--- 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: 7 published: 1900-05 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "The Voice of Spring: A Poem," *Improvement Era* 3, no. 7 (May 1900): 495.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera37unse 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: improvementera37unse start_page: 495 end_page: 495 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1900-05) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera37unse publication_year: 1900 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 1900, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # The Voice of Spring: A Poem HOW I OBTAINED A TESTIMONY OF THE GOSPEL. 495 finished my prayer than I heard a voice — the voice of the Spirit of God — which said unto me, ''You did not pray in the name of Jesus Christ; but if you pray in the name of Christ your prayer will be answered." This was, indeed, a revelation to me; for I believed that I had prayed in the name of Jesus; but as soon as the voice spoke to me, I knew that I had not prayed in the name of Messiah. I again called upon the Lord, this time in the name of His Only Begotten Son, and ere I had finished my prayer, 1 felt the power of the Holy Ghost descend upon me. My whole soul was filled with its holy influence, and my frame shook. At the same time I was convinced beyond the shadow of doubt of the truth of the Gospel and the divine mission of Joseph Smith; yea, I could not have been more fully convinced and satisfied, had God Himself descended from heaven, and told me by His own voice that these things are true. Since that time I have had many manifestations from the Lord — visions, dreams, and revelations. And my testimony is that "God is no respecter of persons; but in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted of him." THE VOICE OF SPRING- "There is a tongue in every leaf! A voice in every rill! A voice that speaketh everywhere, In flood and fire, through earth and air; A tongue that's never still. 'Tis the Great Spirit, wide diffused Through everything we see, That with our spirits communeth Of things mysterious^ife and death, Time and eternity."