--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Smith, George Albert collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 11 number: 12 published: 1908-10 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Smith, George Albert, "Country Homes," *Improvement Era* 11, no. 12 (October 1908): 912.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera11012unse 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: improvementera11012unse start_page: 912 end_page: 912 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1908-10) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera11012unse 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. --- # Country Homes 912 IMPROVEMENT ERA. "Mormonism" proclaims that this the western continent, the land of America, is the chosen and appointed Zion, a land consecrated to liberty and godly freedom. It declares that no king shall rule herein until the king of kings comes to his realm. It offers a home to every wanderer, an asylum to every outcast, provided only the comer be worthy and earnest. "Mormonism" invites effort and good intent from every clime; it voices the word of welcome to every seeker of good. It upholds and defends the institutions of the nation ; it places patriotism above partisanship, it buries politics beneath principles; it recognizes men only as they stand for morals and for right. The message of "Mormonism" to the world of today is that Eloheim has spoken, that Jehovah is speaking; the coming of the Lord is near. "Today is the sum of all the yesterdays that have passed." The fruition of the ages is ready for the garnering. May the peace of God that passeth all understanding be upon us, may the spirit of the eternal God give us knowledge to see and wisdom to interpret the signs of the times. COUNTRY HOMES. - ' ■ ig£*' /_ juSj lag Hff' i-'^^. J.X 3 ■■_■ i Photo by George Albert Smith. Residence of Bishop Lemuel H. Redd, Jr., Bluff, San Juan Co., Utah.