the Relief Societies, which he said had
been a great blessing to this people.

It has not unfrequently been said by
this and other nations, "You Mormons
are not fit to live." Hard things have
been said against us; and there have been
so many lies told about us that nobody
knows what is truth.

Some time ago I came down here with
a whole car load of ministers on their way
to attend a conference, and as we passed
by the Sixteenth Ward schoolhouse one of
the gentlemen sitting at my side remark-
ed, "Mr. Woodruff, what is that build-
ing?" I replied that it was one of our
schools. "Schools!" he exclaimed, "do
you have schoolhouses?" I replied that
we certainly had—that we had twenty
Church schoolhouses in this city. "Why!"
he rejoined, "I am surprised; I did not
know before that you 'Mormons' had a
schoolhouse; I did not even know that you
taught anybody!" A man of his standing
should have known better but that is just
the way with the world today.

Do not be discouraged or fear that the
Lord will fail any of you. This kingdom
will increase in power and glory, the king-
dom of God will increase until all those
gathered together are prepared for the
coming of the Son of Man.

God bless you and all those who are
laboring in these Societies. You are up-
on a good mission. Here you have
an army of young men, maidens and
children; to save them is your mission,
and God will bless you in it. May our
heavenly father pour out his spirit upon
Zion, prepare Jerusalem for the return of
the Jews, gather together the scattered
from the nations of the earth, and prepare
all for the coming of the Son of Man.

the Relief Societies, which he said had been a great blessing to this people.

It has not unfrequently been said by this and other nations, "You Mormons are not fit to live." Hard things have been said against us; and there have been so many lies told about us that nobody knows what is truth.

Some time ago I came down here with a whole car load of ministers on their way to attend a conference, and as we passed by the Sixteenth Ward schoolhouse one of the gentlemen sitting at my side remarked, "Mr. Woodruff, what is that building?" I replied that it was one of our schools. "Schools!" he exclaimed, "do you have schoolhouses?" I replied that we certainly had—that we had twenty Church schoolhouses in this city. "Why!" he rejoined, "I am surprised; I did not know before that you 'Mormons' had a schoolhouse; I did not even know that you taught anybody!" A man of his standing should have known better but that is just the way with the world today.

Do not be discouraged or fear that the Lord will fail any of you. This kingdom will increase in power and glory, the kingdom of God will increase until all those gathered together are prepared for the coming of the Son of Man.

God bless you and all those who are laboring in these Societies. You are upon a good mission. Here you have an army of young men, maidens and children; to save them is your mission, and God will bless you in it. May our heavenly father pour out his spirit upon Zion, prepare Jerusalem for the return of the Jews, gather together the scattered from the nations of the earth, and prepare all for the coming of the Son of Man.