---
title: Improvement Era
description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930.
authors:
  - Murdoch, David L.
collections:
  - periodicals
tags:
  - magazine
  - improvement-era
periodical: Improvement Era
volume: 12
number: 5
published: 1909-03
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: 'Murdoch, David L., "An Emblem for the Seventies," *Improvement Era* 12, no. 5 (March 1909): 384.'
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1205unse
  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: improvementera1205unse
start_page: 384
end_page: 384
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1909-03)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1205unse
  publication_year: 1909
  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 1909, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# An Emblem for the Seventies

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AN EMBLEM FOR THE SEVENTIES.
(For the Improvement Era.)
On a pinnacle of the Temple, with a trumpet in his hand,
Stands Moroni on a sphere, like a sentinel o'er the land.
Every people, tongue and kindred shall hear the proclamation
Of the gospel's joyous sound sent to each and every nation.
Hear all ye isles and continents, wherever there are found
Remnants of the covenant people; let the angel's warning sound
Loud and long; let it resound throughout each land and clime,
That Israel may be gathered in the Lord's appointed time.
Like an ensign on a mountain, like a standard just unfurled,
Let the angel's proclamation be heralded to the world.
By the elders, send the message; by the seventies, preach the word,
And leave them then without excuse when the warning has been heard.
Glad tidings of great joy we bring to each true and honest heart.
Oh, how our bosoms swelled with love when first we heard, in part,
And how our faith has grown since then, as we the lesson learn,
Of the gospel's restoration and its power for fallen men.
And how the work is growing — growing larger year by year,
And how our prophet would rejoice, were he but with us here;
And how the Lord does magnify his servants in his cause,
As they show forth humility, keeping all his holv laws.
Salt Lake Citv, Utah. David L. Murdock.