SAYINGS AND WRITINGS OF PREST. WOODRUFF.*
1. "JOSEPH SMITH left as strong
a testimony as was ever given to the
human family, and sealed that testi-
mony with his own life and blood."
2. "We are laying a foundation
while in the days of our youth for a
character which will decide our des-
tiny throughout all time and eternity
either for good or evil."
3. "All the prophets both ancient
and modern, together with all the
holy angels, are anxiously watching
this work."
4. "We all have our agency to
choose the good and refuse the evil,
or to choose the evil and refuse the
good, for the Lord forces no man to
heaven neither does He tempt any
man to do evil."
5. "A man cannot leave this
Church without the power of God
leaves him. It has been the power
of the Priesthood that has made men
great, and no man can handle this
Priesthood only as God wills."
6. "In my opinion the character
of a person is formed between child-
hood and the age of eighteen."
7. "As I have received the good
and evil, the fruits of obedience and
disobedience, I think I am justified in
exhorting all my young friends to
obey the whisperings of the Spirit of
God and they will always be safe."
8. "Whenever you are blessed
with any good thing be willing to
share it with others."
9. "I am living on borrowed time
and I know not how long I shall be
permitted to remain here, but I wish
to bear my testimony to you that
this work is true."
10. "It is better for us to fall in
the defense of truth than to deny
the words of God and go to hell."
11. "I would rather seal my tes-
timony with my blood and lay my
body to rest in the grave and have
my spirit go to the other side of the
veil to enjoy a long eternity of light,
truth, blessing, and a knowledge
that the Lord will bestow upon every
man who keeps His laws, than to
spend a few short years of earthly
pleasures and be deprived of these
blessings and the society of my
friends and brethren behind the
veil."
12. "You will lose nothing by
honoring your fathers and redeem-
ing your dead, for it is a glorious
work."
13. "We will soon pass to the
other side of the veil but let us do
our duty while we are here."
14. "The spirit of God labors and
strives to preserve all the children of
men from evil, and the Lord gives
*Sentiments presented at the Young Ladies'
Reunion in the Fourteenth Ward, Salt Lake
City.
His angels charge concerning us and
they do all in their power for our
salvation."
15. In the testimony of a life-
time addressed to the Y.M.M.I.A.
he said: "I have confidence in you
to believe that you will qualify your-
selves for the great duty and work
that lie before you." After tonight
may he feel the same confidence in
the young ladies.
16. "This work depends on no
man or set of men; God can and will
fill any man's place who proves him-
self unworthy, and He will permit no
man to lead this people astray."
17. "The spirit of revelation
belongs to the Priesthood."
18. "We are blessed with power
and authority to redeem both the
living and the dead."
19. "The Lord is determined to
raise up a people that will worship
Him, and if He has to whip and
scourge and drive us through a
whole generation, He will chastise
us until we are willing to submit to
righteousness and truth, or until we
are like clay in the hands of the
potter."
20. "I would exhort my young
friends not to cherish selfishness, but
if you have any, get rid of it as soon
as possible. Be generous and kind-
hearted to all, especially to your
parents."
21. "It is better to suffer stripes
for the testimony of Christ than to
fall by our sins and transgressions
and then have to suffer afterwards."
22. "I have been a member of
the Church over sixty years, one of
the apostles fifty-five years, and the
president for a short time, and I
have never performed any ordinance
without the assistance of the Holy
Ghost."
23. "The time is here when the
veil shall be lifted, and the hearts of
the young men and women shall be
turned to the work of the Lord."
24. "This Gospel has caused
prophets, elders, and saints to re-
joice. It has nerved up their spirits
with fortitude and strength, and
borne them up against every oppos-
ing influence; this has been the case
in every dispensation when this light
and power have been enjoyed by the
children of men."
25. "I knew the Prophet Joseph
both in public and in private, have
worshiped with him, and run horse
races with him over the public
square, and in every duty of life he
was a man to be loved and revered."