Elder Wilford Woodruff.—It is a great privilege to live in this day, and to be associated with the Saints in this dis- pensation, in building up the kingdom of our God. In this work it is necessary that the Saints be taught in principles earthly and heavenly. I look upon the Latter-day Saints as possessing not only the keys of the kingdom, but the spirit of it also, to prepare them for the accomplishment of this great work. It is interesting to travel among this people and mark their improvements and the progress they are making tem- porally and spiritually. The Lord has a people here that will try to be moulded in a way that He can handle them. In our travels among the Saints this season, we have been taught good principles by the First Presidency and the Twelve. We are gathered into these valleys to be instructed and taught to build up the kingdom, and we have a great deal yet to learn. Israel of old was inspired by the same spirit which inspires the Latter-day Saints; and that Spirit pro- duces a union among us such as has never been excelled among any people, according to the time they have existed in an organized form. The revolu- tionary fathers did not forsee the effect of their movements upon the future. So with the operations of Zion's Camp. In the future, the work which they ac- complished will be looked upon as a mighty one; so, also, with the Mormon Battalion. The history of the founda- tion and progress of this church will be more wonderful and interesting than the history of any other people since the world began. The heavens are full of knowledge and wisdom, and it has in part been revealed to us through God's servants. There is something God-like and glorious in the doctrines and revela- tions which have been given unto us through the prophets of God; and if we do what is enjoined upon us, we are doing the work which we have been appointed to perform. Inasmuch as this is our work we should try to bend our minds to it. We should be pre- pared for every emergency; we cannot know what awaits us unless we are guided and led day by day by the Lord. Let Him forsake us, and we could not move forward. We are living where we have peace, and we need not asso- ciate with the wicked. We should lay the counsels of God to heart, and ac- complish all we are told to do, perform- ing every duty. We should rejoice and be humble before the Lord, and seek with all our might to build up His kindom, for in so doing we build up ourselves. We have grown, increased and advanced from the commencement until now, and God will defend His poople and His servants so far as we are faithful. There is a union among this people that the world dread. The policy of the world is to be divided, but the heavens are united and are led by Eloheim. So the kingdom of God on earth is a pattern of things in heaven. May Jacob flourish, become a strong nation and overcome evil and the works of the devil and triumph forever, Amen.