 ,it was 
a true  report that ,i heard in mine own
 land of thy acts and of thy wisdom4    
,howbeit ,i believed not the words1     
until ,i came1 and mine eyes had seen   
it3 and1 ,,behold1 ,,the ,,half ,,was   
,,not ,,told ,,me4 ,this truly could be 
said  of the ,grand ,canyon4 ,i have    
been many times through the ,rocky      
,mountain  regions1 passed through the  
,royal ,gorge1 have seen most of the    
places  of interest that the mountain   
passes1 fastnesses1 and peaks afford1   
but nothing had ever so charmed1 awed1  
inspired1 and bewildered me  as did the 
first glimpse of the ,grand ,canyon of  
the ,yellowstone4    ,solomon's kingdom 
symbolizes the second work of grace1    
taught in the  ,scriptures1 an          
experience which no one can understand  

unless he is in  possession of it4      
,experience is necessary to enjoy it in 
its fulness1  and so with nature's      
grandeur and magnificence on such a     
tremendous  scale as in the ,grand      
,canyon of the ,yellowstone4 ,one must  
see with the  eyes what the mind fails  
to grasp by the hearing of the ear4     
,language1  with its adaptability to the
 usages of mortal man1 is inadequate4   
,word-pictures1 though drawn by the most
 visionary and gifted1 fail to  convey  
in a slight degree the grandeur of      
nature's activities and  exhibitions in 
this the most inspiring and picturesque 
spot on the  globe4    ,after ,i was    
again seated in the car1 for a few      
moments my eyes were  closed to all the 
world about me1 and in a new sense ,i   
began to  realize the infinite depths of
 divine power and wisdom1 and how small 
is the creature when compared with the  
,creator4    ,at ,,artist',s ,,view we  
stopped again for another look at the   
canyon4 ,in  the opinion of some        

persons1 a better view was to be had    
here than at  ,inspiration ,point1 but  
,i did not think so1 and did not tarry  
long4  ,feeling that enough had been    
crowded into one day1 ,i went back to   
the  stage anxious to get where ,i could
 relax and rest4    ,a few minutes later
 we arrived at ,,yellowstone ,,camp1    
near the ,upper and  ,lower ,falls4     
,after we had registered and were shown 
the way to our  tents1 the evening meal 
was served in a large1 spacious         
dining-room4    ,in the office of the   
camp we found a log fire burning4 ,a    
score or more  of tourists seated around
 it were engaged in conversation2 and   
the new  arrivals received a cordial    
welcome4 ,everything presented so       
homelike  an appearance1 it made me feel
 as if ,i should like to spend a week   
here4    ,the greatest courtesy was     
manifested on the part of the managers  
and  those who rendered us service1 and 
,i felt that they had a real heart      
interest in our welfare4 ,the           

accommodations in the tents were all    
that  one could ask4 ,the tents had     
floors1 were boarded up the sides1 and  
furnished with all the conveniences     
necessary4 ,in each one there was a     
stove that was lighted both morning and 
evening1 as it was late in  the season  
and sometimes the temperature was almost
 at freezing point4  ,when a fire was   
needed1 one of the attendants at the    
camp came to  light it4                 
,illustration3 ,,willow ,,park ,,camp1  
,,yellowstone ,,park  ,haynes1 ,st4     
,paul          ,,chapter ,,iii          
,,upper ,,and ,,lower ,,falls           
,after dinner was served on the evening 
of our arrival1 my brother and  his wife
 took a trip down ,,uncle ,,tom',s      
,,trail to the base of the ,lower       
,yellowstone ,fall4 ,they returned      
later1 excited not a little1 to tell  of
 their adventure and what they had seen4
 ,i regretted that they did  not wait   
until morning so that ,i could go with  
them1 but ,i was so  elated with the    

description of the fall that ,i was     
determined to go  down the trail1 if ,i 
had to go alone4 ,the next morning when 
,i saw how  hazardous the undertaking   
would be1 there was nothing that could  
have  induced me to descend the rocky   
steep over which they had traveled4     
,sister ,lillian and ,i got a good view 
of the fall from a prominence  near the 
edge of the canyon1 and this satisfied  
me4    ,just before the water makes its 
tremendous leap1 it is compressed       
within a width of about #ajj feet1 where
 it seems to slow down to  prepare for  
the shock before it dashes #cjh feet    
over the rocks4 ,here  from the foaming 
mass of spray1 gorgeous rainbows may be 
seen4 ,the eye  is then inclined to     
follow the little stream that dwindles  
away  between the rocky sides of the    
great chasm1 foaming and dashing as it  
goes1 until it looks like a silver      
thread in the distance4 ,the rainbow    
colors at the fall1 blending with the   
various tints and hues reflected  from  

the mineral formations on the sides of  
the canyon1 presented a  picture that no
 artist could paint4    ,my sister and  
,i took the trail along the edge of the 
canyon and  finally made intersection   
with the automobile road within a short 
distance of the camp4 ,on the way back1 
,i felt as if ,i had lighted down  on   
another sphere where ,i could stay for  
only a brief period1 and that  ,i must  
profit by every moment of time that was 
allotted me4 ,pausing by  the roadside1 
,i asked the question1 ,what shall it be
 when these  mortal bodies put on       
immortality1 when they shall no longer  
be subject  to the laws of gravitation  
or others governing material substances8
  ,what shall it be to wing one's flight
 to unseen worlds where there is  still 
a greater comprehension to be had of    
,him who created the world  and threw it
 from the tips of ,his fingers into     
space6    ,it took thousands of years   
for astronomers to learn that the earth 
is  hung upon nothing2 that when ,god   

created it ,he made it out of nothing1  
and set the forces in action that were  
continually demonstrating ,his          
omnipotence before their eyes4    ,the  
plan of salvation1 of which it is my    
privilege to be a partaker1  was never  
more precious to me than at this time1  
and ,i had a new  appreciation of the   
fact that an infinite price had been    
paid for  man's redemption4 ,i felt     
renewed inspiration to press the battle 
against sin and unrighteousness to the  
gates of heaven or to the  depths of    
hell4    ,the ,calvary route is often   
rugged4 ,there are many dangerous       
places1  where if the ,infinite ,one did
 not clasp our hands and hold them      
tightly1 we would plunge to the depths  
of the chasm and be wrecked and  ruined 
for time and eternity4 ,we have the     
blessed consolation1  however1 that ,he 
has promised to guide us with ,his eye1 
and never to  leave or forsake those who
 put their trust in ,him4    ,there is  
an atmosphere of sincerity among the    

people around the hotels  and camps of  
the ,yellowstone that is rarely found in
 summer resorts  in other places4 ,here 
the voice of ,god in nature is heard in 
the  smallest whisper1 and again in     
tones of thunder2 those who are         
inclined to be giddy and possessed with 
a spirit of levity1 suddenly  find      
themselves sobering up and beginning to 
think upon those things  that involve   
the interests of their immortal souls4  
,many of the helpers about the camps and
 hotels of the ,park1 ,i was  told1 were
 students and teachers who had come to  
the ,yellowstone  unprepared financially
 to make the tour1 and had accepted     
positions as  waiters1 waitresses1 etc41
 in order to pay their way through1 and 
to  be able to return by the time their 
schools opened4 ,some of them  received 
only slight compensation1 and depended  
on the good will of  the tourists to    
reimburse them for services4    ,the    
familiarity that was seen everywhere    
between man and beast  betokens the fact

 that an earnest of ,isaiah's prophecy  
of the  ,millennium is being fulfilled4 
,these native animals are free to go    
wherever they please1 and seem to have  
little or no fear4 ,in many  instances  
they come close enough to eat out of the
 hands of the  tourists4 ,at the park   
camps and around the kitchens of the    
hotels1  black1 brown1 and occasionally 
grizzly bears could be seen at almost   
any hour of the day eating out of tins  
or otherwise in search of food4  ,at our
 camp1 near the kitchen1 ,i found a     
brown bear with two little  cubs4 ,she  
looked at me with an independent toss of
 her head as much as  to say1 ,you may  
be surprised to see me here1 but ,i am  
enjoying the  rights and privileges     
accorded me under the laws governing the
 ,park2 ,i  am taking no undue liberties
 nor committing any offense4 ,she then  
took an affectionate look at her cubs   
and warned me to keep my  distance4 ,i  
assured her that ,i had no thought of   
disturbing them1 and  so there was an   

understanding between us4 ,i afterward  
made frequent  visits to the brow of the
 hill where ,i could get a good view of 
her  and her little ones4    ,tourists  
often make a mistake in trying to feed  
and pet the bears4  ,signs are up       
everywhere warning them of this danger4 
,a short time  before our party arrived1
 some person tried to pet a bear and was
  bitten in the wrist4 ,it taught him   
and others a lesson4 ,these animals     
have not been tamed1 and the reason they
 are not so vicious as in  primeval days
 is because no one is allowed to wound  
or kill them4  ,when one becomes        
unmanageable and it is necessary to     
dispose of it1  the government rangers  
who have charge of the ,park remove all 
traces  of blood1 and even burn the     
hide1 so as to keep from arousing       
suspicion on the part of others4 ,thus  
we see1 in part1 what the  ,millennium  
will be when nothing shall hurt or      
destroy1 and when  righteousness shall  
be the girdle of his lions1 and         

faithfulness the  girdle of his reins4  
,illustration3 ,,bear ,,feeding ,a ,,la 
,,carte  ,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul    ,the    
wolf also shall dwell with the lamb1 and
 the leopard shall lie  down with the   
kid2 and the calf and the young lion and
 the fatling  together2 and a little    
child shall lead them4 ,and the cow and 
the bear  shall feed2 their young ones  
shall lie down together3 and the lion   
shall eat straw like the ox4 ,and the   
sucking child shall play on the  hole of
 the asp1 and the weaned child shall put
 his hand on the  cockatrice' den4      
,,they ,,shall ,,not ,,hurt ,,nor       
,,destroy ,,in ,,all ,,my ,,holy        
,,mountain3 for the earth shall be full 
of the knowledge of the ,lord1 as  the  
waters cover the sea 7,isa4 ,,ii3#e3i74 
,we could have spent another day at the 
,grand ,canyon1 as we had  arranged for 
a five-day tour1 but decided to spend   
more time at ,old  ,faithful ,camp near 
the ,upper ,geyser ,basin1 and therefore
 planned to  leave in the afternoon4 ,in

 the meantime ,i packed up my things1   
made  some notes in my diary1 and went  
alone to the ,upper ,yellowstone ,fall4 
,here1 with no one present but the      
unseen host1 ,i spent one of the most   
profitable hours of my life4 ,i was in a
 position to get a good view of  the    
,fall1 where the water was dashing more 
than a hundred feet over  the rocks1    
preparatory to the final plunge of three
 hundred feet a  half mile below4       
,for a short time1 surrounded by nature1
 with all of its primitive  beauty and  
grandeur1 ,i seemed to forget my        
burdens1 and had a  foretaste of what it
 will be when the cross is laid down and
 the crown  is won4 ,but to be an       
overcomer1 ,i knew there must be no     
shrinking from  duty until the last     
battle is fought4    ,time forbade my   
tarrying longer at this place1 and ,i   
hurried to the  camp where ,i found my  
brother and sister looking for me4 ,in a
 few  minutes we had bidden many of our 
newly-made friends good-by and were     

hurried off in the yellow touring car   
via ,tower ,fall to ,mammoth ,hot       
,springs1 a distance of about forty     
miles4    ,illustration3 ,,upper        
,,yellowstone ,,fall  ,haynes1 ,st4     
,paul    ,in the car was a new driver1  
and among the passengers were the four  
,friends who had started with us from   
,cody1 ,wyoming4 ,we were glad to  have 
them1 and also to have a change of      
drivers1 so that we might  forget the   
unpleasant experience of the day before 
at ,pahaska ,tepee  ,lodge4    ,every   
person in the car seemed to be in good  
spirits1 and ready to  enjoy the trip to
 the fullest extent4 ,from the time we  
left the camp  until we reached ,mt4    
,washburn1 a distance of about ten      
miles1 my time  was mostly taken up     
answering the questions of a woman from 
,california  who wanted information     
about our organization1 the ,pillar of  
,fire4 ,i  was glad to answer her       
questions and to give her all the       
enlightenment  ,i could1 but ,i found   

that it was taxing my physical strength 
when ,i  should be at my best to profit 
by the trip4 ,i silently prayed that a  
change of some kind might be made4 ,we  
did not take the automobile road  to the
 summit of ,mt4 ,washburn1 an altitude  
of #aj1chh feet1 but turned  to the left
 through ,,dunraven ,,pass1 along the   
side of the mountain1 a  much shorter   
road than over the summit4    ,i had no 
desire to go to the summit4 ,i had so   
often been over the  highest peaks of   
the ,rockies on all the scenic railroad 
lines1 that ,i  did not care to tax my  
nerves on such a trip2 other passengers 
felt  much the same4    ,the drive      
around the side of the mountain was     
hazardous enough for me2  and while     
others expressed no fear1 there were    
times when ,i felt ,i  should be        
compelled to get out of the car and     
walk4 ,a good-natured  pilot seated by  
the driver1 who1 no doubt1 was sent out 
by the ,park  company1 was skilful      
enough to divert my attention from the  

distance  to the base of the mountain at
 our left until we had passed over the  
dangerous part of the road4 ,i shall not
 forget the manner in which he          
undertook to make me forget that ,i was 
nervous4    ,,tower ,,fall was our first
 stop4 ,the dizzy heights had almost    
unfitted  me for what awaited us at this
 place1 but my brother and the pilot    
assisted me up the steps and ,i followed
 others down the trail to the  fall1    
dashing #acb feet over the rocks4 ,the  
snowy1 foaming water has  the appearance
 of white satin ribbon1 falling         
perpendicularly between  two towering   
rocks1 whence it gets its name4 ,it     
lacks the volume of  some other falls in
 the ,yellowstone1 but its grace and    
beauty are  nowhere surpassed4    ,about
 four miles from the fall1 we turned    
aside to ,,camp ,,roosevelt1  where we  
found a great display of elk horns4 ,i  
was constantly on the  lookout for elk1 
deer1 and other animals1 as ,i was told 
that they were  often seen in herds in  

that locality1 but ,i saw nothing except
 a  lonely coyote1 trotting along       
utterly indifferent to our presence4 ,it
  seems that the continual blowing of   
automobile horns has frightened  the    
more timid creatures back from the      
highways1 and only occasionally  do they
 venture close enough to be seen4       
,,chapter ,,iv    ,,mammoth ,,hot       
,,springs      ,the distance from ,grand
 ,canyon ,camp to ,mammoth ,hot         
,springs1 near ,fort  ,yellowstone1 was 
made in about three and one-half hours1 
with only the  one stop at ,tower ,fall1
 and the few minutes that we halted at  
,camp  ,roosevelt1 and the ,cold        
,spring4 ,but there was not one moment  
of  monotony4 ,the harmonious blending  
of colors1 the distant mountain  peaks  
and ranges1 the soft-tinted sky1 the    
trees1 the water1 in fact1  all of      
,nature's best1 in a milder form than we
 had seen about the  ,grand ,canyon at  
the ,upper and ,lower ,yellowstone      
,falls1 was constantly  presented in    

shifting scenes before our vision1      
relieving1 in a  measure1 the tension we
 had been under since arriving in the   
vicinity  of the ,grand ,canyon4    ,one
 place1 in particular1 that attracted my
 attention1 was a beaver  dam and hut   
that had been constructed by an order of
 masons whose  operations are conducted 
exclusively upon the principles of home 
protection1 and whose chief aim is to   
protect the fur trade of which  they are
 the producers4 ,in order to do this and
 to keep from being  stranded1 it is    
often necessary for the beavers to dam  
up the waters  and build a house in     
which to live4    ,when they cut down   
trees1 they have the faculty of felling 
them where  they want to build1 so as to
 save as much labor as possible4 ,at our
  left was a creek and a dam they had   
built and a house they had  constructed1
 independent of the laws controlling the
 builders'  association or that of the  
labor unions4    ,their tools are very  
simple1 as they use their teeth for     

saws1 their  tails for trowels1 etc4 ,in
 the midst of the dam was the hut1 built
 of  unplaned logs1 with a              
well-constructed roof4    ,under less   
favorable circumstances than is found   
for animal life in  the ,park1 these    
little workers with their soft1 silken  
fur would have  been hunted down and    
captured before they could have brought 
the work  to completion4 ,again1 ,i     
could not help but exclaim1 ,what a     
blessing  are the laws governing the    
,yellowstone ,park6    ,illustration3   
,,beaver ,,dam  ,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul     
,the rangers1 with stations interspersed
 throughout the vast area of  more than 
#c1jjj square miles1 are employed by the
 government for the  protection of life 
and property1 and arrests are quickly   
made and  penalties fixed when there is 
any violation of the law4 ,these men are
  not soldiers1 but patrolmen on        
horseback1 dressed in cowboy's uniform4 
,an ordinary soldier would be unfitted  
for such work4 ,men in leather  shaps   

are needed who can break and ride       
bronchos1 throw the lariat1  and round  
up the herds2 those who are used to the 
mountain fastnesses  and the buffalo    
path1 the haunts of black1 brown1 and   
grizzly bears1  and are acquainted with 
the habits of the elk1 moose1 mountain  
sheep1  the antelope1 the deer1 etc42   
those who know the habits and lurking   
places of the unscrupulous hunters and  
poachers who defy the laws and  by any  
or all means seek to evade punishment4  
,no one is better fitted  than the      
western ranger to track them down and   
see that they are  brought to justice4  
,when we arrived at the ,,mammoth       
,,springs1 we found a welcome at the    
camp  and soon felt very much at home4  
,it was cool enough for a fire1 and     
many of the tourists gathered around the
 stove in the office and  chatted with  
one another until the evening meal1     
which proved to be a  plentiful repast  
and well served4    ,our tents were     
furnished after the same pattern as     

those of the ,grand  ,canyon ,camp1 with
 the exception that these were lighted  
with  electricity4    ,the ,,mammoth    
,,hot ,,springs and the beautiful       
terraces1 in attempting  description of 
which all language has been exhausted1  
were only a  short distance from the    
camp2 without waiting for a guide1 we   
were  soon winding our way up the side  
of the hill and around the road where   
we could find an entrance to the        
plateau4 ,i had seen pictures of the    
many springs and terraces in colors1 and
 had supposed they were  overdrawn1 but 
,i found myself in the same bewildered  
state as when ,i  first saw the ,grand  
,canyon4 ,before ,i was aware1 my tears 
were flowing  freely at the thought of  
how impossible it would be to describe  
these  springs to my friends and others 
who1 perhaps1 would never have the      
opportunity of seeing them4 ,the        
blending of colors cannot be  reproduced
 by the brush of the most gifted artist4
 ,i was thankful that  ,god had         

permitted me to see the work of ,his    
hands that ,i might help  others in the 
battle for eternal life4    ,some of our
 party were looking for the ,,devil',s  
,,kitchen1 but in the  absence of a     
guide were having difficulty in finding 
it2 ,i had no  inclination to           
participate in the search4 ,i had been  
in the  ante-chamber of heaven and at   
the gates of perdition1 and this was    
sufficient for one day1 so ,i started   
back toward the camp1 with a lady  who  
seemed to be satisfied to stay by my    
side1 even though she missed  seeing    
many of the places of interest4    ,i   
knew she was tired1 and hoped that she  
might ride the remainder of  the way4   
,soon an automobile came along and took 
her in4 ,by this time  my brother and   
sister and other members of the party   
had given up the  search for the        
,devil's ,kitchen and overtaken us4     
,later ,i was told that  it is in the   
crater of an extinct boiling spring1 not
 far from some of  the terraces4        

,after reaching the camp1 ,i was about  
to retire1 when ,i decided to go  to the
 office and see what was going on4 ,a   
number of persons were  preparing a     
program for an entertainment1 and asked 
me to make an  address1 but ,i felt that
 enough had been crowded into one day1  
and  declined4    ,before morning1 the  
weather became very chilly1 and ,i had  
to use both  the heavy comforters that  
had been provided for my bed4 ,my       
circulation  was not good1 and my rest  
was more or less disturbed4 ,i feared a 
greater change might come in the        
weather1 and decided to get over the    
ground as quickly as possible even      
though we should have to miss many  of  
the details of the place4    ,we had    
breakfast with ,mr4 ,hayes1 president of
 the ,yellowstone ,camp  ,company1 who  
officially1 or otherwise1 has been      
connected with  operations in the       
,yellowstone for the past twenty-five   
years4 ,mr4  ,hayes was able to give us 
some valuable information1 which we     

greatly  appreciated4    ,,mammoth      
,,camp is situated at the foot of       
,jupiter ,terrace4 ,a short  distance   
away is ,fort ,yellowstone1 where the   
administration  headquarters of the     
,park is located4    ,i should have     
enjoyed seeing more of the springs1 with
 their gorgeous  hues and combinations1 
but with the hope that we should have   
the  opportunity of visiting the ,park  
again in the near future1 our party     
took the morning stage to ,old ,faithful
 ,camp1 at the ,upper ,geyser  ,basin4  
,illustration3 ,,fort ,,yellowstone     
,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul    ,before leaving1 
,i got a glimpse of the buffalo herd on 
the horizon in  the distance1 and was   
surprised to hear how rapidly these     
animals are  becoming extinct in the    
,park1 where they are so well protected4
 ,it  seems that the buffalo and the    
,indian go together1 and thrive only    
where civilization has not yet come4    
,the weather was cold1 and having to    
travel in an open car made it very      

uncomfortable until the sun had time to 
rise above the tall trees and  the      
mountain peaks4 ,a brisk wind was       
blowing1 and most of the time ,i  had to
 keep my face heavily veiled4 ,this     
hindered me from getting the  full      
benefit of the scenery on the way to the
 ,norris ,geyser ,basin4  ,here1        
however1 there was so much steam and    
boiling water ,i had no  difficulty in  
getting warm4    ,we had a skilful      
driver1 who called out the names of the 
places in a  clear voice4 ,this kept the
 passengers from being under a strain of
  uncertainty and tense listening4      
,,obsidian ,,cliff1 formed as the result
 of volcanic action in ages past1  is   
twelve miles south of ,mammoth ,hot     
,springs4 ,it rises two hundred  fifty  
feet above the road and is composed of  
jet-black1 volcanic  glass1 usually     
opaque1 streaked with red1 yellow1 and  
green4 ,when the  roadway was           
constructed1 great fires were built     
around blocks of this  glass1 which1    

when heated1 were cooled by dashing     
water upon them  resulting in their     
being shattered into fragments4 ,this is
 said to be  the only stretch of glass  
road in existence4    ,the cliff was    
neutral ground to the different tribes  
of ,indians4  ,chips of obsidian and    
partly finished obsidian arrow-heads are
 found  throughout the ,park1 usually at
 places where the ,indians had their    
camps4 ,when the cliff is illuminated by
 the rays of the sun1 it has  the       
appearance of a glistening mirror1 and  
is of much interest to the  tourists4   
,four and one-half miles from ,norris is
 ,,roaring ,,mountain with steam        
escaping through countless apertures    
from its rugged side4 ,the sound  of the
 steam struggling to escape is not so   
audible now as in the  past1 but the    
whole picture reminds one of the inferno
 about ready to  blow off its cap4      
,illustration3 ,,obsidian ,,cliff       
,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul    ,in close        
proximity to the mountain are greenish1 

milky pools fed by  rivers of sulphur   
water from the springs4 ,it was not our 
privilege to  tarry here1 from the fact 
that the weather was uncomfortably cold1
 but  the mountain stands out before me 
as one of the most interesting  places  
to be seen on the tour4    ,the wind was
 blowing fiercely when we came to ,,twin
 ,,lakes1 four miles  from ,norris      
,geyser ,basin1 but ,i removed my heavy 
veil in order to get  a better glimpse  
of them4 ,they are beautiful1 and       
although in such  close proximity1 their
 hues are entirely different4    ,how   
often two objects are found so closely  
allied to each other as to  be          
inseparable1 each one depending upon the
 other for its existence6  ,this cannot 
be a freak of nature or the result of   
chance4 ,the only  sensible conclusion  
is that it was so designed by the       
,creator to teach  a most important     
spiritual lesson1--that of the two works
 of grace1  which constitute the panoply
 of the soul4 ,there is no way to       

discard  either without serious results4
    ,there is something about clear1    
pure water1 whether it is seen in the   
placid lake or the gushing1 mountain    
torrent1 that inspires and lifts  a     
person above the toils and cares of this
 life1 where he is able to  breathe a   
pure and holy atmosphere4 ,hence we see 
why1 as shown in the  ,scriptures1      
,jesus so often used water to illustrate
 the plan of  salvation4 ,water is the  
symbol of life1 and in the boiling      
springs1  the pools1 the lakes1 the     
chasms1 and the great1 spouting geysers1
 a  book is written in the ,yellowstone 
that every one should learn to  read4   
,our attention was next called to the   
,,frying ,,pan1 a basin fifteen feet    
across1 with numerous boiling jets in   
constant and violent agitation4    ,i   
regretted that circumstances were not   
more favorable so that ,i could  have a 
longer period of time to spend at these 
places1 where ,nature is  so full of    
life and interest4    ,illustrated3     

,,roaring ,,mountain  ,haynes1 ,st4     
,paul          ,,chapter ,v    ,,norris 
,,geyser ,,basin      ,when we arrived  
at ,,norris 7formerly ,gibbon7 ,,geyser 
,,basin1 ,i was so  cold ,i could       
scarcely use my limbs4 ,the first       
attraction was a great1  boiling spring 
at the left as we entered the basin4 ,i 
immediately felt  the change in the     
atmosphere1 and soon got warm after     
reaching the  board walk under which the
 boiling water was flowing1 the hot     
steam  everywhere being forced out      
through apertures4    ,here was my first
 sight of the clear water geysers4 ,the 
,,constant1 with  a maximum height of   
twenty feet1 plays at intervals of from 
thirty to  sixty seconds4 ,the ,,minute 
,,man plays at intervals of from one to 
three  minutes with a duration of about 
the same length of time4 ,in this  basin
 are also the ,,echinus1 the ,,fearless1
 the ,,monarch1 with a maximum  height  
of fifty feet1 playing at intervals of  
twenty-five to sixty  minutes1 the ,,new

 ,,crater1 the ,,whirligig1 and the     
,,valentine4 ,the  maximum height of the
 ,valentine is a hundred feet and the   
time of  eruptions varies from          
twenty-two to thirty hours4    ,the     
,,black ,,growler ,,steam ,,vent growled
 continually1 sending forth great       
volumes of steam4 ,the deposit around   
the crater is black in some  places4    
,the vent north of the ,black ,growler  
is called the ,,hurricane4  ,it looks   
much like the former1 but is not so     
active4 ,the ,,bath ,,tub does  not     
erupt1 but is in constant agitation4    
,,emerald ,,pool is a large lake  of    
boiling water1 green in appearance4     
,,new ,,crater ,,geyser is surrounded by
 large blocks of yellow rock4 ,in the   
vicinity of this geyser1 in #ahia1 a    
commotion occurred1 very much like  an  
earthquake1 when great volumes of water 
were forced out4 ,since then  there have
 been only ordinary eruptions1 about    
every three minutes4  ,the form of the  
crater is such that the water is        

prevented from  attaining any great     
height4    ,,monarch ,,geyser1 near the 
base of the hill1 is almost surrounded  
by  beautifully colored rocks4 ,the     
crater has two openings1 the larger of  
which is twenty feet long and three feet
 wide4 ,eruptions occur without         
warning1 and water is thrown a hundred  
feet high4 ,the intervals  between      
eruptions are about six hours4          
,illustration3 ,,norris ,,geyser ,,basin
  ,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul    ,the ,,fearless
 ,,geyser throws water in every         
direction1 apparently  defying those who
 wish to approach it4 ,,norris is a new 
geyser1 and is  probably changing more  
rapidly than any other in the basin4    
,one never  knows what changes a season 
may bring forth4    ,the ,,minute ,,man 
is always interesting1 especially on    
account of its  regularity4 ,its crater 
seems originally to have been merely a  
fissure  in a rock4    ,a few miles from
 ,norris ,basin is ,,elk ,,park1 a      
valley surrounded by  timbered hills4   

,across the river from the road is      
,,chocolate ,,spring1  which has built a
 cone of chocolate color4    ,,monument 
,,geyser ,,basin is on the summit of    
,,mt4 ,,schurz4 ,there is not  much to  
justify the tourist in making the       
ascent1 as there are only a  dozen or   
two of crumbling geyser cones1 some of  
which steam and  rumble1 while others   
are apparently extinct4    ,on the east 
side of the river we entered ,,gibbon   
,,canyon1 and for  several miles were   
shadowed by towering cliffs1 in some    
places a  thousand feet high4    ,,beryl
 ,,spring is the largest boiling spring 
in the canyon4 ,it is  fifteen feet     
across1 and about a mile from the       
entrance4 ,while our  touring car was   
dashing around the mountainside1        
suddenly we came to  ,,gibbon ,,fall4   
,here1 from a height of over eighty     
feet1 bubbling and  foaming torrents of 
water tumble down the steep cascades4   
,at ,,national ,,park ,,mountain1 our   
driver announced that we were at the    

confluence of the ,gibbon and ,firehole 
,rivers4 ,it was here that the  famous  
,washburn exploring party1 in #ahgj1    
decided that the ,yellowstone  region   
should be set aside as a ,national      
,park1 and from that time put  forth    
their efforts to this end4 ,among the   
most enthusiastic were  ,cornelius      
,hedges1 ,david ,e4 ,folsom1 ,lieut4    
,doane1 and ,nathaniel ,p4  ,langford4  
,how providential it was that these     
unselfish1  public-spirited men should  
have taken up the subject at that time6 
,i did not know that the junction of the
 ,gibbon and ,firehole ,rivers was  an  
historical place1 but was so fascinated 
with the scenery1 ,i felt  that ,i      
should like to camp there for a week1   
and have an opportunity  to make notes  
preparatory to publishing an account of 
my trip4 ,to me1  there was unusual     
attraction1 and something very romantic1
 about the  ,firehole ,river4 ,i had    
heard how it was fed by the geysers and 
boiling  springs1 and this added        

enchantment to its many charms4 ,at one 
place ,i  saw a great boulder in the    
river1 from the sides of which were     
growing  two spruce or pine trees4      
,illustration3 ,,national ,,park        
,,mountain  ,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul    ,at  
the ,,lower and ,,midway ,,basins are   
the ,,great ,,fountain and ,,excelsior  
,,geysers4 ,the ,excelsior1 better known
 as ,hell's ,half ,acre1 ceased to  play
 in #ahhh4 ,previous to this it was     
known to throw water to a height  of    
#cjj feet1 the time of the eruptions    
varying from one to four hours4  ,,great
 ,,fountain expels the water to a height
 of #ajj feet1 playing for  thirty      
minutes1 and its eruptions are from     
eight to twelve hours  apart4 ,at the   
present time ,excelsior ,geyser is a    
boiling lake1 where  the steam often    
prevents one from getting a good view of
 it4    ,the ,,mammoth ,,paint ,,pots   
held my undivided interest for the      
limited time  that ,i had4 ,this is a   
boiling mass of mud1 white at the       

center1 and  gradually developing into a
 beautiful pink1 or flesh color toward  
the  outer edges4 ,the caldron of waxen 
mixture has a basin forty by sixty  feet
 in size1 with a rim about five feet    
high4 ,the mud in the center  bubbles up
 continually1 plop1 plop1 under the     
pressure of heat1  and cools off toward 
the outer edges4    ,illustration3      
,,hell',s ,,half ,,acre  ,haynes1 ,st4  
,paul    ,david ,e4 ,folsom witnessed a 
display of the ,great ,fountain ,geyser 
in  #ahfi3         ,the hole through    
which the water was discharged was ten  
feet in diameter1 and was situated in   
the center of a large       circular    
shallow basin into which the water fell4
 ,there was       a stiff breeze blowing
 at the time1 and by going to the       
windward side and carefully picking our 
way over convenient       stones we were
 enabled to reach the edge of the hole4 
,at       that moment the escaping steam
 was causing the water to boil       up 
in a fountain five or six feet high4 ,it

 stopped in an       instant1 and       
commenced settling down--twenty1 thirty1
 forty       feet--until we concluded   
that the bottom had fallen out1 but     
the next instant1 without any warning1  
it came rushing up       and shot into  
the air at least eighty feet1 causing us
 to       stampede4 ,it continued to    
spout at intervals of a few             
moments for some time1 but finally      
subsided4    ,,prismatic ,,lake fairly  
dazzled me with its beauty4 ,in the     
center it is  a deep blue1 blending into
 green toward the edges4 ,in the shallow
  portion it is yellow1 blending into   
orange at the edges4 ,the water         
sparkles and flows off in every         
direction over the slightly raised rim  
of the lake4 ,its beauty and delicacy of
 coloring are impossible to  describe4  
,it is heated to nearly #aej degrees    
,fahrenheit4    ,,biscuit ,,basin and   
,,sapphire ,,pool are places of much    
interest1 also  ,,jewel ,,geyser1       
,,artemisia ,,geyser1 etc4    ,,morning 

,,glory ,,spring1 near ,riverside       
,bridge1 presented to me an idea  of    
what the earth will be when the curse is
 lifted and it is clothed  in ,edenic   
glory4 ,it is twenty-three feet in      
diameter1 with a  temperature of #ajj   
degrees ,fahrenheit1 and with an        
apparent depth of  about thirty feet4   
,i had not previously made a study of   
the ,park1 and never knew what was      
coming next1 but before ,i reached ,old 
,faithful ,camp at the ,upper  ,geyser  
,basin1 ,i felt that ,i had seen enough 
to repay me a  thousand-fold for any    
expense or effort that was being made in
 the  tour of the ,yellowstone1 which to
 me was truly a world of wonders4       
,illustration3 ,,mammoth ,,paint ,,pots 
,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul          ,,chapter  
,,vi    ,,upper ,,geyser ,,basin        
,it was about noon when we reached the  
,,upper ,,geyser ,,basin1 and ,i felt   
that it would be profitable to take a   
little rest before going any  further   
into the mysteries of this wonderland4  

,,old ,,faithful was due  to play       
shortly after we reached the camp1 but  
,i was too far away when  it was        
announced she was in action to get the  
full benefit of the  display1 and went  
back to the camp to wait another seventy
 minutes4  ,the long drive in the       
forenoon1 and the exposure to the cold1 
caused  me to feel weary and dull1      
nevertheless ,i made an effort to be on 
hand  at every eruption1 which to me    
became more and more fascinating4       
,,old ,,faithful ,,inn accommodates #djj
 guests4 ,it is constructed of  boulders
 and logs1 with peaks1 angles1 dormers1 
,french windows1 etc4  ,this most       
restful and impressive abode of the     
tourists is only two or  three minutes' 
walk from ,old ,faithful ,geyser1 and so
 located as to  give from its balconies 
a splendid view of the display4         
,illustration3 ,,office ,,old ,,faithful
 ,,inn  ,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul    ,the     
office-room is #ge feet square and #ib  
feet high1 and reaches to the  roof1    

with a massive chimney that rises to the
 top4 ,the building is  surrounded with 
beautiful grounds1 furnished with rustic
 seats4 ,the  chimney is fourteen feet  
square with eight fireplaces1 and       
balconies  are built around three sides4
 ,while everything is of the rustic     
order1  there is nothing commonplace    
about the hotel or its furnishings4 ,it 
is a creation of art from the foundation
 to the peak of the roof4    ,,old      
,,faithful ,,geyser in the forefront of 
,old ,faithful ,inn is like a  sentinel1
 and so named because of the regularity 
of its eruptions4 ,its  crater1 from    
which the water is expelled to a height 
of #aej feet1 is  an oblong opening1 two
 by six feet1 at the top of a mound of  
geyserite4 ,its eruptions sometimes vary
 a few minutes1 in the meantime  giving 
warning with two or three short spurts1 
increasing in volume  until the maximum 
height is reached4 ,the display is      
short1 most of the  water falling back  
into the crater1 but no more fascinating

 or  impressive scene could be found4   
,the formations around are brilliant  in
 color1 resembling the more subdued     
tints and hues seen at the  ,mammoth    
,hot ,springs4    ,in the early part of 
the afternoon1 a number of tourists1    
including my  brother and sister1 went  
with a guide to ,,geyser ,,hill4 ,after 
their  return1 they had much to say     
about what they had seen and heard4     
,later  in the day ,i felt rested and   
wanted to make the trip1 and my brother 
and sister went with me4 ,they had      
learned all they could from the  guide  
and were ready to name the various      
geysers1 springs1 and pools1  and       
describe their operations to me4 ,of    
these1 the ,giantess1 ,beehive1  and    
,sponge ,geysers1 were the most         
interesting4 ,the ,,giantess occupies   
the most prominent position on the hill4
 ,its displays attain a height  of about
 #ajj feet1 and are accompanied by      
shocks and tremors much like            
earthquakes4 ,the entire eruption lasts 

from twelve to twenty-four  hours4 ,the 
crater appears to be about thirty feet  
in diameter1 and  after each eruption a 
steam period ensues4 ,in #aiaa1 the     
eruptions  varied from four to twelve   
days4 ,some years previous to this1 the 
eruptions took place about once a month4
 ,it is believed that while  activity1  
as a whole1 is decreasing in the geyser 
regions1 a century  brings only a slight
 change4    ,i stood near the crater of 
the ,giantess during the steam period4  
,for a  moment the vapor cleared away1  
and ,i could see down the great neck of 
the crater into a yawning chasm1 so     
angry and terrible1 as to make me  feel 
that ,i had seen with the eye what the  
,bible describes as the  bottomless pit1
 where the sulphurous flames belch      
forth1 and where  their worm dieth not1 
and the fire is not quenched 7,mark     
#i3dd74    ,if there are those who have 
doubts as to the reality of the lake of 
fire1 of which ,jesus told ,his         
disciples1 in the #afth chapter of ,st4 

,luke1 they should by all means go to   
the regions of the ,yellowstone3  for   
here1 vividly presented to the vision1  
are the realities of a  burning         
underworld1 with only a thin crust      
between it and the  habitation of human 
beings4    ,the ,bible clearly teaches  
that hell is located in the center of   
this  earth1 and therefore it must be   
conceded that the ebon throne of        
,diabolus is somewhere in the heated    
regions below1 the intensity of  which  
the geysers1 pools1 springs1 and        
volcanoes are continually               
demonstrating4    ,illustration3        
,,giantess ,,geyser ,,in ,,action       
,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul    ,whatever may be 
involved in the separation of soul and  
body1 it is  nevertheless true that the 
immortal spirit that has not            
appropriated  the atoning blood must    
dwell in the confines of the bottomless 
pit1  which is described in the         
,scriptures as being in the center of   
this  earth4 ,here are the flames by    

which ,dives was tormented when he      
begged  ,abraham to send ,lazarus with a
 drop of water to cool his parched      
tongue1 and made an appeal for some one 
to go to his father's house to  warn his
 five brothers not to come to that place
 of torment4 ,abraham  had to refuse    
both requests1 saying1 ,son1 remember   
that thou in thy  lifetime receivedst   
thy good things1 and likewise ,lazarus  
evil things3  but now he is comforted1  
and thou art tormented4 ,and beside all 
this1  between us and you there is a    
great gulf fixed3 so that they which    
would pass from hence to you cannot2    
neither can they pass to us1 that  would
 come from thence4 ,then1 when he wanted
 some one to go to his  father's house  
to warn his brothers1 ,abraham said1    
,they have ,moses  and the prophets2 let
 them hear them4 ,but still the doomed  
man  continued and said1 ,if one went   
unto them from the dead1 they will      
repent1 but he was told1 ,if they hear  
not ,moses and the prophets1  neither   

will they be persuaded1 though one rose 
from the dead4 ,how  true this is6      
,after all the influence that can be    
brought to bear upon  people1 they rebel
 against ,god and follow their own      
precepts2 and true  to fallen human     
nature1 ask for greater evidence of ,his
 power4 ,the  wicked shall be turned    
into hell1 and all the nations that     
forget ,god  7,ps4 #i3ag74 ,this and    
other plain scriptures should be        
sufficient to  warn men to flee the     
wrath to come4 ,optimism and presumption
  everywhere characterize the multitudes
 when it comes to this most  important  
question concerning the future welfare  
of the soul4    ,the man who had allowed
 the devil to deceive him and take him  
at last  to his abode in the regions of 
torment1 was still presumptuous and     
persistent4 ,he wanted help1 which it   
was impossible for him to  receive1 and 
also warning given to his father's      
house1 which they had  refused to take  
through ,moses and the prophets4    ,it 

is necessary at this period of the      
world's history to have an  object      
lesson like that of the ,yellowstone    
,national ,park to convince  people of  
the infallibility of ,god's word4 ,it is
 the time of the  fulfilment of prophecy
 concerning the last days1 of which     
,paul says1    ,this know also1 that in 
the last days perilous times shall come4
 ,for  men shall be lovers of their own 
selves1 covetous1 boasters1 proud1      
blasphemers1 disobedient to parents1    
unthankful1 unholy1 ,without  natural   
affection1 truce-breakers1 false        
accusers1 incontinent1  fierce1         
despisers of those that are good1       
,traitors1 heady1 highminded1  ,,lovers 
,,of ,,pleasures ,,more ,,than ,,lovers 
,,of ,,god 7#b ,tim4 #c3a-e74    ,many  
pleasure seekers are now thronging      
,yellowstone ,park1 and in ten  thousand
 demonstrations are having to face the  
realities of ,god's word  and the life  
that is to come4 ,i saw some of them    
standing near the  yawning craters of   

the geysers under deep conviction1 and  
no doubt  silently resolving to live    
different lives1 while others frankly   
stated that the depths of their beings  
had been disturbed1 and that it  was no 
time to trifle with the soul4    ,there 
is no such thing as shirking the        
responsibility1 where ,nature           
co-operates with the ,almighty on such a
 tremendous scale in the  display of    
,his power4 ,a person may try to stifle 
his conscience and  refuse to yield to  
the voice that speaks from above1 but he
 can not  evade the fact that the issue 
must be met2 and why not yield to the   
pressure and make the decision now8     
,life at best is short1 and it is       
perilous to crowd into some future time 
the things that should be  taken under  
consideration now4    ,illustration3    
,,the ,,sponge ,,geyser  ,haynes1 ,st4  
,paul    ,the ,,teakettle and the       
,,vault give warning before the         
,giantess erupts4  ,the ,vault plays    
eight feet high1 twenty-four hours      

before the  ,giantess4    ,,topaz at the
 base of the ,giantess mound is a pool  
of remarkable  beauty4 ,i was much      
interested in the ,,pump near the       
,sponge ,geyser4 ,it  is a hole eighteen
 inches across1 out of which comes a    
thumping sound1  resembling a hydraulic 
ram4    ,the ,,sponge ,,geyser has a    
beautiful cone of flinty formation      
resembling  that of a sponge4 ,eruptions
 are about four feet high1 occuring a   
minute and a quarter apart4    ,the     
,,beehive ,,geyser has a cone four feet 
high and three feet across1  and plays  
to the height of #bjj feet4 ,its        
indicator1 a small fissure  north of the
 cone1 foretells its eruptions4 ,it is  
supposed that there  is some            
relationship between the ,beehive and   
the ,giantess from the  fact that the   
,beehive plays at intervals of from     
eight to twelve hours  after the        
,giantess and has been seen to play     
before the ,giantess4    ,illustration3 
,,the ,,beehive ,,geyser  ,haynes1 ,st4 

,paul    ,the ,,doublet ,,pool is near  
the ,giantess and is marked ,dangerous4 
,the  geyser formations accumulate very 
slowly and the water here flows out     
over a thin crust4    ,the ,,lion       
,,geyser1 with the ,,lioness and two    
,,cubs1 occupies a prominent  place not 
far from the ,giant4 ,its eruptions     
occur usually in series of  three1 about
 two and one-half hours apart1 after    
which follows a quiet  period of about  
twelve hours4 ,the first eruption is the
 highest and  most charming in          
appearance4 ,the water is forced up     
fifty or sixty  feet high1 the eruption 
lasting about five minutes4    ,during  
some seasons the ,lioness has not played
 at all4 ,in #aijc it is  said that the 
,lioness and both ,cubs played at the   
same time to a large  party of tourists4
 ,the larger ,cub plays with the        
,lioness to a height  of about thirty   
feet1 the smaller one plays oftener1 but
 only a few  feet high4    ,,castle     
,,geyser is on a prominence opposite    

,geyser ,hill4 ,the mound on  which it  
is situated covers about three acres1   
rising more than forty  feet above the  
river4 ,it has the most prominent cone  
in the ,upper  ,basin1 resembling an old
 castle4 ,at intervals the steam escapes
 and  throws out jets of water1 though  
it erupts only every two days4 ,near    
,castle ,geyser is ,,castle ,,spring1 a 
beautiful pool of water1 highly         
colored4    ,the ,,sawmill ,,geyser gets
 its name from the peculiar noise it    
makes  during an eruption4 ,it plays at 
intervals of three or four hours and  at
 a height of about forty feet4 ,its     
indicator is near-by2 they both  start  
together and suddenly begin to throw    
water in all directions4    ,the ,,grand
 ,,geyser discharges water in forked    
columns #bjj feet high4 ,it  is said to 
play much more frequently in the spring 
than in the fall4  ,this is because the 
water supply is greater in the mountain 
regions at  this season4    ,,turban    
,,geyser is near the ,grand4 ,the early 

explorers believed that  internal fires 
were seen in its crater2 if so1 it was  
caused1 no  doubt1 by the light playing 
on bubbles of gas4 ,firehole ,lake      
furnishes  a good example of this       
phenomenon4 ,the ,turban ,geyser plays  
about  twenty-five feet high4 ,sometimes
 its eruptions occur with the ,grand    
,geyser4    ,the ,,economic ,,geyser    
gets its name from the fact that during 
its  eruptions nearly all the water     
flows back into its crater4 ,in form it 
resembles ,old ,faithful1 but plays only
 about fifteen feet high4               
,illustration3 ,,castle ,,geyser        
,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul    ,,beauty ,,spring
 attracts much attention4 ,it is a      
large1 silent pool  remarkable for its  
coloring4 ,almost every person1 when    
approaching it  for the first time1     
remarks about its beauty1 hence1 our    
guide said1  it received its name4 ,a   
rusty color predominates in various     
shades  from the richest brown1 blending
 into green and yellow tints4           

,,butterfly ,,spring is about four feet 
across and has an opening in each  wing4
 ,it looks like a butterfly in both     
color and shape4 ,these double  springs1
 of which ,i saw a number1 as heretofore
 stated1 have a  spiritual significance1
 illustrating the two works of grace1   
justification and sanctification1 so    
clearly taught in both the ,old  and the
 ,new ,testament4    ,the ,,ear is a    
most remarkable small spring4 ,not only 
is it in the shape  of an ear1 but its  
lobe seems to be pierced1 and the       
earring is a tiny  geyser4 ,it is here  
that messages are transmitted1 so the   
story goes1  to regions below4          
,,beach ,,spring reminded me of an      
oyster1 the opening in the center       
corresponding to the dark spot4 ,it is  
surrounded by a flat1 submerged  beach4 
,illustration3 ,,butterfly ,,spring     
,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul    ,after we had    
visited the springs and geysers on the  
hill1 we returned  to the camp to await 
the next number on the day's program4   

,,chapter ,,vii    ,,upper ,,geyser     
,,basin 7,,cont47      ,shortly after   
dinner the news was circulated that a   
religious service  was to be held in the
 office of the camp1 where the guests   
assembled  around the large fireplace4  
,i learned from some friends that our   
party  was expected to conduct the      
meeting4 ,later1 the manager asked me to
  take charge of the service4 ,she said 
that it would be impossible to  get the 
people in until after #h3cj o'clock1 as 
,old ,faithful would be  due to make a  
display about that time1 and that the   
great searchlight  from the hotel would 
be turned on the geyser when the water  
reached  its maximum height4 ,this      
caused much excitement among the guests1
 and  every person sought the best      
position to get a view of the display4  
,immediately afterward the people       
gathered in for the service4 ,song      
books were passed around and a lively   
interest was taken in the  singing1 in  
which nearly every one joined4 ,my      

brother and his wife  sang a number of  
pieces together which greatly pleased   
the audience4  ,my brother then preached
 a short sermon and ,i followed1 giving 
them  some interesting history          
concerning the ,pillar of ,fire church4 
,this  seemed to be the subject in which
 most of them were interested1 and ,i   
was glad to be able to give them the    
information they desired4 ,there  is so 
much akin to the supernatural in the    
,yellowstone it made the  preaching of  
the ,gospel easy on this occasion4      
,the day1 after having been full of     
interest and inspiration1 closed  with a
 message of salvation for the people1   
which was best of all4  ,many gathered  
around us to express their appreciation 
of the service4    ,the next morning ,i 
arose refreshed and ready to finish the 
tour of the  ,upper ,geyser ,basin1     
which contains twenty-six geysers and   
more than  four hundred hot pools and   
springs4 ,a party of hikers1 with a     
guide1  started out about nine o'clock  

to make the rounds before luncheon4 ,i  
was not quite sure that ,i could keep up
 with them1 but as many of the  places  
are not accessible to vehicles ,i had to
 make the attempt or  miss my           
opportunity4    ,the basin is drained in
 the center by the ,firehole ,river4    
,everywhere  steaming hot springs are   
seen1 also mounds and cones of          
geyserite4 ,in  this basin1 within a    
square mile1 are the grandest and       
mightiest  geysers in the world4 ,there 
are pools of scalding water whose       
marvelous beauty and delicacy of        
coloring cannot be described4           
,everywhere are undulations crowned with
 geyser cones1 or hot spring  vents of a
 grayish white appearance4 ,in places1  
the earth trembles1  strange rumblings  
are heard1 and the air is heavy with    
sulphurous  fumes4 ,how could it be     
otherwise but that a person should feel 
that he  is in close proximity to the   
,inferno which ,dante so vividly        
described6    ,the ,,riverside ,,geyser1

 on the banks of the ,firehole ,river1  
plays1 we  were told1 ,over the ,river  
at intervals of six or seven hours4     
,sometimes eruptions occur more         
frequently for a period of several      
days4    ,,grotto ,,geyser has the most 
attractive formation of any geyser in   
the  park4 ,the ,washburn party named it
 in #ahgj4 ,its eruptions are           
irregular1 occurring at intervals of two
 to eight hours and lasting  from       
fifteen minutes to eight hours4         
,sometimes the ,grotto ceases and  the  
,,rocket plays to a height of fifty     
feet4 ,after it has ceased1 the  ,grotto
 resumes action4    ,illustration3      
,,riverside ,,geyser  ,haynes1 ,st4     
,paul    ,the ,,giant ,,geyser1 south of
 the ,grotto1 is the highest in the     
world4 ,we  found a person near it in   
soldier's uniform who said he had been  
waiting there a week to see it play4    
,its maximum height is #bej feet1  which
 is reached during the first twenty     
minutes of its eruption4 ,its  cone is  

ten feet high with one side partly      
broken off4 ,eruptions occur  every     
seven to twelve days4    ,near the      
,giant are three boiling caldrons1      
,,catfish1 ,,bijou1 and  ,,mastiff4     
,these are supposed to be indicators1   
but it is uncertain  whether the        
eruptions of the ,giant are foretold by 
them4    ,the ,,daisy is a very         
beautiful and reliable geyser1 erupting 
every one  and a half to two hours4     
,seventy-five feet is its maximum       
height4    ,the ,,bonita ,,pool1 across 
the road1 acts as an indicator4    ,the 
,,brilliant is a beautiful blue hot     
spring and near to it is the  ,,comet1  
which has built up a small cone of      
geyserite4    ,when our party reached   
,castle ,geyser on a hill opposite the  
,giantess1  our guide called attention  
to the fact that the ,giantess was in   
action4 ,our time was limited1 but every
 member of the party wanted to  cross   
the bridge and go to ,geyser ,hill and  
get as near to its crater  as possible4 

,we did so1 and it was at this time1    
during the steam  period1 when the water
 had receded1 that ,i got a glimpse into
 its  awful depths2 and trembled at the 
yawning chasm which threatened to       
engulf us4 ,it looked as if it might be 
connected with the place where  the king
 of darkness dwells and his organized   
forces operate4 ,we had  only a few     
minutes to tarry1 and hastened back to  
the vicinity of  ,castle ,geyser to     
renew the journey4    ,illustration3    
,,giant ,,geyser  ,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul   
,i was grateful for this little         
diversion1 which broke in on the        
regular program of the tour1 feeling    
that ,i had been fortunate to see  at   
least one eruption from the crater of   
the ,giantess4    ,,morning-,,glory     
,,spring1 or ,,geyser1 as it is         
sometimes called1 was to me  the climax 
in beauty of all the springs in the     
geyser basins4 ,it  looked as if it     
might be a gem of ,paradise that had    
survived the  curse4 ,it appears to be a

 mass of many-colored liquids1          
resembling a  giant morning-glory1 hence
 its name4          ,,chapter ,,viii    
,,the ,,bottomless ,,pit      ,proof is 
often asked for statements made that    
hell is located in the  center of the   
earth4 ,john1 as recorded in the #bjth  
chapter of  ,revelation1 said1    ,and  
,i saw an angel come down from heaven1  
having the key of the  ,,bottomless     
,,pit and a great chain in his hand4    
,and he laid hold on the  dragon1 that  
old serpent1 which is the ,devil and    
,satan1 and bound him  a thousand years1
 ,and cast him into the ,,bottomless    
,,pit1 and shut him  up1 and set a seal 
upon him1 that he should deceive the    
nations no  more1 till the thousand     
years should be fulfilled4    ,where    
else could the bottomless pit be but in 
the center of this  earth1 when it is   
implicitly stated that the angel came   
down from  heaven with the chain to bind
 ,satan8 ,ours is the sphere for which  
he  is contending and where he has so   

long deceived the nations4 ,where  else 
could the angel lock him up but on the  
inside of the earth8    ,in the #afth   
chapter of ,numbers we have an account  
of ,korah's company1  who murmured and  
rebelled against the ,lord1 and ,moses1 
in trying to  show how great was their  
crime against ,god1 said1    ,if these  
men die the common death of all men1 or 
if they be visited  after the visitation
 of all men2 then the ,lord hath not    
sent me4 ,but  if the ,lord make a new  
thing1 and the earth open her mouth1 and
  swallow them up1 with all that        
appertain unto them1 and they go down   
quick into the ,,pit2 then ye shall     
understand that these men have  provoked
 the ,lord4    ,and it came to pass1 as 
he had made an end of speaking all these
  words1 that the ground clave asunder  
that was under them4 ,and the  earth    
opened her mouth1 and swallowed them up1
 and their houses1 and  all the men that
 appertained unto ,korah1 and all their 
goods4 ,they1  and all that appertained 

to them1 went down alive into the ,,pit1
 and  the earth closed upon them3 and   
they perished from among the            
congregation4 ,and all ,israel that were
 round about them fled at the  cry of   
them3 for they said1 ,lest the earth    
swallow us up also4    ,illustration3   
,,grotto ,,geyser  ,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul  
,in the first chapter of ,job1 we have  
an account of a controversy  between the
 ,lord and ,satan4 ,and the ,lord said  
unto ,satan1    ,whence comest thou8    
,then ,satan answered1 ,from going to   
and fro in the earth1 and from  walking 
up and down in it4    ,the ,lord asked  
,satan if he had considered ,his servant
 ,job1 a perfect  and an upright man1   
one who feareth ,god1 and escheweth     
evil4    ,satan1 unwilling to admit     
,job's loyalty to ,god1 said1    ,hast  
not thou made an hedge about him1 444 on
 every side8 thou hast  blessed the work
 of his hands1 and his substance is     
increased in the  land4 ,but put forth  
thine hand now1 and touch all that he   

hath1 and he  will curse thee to thy    
face4    ,the ,lord took the challenge1 
and said1    ,behold1 all that he hath  
is in thy power2 only upon himself put  
not  forth thine hand4    ,it follows   
that calamity fell upon ,job's          
household1 and he lost his  sons and his
 daughters and all that he had4 ,and    
again ,satan presented  himself before  
the ,lord1 after he had lost in the     
battle with ,job1 who  maintained his   
integrity through his afflictions1 and  
sinned not nor  charged ,god foolishly4 
,the second time the ,lord said unto    
,satan1    ,whence comest thou8    ,and 
again the answer was1 ,from going to and
 fro in the earth1 and  from walking up 
and down in it4    ,here is an admission
 from ,satan himself which proves       
without a doubt  where he dwells2 and it
 is here that the mighty angel will     
capture him  and bind him with a great  
chain and lock him up in the center of  
this  earth for a thousand years4 ,it is
 comforting to know that ,job won in    

the second battle1 after ,satan had     
afflicted him with boils from the  soles
 of his feet to the crown of his head1  
and so will ,satan be  defeated at the  
closing up of this age1 when judgments  
shall fall upon  the wicked1 as upon    
,korah's company1 and great             
demonstrations of ,god's  power be seen 
and felt4    ,jude speaks of the angels 
which kept not their first estate1 but  
left  their own habitations 7that is1   
came down to earth7 whom ,god hath      
reserved in everlasting chains under    
darkness unto the judgment of the  great
 day4 ,he also makes mention of the     
inhabitants of ,sodom and  ,gomorrah1   
suffering the vengeance of eternal fire4
 ,these are but a  few of the instances 
mentioned in the ,scriptures showing the
 location  of hell1 which is the abode  
of the wicked1 and where ,diabolus has  
his  throne4    ,illustration3          
,,sapphire ,,pool--,,biscuit ,,basin    
,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul    ,the impression  
that was made on the explorers of the   

,yellowstone  regions is indicated by   
certain names that were given to some   
places1  such as ,devil's ,kitchen1     
,devil's ,frying ,pan1 ,black ,growler1 
,hell ,broth ,springs1 ,devil's ,hoof1  
,devil's ,inkwell1 ,hell's ,half  ,acre1
 etc4    ,that the suggestion of these  
things should be a mere freak1 or fancy 
of the mind is out of the question1 when
 there is so much scriptural  proof to  
the contrary4    ,man has been created  
in the image of ,god1 and a little lower
 than the  angels 7,heb4 #b3g74 ,there  
is a voice that speaks to the soul when 
all  others are hushed4 ,intuitively he 
knows that punishment awaits the        
wicked1 however much he may try to      
stifle his conscience and evade the     
issue4    ,the only way to escape the   
wrath that is to come1 is through the   
atoning blood1 the efficacy of which is 
proved when conditions are  met4        
,without shedding of blood is no        
remission 7,heb4 #i3bb74                
,illustration3 ,,punch ,,bowl  ,haynes1 

,st4 ,paul    ,the ,,punch ,,bowl is    
situated in a narrow divide in the      
valley4 ,its rim  is ornamented with    
yellow1 saffron1 and red4 ,it is one of 
the gems of  beauty in the upper basin1 
and is so located as to revive the      
spirits  of those who1 starting out on  
foot1 from the ,upper ,basin ,camp and  
,old  ,faithful ,inn1 have grown weary  
in making the tour4 ,when our guide     
called it out1 ,i felt that ,i could go 
no farther without resting1 but  after  
tarrying a few minutes1 and admiring its
 beauty1 ,i was  refreshed4 ,i was1     
perhaps1 the only one in the company who
 was  overtaxed physically1 and had to  
trust to the good will of the guide  not
 to leave me too far behind4 ,he kindly 
took notice1 and halted1  giving        
everybody a few minutes to rest1 while  
he explained the  scientific action of  
the geysers4    ,these beautiful springs
 in remote places reminded me of the    
gems of  salvation that are obtained    
only through sacrifice and suffering4   

,there is always a price to be paid for 
anything that is of worth4 ,it  cost me 
something to visit some of them on foot1
 but ,i was well paid4  ,after leaving  
the ,punch ,bowl we followed the trail  
down across the  bridge where a number  
of surprises awaited us4 ,the           
,,handkerchief ,,pool1  which is        
sometimes called the ,,laundry1 was     
among them4 ,we threw our  handkerchiefs
 in and they were carried down into the 
opening1 and then  brought back and     
delivered1 as carefully as if they were 
being handled  by unseen hands4         
,illustration3 ,,handkerchief ,,pool    
,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul    ,,emerald ,,pool 
is not far from the ,handkerchief       
,spring1 and is by far  the most        
beautiful in the upper basin4 ,it       
thrilled me as ,i looked at  it from    
different angles1 blending from a deep  
green in the center to  yellow toward   
the edge4 ,the formations around the    
pool are red1 the  water is hot1 but    
never boils1 and slightly overflows4    

,,cliff ,,spring boils violently4 ,some 
people call it a geyser1 but it is      
supposed to be only a spring4    ,,black
 ,,sand ,,spring and ,,specimen ,,lake  
simply defy language in trying to       
describe them1 the coloring presents    
such remarkable varieties4 ,the         
extremely delicate pinks are mingled    
with equally delicate tints of  saffron 
and yellow1 with here and there shades  
of green4    ,while the springs in this 
neighborhood are fascinating in the     
extreme1  we did not tarry long1 as it  
was nearly noon1 and our guide said we  
would have to hasten4    ,when the party
 started toward ,old ,faithful ,inn and 
the camp1 ,i  decided to take my time   
and go alone4 ,i had gone only a short  
distance  through the wood when a       
harmless snake crossed my path4 ,it     
frightened  me1 and ,i tried to kill it1
 but did not succeed4 ,there was a      
significance to me in running on to the 
reptile2 it settled something  in my    
mind1 whereas ,i had not as yet been    

able to come to a decision2  and ,i took
 it as being among the all things that  
work together for  good to them that    
love ,god and who are the called        
according to ,his  purpose4    ,on my   
way to the camp1 ,i came to three       
boiling pools1 and was  surprised that  
no mention had been made of them on the 
tour4 ,later1 ,i  learned that they were
 the ,,three ,,sisters1 not far from    
,castle ,geyser  on the road leading    
from ,riverside ,geyser1 to ,old        
,faithful ,inn4    ,i stopped at        
,haynes' ,picture ,shop4 ,here ,i saw   
some marvelous specimens  of art1       
showing the wonders of the ,yellowstone1
 but none1 of course1  could do justice 
to what ,i had seen4    ,to finish up   
the tour it would take another day1 but 
our time was  limited1 and as we had    
spent a day at ,cody and the weather was
 getting  cool1 we decided to leave in  
the afternoon4    ,illustration3        
,,emerald ,,pool  ,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul   
,among some of the attractions that we  

would have to miss in not  finishing the
 tour to ,yellowstone ,lake1 were       
,kepler ,cascade1 ,two ,ocean  ,pond1   
,moose ,fall1 and the ,continental      
,divide which extends from ,canada  to  
,mexico4    ,at the ,,thumb there are   
several geyser cones1 springs1 and paint
 pots4  ,the ,,fishing ,,cone with a    
boiling spring in the center1 is        
surrounded by  the cold water of the    
lake4 ,at one time fishermen1 without   
moving out  of their tracks caught fish 
from the lake and swung them into the   
spring where they were cooked while     
still on the hook4 ,this practice1      
however1 is now prohibited by law4      
,,chapter ,,ix    ,,the ,,voice ,,of    
,,god      ,thirty-four years ago1 while
 teaching school1 ,i had an opportunity 
of  going to ,yellowstone ,national     
,park with a camping party of school    
teachers and others from ,southern      
,montana1 but as ,i needed money1 ,i    
decided to teach a summer school and to 
postpone the trip until some  future    

time4 ,when the party returned and tried
 to tell me about the  many wonders they
 had seen1 ,i resolved not to lose      
another opportunity  to go1 but ,i did1 
and for the same reason that kept me    
from going  before4 ,after this ,i was  
not so enthusiastic over the            
,yellowstone and  the many miracles to  
be seen there4    ,however1 ,i was      
always interested in some of the        
descriptions of the  geysers1--,old     
,faithful1 the ,giant1 ,giantess1 and   
others1 that threw  boiling water1 at   
intervals1 from #aej to #bej feet into  
the air4 ,in  ,gospel messages ,i used  
them to illustrate spiritual truths1 but
 no one  had ever given me the slightest
 conception of the ,grand ,canyon1 the  
,upper and ,lower ,yellowstone ,falls1  
the boiling pools1 the paint pots1  the 
cascades1 ,mammoth ,hot ,springs1 the   
exquisite colorings of the  mineral     
formations1 ,roaring ,mountain1 ,hell's 
,half ,acre1 the majestic  mountain     
peaks and ranges1 ,rainbow ,lake1 the   

,punch ,bowl1 ,amethyst  ,spring1 and a 
thousand other things which so awed and 
inspired me that  out of the depths of  
my being1 ,i exclaimed1 ,what is man1   
that thou  art mindful of him8 and the  
son of man1 that thou visitest him8 ,for
  thou hast made him a little lower than
 the angels1 and hast crowned  him with 
glory and honor4 ,thou madest him to    
have dominion over the  works of thy    
hands2 thou hast put all things under   
his feet4    ,but how unworthy has he   
proved to be6 ,amidst the magnificence  
and  grandeur of the wonders of ,nature1
 he is ever showing his ingratitude1    
and the tendency to prostitute these    
things to the uses of his baser  nature1
 and take all the glory to himself4 ,he 
makes use of the gold  and silver to    
build himself a habitation that storms  
are destined to  shatter1 leaving him   
exposed to divine wrath4    ,as ,i      
meditated upon these things1 my heart   
cried out1 ,who shall  ascend into the  
hill of the ,lord8 or who shall stand in

 his holy  place8 ,he that hath clean   
hands1 and a pure heart2 444 ,he shall  
receive the blessing from the ,lord1 and
 righteousness from the ,god of  his    
salvation 7,ps4 #bd3c-e74 ,my heart     
overflowed like the boiling  springs and
 the gushing geysers1 which symbolize   
the sanctified life4    ,illustration3  
,,jupiter ,,terrace  ,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul
    ,when ,i first had opportunity to go
 to ,yellowstone ,park1 ,i did not      
enjoy the experience of sanctification1 
and therefore could not have            
appreciated its many wonders as ,i do   
now4 ,who knows but this is the  reason 
why the door closed and did not open for
 me to go until ,i  should be in the    
enjoyment of this experience1 and able  
to impart  spiritual truths to others8  
,there is an inner chamber of the soul  
that corresponds to the hill of  the    
,lord4 ,it is the place where the       
,shekinah dwells and ,his secrets  are  
made manifest4 ,those who know ,him in  
the relationship of the ,bride  can     

better appreciate ,his handiwork4       
,submission to the whole will of  ,god  
is the price of such an experience4     
,there are those who appreciate the     
grandeur and magnificence of the        
,yellowstone as a whole1 but there are  
thousands of spiritual lessons  which   
the book of nature unfolds that the     
ordinary sightseer fails to  grasp4     
,illustration3 ,,buffalo ,,herd         
,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul    ,at one place1   
there are two openings in a pool1 or two
 springs so  close together that they   
are called ,,the ,,goggles4 ,here again 
the two  works of grace are beautifully 
set forth4 ,our guide illustrated some  
love affair by the two springs to the   
amusement of the young people in  the   
company1 but inadvertently my mind      
turned to the deeper spiritual  truths  
of which they furnish a splendid        
example4    ,it takes the ,holy ,spirit 
to read ,god in nature as much as it    
does to  interpret ,his word4 ,jesus    
said1 ,but the ,comforter1 which is the 

,holy  ,ghost1 whom the ,father will    
send in my name1 he shall teach you all 
things1 and bring all things to your    
remembrance1 whatsoever ,i have  said   
unto you4 ,also1 ,howbeit when he1 the  
,spirit of truth1 is come1  he will     
guide you into all truth2 444 and he    
will shew you things to  come 7,john    
#af3ac74    ,the two springs1 to me1    
represented ,justification and          
,sanctification1--the two works of grace
 in the atonement1 without  which the   
soul is exposed to the wrath of ,god4   
,it is the office work  of the ,holy    
,spirit to reveal ,jesus to the heart   
and to act in the  capacity of the      
,comforter1 but when ,he takes          
possession ,he cleanses  and purifies   
,his temple4 ,this is done when the     
heart is sanctified  wholly4 ,it is     
thenceforth the abiding place of the    
,holy ,spirit4    ,i could not help but 
think of what it shall be when the earth
 shall be  rent1 the mountains removed  
from their places1 and men shall cry for

  the rocks and hills to fall upon them 
to hide them from the presence  of ,him 
that sitteth on the throne4 ,there is no
 fear where the ,holy  ,spirit is the   
abiding ,guest4 ,the rocks may rend and 
the earth be  removed out of its place1 
but peace will flow like a river4       
,those who are so fortunate as to see   
the wonders of the ,yellowstone  will   
either soften or harden as the result of
 coming in touch with  that which is so 
closely allied to the supernatural4 ,it 
is like the  melting influence of the   
,holy ,spirit under a ,gospel message   
when men  are compelled to make their   
decision for eternity4 ,god forbid that 
they should harden4 ,if so1 what could  
awaken them to their danger8 ,the  great
 war that has so recently terminated1   
bringing so much suffering  and         
sacrifice1 has made people better or    
worse4 ,it has been a  blessing or a    
curse1 and so will the geyser region be 
to those who  visit it4                 
,illustration3 ,,elk ,,stalled ,,in     

,,snow  ,haynes1 ,st4 ,paul    ,should  
there be those who pass by the wonders  
of the ,yellowstone with  cold          
indifference and a lack of response to  
what is seen there1 it is  proof that   
the world has already played havoc with 
their finer  sensibilities1 and as a    
result of this hardening process the    
mind and  heart refuse to yield when    
brought under the strongest moral and   
spiritual influences4 ,may ,god save    
people from such a calamity1--from      
becoming clay that is irresponsive to   
the divine touch4 ,may they learn  to   
magnify ,his name while suspended by the
 brittle thread of life over  a yawning 
chasm of burning lava which is          
threatening to engulf them4  ,should man
 not be prepared for the great event    
that must come to  everyone1 there will 
be no one to blame but himself4 ,god has
 made him  a free moral agent1 capable  
of choosing between right and wrong4 ,if
 he  should make the wrong decision1 he 
will have to abide by the  consequences4

    ,how many tourists will see the     
spring called the ,ear and yet fail to  
hear the voice of ,god speaking to the  
soul through its many beauties6  ,how   
many fail to hear ,him speaking through 
the great subterranean  channels        
hundreds of feet below the surface1     
thundering the terrors of  a broken law 
and heralding the news of ,his impending
 judgments6    ,illustration3 ,,golden  
,,gate ,,canyon ,,and ,,viaduct    ,a   
great author said1 ,o woman1 thy name is
 frailty4 ,the many  short-comings of   
the gentler sex provoked this           
expression1 but does  not the word      
frailty equally apply to every          
individual on whom the  curse has       
fallen8 ,there is ever a downward       
tendency and a proneness to  place the  
affections on material things1 to       
worship the creature  rather than the   
,creator4    ,it is with much difficulty
 that tourists in the ,yellowstone are  
prevented from defacing the formations  
around the geysers1 which have  been    

centuries in making4 ,there are those   
who would pay almost any  price to be   
permitted to carry away souvenirs1 but  
if they were  allowed to do so one can  
readily see what the consequence would  
be4 ,of  what use are pieces of         
geyserite when taken away from their    
natural  environment8 ,it would be      
impossible to form an opinion as to what
 they  represent4 ,likewise there are   
those who are satisfied with mere forms 
of religion1--baptism1 church           
membership1 or any substitute for real  
salvation4 ,what knowledge would a piece
 of geyserite give a person of  ,old    
,faithful1 the ,giant1 or the ,giantess1
 in action8    ,baptism with water is an
 outward sign of an inner work1 but     
there are  multitudes who are satisfied 
with the souvenir and go blindly on to  
the ,judgment to find their mistake when
 it is too late to make amends4  ,there 
can be no excuse on account of          
ignorance1 for the ,scriptures  furnish 
abundant evidence that there must be a  

work wrought by the  ,holy ,spirit in   
the heart before a person is ready for  
the skies4    ,there is no better       
illustration of the sanctified          
experience than that  which the geysers 
demonstrate4 ,jesus said to the woman at
 the well1  ,but whosoever drinketh of  
the water that ,i shall give him shall  
never  thirst2 but the water that ,i    
shall give him shall be in him a well of
  water springing up into everlasting   
life4    ,so with one who obtains the   
living water1--he has an inexhaustible  
supply1 springing up in his soul4       
,outward conditions do not affect the   
deep whence it has its source1 but it   
flows on regardless of  conditions on   
the surface1 bringing life and happiness
 to multitudes4    ,at three o'clock in 
the afternoon1 we boarded one of the    
touring cars  to ,yellowstone1 ,montana1
 the ,western ,entrance to the ,park1   
where  there is a branch terminal of the
 ,union ,pacific ,railroad4 ,a little   
more than four days had elapsed since we

 started on the tour at ,cody1          
,wyoming1 but to me it was the beginning
 of a new epoch1 and ,i felt  that      
enough had been crowded into the four   
days to talk and write  about for the   
rest of my life4 ,i had stocked up my   
storehouse with a  supply of            
illustrations to be used in books and   
,gospel exhortations2  and not only     
expected to profit by what ,i had seen1 
but to do what ,i  could to make an     
impression upon others2 and the result  
so far has  been satisfactory4          
,,the ,,yellowstone ,,park ,,and ,,how  
,,it ,,was ,,named        ,the ,devil   
was sitting in ,hades one day1      ,in 
a very disconsolate sort of a way4      
,one could tell from his vigorous       
switching of tail1      ,his scratching 
his horn with the point of his nail1    
,that something had gone with ,his      
,majesty wrong1      ,the steam was so  
thick and the sulphur so strong4        
,he rose from his throne with a gleam in
 his eye1      ,and beckoning an        

agate-eyed imp standing by1             
,commanded forthwith to be sent to him  
there      ,old ,charon1 employed in    
collecting the fare      ,of the wicked1
 who crossed the waters of ,styx1       
,and found themselves soon in a deuce of
 a fix4        ,old ,charon1 thus       
summoned1 came soon to his chief1       
,as the ,devil was angry1 the confab was
 brief4      ,says the ,devil to        
,charon1 ,now1 what shall ,i do8        
,the world it grows worse and grows     
wickeder1 too2      ,what with          
,portland1 ,chicago1 ,francisco1 ,new   
,york1      ,i get in my mortals too    
fast for my fork2      ,i haven't the   
room in these caverns below1      ,st4  
,peter1 above1 is rejecting them so4    
,so hie you1 my ,charon1 to earth1 far  
away1      ,fly over the globe without  
any delay1      ,and find me a spot1    
quite secluded and drear1      ,where ,i
 can drill holes from the center in     
here4      ,i must blast out more space2
 so survey the spot well1      ,for the 

project on hand is the enlargement of   
,hell4        ,but recollect one thing1 
,old ,charon1 when you      ,can locate 
the district where ,i can bore through1 
,there must be conveniences scattered   
around      ,to carry on business when  
,i'm above ground4      ,an 'ink-pot'   
must always be ready at hand      ,to   
write out the names of the parties ,i   
strand4      ,there must be a           
'punch-bowl1' a 'frying pan1' too1      
,a 'caldron' in which to concoct a      
'ragout4'      ,an 'old faithful'       
sentinel showing my power1      ,must   
shoot a salute on the earth every hour1 
,and should any mortal by accident view 
,the spot you have chosen1 why1 this you
 must do3      ,develop a series of     
pools1 green and blue1      ,that while 
these poor earth bugs may beauties      
admire1      ,they'll forget that below 
,i'm poking the fire4      ,now fly     
away1 ,charon1 be quick as you can1     
,for my place here's so full that ,i    
can't roast a man4        ,to earth flew

 fleet ,charon1 to regions of ice2      
,he found these too cold--so away in a  
trice      ,he sought a location in     
,africa's sands1      ,he prospected1   
and finding too much on his hands1      
,he cut out ,australia1 ,siberia1 too1  
,the north part of ,china--no6 they     
would not do2      ,till1 just as about 
to relinquish the chase1      ,he       
stumbled upon a most singular place1    
',twas deep in the midst of a           
mountainous range1      ,surrounded by  
valleys secluded and strange1      ,in a
 country the greatest1 the grandest1 the
 best      ,to be found upon            
earth--,america's ,west4      ,here the 
crust seemed quite thin1 and the        
purified air1      ,with the chemicals  
hidden around everywhere1      ,would   
soon make the lakes that the ,devil     
desired2      ,so he flew to ,chicago1  
and there to him wired3      ,i've found
 you a place never looked at before2    
,you may heat up the rocks1 turn on     
water1 and bore4        ,then the ,devil

 with mortals kept plying the fire1     
,extracting the water around from the   
mire1      ,and boring great holes with 
a terrible dust1      ,till soon quite a
 number appeared near the crust1        
,then he turned on the steam--and lo6   
upward did fly1      ,through rents in  
the surface1 the rocks to the sky4      
,then with a rumble there came from each
 spot1      ,huge volumes of water      
remarkably hot1      ,that had been     
there in caverns since ,lucifer fell--  
,thus immensely enlarging the confines  
of ,hell1      ,and it happens that now 
when ,old ,charon brings in      ,a     
remarkable load of original sin1        
,that ,his ,majesty quietly rakes up the
 coals1      ,and up spouts the water1  
in jets1 through the holes1      ,one   
may tell by the number of spurts when   
they come1      ,how many poor mortals  
the ,devil takes home4        ,but      
,yankees can sometimes1 without doing   
evil1      ,o'ermatch in sagacity even  
the ,devil4      ,for not long ago      

,uncle ,sam came that way      ,and said
 to himself1 ,here's the ,devil to pay4 
,successful ,i've been in all previous  
wars2      ,now ,satan shall bow to the 
,stripes and the ,stars4      ,this     
property's mine1 and ,i hold it in fee2 
,and all of this earth shall its majesty
 see4      ,the deer and the elk        
unmolested shall roam1      ,the bear   
and the buffalo each have a home2       
,the eagle shall spring from her eyrie  
and soar      ,o'er crags in the canyons
 where cataracts roar2      ,the wild   
fowls shall circle the pools in their   
flight1      ,the geysers shall flash in
 the moonbeams at night1      ,now ,i   
christen the country--let all nations   
hark6      ,i name it the ,yellowstone  
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