---
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: 7
number: 5
published: 1904-03
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* 7, no. 5 (March 1904).
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0705unse
  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: improvementera0705unse
curator_note: Cover, masthead, and contents retained. Unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted; this issue’s printed editorial pages 321–400 are imported as separate source-native records.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1904-03)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0705unse
  publication_year: 1904
  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 1904, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# *Improvement Era*, March 1904

Vol.   
        VII. 
        The 
        Glory 
        of 
        God 
        is 
        Intelligence. 
        No.    
        5k
IMPROVEMENT
ERA.
Organ  
        of  
        Young 
        Men's 
        Mutual 
        Improvement  
        Association*.
PUBLISHED 
        BY 
        THE 
        GENERAL, 
        BOARD.
Joseph 
        F. 
        Smith,       
        )  
        Wjlf/.,« 
        Hbbrr 
        J. 
        Grant, 
        i  
        Businen
Edw. 
        H. 
        Aicdbrsou,   
        (  
        'S0110™- 
        Thos. 
        Hull, 
        j     
        Managers.
Entered 
        at 
        the 
        Post 
        Office, 
        Salt 
        Lake 
        City, 
        Utah, 
        as 
        Second 
        Class 
        Matter.
MARCH, 
        1904.
TABLE 
        OF 
        CONTENTS.
Portrait 
        of 
        Joseph 
        Bull
        ,
        Frontispiece
The 
        Probability 
        of 
        Joseph 
        Smith's 
        Story
        Elder 
        B. 
        H. 
        Roberts 
        321
The 
        Flood-time 
        of  
        Energy
        33P
The 
        Celtic 
        Maiden.   
        A 
        Story 
        of 
        Ancient 
        Britain 
        Prof. 
        Willard 
        Done 
        332"
A 
        Friend's 
        Influence 
        is 
        Worth 
        More 
        than 
        Gold 
        33f>
Joseph 
        Smith 
        as 
        Scientist.   
        V
        Dr. 
        John 
        A. 
        Widtsoe 
        33T
Suggestive 
        Thoughts 
        for 
        the 
        Mildly 
        Skeptical
        Dr. 
        J. 
        X. 
        Allen 
        345.
My 
        Love.   
        A 
        Poem
        Ruth 
        May 
        Fox 
        34$
The 
        Jew—
        His 
        Past, 
        Present 
        and 
        Future. 
        A 
        Sketch 
        J. 
        M. 
        Sjodahl 
        35 
        0>
Counsel 
        to 
        Boys 
        Engaged 
        in 
        Isolated 
        Labor
        Elder 
        M. 
        F. 
        Cowley 
        364
Talks 
        to 
        Young 
        Men. 
        V—
        "The 
        Same 
        is 
        Damned" 
        367
Public 
        Workers
        —
        Joseph 
        Bull
        370i
Some 
        Leading 
        Events 
        in 
        the 
        Current 
        Story 
        of 
        the
World—
        War 
        in 
        the 
        Far 
        East—
        Attitude 
        of 
        the
United 
        States
        —
        Sympathy 
        of 
        the 
        United 
        States
in 
        the 
        Present 
        War
        —
        New 
        York 
        and 
        Religion
— 
        The 
        Panama 
        Canal—
        Will 
        Congress 
        Do 
        It? 
        Dr. 
        J. 
        M. 
        Tanner 
        37&
Editor's 
        Table
        -A 
        Senseless 
        Campaign
        President 
        Joseph 
        F. 
        Smith    
        382:
Questions 
        and 
        Answers 
        — 
        Concerning   
        the
Creation 
        — 
        The   
        Kinderhook   
        Plates 
        — 
        The
Kingdom 
        of 
        God—
        Copyrights
        385
Notes
        388
Our 
        Work—
        Preliminary 
        Programs
        Prof. 
        Willard 
        Done 
        389
To 
        the 
        Reader
        —
        Reviews
        392
Events 
        of 
        the 
        Month
        393*
• 
        SALT 
        LAKE 
        CITY:
214 
        ifi 
        215 
        TEMPLETON 
        BUILDING.
Published 
        Monthly. 
        $2.00 
        Per 
        Annum.