---
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: 19
number: 4
published: 1916-02
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* 19, no. 4 (February 1916).
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1904unse
  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: improvementera1904unse
curator_note: Source verified against the Internet Archive scan and masthead (vol. XIX, no. 4). Advertisements and advertising-only leaves are omitted; editorial frontispieces and image-only leaves are described here.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1916-02)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1904unse
  publication_year: 1916
  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 1916, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Improvement Era, February 1916

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## Contents

- B. H. Roberts, “Fulfilled Prophecy,” 289.
- William Evans, “Artisans of the South-West,” 295.
- Orson F. Whitney, “What Is Mormonism?,” 300.
- Milton Bennion, “The Cultivation of Moral Thoughtfulness,” 302.
- Delbert W. Parratt, “Outlines for Scout Workers,” 304.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Adele,” 308.
- Joseph F. Smith, Jr., “Is Man Immortal?,” 314.
- E. G. Gowans, “Lincoln's Hour of Vision: Your Opportunity,” 322.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Faint Heart Ne'er Won Fair Lady,” 327.
- Robert C. Webb, “Human History Not Explained by Evolution,” 337.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Harvest Time in Peace and War,” 344.
- H. R. Merrill, “Speck's Faith,” 345.
- Anthony W. Ivins, “Traveling Over Forgotten Trails,” 350.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “The Lights Go Out,” 357.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Winter Evening at Home,” 358.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Editors' Table,” 360.
- P. Joseph Jensen, “Priesthood Quorums' Table,” 371.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Mutual Work,” 372.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Passing Events,” 377.