--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Clift, Charles collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 10 number: 5 published: 1907-03 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Clift, Charles, "Calvario: A Poem," *Improvement Era* 10, no. 5 (March 1907): 384.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1005unse 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: improvementera1005unse start_page: 384 end_page: 384 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1907-03) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1005unse publication_year: 1907 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 1907, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Calvario: A Poem 384 IMPROVEMENT ERA. joyed to the fullest possible extent by the heavenly hosts, and which are properties or fruits of the Spirit, and which are made plain in Galatians v: 22, 23: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. This I understand to mean that the individual who has attained to and is in the full enjoyment of these heavenly attributes, is living above the law of commandment, and in consonance or in full agreement with the laws of the universe, else there could not be an eternal or continued existence. It is only by yielding obedience to God's commandments that we are able ultimately to arrive at that condition of harmony, or holiness. It is very easy for a person to determine whether he is making progress towards harmonizing his being with the immutable laws of the universe, i. e., by his power to resist or entirely repu- diate gross, material pleasures, and by using wisely the materials with which the Lord has surrounded him, and thereby proving his worthiness to the blessings which, in his loving kindness, our Heavenly Father has condescended to grant unto men. In view of the fact that the Lord in his mercy has extended so much unto us, we should at least try to conform, as much as possible, to his behests, thereby gaining strength hour by hour and day by day, until we can resist with impunity the temptations of the evil one. Salt Lake City, Utah. CALVARIO. {For the Improvement Era.) C aim amid the surging throng He stood: A ngelic hosts their ministry repaid : L ove triumphed. Hate, abashed, was silent then, V iewing with wonder the "rejected" Christ. A ngry shouts relaxed; scorn dissolved in fear: R ound the vast crowd a pitying glance He threw, I nvoking Heaven's forgiveness for them all: 0, wondrous Life! 0, wondrous Work! each then complete. Charles Clift Lisbon, Portugal.