Discourse 1859-05-08
Afternoon, Elder Wilford Woodruff dwelt
on the dealings of God with man; his immuta-
bility and unchangeableness of character,
treated on the subject of the rewards and pun-
ishments that will be dealt out to the children
of men at the great day of judgment. He
then reviewed the perseverance and diligence
of the Prophets of God who lived anciently,
and exhorted the people to imitate the good
deeds of all good men, and called their atten-
tion to the blessings in store for the faithful;
treated on the narrowness of the road to life
and the broadness of the way to death, the un-
ceasing opposition to the things of God in all
ages, bore testimony to the Divine authenticity
of the Book of Mormon, that Joseph Smith was
a Prophet—God's vicegerent on the earth, and
that all the keys, powers, privileges and bless-
ings possessed by that holy man were with
his successor in office.
