---
title: Improvement Era
description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930.
authors:
  - Peery, Joseph S.
collections:
  - periodicals
tags:
  - magazine
  - improvement-era
periodical: Improvement Era
volume: 23
number: 11
published: 1920-09
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: 'Peery, Joseph S., "Get into the Books," *Improvement Era* 23, no. 11 (September 1920): 975.'
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera23011unse
  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: improvementera23011unse
start_page: 975
end_page: 975
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1920-09)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera23011unse
  publication_year: 1920
  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 1920, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# Get into the Books

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GOD'S PRIESTHOOD LEADS THE WAY                         977

     The clouds disperse and soon shall dawn the millennial
day, when tyranny and hate shall be conquered, and peace on
earth and good will to men shall be established. Man to man
shall grasp hands in love and dwell united, with the Priesthood
leading the way.
     Up, then, ye sons of Zion! Be true to every trust. Speed
the glad news around the world, loudly as with a trumpet's blast.
The banner of freedom is at last unfurled; the Millennial day
dawns, and the Priesthood leads the way.
Carey, Idaho.

                Where are the Men to Lead?
                 There isn't a lad but wants to grow
                   Manly and true at heart;
                 And every lad would like to know
                   The   secret   we      impart.

                 He doesn't desire to slack or shirk,
                   Oh! haven't you heard him plead?
                 He'll follow a man at play or work,
                   If only the man will lead.

                 Where are the men to lead today,
                   Sparing an hour or two,
                 Teaching the lads the game to play
                   Just as a man should do?

                 Village and slums are calling "Come!"
                   Here are the boys, indeed;
                 Who can tell what they might become,
                   If only a man would lead?

                 Motor and golf and winter sport
                   Fill up the time a lot,
                 But wouldn't you like to feel you'd taught
                   Even a boy to "knot?"

                 Country and home depend on you,
                   Character most we need;
                 How can a lad know what to do
                   If there   isn't   a   man to lead?
                 Where are the men to lend a hand?
                   Echo it far and wide-
                 Men who will rise in every land,
                   Bridging the "Great Divide."

                 Nation and flag and tongue unite
                   Joining each class and creed,
                 Here are the boys who would do the right
                   But where are the men to lead?
                                                         —Anonymous.