--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Smuin, Ralph Dewey collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 20 number: 2 published: 1916-12 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Ralph Dewey Smuin, "Stand By," *Improvement Era* 20, no. 2 (December 1916): 105.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2002unse 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: improvementera2002unse start_page: 105 end_page: 105 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1916-12) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2002unse 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. --- # Stand By PROSPERITY, DEBTS AND INVESTMENTS 105 For the war will be over some of these fine days and prices will go tumbling. Let me remind you also to pay your debts and obligations to the Lord. We owe him something, and we don't settle these obligations, many of us, quite as strictly as we should. I know we are a mighty good people, the best in the world, good bishops, good presidents, good, faithful workers, good sisters in the Relief Societies, and in the other organizations. No better class of men and women in all the world than they. None any purer or more virtuous, or more honorable, or more desirous of doing good, or more desirous of helping their neighbors, of blessing and being blessed, than these same Latter-day Saints. Let us then remember the Lord with our tithes and offerings and not be niggardly about it. Stand By S. 0. s. S. O. S. Sinking — slowly listing — Steaming ever sailing Leeward to the wave, Are the convoys of our God, Our latitude consisting — Hailing -ever hailing us Of a hope beyond the grave; To grasp the 'Tron Rod," — Our longitude we're sailing Men are falling — God is calling, The horizon of Life's Sea, Every "Life-boat" we command, Our engines they are failing — Every seaman every sailor But we'll make Eternity. By the davits he must stand! Vessel sinking—vessel sinking! Vessel sinking —vessel sinking! Heed the signal — hear the cry, Heed the signal—hear the cry, Youth of Zion, youth of Zion, Youth of Zion, youth of Zion, Stand by, stand by. Stand by, stand by. s. o. s. s. o. s. Passing— slowly passing, — Saying ever saying, Aged vessels in God's work, on the way, Priceless salvage — Evil waiting evil massing Rowing — ever waiving 'Neath the tossing waters lurk, At the oars of every day; — Ever vieing ever flying Praying, ever praying Through the battle-torn air, By the mountains of our choice; — Ever crying ever crying, — Saying ever saying, Youth of Israel, prepare! With the spirit-whispered voice: Vessel sinking —vessel sinking! "We are coming— we are coming! — Heed the signal hear the cry, — Hear our signal hear our cry, Youth of Zion, youth of Zion, Youth of Zion, youth of Zion, Stand by, stand by. We are standing by!" Ogden, Utah Ralph Dewey Smum