--- 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: 9 published: 1905-07 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, *Improvement Era* 8, no. 9 (July 1905), cover, masthead, and table of contents. source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0809unse 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: improvementera0809unse curator_note: Cover, masthead, and table of contents retained. Unnumbered advertising leaves 2–4 and 85–88 are omitted. rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1905-07) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0809unse 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. --- # Improvement Era — Vol. VIII. The glory of God is intelligence. No. 9 IMPROVEMENT ERA. Organ of Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations. PUBLISHED BY THE GENERAL BOARD. JOSEPH r. Smith, ) lnutnro I! UUUI: Heber J. Grant, j Business Edward R. Anderson j ' ' - Thomas* Hull, J Managers. Entered at the Post Office, Salt Lake City, Utah, as Second-Class Matter. JULY, 1905. TABLE OF CONTENTS. The Sabbath Day Frederic C lift, M. D. 64F The Sea Gulls and the Crickets A Poem— J. L. Townsend 656 A Mother's Letters to Her Missionary Son — V Susa Young Gates 659 Be Thankful for the Shadows — A Poem Grace Ingles Frost 663 Am I Converted, and if so, How Much? Dr. J. X. Allen 664 Impression vs. Expression Ernest M. Hall 667 The Royal Diploma— A Poem Theo. E. Curtis 672 A Prophetic Dream.— A Story Lou Lewis 676A Climate Modifier Fred J. Pack 681 Faith Versus Doubt.— A Poem Alfred Osmond 687 The Fulness of the Priesthood A. A. Ramseyer 689 To the Work— A Poem 694 — Topics of Moment Rupture Between Norway — and Sweden Battle of the Sea of Japan Peace Talk— Results of the Naval BattleCuba's Growth 69S Editor's Table— Loyalty to Home Interests Prest. Joseph F. Smith 70O» The Fourth of July WMard Done 702 Questions and Answers 704 Notes 705In Lighter Mood 707 Our Work— M. I. A. Annual Conference 709 Events of the Month Joseph F. Smith, Jr. 715SALT LAKE CITY: 214 ^ 215 TEMPLETON BUILDING. Published Monthly. $2.00 Per Annum.