No people, unless they are united together, can ever build up Zion and establish the Kingdom of God on the earth.

We have been taught the Word of Wisdom. It was given to us many years ago, and the Lord said it was ap- plicable to the weakest Saint. Very few of us have kept the Word of Wis- dom; but I have no doubt that if the counsel of President Young were carried out it would save the people of this Territory a million of dollars annually. I feel that we ought to put these things into practice. We ought to unite to- gether in all matters required of us in order to carry out the purposes of the Lord our God. The people are able to do it if they feel disposed. Why, Bish- op Hardy told me here this morning that he had laid aside his tobacco; he has loved it almost ever since he was born; and if he can leave it off every man in Israel ought to be able to do it. It was said to-day that whisky drink- ing makes fools of men; it does. Its effects are much worse than they used to be, for the liquor made now-a-days contains so much strychnine and arse- nic that it is enough to kill anybody, and unless those who use it do lay it aside many will die. Lay aside whisky, tobocco, tea and coffee, and use none of them unless it be as a medicine. We can all do it, and there is not a man or woman in Israel, with any faith in this work, but is required to do so.

We have to build up Zion, a temporal work here upon the face of the earth, and we have got to establish righteous- ness and truth. When I say a temporal work I speak of temporal things. The Zion of our God can not be built up in the hearts of men alone. We have to build up temples and cities, and the earth has to become sanctified and to be made holy by the children of God who will dwell upon it; and to do this we must be united together.