Discourse 1852-10-06
Elder W. Woodruff. Truly has it been said,
that we are growing in knowledge and wisdom, and
feel the hand of God guiding us; yet this people
have one fault, and that is, to run to a Gentile store
and spend the last dollar they've got, in preference
to going to a brother in the church; it is an error in
Israel, and should be stopped. How long will you
sustain men, who do not support this kingdom, in
preference to supporting yourselves? The men
who drew the very life's blood of the community in
Nauvoo, were the first to draw the steel upon us
and drive us from our homes, and I fear not to say,
that if the saints were to leave these valleys, and the
Gentiles were to take possession of our houses, and
our farms, they could not live here, and a famine
would be in these valleys, in their midst.
