Discourse 1869-06-09
Br. Woodruff said:
The Lord told Joseph Smith
that he was laying the foundation of a great work, but
he knew it not. He felt this was the case with
these Relief Societies. Referred to the discourses
of some of our returned missionaries, both from
the North & the South. They all testified of the
want of virtue & of the degeneracy of society.
Spoke of the great labor which lies before
the Saints. The L.D.S. do not realize it.
Pres. Young is capable of instructing us: he
is called of God to lead. Zion is not yet es-
tablished in its beauty & glory. Spoke of our
children: noble spirits who have come here to bear
off the Kingdom. There are many spirits yet
to come: also many which are waiting for us
to do a work for them. Some men will
hear a sermon an hour long, & then go forth
& trade with our enemies. A great responsability
rests upon both men & women in this respect.
Our leaders are abundantly inspired to lead
us. Beleived that this people are advancing, are
improving. We are not going to stay here long, but
have a tremendous work to do. He should hate
to go into the spirit world & have his fathers &
mothers ask him why he had not performed
this work or that for them
