generation before the coming of the Son
of Man. War! Yes; war is one of the
troubles that belong to the generation
in whlch we live. It will come to pass,
and no power beneath the heavens can
stay it. Who cannot open their eyes
and see the change in the things around
us? Read these revelations—the revela-
tion just read by Brother Cannon, and
the others in these books. The God of
heaven has set His hand to carry out
these great purposes that you read of.
They are as sure to come to pass as
that God lives. There is no power on
earth, nor beneath the earth, nor any-
where else, that can stay the fulfill-
ment of these things. And they are at
our doors.

I am anxious that the Latter-day
Saints shall round up their shoulders
and bear off the kingdom of God. Many
in the world have labored to try the
overthrow [of] Mormonism. They have
driven our people from their lands.
They have persecuted and afflicted us.
They have put some to death, for the
word of God and testimony of Jesus.
But they have not thwarted the pur-
poses of God in any of these things.
The Lord, in His mercy and wisdom,
has led this people to these valleys of
the mountains. It is ordained of God
that Zion is to be established here.
Here is the Tabernacle that the
Prophet spoke of as a covering from
the storm and the wind, etc. These
temples are here in fulfillment of
prophecy. We have four of them in this
State. President Young was honored
of God in the establishment of these
things. He lived long enough to dedi-
cate the corner stone of this Temple on
this block, into which the Latter-day
Saints go and deliver their friends who
are in the prison house, and attend
to the ordinances of the house of God
for them, in fulfillment of the ancient
Prophets, who spake as they were
moved upon by the Holy Ghost, to the
effect that saviors should be raised
up on Mount Zion in the latter days
while the kingdom is the Lord's. Zion
has got to arise.

"Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O
earth; and break forth into singing, O
mountains; for the Lord hath com-
forted His people, and will have mercy
upon His afflicted.

"But Zion said, The Lord hath for-
saken me, and my Lord hath forgotten
me.

"Can a woman forget her suckling
child, that she should not have com-
passion on the son of her womb? Yea,
they may forget, yet will I not forget
thee.

"Behold, I have graven thee upon the
palms of my hands; thy walls are con-
tinually before me." (Isaiah, 49:13-16.)

All that has been spoken concerning
Zion will come to pass, and you and I
today are witnesses of these things.

We are here for salvation and eter-
nal life. We are here to obtain those
great blessings which Saints of God
in every age of the world have obtained
when they have obeyed the command-
ments of God. Shall we fail? No, we
shall not if we do our duty. The Gospel
is just as good today as it was in
the days of the Savior. As to the glor-
ious blessings of the Gospel of Christ,
they have been unpopular in almost
every age of the world. Take Christ
Himself: where was there a more un-
popular man than the Savior of the
world in His day? And His Apostles
were unpopular. They were put to
death for the word of God and testi-
mony of Jesus Christ. Nevertheless,
Christ was the Son of God; and the
Saducees, the Pharisees, the Essenes,
and all the sects that warred against
Him were cursed and many of them
were cast down to hell, while He re-
mains as the Savior of the world, and
received the honor and the glory which
His Father had ordained for
Him. I want our young
people especially to remem-
ber these things. Those who are going
upon missions must not neglect them.
Unless you have the Holy
Ghost with you when you go out
to preach the Gospel, you cannot
do your duty; but when you
have that you are safe, go where you
will, and your words will have their
effect in the hearts of the honest and
meek of the earth.

Brethren and sisters, I feel to thank
God that we are as well off as we are.
I feet [feel] to thank God that we are in the
position we occupy in these valleys of
the mountains. Here is a safe place.
While in the dedication of that Temple
I saw the judgments of God that were
about to be poured out upon this gen-

GENERAL CONFERENCE.

generation before the coming of the Son of Man. War! Yes; war is one of the troubles that belong to the generation in which we live. It will come to pass, and no power beneath the heavens can stay it. Who cannot open their eyes and see the change in the things around us? Read these revelations—the revelation just read by Brother Cannon, and the others in these books. The God of heaven has set His hand to carry out these great purposes that you read of. They are as sure to come to pass as that God lives. There is no power on earth, nor beneath the earth, nor anywhere else, that can stay the fulfillment of these things. And they are at our doors.

I am anxious that the Latter-day Saints shall round up their shoulders and bear off the kingdom of God. Many in the world have labored to try the overthrow Mormonism. They have driven our people from their lands. They have persecuted and afflicted us. They have put some to death, for the word of God and testimony of Jesus. But they have not thwarted the purposes of God in any of these things. The Lord, in His mercy and wisdom, has led this people to these valleys of the mountains. It is ordained of God that Zion is to be established here. Here is the Tabernacle that the Prophet spoke of as a covering from the storm and the wind, etc. These temples are here in fulfillment of prophecy. We have four of them in this State. President Young was honored of God in the establishment of these things. He lived long enough to dedicate the corner stone of this Temple on this block, into which the Latter-day Saints go and deliver their friends who are in the prison house, and attend to the ordinances of the house of God for them, in fulfillment of the ancient Prophets, who spake as they were moved upon by the Holy Ghost, to the effect that saviors should be raised up on Mount Zion in the latter days while the kingdom is the Lord's. Zion has got to arise.

"Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains; for the Lord hath comforted His people, and will have mercy upon His afflicted.

"But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.

"Can a woman forget her suckling child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

"Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me." (Isaiah, 49:13-16.)

All that has been spoken concerning Zion will come to pass, and you and I today are witnesses of these things.

We are here for salvation and eternal life. We are here to obtain those great blessings which Saints of God in every age of the world have obtained when they have obeyed the commandments of God. Shall we fail? No, we shall not if we do our duty. The Gospel is just as good today as it was in the days of the Savior. As to the glorious blessings of the Gospel of Christ, they have been unpopular in almost every age of the world. Take Christ Himself: where was there a more unpopular man than the Savior of the world in His day? And His Apostles were unpopular. They were put to death for the word of God and testimony of Jesus Christ. Nevertheless, Christ was the Son of God; and the Saducees, the Pharisees, the Essenes, and all the sects that warred against Him were cursed and many of them were cast down to hell, while He remains as the Savior of the world, and received the honor and the glory which His Father had ordained for Him. I want our young people especially to remember these things. Those who are going upon missions must not neglect them. Unless you have the Holy Ghost with you when you go out to preach the Gospel, you cannot do your duty; but when you have that you are safe, go where you will, and your words will have their effect in the hearts of the honest and meek of the earth.

Brethren and sisters, I feel to thank God that we are as well off as we are. I feet to thank God that we are in the position we occupy in these valleys of the mountains. Here is a safe place. While in the dedication of that Temple I saw the judgments of God that were about to be poured out upon this gen-