his eyes over the valley and looked for
some little time. When he got
through he said, "Brother Woodruff,
drive on. Here is our home. This is
the place God has pointed out for us to
plant our feet. I have seen this place
before." He began to recover right
from that time. Well, we camped
there, and we visited around some.
President Young said, "Now, breth-
ren, go where you please; go north, go
south; go to any part of the country,
and when you come back you will say
this is the place." Men came from
California, among them Brannan, who
urged us strongly to go to California,
saying that it was such a fine country,
and we were there in a barren desert.
But President Young said, "This is
our home. Here we shall build the
Temple of God and the city of our
God." I think this has been plainly
fulfilled. The inspiration of the Lord
was with President Young all through
his life, and the result of it is manifest.
I traveled with him in the first settle-
ing of this country. Where is there a
man that has the spirit of inspiration
but can see the hand of God
in these things? We have had
our day of affliction, of perse-
cution and poverty. All earth
and hell, if I may be allowed to use
such an expression, were combined
against the Prophet Joseph Smith,
from the time this Church was organ-
ized until he was slain in the flesh,
and the same spirit continued through
the life of Brother Brigham Young.
But we came to these valleys of the
mountains, and from the day that we
planted our tents in Salt Lake City
there has been a degree of prosperity
resting upon this people, and it has in-
creased year by year until to[d]ay. The
Lord has been with us. Blessings
have been poured out upon the Latter-
day Saints, and we have had plenty of
food and raiment. But I hope that
none of us will get proud and lifted up
in our hearts so that we shall forget
the hand that has given unto us these
things.

This is a dispensation in which the
Lord has set His hand to establish His
Church, to build up His Zion, to warn
the world, to prepare the nations for
the judgments of God, and to prepare
His people to be united together as the
bride, the Lamb's wife. My faith
centres in the promises of God.
There is no power on the face of this
earth that can break this Church. Why?
Because God holds it in His hands.
He is the Author of it, and He has
promised, through the mouths of scores
and scores of prophets, that it shall
stand. It is in fulfilment of these
promises that you are blessed here with
a Temple and have power to enter
therin to attend to the ordinances of
the House of the Lord. And when you
reflect upon these matters, and see how
far these things have been fulfilled,
can you not have faith to believe that
the Lord will carry it out to the end?
I certainly have. I know it is the work
of God. And the Lord has chosen this
people, out of the whole human family,
to stand in the flesh, keep the com-
mandments of God, and go forth to
warn the world by the proclamation of
the Gospel of Jesus Christ that they
may know and understand the judg-
ments of God which await them. The
Latter-day Saints have been working
at this for sixty years, and we have not
got through with it yet. Behold what
is taking place in the earth today! It
really seems as if the day had almost
dawned upon us when there is no other
place of safety for the human family
than the land of Zion. Three elements—
fire, water and wind—seem to have
been chosen to go forth on a mission to
visit the nations. Cities are burned up,
and floods and whirlwinds aweep away
towns and villages and the inhabitants
are destroyed. Are not these things
all proclaimed by the revelations of
Gou [God]? They are, and they will come to
pass.

Brethren and sisters, this is the mis-
sion given to us in the last days. And
that man is a very foolish man who
will divide upon any principle against
the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I have
had more sorrow over one apostate in
this Church than I have in attending
the funerals of all the patriarchs and
prophets and Latter-day Saints that I
ever followed to the grave; because when
I see men and women die who have
been faithful I know they have gained
a victory. That is the way I feel to-
day. We must work together for the
welfare of Zion.

I am glad to see you and to spend a
few days again in St. George. I want
to do what good I can. I expect we
shall all meet the other side of the
veil with those who have gone before,
and have joy and rejoicing in the Gos
pel of Christ. We should be faithful
to the Lord, and we should not forget
our prayers. Our sons and daughters
should be instructed in these things,
and we should labor for their welfare.
What joy and consolation it gives a
father or a mother to have good boys
and girls, who keep the word of wis-
dom, attend to Sabbath schools, re-
member their prayers, and follow in
the footsteps of their fathers; while it
gives us sorrow when we have sons and
daughters that turn away from this.
But I have hope and faith that the
sons of Zion will rise up and magnify
their callings. I do not believe that
they will disappoint our Heavenly
Father.

Seeing a portion of our gallery oc-
cupied by a quite a number of our La-
manite brethren and sisters, I feel dis-
posed to make a few remarks.

The first time I ever saw Joseph
Smith was in April, 1834. I met him
in the streets of Kirtland. He invited
me to his house. I stopped with him
while preparing to go up to Zion in
Zion's camp. On Sunday he called a
Priesthood meeting. They all gather-
ed in a little cabin. There I first
heard Joseph Smith speak pub-
licly, also Hyrum Smith, Oliver
Cowdery, Brigham Young, Heber C.
Kimball, Parley and Orson Pratt, and
William E. McLellin. The Prophet
called upon the Elders to bear testi-
mony of the Gospel of Christ, and
they arose one after another and bore
a short testimony. Then Brother
Joseph arose and said: "Brethren, I
am very much edified and interested
in listening to your testimony. But I
want to tell you that you know no
more concerning the result of this
work and what lies before you as
the Elders of Israel and before this
people, than a parcel of little children."
I expect they were all a little startled
by it. He told them this work
would fill the whole earth, and
that all nations would have to
hear the proclamation of the
Gospel. He further said: "This work
will fill the Rocky Mountains with
tens of thousands of Latter-day Saints,
and there will be joined with them the
Lamanites who dwell in those moun-
tains, who will receive the Gospel of
Christ at the mouth of Elders of
Israel, and they will be united with
the Church and Kingdom of God, and
bring forth much good." I little
thought, when I listened to those
words, that I should ever live to see
the fulfilment of these words of the
Prophet. I little thought that I should
ever visit the Rocky Mountains, or ever
see the Lamanites of whom he then
was speaking. These men before me
today bring to my mind sayings of the
Prophet. His mind expanded on that
occasion and he had a good deal to
say with regard to the progress of this
work, what the Elders of Israel would
have to pass through, and the work that
God would require at their hands in
the redemption of the Lamanites and
the honest and meek throughout the
world, and in the building up of the
Zion of God on the earth. But I have
lived to see these days. I have lived
to see the Lamanites in these moun-
tains. I have visited a great many
of them—tbe [the] Zunis, Lagunas, Moquis,
Navajoes, Apaches, and a great
many of these Indian tribes. I have
preached the Gospel to them, in con-
nection with my brethren, through in-
terpreters. I have spent many inter-
esting days with these Lamanites in
the mountains of Israel. I spent three
days in the wilderness in Arizona with
Petone, the great war chief of the na-
tion. I preached the Gospel to him.
He called his tribe together, stood upon
his feet some two hours or more, and
told his tribe all that we had said to
him. This tribe was looked upon as a
very dangerous one in the midst of the
nation, and this Petone had engaged in
a great deal of warfare.

I rejoice that I have lived to see this
day; that I have lived to see the
Rocky Mountains; that I have been
gathered with the Latter-day Saints
here. A great deal has been doue [done] by
this people, but much more will have
to be done. We tell sometimes about
dreams. I had a dream one night
about our Temple in Salt Lake. I
thought the Temple was dedicated and
organized, and we as the Elders of Israel
were laboring there for the redemption of
our dead, and suddenly there was a door
opened in the west, and an Indian
chief came into the Temple, leading a
vast host of his tribe, and took posses-
sion of the Temple, and I thought they
performed more work in one hour than
we could do in a day. This made a
strong impression oo [on] my mind. I am
satisfied that although we have done
a little for the Lamanites, we have got
to do a great deal more. I believe I
sealed the first Lamanitish man and
woman together that ever were sealed
in this dispensation. It was in the
Endowment House, and quite a num-
ber of brethren and sisters were pre-
sent. The man's name was Laman.
I believe the day will come when these
Lamanites, with the dark skin that
rests upon them, will enter into these
Temples of the Lord in these moun-
tains and do a great deal of work.
They will come to an understanding of
the redemption of the dead. They

his eyes over the valley and looked for some little time. When he got through he said, "Brother Woodruff, drive on. Here is our home. This is the place God has pointed out for us to plant our feet. I have seen this place before." He began to recover right from that time. Well, we camped there, and we visited around some. President Young said, "Now, brethren, go where you please; go north, go south; go to any part of the country, and when you come back you will say this is the place." Men came from California, among them Brannan, who urged us strongly to go to California, saying that it was such a fine country, and we were there in a barren desert. But President Young said, "This is our home. Here we shall build the Temple of God and the city of our God." I think this has been plainly fulfilled. The inspiration of the Lord was with President Young all through his life, and the result of it is manifest. I traveled with him in the first settleing of this country. Where is there a man that has the spirit of inspiration but can see the hand of God in these things? We have had our day of afflication, of persecution and poverty. All earth and hell, if I may be allowed to use such an expression, were combined against the Prophet Joseph Smith, from the time this Church was organized until he was slain in the flesh, and the same spirit continued through the life of Brother Brigham Young. But we came to these valleys of the mountains, and from the day that we planted our tents in Salt Lake City there has been a degree of prosperity resting upon this people, and it has increased year by year until today. The Lord has been with us. Blessings have been poured out upon the Latterday Saints, and we have had plenty of food and raiment. But I hope that none of us will get proud and lifted up in our hearts so that we shall forget the hand that has given unto us these things.

This is a dispensation in which the Lord has set His hand to establish His Church, to build up His Zion, to warn the world, to prepare the nations for the judgments of God, and to prepare His people to be united together as the bride, the Lamb's wife. My faith centres in the promises of God. There is no power on the face of this earth that can break this Church. Why? Because God holds it in His hands. He is the Author of it, and He has promised, through the mouths of scores and scores of prophets, that it shall stand. It is in fulfilment of these promises that you are blessed here with a Temple and have power to enter therin to attend to the ordinances of the House of the Lord. And when you reflect upon these matters, and see how far these things have been fulfilled, can you not have faith to believe that the Lord will carry it out to the end? I certainly have. I know it is the work of God. And the Lord has chosen this people, out of the whole human family, to stand in the flesh, keep the commandments of God, and go forth to warn the world by the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ that they may know and understand the judgments of God which await them. The Latter-day Saints have been working at this for sixty years, and we have not got through with it yet. Behold what is taking place in the earth today! It really seems as if the day had almost dawned upon us when there is no other place of safety for the human family than the land of Zion. Three elements— fire, water and wind—seem to have been chosen to go forth on a mission to visit the nations. Cities are burned up, and floods and whirlwinds aweep away towns and villages and the inhabitants are destroyed. Are not these things all proclaimed by the revelations of God? They are, and they will come to pass.

Brethren and sisters, this is the mission given to us in the last days. And that man is a very foolish man who will divide upon any principle against the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I have had more sorrow over one apostate in this Church than I have in attending the funerals of all the patriarchs and prophets and Latter-day Saints that I ever followed to the grave; because when I see men and women die who have been faithful I know they have gained a victory. That is the way I feel today. We must work together for the welfare of Zion.

I am glad to see you and to spend a few days again in St. George. I want to do what good I can. I expect we shall all meet the other side of the veil with those who have gone before, and have joy and rejoicing in the Gospel of Christ. We should be faithful to the Lord, and we should not forget our prayers. Our sons and daughters should be instructed in these things, and we should labor for their welfare. What joy and consolation it gives a father or a mother to have good boys and girls, who keep the word of wisdom, attend to Sabbath schools, remember their prayers, and follow in the footsteps of their fathers; while it gives us sorrow when we have sons and daughters that turn away from this. But I have hope and faith that the sons of Zion will rise up and magnify their callings. I do not believe that they will disappoint our Heavenly Father.

Seeing a portion of our gallery occupied by a quite a number of our Lamanite brethren and sisters, I feel disposed to make a few remarks.

The first time I ever saw Joseph Smith was in April, 1834. I met him inthe streets of Kirtland. He invited me to his house. I stopped with him while preparing to go up to Zion in Zion's camp. On Sunday he called a Priesthood meeting. They all gathered in a little cabin. There I first heard Joseph Smith speak publicly, also Hyrum Smith, Oliver Cowdery, Brigham Young,Heber C. Kimball, Parley and Orson Pratt, and William E. McLellin. The Prophet called upon the Elders to bear testimony of the Gospel of Christ, and they arose one after another and bore a short testimony. Then Brother Joseph arose and said: "Brethren, I am very much edified and interested in listening to your testimony. But I want to tell you that you know no more concerning the result of this work and what lies before you as the Elders of Israel and before this people, than a parcel of little children." I expect they were all a little startled by it. He told them this work would fill the whole earth, and that all nations would have to hear the proclamation of the Gospel. He further said: "This work will fill the Rocky Mountains with tens of thousands of Latter-day Saints, and there will be joined with them the Lamanites who dwell in those mountains, who will receive the Gospel of Christ at the mouth of Elders of Israel, and they will be united with the Church and Kingdom of God, and bring forth much good." I little thought, when I listened to those words, that I should ever live to see the fulfilment of these words of the Prophet. I little thought that I should ever visit the Rocky Mountains, or ever see the Lamanites of whom he then was speaking. These men before me today bring to my mind sayings of the Prophet. His mind expanded on that occasion and he had a good deal to say with regard to the progress of this work, what the Elders of Israel would have to pass through, and the work that God would require at their hands in the redemption of the Lamanites and the honest and meek throughout the world, and in the building up of the Zion of God on the earth. But I have lived to see these days. I have lived to see the Lamanites in these mountains. I have visited a great many of the Zunis, Lagunas, Moquis, Navajoes, Apaches, and a great many of these Indian tribes. I have preached the Gospel to them, in connection with my brethren, through interpreters. I have spent many interesting days with these Lamanites in the mountains of Israel. I spent three days in the wilderness in Arizona with Petone, the great war chief of the nation. I preached the Gospel to him. He called his tribe together, stood upon his feet some two hours or more, and told his tribe all that we had said to him. This tribe was looked upon as a very dangerous one in the midst of the nation, and this Petone had engaged in a great deal of warfare.

I rejoice that I have lived to see this day; that I have lived to see the Rocky Mountains; that I have been gathered with the Latter-day Saints here. A great deal has been done by this people, but much more will have to be done. We tell sometimes about dreams. I had a dream one night about our Temple in Salt Lake. I thought the Temple was dedicated and organized, and we as the Elders of Israel were laboring there for the redemption of our dead, and suddenly there was a door opened in the west, and an Indian chief came into the Temple, leading a vast host of his tribe, and took possession of the Temple, and I thought they performed more work in one hour than we could do in a day. This made a strong impression oo on my mind. I am satisfied that although we have done a little for the Lamanites, we have got to do a great deal more. I believe I sealed the first Lamanitish man and woman together that ever were sealed in this dispensation. It was in the Endowment House, and quite a number of brethren and sisters were present. The man's name was Laman. I believe the day will come when these Lamanites, with the dark skin that rests upon them, will enter into these Temples of the Lord in these mountains and do a great deal of work. They will come to an understanding of the redemption of the dead. They