---
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: 18
number: 6
published: 1915-04
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* 18, no. 6 (April 1915).
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1806unse
  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: improvementera1806unse
curator_note: Source verified against the Internet Archive scan and masthead (vol. XVIII, no. 6). Advertisements and advertising-only leaves are omitted; editorial frontispieces are described here.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1915-04)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1806unse
  publication_year: 1915
  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 1915, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Improvement Era, April 1915

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## Contents

- Alfred Lambourne, “Easter,” 471.
- J. W. Booth, “The Sin of Blasphemy,” 473.
- Louis L. Allen, “Prayer and Worship,” 480.
- Alfred Osmond, “The Ship of Zion,” 481.
- Josephine Spencer, “McClosky and the Cable,” 484.
- George H. Brimhall, “Thou Shalt Worship the Lord Thy God,” 492.
- Frank J. Hewlett, “Beautiful Madeira,” 493.
- Grace Ingles Frost, “Growth,” 499.
- John A. Widtsoe, “Anthon L. Skanchy—XI–XIII,” 500.
- John A. Olsen, “Marriage,” 507.
- Horace G. Whitney, “The Story of the Salt Lake Theatre,” 509.
- John Henry Evans, “A Junior Sub,” 517.
- Sarah E. H. Pearson, “Lines on the Death of a Young Mother in Israel,” 524.
- Edward H. Anderson, “Told About Alfred Lambourne,” 526.
- H. R. Merrill, “The King of the Kodak Brigade,” 528.
- Frank C. Steele, “Canada at War,” 529.
- John Q. Adams, “Origin of the Brown South Pacific Islander—II,” 534.
- O. F. Ursenbach, “An Easter Sonnet,” 540.
- Joseph M. Tanner, “General Von Hindenburg and Grand Duke Nicholas,” 541.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Editor's Table,” 544.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Messages from the Missions,” 548.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Priesthood Quorums' Table,” 552.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Mutual Work,” 555.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Passing Events,” 560.