Elder Wilford Woodruff:—"Last Spring, long after the time of plowing and sowing, Pres. Young told us not to fret ourselves, for we should have a fruitful season. The gardens have been watered from the clouds in such a way that I have not before seen in these mountains. We enjoy many blessings in these visits. The people are blessed in leaving their fields and work-shops to attend these meetings, to rejoice to- gether in the things of the kingdom of God. There is no better field to preach in than in Utah; we need preaching to. We are subject to temptation, and are in the midst of evils that are seeking to overthrow those principles that will ex- alt man." He then referred to the reading of novels and other kinds of fiction, and their injurious tendency, noticing the fiction so generally believed in by the christian world, that the Lord is an un- organized being, without body, parts or passions. "Though the Twelve Apostles are or- dained to the power of the Apostleship, they exercise their calling under the di- rection of the First Presidency. No man but the President has a right to give a revelation for the guidance of this Church; it is the right of every Latter-day Saint to have revelation for their individual benefit; but none of us have a right to give a new doctrine to the Church without the consent and knowledge of the First Presidency of the Church. This life is dear to us, for in it we are expected to prepare for a higher sphere. All the powers of earth are against this kingdom. We must live near to God, and be rich in the preparations of the gospel. Let us be efficient in these matters." He then spoke on the necessity of cleansing out of our fields the noxious weeds; not only to clean them out of our growing crops, but to mow the bor- ders of fields, and not suffer them to go to seed, and change the land to hoed crops until the foul weeds are all des- troyed.