--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Baggarley, Maud collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 10 number: 11 published: 1907-09 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Maud Baggarley, "The Call: A Poem," *Improvement Era* 10, no. 11 (September 1907): 862.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera10011unse 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: improvementera10011unse start_page: 862 end_page: 862 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1907-09) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera10011unse 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. --- # The Call: A Poem — 862 IMPROVEMENT ERA. these churches admit these books to a place in their Bibles, or quote them in their controversies. They teach authority too strong- ly — the voice of God rather than the voice of man. A translation from the Arminian of the apocryphal third Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians will be given in a future article. Provo, Utah. THE CALL. (For the Improvement Era ) The light of a glorious day hath dawned, And from the watch-tower high, The bugle sounds the ' 'call to arms," Materialism must die. Men come from the mtuntain; men come from the plain; Leaving college work, shop and plow. Quickly they answer their country's call; Columbia hath need of them now. The blare of the trumpets, the beat of the drum, The tread of marching feet, The sight of "Old Glory" waving on high, Maketh death for one's country sweet. But they who fight in this long, long war, Shall be cheered not by music nor voice, Though when the glorious cause is won, The noble oLsoul will rejoice. For the "civic banner" is now unfurled, And "no quarter" the battle cry; If Freedom and Justice together reign, Their enemy Fraud must die. Neath the "civic banner" of order and law, Shall this army enlist today, From the best of our brain, the best of our brawn, To be recruited alway. Armed with the weapons of virtue and truth, Honesty, purity, love, Relying on One divine for aid The God who ruleth above . Maud Baggarley. Salt Lake City Utah.