Manti Temple Land

On the mountains near Manti in rapture I strayed
While sunbeams were bright on the field.
And charmed with the prospect around I surveyed
The beautiful harvest should yield.

Manti has been blessed with a Temple so fair.
The building is noble and proud.
Apostles and prophets in it declared
The Gospel of the Kingdom aloud.

 [guitar solo]

 Before we completed the steps and the gate
Persecution came on us so loud.
Which was intended to crush our fortune and fate
But it passed like a storm in the cloud.

 [guitar solo]

 ‘Twas thus that I mused while I wandered away,
From the towers of the building sublime
Which now are majestic, will never decay,
Withstanding the ravage of time.

 The terraces and towers I left with regret,
And bid them with sorrow ‘Adieu’
But scenes of fair Manti, I ne'er can forget
From memory the charms will renew.

 [guitar solo]