--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Mitton, Sarah E. collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 10 number: 8 published: 1907-06 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Sarah E. Mitton, "Give Ear in Time of Need," *Improvement Era* 10, no. 8 (June 1907): 594–595.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera108unse 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: improvementera108unse start_page: 594 end_page: 595 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1907-06) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera108unse 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. --- # Give Ear in Time of Need GIVE EAR IN TIME OF NEED. Captain of Israel's mighty host, Thou knowest all their weaknesses, Guard well thy scattered sheep; And scans their every deed. E'en though they roam in distant lands, Keep thou a shepherd's watch, and still Or drift upon the deep. Give ear in time of need. Protect them with thine outstretched arm •^' ^^ ^^^^ ^^o watched that chosen seed, To every cry give heed; 1° Caanan's holy land, When they to dark distress are driven, Still watch and bless in latter times Give ear in time of need. Another chosen band. A band of covenant children Kind, merciful and loving Friend, Who in thy pastures feed, To thee thy people cry Whose constant cry is : Lord, wilt thou wilt thou ever watch them with Give ear in time of need? Thine all-beholding eye? Sarah E. Mitton. • Logan, Utah. REVELATION ANTE-DATING SCIENTIFIC DIS- COVERY—AN INSTANCE. BY FRED JAMES PACK, A. M., PH. D. The February number of the Era contained a short article by the present writer, entitled,