President Wilford Woodruff said that young men were taken from the various vocations of life and sent forth to proclaim the Gospel to the people of the nations of the earth in their own tongues. This work was one that had been spoken of by the ancient prophets, and no one could reject it who could sin- cerely believe the Bible. God had restored the Gospel through the Prophet Joseph strictly in accord- ance with the prophecies uttered by his servants anciently, and this was the same Gospel that was taught by them, and the Church was organized in the same way and by the same authority as the Church of Christ anciently. No man had au- thority to administer the ordinances of the Gospel unless he was call- ed of God, and all promises or ordi- nances made without that author- ity would end with death. The Saints had been persecuted more be- fore the principle of celestial marri- age was revealed than since. This was the only principle by which we could claim our family relationship on the other side of the vail. The Lord had verified the truth of the testimonies of the Elders of Israel to all who obeyed their words in honesty of heart. We were engaged in an important work and it be- hooved us as Saints to keep our cov- enants.