--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Selected collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 5 number: 5 published: 1902-03 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Selected, "Read Slowly and Think," *Improvement Era* 5, no. 5 (March 1902): 338.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0505unse 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: improvementera0505unse start_page: 338 end_page: 338 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1902-03) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0505unse publication_year: 1902 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 1902, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Read Slowly and Think READ SLOWLY, AND THINK. Does my life please God? Am I studying my Bible daily? Is there anyone I cannot forgive? Have I ever won a soul to Christ? Am I trying to bring my friends to Christ? Have I ever had a direct answer to prayer? Is there anything I cannot give up for Christ? Just where am I making my greatest mistake? How does my life look to those who are not Christians? How many things do I put before my religious duties? Have I ever tried giving one-tenth of my income to the Lord? Is the world being made better or worse by my living in it? Am I doing anything I would condemn in others? — Presbyterian Endeavorer.