Improvement Era, February 1904

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VII. "^^^ Glory of God is IntelligencS. No.
4. IMPROVEMENT ERA. Organ of Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations. PUBLISHED BY TBE GENERAL BOARD. ^E^w' H^Idee^s;>k.
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Manager.. Entered at the Post Office, Salt Lake City, Utah, as Second Class Matter. FEBRUARY, 1904. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Portrait of Hon. John Sharp ^
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Frontispiece Joseph Smith as Scientist.
IV Dr. John A^Wtdtsoe 241 "Pro Deo."
A Poem ?T^^^- '^^l^- ^
w 111 The Masterpiece L- ^- Greene Richards 248 '4he" O102V Henry W.N aisbitt 250 Ti^e Celtic Maiden.
A Story of Ancient Britain Prof, Willard Done 254 A Micisionarv's Farewell to Marguerite. A Poem.. Lydia D. Alder 262 taSsTsl?
Views of Manual Modified M.W.Mansfield 264 Remarks on Jacob's Isle
B. H. Roberts 267 Cigarettes and Crime •. t,zf. Talks to Young Men. IV.-Ruts ., ,
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^ Vnl Need of Religious Enlightenment NelsF. Green 273 Th? Church and Kingdom of God The First Presidency 274 Do it Well •••■• - ;iX Public Workers— John Sharp.
A Sketch ^au Lucky Ted.
A Poem •• •••••• '^^^ Some Leading Events in the Current Story of the World— The Far Eastern Question— The Pan- ama Question- Shall We Rule the Seas?— Abyssinia— Will he Lose his Chances for the Senate?-Taking Church Census-Sensation over Emperor William ^'^L'^-a^u
T^'^,.' ?q? Thrilling Experience at Sea..... John A
Hendnckson 291 The Dawn of Truth.- A Poem T. E. Curtis 293 A Peculiar Cystom of a Peculiar People Don C. W Musser 295 A.» \Y/A Hnnf.st'? Fruncis M . Shafer 300 the ^acrSi w'tho doGood:: ; George W
Crocheron 301 A Praver
A Poem Annie G. Launtzen 302 Editor's Table -The'Cause for Worry President Joseph F. Smith
303 Notes 309 In Lighter Mood •••••■■■. i^"" Our Work -To the Reader- Pre iminary
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