PRESIDENT WILFORD WOODRUFF. I do not know that I can make this congregation hear me, but I would like to make a few remarks. I will say that if this whole as- sembly could have their eyes opened to behold all the creations of God— the beasts of the field, the fowls of the air, the fish of the sea, and the fourteen hundred millions of people that inhabit this world, with every spear of grass and every flower—it is said you could find no two things alike. This has been represented many times by men concerning the creations of God. This eternal variety on the earth is no greater than that among the spirits who have dwelt in the presence of God in the eternal worlds and who have taken and will take tabernacles on this earth. This variety has also been manifest in all the revelations that have been given to us concerning the children of men or the creations of God. So great has this variety been that it seems Lucifer, the son of the morning, a personage who was great in the presence of God, rebelled against God and drew away with him one-third of the whole host of heaven. They deserted the Lord and followed Lucifer. And I do not know how many were "astride the fence" and did not know which way to go; but I presume there were a good many of them. This variety has remained with the spirits in heaven and on the earth. The Lord revealed this principle to Father Abraham. He showed unto him the spirits that dwelt with Him and told Abraham that many of those spirits were more noble than others, and said unto him: "These I will make my rulers; for he stood among those that were spirits, and he saw that they were good." He also said to Abraham, "Thou art one of them, thou wast chosen before thou wast born." [Abraham 3:23] And the Lord blessed Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and the twelve tribes of Israel, who sprang from Jacob. They all received their patriarchal blessings, and every one of those blessings has been fulfilled to the very letter as fast as the time would permit. From that day un- til the present the Almighty has made use of the seed of Abraham,