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THE DESERET WEEKLY.

PRESIDENT WILFORD WOODRUFF,

In the course of a four minutes' ad-
dress, bore his testimony to the remarks
of President Cannon on the important
subject of temple building. He pointed
to the fact that as the Apostles and dis-
ciples of God in former days were ever
ready to lay down their lives for the
Gospel's sake, so since the day of the
martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph this
people had always been willing to
make similar sacrifices in His
holy name. There were but few
in the world, he said, prepared to obey
the fulness of the Gospel, and that was
why the Latter-day Saints had been
chosen and brought to these valleys
from all nations of the earth. It was
because the true Gospel had been
offered to them and they had received
it. We had been called to go upon
missions, to warn the wicked of the
judgments which were near at hand.
The priesthood belonged to the celes-
tial law, both for time and eternity.

The Lord had made great promises
to all His faithful Saints, from the be-
ginning of this work, and if we re-
mained steadfast to the end these
would all be fulfilled; and no power on
earth or in hell could take from us the
blessings which were in store for the
righteous. We had everything to en-
courage us in the good work which we
had espoused; but the Lord required
much at our hands, and if we united
together and carried out faithfully
that which He asked of us, we should
reap our reward in due season.