ELDER WILFORD WOODRUFF. We have lying before us the earth- ly tabernacle of President Brigham Young. His voice is hushed in death, and all Israel has to bow and submit to the mind and will of God. Israel will never again hear his voice until after the resurrection. I have no desire to occupy the time of this assembly, in eulogizing the life of President Young. His works and words are recorded in heaven, and they are recorded here on the earth; and that is sufficient. Let those of us who remain a few days study the counsels, the ser- mons and principles which have been revealed unto us through the mouth of this prophet of God. It will be but a few days until a great many of us who are in this assemb- ly will follow him. It seems as though Joseph was with anxious to have him, on the other side of the vail, almost all the men that labored with him and stood shoulder to shoulder with him in the flesh. I do not suppose there was ever a man breathed the breath of life who, in the short space of forty-five years, has done so much towards the establishment of the government and kingdom of God, as our beloved President. His life has been before many of you for several years, and to some from the commencement of his labors in this church. He felt the weight of this dispensation resting upon him; he certainly has been true and faithful unto death, and he is prepared to receive a crown of life. About all I wish to do in my re- marks is to exhort this great body of people who hold the holy priest- hood, that during the few remain- ing days of our earthly life we con- tinue, faithfully, the work that is now left us to do. "The Lord has given and the Lord has taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord." [Job 1:21] The great desire of President Young in the last year of his life, as well as previously, was that before he passed away he might erect Temples to the name of the Lord, in that way and man- ner that men bearing the holy priesthood in the flesh could enter into those temples and perform their missions, for the redemption of the dead. This has been plainly manifested to all who have been much in his company. I rejoice that he lived long enough to enter into one Temple and attend to its dedication, and to commence the work of others. And I would say to this people, let us go to and finish these Temples, that we may continue the work required of us. I trust we will realize the import- ance of the great and serious res- ponsibilities resting upon us who are engaged in the work which comprehends all others; it being the great and last dispensation of the fulness of times; that we, like our leader, may be diligent, day and night, in striving to carry out the counsels given to us. I feel to thank God in my spirit that our beloved President has had the privilege, when his work was finished, of laying down his body in peace, at home, surrounded by his family and friends; instead of suffering martyrdom as did our for- mer President, and as did nearly all of the ancient Apostles. This to me is certainly very consoling. And I would repeat, Let us accom- plish the work laid upon us by our beloved leader, so that when our time is ended, we can go hence and be welcomed into the society of Brigham, of Joseph, George A., Brother Kimball and the host of Elders who have dwelt in the flesh and proven faithful and true, feel- ing satisfied with our labors. It is said that "blessings brighten as they take their flight." I have often felt in listening to the glorious principles of President Young, that the people here heard him so much that they hardly prized the beauty and the extent of the results and virtues of his teachings. Brethren let us give these things our serious attention and remember them and carry them out in our lives. Let us keep the commandments, striv- ing in all earnestmess to be true and faithful to the end of our work, so that we may share the joys of those men whose names brighten the pages of our history. I would say to the bereaved fam- ily, may God comfort you and bless you and give you increasedly of his Spirit. Your husband and fa- ther has gone to prepare the way for his family who must sooner or later follow after him. If you, as his wives, his sons and daughters keep his sayings, you will be pre- pared to meet him in the morning of the resurrection, numbered among the faithful and worthy ones. And to my brethren and sisters who have heard his voice for these many years: Let us not forget the precious words of truth and wisdom he has taught us. We are living in a time of important changes. If ever a man could have been saved from dying through prayer, President Brigham Young could. But it was not in the power of man to keep him here. I believe Bro. Geo. A. Smith was kept from dying through the prayers of his brethren and the saints, several months after he was called away. But when the Lord calls we must go. When we received word in St. George of the sickness of President Young, we stopped all business, and went into the Temple remaining mostly for two days and nights en- gaged in supplicating Almighty God for his recovery, until the time of his death. Having finished his work he had to go; and he is now beyond the power of pain and sor- row, sickness and death. He has been true and faithful to the end, and therefore all is well with him. That God may bless us all, and help us to realize the responsibility we are under to him, to our fellow- man and to each other, to the liv- ing and to the dead, is my prayer in the name of Jesus. Amen.