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vail they would find their records
there, in the great library of the King-
dom of Heaven, and he would like to
have a good account, as he wanted all
of them to have.

After pointing out the important
responsibility resting upon the people
of God, and remarking that the eyes of
the Lord and all the heavenly host
were constantly upon them, President
Woodruff said that God had greatly
blessed them thus far in their mission
here below and would yet give them
the power to accomplish much more,
if they but walked uprightly before
Him, lived in unity, and carried out
the purposes and principles of the
Gospel in their daily life. Whatever
duties we were called upon to perform,
we should fulfil them cheerfully. To-
day the Latter-day Saints who dwelt
in the valleys of these mountains oc-
cupied a very important position in the
world. A great change was taking
place in public opinion toward them,
even in our own nation. They had been
so derided and misrepresented in the
past that people at one time, it would
seem, hardly dared to come into Salt
Lake City for fear that they would
have their throats cut or be otherwise
killed! The object of this people was
to labor for the welfare of their fellow-
men both here and abroad; and this
was what they had been doing all the
way through. The Gospel which
they preached would save all
the sons of men under the
heaven who would embrace it and
obey all its laws. The Latter-day Saints
were not the enemies of anybody.
They believed that every man had a
right to his religion, to whatever sect
he might belong, and this people only
claimed in return the same privilege.
That was all they ever had asked.

The speaker referred briefly to the
building of temples by the Latter-day
Saints, and said they had made this
once desert land to bring forth things
in abundance for the sustenance of
man, through the power of God.
Thousands had gone before us here
and thousands would come after; but
the foundation had been laid and we
were building upon it.

In conclusion, President Woodruff
alluded to the ceremony of placing the
cap-stone on the Temple on Wednes-
day. A great deal had been said as to
people going upon the building on that
occasion, but he wished to state that
not one-tenth of that congregation
could go up there. It was de-
sired that all should remain on
terra firma except the very few whose
duty it would be to ascend the building
to perform the necessary work of the
day. He would rather not a soul
went up than that one man, woman
or child should be injured.