--- 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: 6 number: 1 published: 1902-11 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "Cover, Masthead, and Table of Contents," *Improvement Era* 6, no. 1 (November 1902). source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0601unse 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: improvementera0601unse curator_note: The cover, masthead, and contents are retained. Advertising leaves before and after the editorial pagination are intentionally omitted. rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1902-11) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0601unse 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 Table of Contents Vol. VI. The Glory of God is Intelligence, TJo. I. IMPROVEMENT ERA. Organ of Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations. PUBLISHED BY TBE OENERALi BOARD. Joseph F. Smith, j Ti>^:»„-c ^^"O"- Hkber J. Grant, ) Business Edw. H. Anderson, j Thos. Hdll, j Managers. Entered at the Post Office, Salt Lake City, Utah, as Second Class Matter. NOVEMBER, 1902. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Bingham's Painting: Civil War Frontispiece ^ A Prophecy and Its Fulfilment Junius F. Wells 1 |r Appendix to the History of the Prophet Joseph Lucy Smith 1 A Sketch and Sayings of Bishop Edward Hunter... John Nicholson 17 Sayings of Bishop Hunter Oscar F. Hunter 19 The Missionary's Preparation Prof. John H. Evans 20 Opportunity. A Poem 24 Use of the Word Elohim Prof. W. H. Chamberlin 25 A Rich Man's Thanksgiving L. L. Greene Richards 28 He Hath Given Us Life Prof. Osborne Widtsoe 33 A Mother's Prayer. A Poem 37 Need of Devotion in our Meetings Edward H. Anderson 38 Truth. A Poem George W. Crocheron 42 Are the Jaredites an Extinct People? A. W. Ivins 43 Plet: A Christmas Tale of the Wasatch : Alfred Lamb^rne 45 Talks to the Young Men. I Industry — 55 A Slighted Opportunity 59 Some Leading Events in the Current Story of the — World The Jews in Roumania Jewish En- — — cyclopedia Progressive Railroading Dr. J. M. Tanner 60 A Sonnet.... 63 Editor's Table— Only One Way President Joseph F. Smith 64 Questions and — Answers History of the Church— A Story Wanted 66 — Our Work The Improvement Fund Class Work — 74 Events of the Month Thomas Hull 77 SALT LAKE CITY: 214 s^' 215 TEMPLETON BUILDING. Published Monthly. $2.00 Per Annum.