--- 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: 8 number: 4 published: 1905-02 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "Life’s Mirror," *Improvement Era* 8, no. 4 (February 1905): 278.' 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: 278 end_page: 278 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. --- # Life’s Mirror LIFE'S MIRROR. There are earnest hearts, there are toilers brave. There are souls that are pure and true; Then give to the world the best you have. And the best will come back to you. Give love, and love to your life will flow. And strength in your utmost needs; Have faith and a score of hearts will show Their faith in your work and deeds. Give truth, and your gifts will be paid in kind, Give song, and song will meet; And the smile which is sweet will surely find A smile that is just as sweet. Give pity and sorrow to those who mourn, You will gather in flowers again. Then scattered seeds from your thoughts outborne, Though the sowing seemed in vain. For life is the mirror of rich and poor, 'Tis just what we are and do; Then give to the world the best you have, And the best will come back to you. —SehcM.