--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - George W. Crocheron collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 5 number: 7 published: 1902-05 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'George W. Crocheron, "Prayer," *Improvement Era* 5, no. 7 (May 1902): 508.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0507unse 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: improvementera0507unse start_page: 508 end_page: 508 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1902-05) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0507unse 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. --- # Prayer 508 IMPROVEMENT ERA. extends to them his favor at all times. "Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil." (Isaiah 56: 2). "If thou turn away thy foot from the Sab- bath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable; and shalt honor him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it." (Isaiah 58: 13-14). Thus, by an honest and conscientious observance of the Sab- bath day, the spiritual life is strengthened and built up, and the blessings and favors of God our Father are vouchsafed to us. But let us remember that we are not entitled to devote the Sabbath to any secular purpose, and that if we do so, we do it at our peril. PRAYER. FOR THE IMPROVEMENT ERA. Prayer is the safe-guard of the soul, Enriched by love divine; Arid blest is he or she who holds This treasure most sublime. —George W. Crocheron.