---
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: 8
published: 1900-06
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. 8 (June 1900).
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera38unse
  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: improvementera38unse
curator_note: Retains bibliographic cover, masthead, and contents. Omits advertising leaves 1–6 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 1900-06)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera38unse
  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.
---

# Cover, Masthead, and Contents

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*Improvement Era*. Volume 3, no. 8. June 1900. Organ of Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations; published by the General Board, Salt Lake City.

## Contents

- Widtsoe, John A., “We Walk by Faith,” 561.
- Roberts, B. H., “A Nephite’s Commandments to His Three Sons—I,” 570.
- Jaques, John, “Life and Labors of Sidney Rigdon—VII,” 579.
- White, Henry Kirke, “The Star of Bethlehem: A Poem,” 587.
- Reynolds, George, “Shiz, the Headless,” 588.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Stonehenge,” 590.
- Walker, C. L., “Send a Prayer to Heaven: A Poem,” 594.
- Wootton, A., “The Fatherhood of God,” 595.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Some Figures from the Ecumenical Conference,” 597.
- Anderson, Edward H., “The Twelfth Census,” 598.
- Webster, Daniel, “Respect for Self,” 603.
- Done, Willard, “Theology in Education—IV,” 604.
- Alder, Lydia D., “Hop-Picking in Kent,” 611.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “The Determined Doer: A Poem,” 613.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Letters from Missionaries,” 614.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Editor’s Table: The Boer Envoy, and the Relationship between England and America; The Scofield Mine Disaster; Talks to Young Men; Caution against Debt; Movements in the Religious World; Reynolds’ Chart of Nephite and Lamanite History,” 616.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Notes,” 630.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “In Lighter Mood,” 631.
- Lyman, R. R., “Our Work: The Mutual Improvement Speakers’ Contest,” 632.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “The Annual M. I. A. Conference,” 634.
- Hull, Thomas, “Events of the Month,” 636.