---
title: Improvement Era
description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930.
authors:
  - Hodapp, Minnie Iverson
collections:
  - periodicals
tags:
  - magazine
  - improvement-era
periodical: Improvement Era
volume: 21
number: 8
published: 1918-06
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: 'Hodapp, Minnie Iverson, "These "Former Things" Shall Pass Away," *Improvement Era* 21, no. 8 (June 1918): 675.'
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2108unse
  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: improvementera2108unse
start_page: 675
end_page: 675
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1918-06)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2108unse
  publication_year: 1918
  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 1918, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# These “Former Things” Shall Pass Away

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These "Former Things" Shall Pass Away

              Oh, hearken to the prophet's voice
              Whose message, beautiful and choice,
              Should thrill the spirit of our times
              Like echoing of heavenly chimes:
              True, loyal hearts, be strong today
              These "former things" shall pass away.

               Evolving through a mist of tears,
               Of lurid strife and gruesome fears,
              One happy day these wars shall cease
              Redeeming power shall bring us peace,
              Shall bring the fair Millennial Day,
              When "former things" shall pass away.
              The breath of pure democracy
              Shall thrill all hearts on land and sea,
              With union, liberty, unfurled
              O'er all the world, o'er all the world
              Dear, loving Love alone shall stay,
              These "former things" shall pass away.
                                          Minnie Iverson Hodapp.
Huntington, Utah