---
title: Improvement Era
description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930.
authors:
  - Partridge, Raymond
collections:
  - periodicals
tags:
  - magazine
  - improvement-era
periodical: Improvement Era
volume: 24
number: 11
published: 1921-09
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: 'Raymond Partridge, "By Their Fruits," *Improvement Era* 24, no. 11 (September 1921): 968.'
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera24011unse
  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: improvementera24011unse
start_page: 968
end_page: 968
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1921-09)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera24011unse
  publication_year: 1921
  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 1921, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# By Their Fruits

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Whom do you worship? Tell by means of the life that you lead,
Tell through the names of the books that you read;
Tell in the food that you relish the most.
Tell in the times that you stayed at your post.
Tell in the count of good deeds you've done.
Tell by the tales you relate to your friends,
Tell in the record of habits o'ercome,
Tell by the weaklings your courage defends.
Tell by the laws of the gospel obeyed,
Tell from your stand for the right, unafraid,
Tell to yourself through the history you've made
Whom do you worship?

Provo, Utah  
Raymond Partridge