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President Wilford Woodruff

Said: Before the close of the
meeting I have a request I want to
make of these Apostles, these High
Priests, Seventies and Elders, and
the Lesser Priesthood and all the
Latter-day Saints who have any
communion with God or with the
Holy Ghost. Brother Merrill has
been talking of revelation. If there
was ever a time since God made the
world that the in[h]abitants of the
earth needed revelation, it is today.
Now, the Lord has given us the
stick of Judah—the law of God to
the Jews—which reaches down to
our day and generation, and which
shows us their history and has told
us what would come to pass with
them and what will come to pass in
the future. So has the Lord given us
the stick of Ephraim—the stick of
Joseph in the hands of Ephraim
—giving the history of the
inhabitants of this continent
and what shall take place in the
last days. [##Ezekiel 37:15-20##] I hold in my hands
a code of revelation (the Book of
Doctrine and Covenants) given to
Joseph Smith, the Prophet. There
are some of the most sublime revela-
tions in that book God ever gave to
any generation, or to any prophet
or people under heaven. This book
of revelations, like other records,
will go down to the end of time and
into eternity. These revelations give
you the whole history of the celes-
tial kingdom, of the terrestrial king-
dom and of the telestial Kingdom
of our God. But we want revela-
tion every day. Well, you say, the
President of the Church should give
revelation. Yes, it is true, the
President holds the keys of giving
revelation to the Latter-day Saints.
But is he alone to give revelation?
No, verily, not. There is not an
Apostle in this Church, there is not
an Elder in this Church that stands
up in this congregation to teach this
people, but should be full of revela-
tion. There is where your revela-
tion should come—from those who
teach you day by day.

How many revelations did Brig-
ham Young give that were written
to the people? Very few. How
many has John Taylor given that
were written to the people? Very
few. How many has Wilford Wood-
ruff given? Very few. We have