---
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: 6
published: 1916-04
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* 19, no. 6 (April 1916).
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1906unse
  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: improvementera1906unse
curator_note: Source verified against the Internet Archive scan and masthead (vol. XIX, no. 6). 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 1916-04)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1906unse
  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, April 1916

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## Contents

- Frank B. Matheson, “A Pertinent Sermonet,” 481.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “April, 1564—April, 1616,” 484.
- Frank S. Harris, “Being Good for Something,” 488.
- Orville W. Cutler, “The Cape to Cairo Railroad,” 490.
- Nephi Jensen, “The Gospel,” 493.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Miko,” 501.
- Anthony W. Ivins, “Traveling Over Forgotten Trails,” 512.
- John Cuthers, “The Book of Mormon Aspect of Preparedness,” 516.
- Robert C. Webb, “Human History Not Explained by Evolution,” 518.
- Orson F. Whitney, “The Doctrine of the Resurrection,” 524.
- J. H. Peel, “Let Boy Scouts Plant Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds,” 526.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Poetic Eulogy to Green River and the Rocky Mountains,” 530.
- Lella Marler Hoggan, “What Is a Character Worth?,” 532.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “President of the Agricultural College of Utah,” 537.
- Edward H. Anderson, “For the Consideration of Utah Citizens,” 540.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Freedom versus Rum,” 546.
- J. M. Tanner, “The Great War,” 547.
- Edwin F. Parry, “Come, All Ye Sons of God,” 552.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Liberty in Utah,” 553.
- P. Joseph Jensen, “Priesthood Quorums' Table,” 563.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Mutual Work,” 565.
- Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, “Passing Events,” 569.