Elder W. Woodruff said we all stood in need of
Faith, especially at the present time, we have ^had^ good
peace for a great many years, and he had no doubt
but every one would sooner or later be tried to
the very core. We should be preparded for every
thing that may come along. We are the friends
of God, and the world is it war with us, and
he was glad of it. God has put into our
hands the Gospel of Christ, the Kingdom of God,
and that makes the world mad, as for
Polygamy they did not care so much for it,
as for the dust under their feet.
If it requires the United States to shed more
blood of the saints, before their cup is full, they
will shed it, there never was a more corrupt
nation dwell on the face of the earth, than
that which now exists on this covenant.
And the saints should never in their prayers
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forget to pray for Colfax, and the Government
in the right way.
We have everything to
encourage us in doing right—to keep the word
of Wisdom, and whatever is required of us
No man ever apostatizes from this church
without transgressing the laws of God, either
secretly or openly—the spirit of God will
never leave any one without sufficient cause.
PrestYoung is not without Revelation,
he is not without the power and spirit of God,
he has councilled the saints for a great many years,
by the mind and will of God, and if everything
had to be done by Revelation, many of us would
now be living under great condemnation.