Discourse 1884-04-14
President Wilford Woodruff said that it was our duty to extend
our settlements over the land and occupy it. In pursuance of this
policy a number had been called to go to Arizona to settle there, but
many had gone to the wrong places which had left the Saints at the
settlement of St Johns weak-handed, and as a consequence to a great ex-
tent subject to depredations from lawless individuals located at that
place. It was considered wise to protect the Saints in their rights
in St. Johns, which was the key to the whole Arizona country and one
of the best locations in it, and to that end the authorities had felt
prompted to send more missionaries there to strengthen the hands of
the Saints and others desirous of preventing lawlessness.
