--- 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: 5 published: 1905-03 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "Our Work," *Improvement Era* 8, no. 5 (March 1905): 391.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0805unse 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: improvementera0805unse start_page: 391 end_page: 391 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1905-03) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0805unse 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. --- # Our Work OUR WORK. GO THOU AND DO LIKEWISE. There are thousands of the same opinion as our friends Macdonald and Harper, and to give these a hint on what to do, these letters are printed in full: Ranch, Kane County, Utah, January 17, 1905. Dear Brother—Enclosed please find $2, renewal for another year's subscription for the Era. It is 0 K. No better reading to be found. Please send back numbers. With kindest regards, I am Your brother, G. D. Macdonald. Oakley, Idaho, January 23, 1905. To the Era—Find enclosed $2, for which send me the Era for 1904-5. I have to confess there is something lacking in the home without it. Respectfully, Wm. T. Harper. THE ERA IN THE FAR EAST. This note from Elder Horace S. Ensign, president of the Japanese mission, to the Era, is encouraging: Am pleased to be able to tell you that we are making a little progress here, that our friends are legion, and that we have much for which we ought to be thankful. I sent a copy of the December issue of the Era to one of our members who understands English. When acknowledging receipt of same, he added this comment: "Your favor and magazine came duly to hand. I read it with very much pleasure and interest. I am particularly inspired in reading 'Bessie's Trust' and the 'Letter from Mary.' they taught me the good lesson and the good spirit of the gospel. A 'Cuban Funeral' is very interesting, too. I feel very thankful for your kindness. "Sincerely your friend and brother, "Yoshiro Oyama." Elder Ensign encloses a very interesting article on conditions in Japan, which will appear in the next Era.