--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Kirby, Geo. D. collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 12 number: 10 published: 1909-08 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Geo. D. Kirby, "Hope," *Improvement Era* 12, no. 10 (August 1909): 822.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera12010unse 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: improvementera12010unse start_page: 822 end_page: 822 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1909-08) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera12010unse 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. --- # Hope . 822 IMPRO VEMENT ERA but rather will grow more enthusiastic in every way for the pro- motion of the The Young Men's Mutual wont of the Lord. Improvement Associations have been from the first in very deed helps to the priesthood, and in behalf of its members we pledge ourselves and them to continue in this line in the future; being certain that no trust or added responsibility imposed upon our young people will be violated, but they will prove loyal to the authorities and the work of the Lord. Respectfully, Joseph F. Smith, Heber J. Grant, B. H. Roberts, General Superintendency. HOPE. BY GEO. D. KIRBY. When you are filled with trouble and the whole world seems wrong end to, and you find misfortune staring you in the face with a most cheerless frown, there's a lot of comfort in the re- flection that although it's dark for me and you, the sky is always blue- When the clouds are black and threatening, and the daylight seems to have been withdrawn from the world, and all the joys of living seem gone, just bear in mind that it is always "darkest just before the dawn," and only a little distance through the clouds the sky is always blue. So what's the use of repining and worrying over the hard- ships that threaten us, for the flowers are just as sweet and the birds are still singing, and behind the darkest shadow there's plenty of brightness, for the sky is always blue Don't succumb to grim despair, But remember when you're glum, That the hardest things to bear, Are the things that never come. Sugar City, Idaho.