---
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: 6
published: 1904-04
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "Help Others," *Improvement Era* 7, no. 6 (April 1904): 432.'
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0706unse
  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: improvementera0706unse
start_page: 432
end_page: 432
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1904-04)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0706unse
  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.
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# Help Others

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432 
        IMPROVEMENT 
        ERA.
when 
        done 
        was 
        unlike 
        the 
        first*—
        all 
        these 
        well 
        attested 
        circum-
stances establish 
        the 
        fact 
        of 
        a 
        wide-spread 
        and 
        bitter 
        opposition 
        to
the 
        coming 
        forth 
        of 
        the 
        Book 
        of 
        Mormon; 
        and, 
        failing 
        in 
        that, 
        then
a 
        determination 
        to 
        prevent 
        its 
        acceptance 
        as 
        a 
        revelation 
        from
God
        —
        all 
        these 
        things 
        make 
        it 
        very 
        easy 
        to 
        believe 
        that 
        such 
        a 
        con-
spiracy against 
        the 
        work 
        as 
        the 
        Prophet 
        describes 
        in 
        the 
        Preface
of 
        the 
        first 
        edition 
        of 
        the 
        Book 
        of 
        Mormon, 
        actually 
        existed; 
        and
removes 
        his 
        statement 
        on 
        that 
        subject 
        far 
        beyond 
        the 
        influence 
        of
the 
        sneers 
        and 
        ridicule 
        of 
        those 
        who 
        oppose 
        the 
        work.
*See 
        pp. 
        74,
        75 
        Part 
        I, 
        Manual, 
        1903-4, 
        where 
        this 
        incident 
        is 
        treated,
and 
        the 
        fact 
        pointed 
        out 
        that 
        the 
        Prophet's 
        precautions 
        had 
        protected
the 
        work 
        from 
        the 
        effects 
        of 
        such 
        tricks 
        as 
        this 
        described 
        by 
        Tucker.
(the 
        END.)
HELP 
        OTHERS.
Let 
        us 
        help 
        one 
        another, 
        my 
        sister, 
        my 
        brother,
To 
        bear 
        now 
        our 
        burden 
        of 
        pain:
Let 
        us 
        speak 
        the 
        kind 
        word; 
        let 
        no 
        harsh 
        tone 
        be 
        heard:
From 
        conduct 
        displeasing 
        refrain.
0 
        the 
        smile 
        or 
        the 
        tear 
        of 
        sympathy 
        dear,
Sets 
        with 
        rainbows 
        the 
        storm-clouds 
        of 
        strife:
And 
        the 
        "soft 
        answer" 
        true, 
        will 
        a 
        mighty 
        work 
        do,
To 
        bring 
        sunshine 
        and 
        health 
        to 
        our 
        life.
Let 
        us 
        use 
        heart 
        and 
        mind, 
        sweet 
        devices 
        to 
        find,
To 
        comfort, 
        encourage 
        and 
        bless:
And 
        do 
        with 
        our 
        might, 
        kind 
        acts 
        that 
        are 
        right,
And 
        never, 
        no 
        never 
        oppress.
—
        MS. 
        Paper, 
        "Herald 
        of 
        Union,7 
        Mammoth,  
        Utah.