--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Wanless, Fred collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 8 number: 4 published: 1905-02 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Fred Wanless, "Assurance," *Improvement Era* 8, no. 4 (February 1905): 262.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0804unse 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: improvementera0804unse start_page: 262 end_page: 262 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1905-02) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0804unse publication_year: 1905 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 1905, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Assurance ASSURANCE. Ye Saints of God, lift up your hearts; Sing to Jehovah's praise! The Lord will bless his chosen Saints, In these eventful days. What though dark clouds o'er-spread the sky,. And thorns your path bestrew; Keep steadfast faith in Israel's God; . He will deliver you. Though you should suffer for the truth » The [unbeliever's scorns, Remember, God's beloved Son Once wore a crown of thorns. All earthly pride must they forsake Who seek a home above: The only wealth the angel's store Is meekness, truth and love. The trials that you now pass through. But serve as cleansing fires; Seven times as gold must he be tried Who to a crown aspires. The day is drawing nigh which shall God's promises fulfill; Thrice blessed, then, shall be the man Who sought to do his wilL Fear not, but seek the L«rd in prayer. At evening, noon and morn; The darkest hour of all the night Is just before the dawn. Fred Wanless, Salt Lake City, Utah.