--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Brimhall, George H. collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 20 number: 10 published: 1917-08 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'George H. Brimhall, "My Brother," *Improvement Era* 20, no. 10 (August 1917): 874.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera20010unse 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: improvementera20010unse start_page: 874 end_page: 874 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1917-08) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera20010unse publication_year: 1917 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 1917, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # My Brother Brother What is life without my brother? What are riches, what is power? What are visions of the future? What the pleasures of the hour? Refrain I will be my brother's keeper — He shall dwell within my heart; Of the joys we share together, Each shall have the bigger part. What is earth without my brother? What the joy the morn can bring; What the fragrance of the flower, What the bubbling of the spring? What's the comfort of the fire-side, What's the plenty of my board? If I have no sharing brother, What's the blessing of the Lord? George H. Brimhall