Improvement Era, January 1898

Organ of Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations. Published monthly by the General Board, Salt Lake City.

Contents

• Ingersoll’s “Best Argument Ever Advanced Against Christianity” — Charles W. Penrose, 145–164
• European Diplomacy — John M. Tanner, 165–170
• The New Year — The Casquet, 171
• Religious Faiths—III: The Doctrines and Claims of the Episcopal Church — J. B. Halsey, 172–184
• Time’s Song — Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, 185
• A Plea for Fiction — Nephi Anderson, 186–187
• The Exchange — S. T. Coleridge, 188
• Bible Studies, III — Nephi L. Morris, 189–195
• Young Characters in History — Willard Done, 196–200
• Statehood and How It Was Achieved — William H. King, 201–203
• Editor’s Table: The Success of the Era — Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, 204–205
• Editor’s Table: Free Eras for Missionaries — Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, 206
• Editor’s Table: Best Thought Symposium — Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, 207
• Editor’s Table: Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream — Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, 208–211
• Editor’s Table: Notes on the President’s Message — Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, 212–216
• Our Work: Napoleon on the Character of Christ — Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, 217
• Our Work: Uses of the Improvement Fund — Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, 218–219
• Our Work: M. I. A. Mission Work — Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, 220
• Events of the Month — Thomas Hull, 221–224