---
title: Improvement Era
description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930.
authors:
  - Coleman, Guy E.
collections:
  - periodicals
tags:
  - magazine
  - improvement-era
periodical: Improvement Era
volume: 22
number: 5
published: 1919-03
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: 'Coleman, Guy E., "The Spirit Never Dies," *Improvement Era* 22, no. 5 (March 1919): 412.'
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2205unse
  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: improvementera2205unse
start_page: 412
end_page: 412
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1919-03)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2205unse
  publication_year: 1919
  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 1919, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# The Spirit Never Dies

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The Spirit Never Dies

 When the splendid sun has run his course, And beyond our vision sped, We are prone to think that the light has died, And we say that the day is dead.

 But the sun has never ceased to shine, In the kingdom of the skies; It is ever shining somewhere, sweetheart, The sunlight never dies.

 When the soul has found life's duty done, And from our presence fled, We are prone to think that the soul has died, And we say that our dear is dead.

 But the soul has never ceased to live, In the kingdom of the skies; It is living, loving somewhere, swetheart, The spirit never dies. Guy E. Coleman