City, . I feel it a privilege to bear testi- mony before the Saints to the exhor- tations we have heard this morning from brothers Richards and Wells. We have had good teachings, good counsel, and good doctrine taught us. And I presume I feel in a measure like the rest of my brethren when I rise to speak to this people in the Tabernacle, where such large congre- gations of Saints assemble; I have a desire that what I say may do the people good, may edify them. My bre- thren also have the same desire. We realize that the minds of this people need feeding continually, and we all have to depend upon the Holy Spirit and the Lord to feed our minds from that inexhaustible fountain of intelligence which comes from God, for we cannot obtain food from any other source to feed the immortal mind of man. Here are a large as- sembly of minds who are reaching forth to receive light and truth before the Lord. I realize that we have a great many lessons to learn in the school we are in, and myself as a teacher in con- nexion with my brethren have also a great deal to learn. I feel that I am yet in my alphabet, and feel some- times that I am incapable of teaching this people, when I realize they are in the road which leads to celestial glory —to eternal life and eternal exalta- tion. I know I am dependent as I know my brethren are upon God, upon the Holy Ghost for all the light, truth, and intelligence which we have to impart unto you. The words which brother Wells quo- ted, and which brother Samuel Rich- ards referred to, furnish as strong a proof as can be furnished as to the true principle of prosperity, touching things temporal and things spiritual. I refer to the words of Jesus Christ which he spoke to his followers: "Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all other things shall be added unto you." [##Matthew 6:33#] I will tell you, brethren and sisters, we may try it all the days of our lives, we may try every path and every principle in this world, and we as Saints cannot prosper upon any other mode of pro- ceeding than by first seeking the kingdom of heaven and its righteous- ness; when we do this there is no blessing, there is no good, no exalta- tion, gift, grace, desire, or anything that a good man can wish that is pro- fitable, and good for time and for eter- nity, but will be given unto us. A great many people have tried to seek for happiness independent of first seeking the kingdom of heaven, &c., but they have always found it an up- hill business, and so shall we if we try it. We as a people should have learned by this time, after having the experi- ence we have gained, to make up our minds to take hold and build up the kingdom of God, and it should be