---
title: Improvement Era
description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930.
authors:
  - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
collections:
  - periodicals
tags:
  - magazine
  - improvement-era
periodical: Improvement Era
volume: 3
number: 2
published: 1899-12
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, *Improvement Era* 3, no. 2 (December 1899).
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera32unse
  transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers.
  identifier: improvementera32unse
curator_note: Retains bibliographic cover, masthead, and contents. Omits advertising leaves 2–6 before the editorial pagination and leaves 87–96 after it; advertisements are omitted under the Improvement Era policy.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1899-12)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera32unse
  publication_year: 1899
  note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1899, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Cover, Masthead, and Contents

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*Improvement Era*. Volume 3, no. 2. December 1899. Organ of Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations; published by the General Board, Salt Lake City.

## Contents

- Grant, Heber J., “The Nobility of Labor,” 81.
- Pearson, Sarah E., “Harvest Time, a Poem,” 87.
- Watkins, Charles F., “On What Day Was Christ Crucified,” 89.
- Stewart, Lewis, “In the Stillness, a Poem,” 95.
- Jaques, John, “The Life and Labors of Sidney Rigdon, I,” 97.
- Anderson, Nephi, “Consolation, a Poem,” 109.
- Naisbitt, H. W., “How We Shall Preach,” 110.
- Woodruff, Lloyd, “Nature’s Testimony, a Poem,” 114.
- Crockett, Fred W., “The Mission and Necessity of the Holy Ghost,” 116.
- Wootton, Attewall, “To Him That Overcometh,” 123.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Procrastination,” 125.
- Hull, Thomas, “Instructions to Missionaries,” 126.
- Tanner, J. M., “The South African War,” 134.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Editor’s Table: A Business View of the Word of Wisdom; Book Review,” 143.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Notes,” 146.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “In Lighter Mood,” 148.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Our Work: A Method of Roll Call; A Rebate on the Era; Necessity of Officers’ Meetings; Collection Days for the General Improvement Fund; Advice to Writers,” 149.
- Hull, Thomas, “Events of the Month,” 155.