---
title: Improvement Era
description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930.
authors:
  - Ashworth, Livingston C.
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: 'Livingston C. Ashworth, "Lines on Reading the Life of Chas. Kingsley," *Improvement Era* 7, no. 6 (April 1904): 453.'
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: 453
end_page: 453
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.
---

# Lines on Reading the Life of Chas. Kingsley

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PUBLIC 
        WORKERS. 
        453
quorum 
        in 
        the 
        Salt 
        Lake 
        Stake 
        of 
        Zion, 
        which 
        position 
        he 
        still
holds. 
        Some 
        years 
        ago, 
        he 
        changed 
        his 
        place 
        of 
        residence 
        from 
        the
Thirteenth 
        to 
        the 
        Eighteenth 
        Ward.
His 
        life 
        exemplifies 
        faithfulness 
        and 
        trustworthiness, 
        and 
        in
whatever 
        place 
        he 
        has 
        been 
        called 
        to 
        labor, 
        he 
        has 
        shown 
        great
zeal 
        and 
        integrity 
        in 
        behalf 
        of 
        the 
        cause 
        of 
        God. 
        His 
        works 
        in 
        the
interest 
        of 
        truth 
        have 
        been 
        continuous 
        and 
        unfaltering. 
        The
influence 
        of 
        his 
        example 
        has 
        been 
        felt 
        for 
        good 
        both 
        at 
        home 
        and
abroad, 
        in 
        every 
        locality 
        where 
        he 
        has 
        resided.
His 
        conduct 
        as 
        a 
        faithful 
        man, 
        full 
        of 
        integrity, 
        is 
        worthy 
        of
emulation. 
        He 
        relates 
        some 
        interesting 
        incidents 
        of 
        healing, 
        in 
        his
missionary 
        experience, 
        and 
        is 
        an 
        enthusiastic 
        believer 
        in 
        the 
        signs
of 
        the 
        gospel 
        following 
        those 
        who 
        obey.
LINES   
        ON   
        READING  
        THE   
        LIFE   
        OF   
        CHARLES  
        KINGSLEY,
ENGLISH  
        POET 
        AND 
        NOVELIST 
        (1819-1875).
BY  
        LIVINGSTON  
        C.  
        ASHWORTH.
And 
        have 
        I 
        lived 
        thus 
        far, 
        and 
        never 
        known
My 
        native 
        land 
        had 
        reared 
        a 
        soul 
        like 
        this?
One 
        to 
        whose 
        natal 
        couch 
        angels 
        had 
        flown,
And 
        sealed 
        him 
        God's 
        elect 
        with 
        hallowing 
        kiss.
A 
        man 
        in 
        whom 
        God's 
        purposes 
        had 
        grown
To 
        rich 
        fulfillment
        —
        in 
        whom 
        naught 
        amiss,
The 
        jealous 
        scrutiny 
        of 
        his 
        age 
        could 
        find,
A 
        noble 
        frame 
        ruled 
        by 
        a 
        nobler 
        mind.
One 
        of 
        those 
        rare, 
        sweet 
        souls 
        to 
        mortals 
        given,
To 
        justify 
        their 
        claim 
        to 
        Life 
        and 
        Heaven;
A 
        very 
        poet 
        in 
        thought 
        and 
        word 
        and 
        deed,
A 
        clear-toned 
        prophet 
        of 
        his 
        faith 
        and 
        creed.