literal descendants of ,
and , and the Lord is
working in their midst. The vision
of their minds is beginning to be
opened, and they are to be taught
the things of the kingdom of God. I
have thought sometimes that they
have more faith than the Latter-
day Saints. I traveled among them
for one year in and . I visited those that dwell
in the walled cities. They have some
seven villages on the top of a moun-
tain from 500 to 1,500 feet high.
One thing struck me very forcibly
while there. Although a good many
of these people are superstitious,
some of them sun-worshippers and
so forth, yet they seem to be im-
pressed with the idea that there is go-
ing to be a famine. They have enough
grain and dried squash laid up to
last them for years, and they think
the day is not far off when they will
need that which they have stored up.
Don't we believe that a famine will
come? I know some of our sisters
are laying up wheat, I hope the
Relief Societies will continue to do
so, and the brethren should help
them. I believe that the Latter-
day Saints ought to store up grain
against a day of want. The Bible
tells us that prior to the coming of
the Son of Man there shall be wars
and rumors of wars, famines, pes-
tilence, and earthquakes. All these
things will come to pass.
It is a good time with us. The
Lord has blessed us. He has blessed
the earth for our use; and we ought
to dedicate our families, our fields,
our crops, our herds, to God. We
should pay our tithing according to
the law of God. We should attend
to all the duties required at our
hands. We should not neglect our
prayers. Men should seek to enjoy
the spirit of God, and the fellowship
of His Holy Spirit. We should seek
to do all the good we can, so that we
may feel satisfied when we get
through.
I pray God to bless you with His
Holy Spirit; I pray that he will
give us power to fulfill our calling in
the Priesthood, power to build up
Zion, power to finish these temples
in which we may redeem our dead.
This is my prayer in the name of
Jesus Christ. Amen.
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literal descendants of ,
and , and the Lord is
working in their midst. The vision
of their minds is beginning to be
opened, and they are to be taught
the things of the kingdom of God. I
have thought sometimes that they
have more faith than the Latterday Saints. I traveled among them
for one year in and . I visited those that dwell
in the walled cities. They have some
seven villages on the top of a mountain from 500 to 1,500 feet high.
One thing struck me very forcibly
while there. Although a good many
of these people are superstitious,
some of them sun-worshippers and
so forth, yet they seem to be impressed with the idea that there is going to be a famine. They have enough
grain and dried squash laid up to
last them for years, and they think
the day is not far off when they will
need that which they have stored up.
Don't we believe that a famine will
come? I know some of our sisters
are laying up wheat, I hope the
Relief Societies will continue to do
so, and the brethren should help
them. I believe that the Latterday Saints ought to store up grain
against a day of want. The Bible
tells us that prior to the coming of
the Son of Man there shall be wars
and rumors of wars, famines, pestilence, and earthquakes. All these
things will come to pass.
It is a good time with us.
The Lord has blessed us. He has blessed
the earth for our use; and we ought
to dedicate our families, our fields,
our crops, our herds, to God. We
should pay our tithing according to
the law of God. We should attend
to all the duties required at our
hands. We should not neglect our
prayers. Men should seek to enjoy
the spirit of God, and the fellowship
of His Holy Spirit. We should seek
to do all the good we can, so that we
may feel satisfied when we get
through.
I pray God to bless you with His
Holy Spirit; I pray that he will
give us power to fulfill our calling in
the Priesthood, power to build up
Zion, power to finish these temples
in which we may redeem our dead.
This is my prayer in the name of
Jesus Christ. Amen.
