--- 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: 11 number: 3 published: 1908-01 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "Lily Lake, On a Summit of the Uintahs," *Improvement Era* 11, no. 3 (January 1908): 186.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1103unse 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: improvementera1103unse start_page: 186 end_page: 186 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1908-01) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1103unse publication_year: 1908 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 1908, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Lily Lake, On a Summit of the Uintahs 186 IMPROVEMENT ERA. in the Holy Record, accepted the arg^ument as incontrovertible , and immediately volunteered the opinion that the chronological statements of the Bible must not be taken literally. As a matter of fact, the skeptic's argument was fallacious and the conclusion untenable. Paleontological evidence has shown that primitive plants were not accustomed to the direct rays of the sun, but rather to diffused light. Correct scientific deductions, and the revealed word of God, do not and cannot differ. Disagreements are the result of ignorance . It has been prophesied by Brigham Young that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints should become the educational ensign of the entire world. From its inception the Church has~]encouraged its members to become conversant with all the branches of education. Its aim is upward and onward. It believes in progression and courts investigation. No warfare exists between "Mormonism" and true science. Geological Department, Brigham Young College, Logan. LILY LAKE, ON A SUMMIT OF THE UINTAHS