I have full confidence to believe, that the Twelve

Elder Woodruff pro- phesied at a conference at Ogden, that Joseph F. Smith would become President of the Church, and we would have to deviate from the usual course in, in order to have that fulfilled. And it was said, that prophecy was recorded. Now if Elder Woodruff delivered such a prophecy, and that by inspiration of the Lord, which I verily be- lieve he did, it will be fulfilled as sure as fate; and that too, without deviating from the path marked out by the Lord and followed by the Presidency of the Church. I will also here make a statement that I, Wilford Woodruff, heard Heber C. Kimball and Pres Joseph Young say that they heard Joseph Smith say in their presence, and in the presence of others in 1832, the first time that Joseph Smith, ever had on interview with Brigham Young, he said that Brigham Young would yet be the President of the Church. And that was three years before there was a Quorum of the Twelve appointed.

And no man knew that Brigham Young would ever be an Apostle, unless God revealed it to the Prophet. And still, after sixteen years of revolution and change Brigham Young was President of the Church, without turning to the right or left, from the path marked out by the Revelations of God. And that pro- phecy is also recorded; and there was not one chance in ten for that prophecy to be fulfilled, that there is for Joseph F. Smith to the president, in the regular channel of the order of God. Now, Brother Grant, I have given you my reasons for believing that, in case of the death of the President of the Church, it is the right of the ^President of the^ Twelve Apostles to become the President of the Church, and that the majority of the Twelve Apostles will so decide, until the coming of the Son of Man.