Discourse 1881-08-27
PRESIDENT W. WOODRUFF re-
ferred to the present prosperous cir-
cumstances of the people, as com-
pared with those which surrounded
them immediately after the settle-
ment of these valleys. He observed
with interest and satisfaction the in-
crease of the population and settle-
ments throughout the Territory.
Zion was being rapidly built up. It
should be remembered however that
the angels and our dead are watching
us and our labors. The speaker had
a great anxiety to see the Latter-day
Saints manifest to their works a de-
sire to build up the Kingdom of God
in view of fulfilling all that had been
spoken and written to reference to
the redemption of the living and the
dead. He referred to the progress
being made in the building of the
Salt Lake temple, and observed that
it would, at the rate of progress now
being made, be three years yet be-
fore the walls were built to the
square. It should be remembered,
he said, by the Saints that their ob-
ject in coming here was not to make
themselves rich in the things of the
world, but to build up the Lord's
Kingdom. He admonished all to
obey the commandments of God,
and then we shall satisfy ourselves,
our Father in Heaven, and our
friends in the spirit world with the
work we have performed on the
earth. The speaker prayed that the
spirit of the Lord might rest upon
the congregations assembled during
this Conference, so that the servants
of the Lord would be able to profitably
instruct those who came to hear.
