The Lord has sent forth the gospel, and it is offered to the children of men as it was in ancient days; men are required to have faith in Jesus Christ, repent of their sins, and to be baptized for the remission of them, and the promise is that they shall receive the Holy Ghost, which shall teach them the things of God, bring things past to their remembrance and show them things to come.

Our weapons are faith prayer, and confidence in God, for he is our friend if we have any, and we are his if he has any on the face of the earth. The Lord will work with us, and we should work with him; therefore brethren, let us live by faith, walk by faith, overcome by faith, so that we may enjoy the Holy Spirit to guide and direct us.

Our mothers, sisters, wives and daughters occupy a very impor- tant position in this generation, far more so than they realize or understand. You are rais- ing up your sons and daughters as plants of renown in the house of Israel in these latter- days. Upon the shoulders of you mothers rests, in a great measure, the responsibility of correct ly developing the mental and moral powers of the rising generation whether in infancy, child- hood, or still riper years Your husbands—the fathers of your children, are messengers to the nations of the earth, or they are engaged in business and can not be at home to attend to the children. No mother in Israel should let a day pass over her head without teaching her children to pray. You should pray yourselves, and teach your children to do the same, and you should bring them up in this way, that when you have passed away, and they take your places in bearing off the great work of God, they may have principles instilled into their minds that will sustain them in time and in eternity. I have often said it is the mother who forms the mind of the child. Take men, anywhere, at sea, sinking with their ship, dy- ing in battle, lying down in death almost un- der any circumstances, and the last thing they think of, the last word they say is "mother." Such is the influence of woman. Our children should not be neglected: they should receive a proper education in both spiritual and tem- poral things. That is the best legacy any pa- rents can leave to their children. We should teach them to pray, and instil into their minds while young every correct principle. Ninety- nine out of every hundred children, who are taught by their parents the principles of hon- esty and integrity, truth and virtue, will ob- serve them through life. Such principles will exalt any people or nation who make them the rule of their conduct. Show me a mother who prays, who has passed through the trials of life by prayer, who has trusted in the Lord God of Israel in her trials and difficulties, and her children will follow in the same path. These things will not forsake them when they come to act in the kingdom of God.