---
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: 17
number: 4
published: 1914-02
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, *Improvement Era* 17, no. 4 (February 1914).
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1704unse
  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: improvementera1704unse
curator_note: Cover, masthead, and table of contents retained. Commercial advertisements and unnumbered advertising leaves omitted; image-only editorial plates are represented in their owning item as comments.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1914-02)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1704unse
  publication_year: 1914
  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 1914, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Improvement Era, February 1914

*Improvement Era*, vol. 17, no. 4 (February 1914).

## Contents

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (281), Dawn of a New Day (281), The Parable of the Defective Battery (283), The Belated Emigrants of 1856—IV (287), Rosa. A Poem (299), Voice of the Intangible—XXII (300), Primordial. A Poem (304), Discoveries on the Colorado—IV (305), Character Counts (311), Have Joseph Smith's Interpretations Been Discredited? (313), What Lack We Yet? A Poem (351), Washington. A Poem (352), Men Who Have Done Things—XIV (354), Joseph Smith as Educator—II–IV (360), It Is Well. A Poem (365), Hebrew Idioms and Analogies in the Book of Mormon—II (366), The Most Perfect. A Poem (370), Where Flowers Grow. A Poem (371), In Honor of President Joseph F. Smith (372), Conditions of Success—I (380), A Practical Demonstration (383), Editors' Table—Boy Scouts—History of Lehi (385), Messages from the Missions (388), Priesthood Quorums' Table (395), Mutual Work (399), Passing Events (402).