--- 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: 14 number: 6 published: 1911-04 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Maud Baggarley, "Earthly Mission," *Improvement Era* 14, no. 6 (April 1911): 512.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1406unse 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: improvementera1406unse start_page: 512 end_page: 512 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1911-04) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1406unse publication_year: 1911 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 1911, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Earthly Mission sions to awaken the beautiful strains of music, to the comfort of both man and beast. It formed an important part of the company, and they will be held in grateful remembrance by those who were inspired by their sweet music. The land where the water was not, and the soil barren, is now a land of flourishing cities, farms, orchards, gardens, and fragrant flower- beds. The company was regaled with melons and fruit of many varieties. Wheat and corn in abundance are produced on the rim of the "Great Basin." Wherever the Saints have settled, God has healed the waters and blessed the land. It was said anciently, "The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing; the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall seethe glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God." This has been verified before our eyes on this trip. When the com- pany descended to the settlements south of the "Rim," they feasted upon the fruits of the vine. The cotton plant was exposing its fiber to the busy fingers of the gatherers, and every person seemed alive in the work of improvement and self-preservation. May the heavenly impres- sions received during this trip South never be effaced from the minds of the participants. — George D. Watt, Reporter. (the end.) Earthly Mission. "We believe that the earth will be renewed and receive its para- disiacal glory." 0 never forget thou art part of the plan To exalt, to bring joy, and to glorify man. Thou wert chosen and called when the stars on high sang, And when with hosannas the courts above rang. And if thou art mangled and spit upon, torn, Beaten with stripes, or crowned with the thorn, Rejoice, 0 thou martyr, anointed and brave; Thou art filling the mission the Lord himself gave. Oh, be like an angel, all splendid and white, With a pure, inner radiance — the soul's flaming light; Thy sorrows bear bravely, and never give pain — Then earth shall receive its old glory again. Maud Baggarley.