I wish my young brethren to keep in
mind that our aim is high. We are
aiming for a place in the celestial king-
dom of God, to obtain eternal life, the
greatest of all the gifts of God to man.
All the honor, glory and wealth of this
world should sink into insignificance in
our minds in comparison with an inherit-
ance in the presence of God and the
Lamb, with all the prophets, apostles
and saints, including our father's house.
While one is fleeting and soon passeth
away, the other endureth forever.
The Lord has said by revelation that
there are but two churches, one is the
Church of God, and the other is the
church of the Devil, and all who do not
belong to the Church of God belong to
the church of the Devil. [1 Nephi 14:10] None but the
Elders of the true Church of Christ will
preach the true Gospel of Christ. There
is but one Gospel of Christ, never was
and never will be but one.
said: "Though we, or an angel from
heaven, preach any other Gospel unto
you, than that which we have preached
unto you, let him be accursed." [Galatians 1:8] That
Gospel is a gospel of faith in Jesus
Christ, repentance of sins, baptism in
water by immersion for the remission of
sins, and the reception of the Holy
Ghost by the laying on of hands. This
Holy Ghost is the testimony of the
Father and the Son, and is promised to
all those who receive the Gospel and
obey its ordinances.
I wish all our young people to become
thoroughly acquainted with these first
principles of the Gospel of Christ, and
become qualified to teach them to their
fellowmen. I pray God, my Heavenly
Father, to bless and sustain all the
teachers, superintendents and members
of the Primaries, Sabbath Schools and
Mutual Improvement Associations, and
that the rising generation of the Latter-
day Saints in these mountains may be
inspired to pursue that course, whereby
they will honor God and their parents,
and be counted worthy to stand in the
flesh at the coming of the Son of Man,
and be prepared to meet the Lord when
He comes in the clouds of heaven, with
power and great glory, [Matthew 24:30] to reward every
man according to the deeds done in
the body, which is the earnest prayer of
your brother in the New and Everlasting
Covenant.
Wilford Woodruff.
Bury me—bury my faults.
I wish my young brethren to keep in
mind that our aim is high. We are
aiming for a place in the celestial kingdom of God, to obtain eternal life, the
greatest of all the gifts of God to man.
All the honor, glory and wealth of this
world should sink into insignificance in
our minds in comparison with an inheritance in the presence of God and the
Lamb, with all the prophets, apostles
and saints, including our father's house.
While one is fleeting and soon passeth
away, the other endureth forever.
The Lord has said by revelation that
there are but two churches, one is the
Church of God, and the other is the
church of the Devil, and all who do not
belong to the Church of God belong to
the church of the Devil. None but the
Elders of the true Church of Christ will
preach the true Gospel of Christ. There
is but one Gospel of Christ, never was
and never will be but one.
said: "Though we, or an angel from
heaven, preach any other Gospel unto
you, than that which we have preached
unto you, let him be accursed." That
Gospel is a gospel of faith in Jesus
Christ, repentance of sins, baptism in
water by immersion for the remission of
sins, and the reception of the Holy
Ghost by the laying on of hands. This
Holy Ghost is the testimony of the
Father and the Son, and is promised to
all those who receive the Gospel and
obey its ordinances.
I wish all our young people to become
thoroughly acquainted with these first
principles of the Gospel of Christ, and
become qualified to teach them to their
fellowmen. I pray God, my Heavenly
Father, to bless and sustain all the
teachers, superintendents and members
of the Primaries, Sabbath Schools and
Mutual Improvement Associations, and
that the rising generation of the Latterday Saints in these mountains may be
inspired to pursue that course, whereby
they will honor God and their parents,
and be counted worthy to stand in the
flesh at the coming of the Son of Man,
and be prepared to meet the Lord when
He comes in the clouds of heaven, with
power and great glory, to reward every
man according to the deeds done in
the body, which is the earnest prayer of
your brother in the New and Everlasting
Covenant.
Wilford Woodruff.
Bury me—bury my faults.