---
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: 5
number: 6
published: 1902-04
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* 5, no. 6 (April 1902).
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0506unse
  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: improvementera0506unse
curator_note: Retains the bibliographic cover, masthead, and contents. Omits unpaginated advertising leaves and frontispiece portrait under the Improvement Era advertisement policy.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1902-04)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0506unse
  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.
---

# Cover, Masthead, and Contents

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*Improvement Era*. Volume 5, no. 6. April 1902. Organ of Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations; published by the General Board, Salt Lake City.

## Contents

- Lucy Smith, “History of the Prophet Joseph,” 401.
- Rulon M. Owen, “Theism vs. Atheism,” 422.
- Nephi Anderson, “The Castle Builder. VIII, IX,” 425.
- Martha J. C. Lewis, “Martha Jane Knowlton Coray. A Sketch,” 439.
- Anon. for the Era, “Was It Predisposition or Acquirement?,” 441.
- Alma O. Taylor, “Some Features of Japanese Life I,” 449.
- Selected, “To the Loser. A Poem,” 455.
- W. H. Chamberlin, “The Isthmus of Panama,” 456.
- Henry W. Naisbitt, “Watchmen, What of Your Charge?,” 460.
- J. M. Tanner, “Some Leading Events in the Current Story of the World—The Anglo-Japanese Treaty—Prince Henry’s Visit—Los Angeles in the Lead,” 464.
- President Joseph F. Smith, “Editor's Table—A Step in the Right Direction—Hobbies,” 468.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Answers to Questions—Administering the Sacrament,” 473.
- John Nicholson, “Bestowal of the Holy Ghost Prior to the Days of Pentecost,” 474.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Can a Father Bless His Child in Fast Meeting?,” 475.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Praising One Organization,” 475.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “Conflicting Meetings,” 476.
- Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, “How to Treat Secret Offense,” 476.
- Thomas Hull, “Events of the Month,” 477.