place. He held the keys of the
Kingdom of God. It was for him
to have association with God the
Father and with His Son Jesus
Christ, and to lead Israel. You
know what he has done. It is be-
fore you. He has filled these moun-
tains of Israel with cities and
towns and villages. He performed
a great work. God was with him.
He was true and faithful. He was
one of the first Quorum of Apos-
tles. He never varied; he never
shrank from duty. He stood by the
Prophet Joseph while he lived. He
stood by the Kingdom of God and
by the Lord as long as he
lived himself. After his death,
Brother Taylor took his place; and
when he passed away it fell upon
me, for a little while. It is my duty
to have fellowship with God, as
weak an instrument as I am in the
hands of God. It is my duty to
have power with God. And when
I have this, then my counsel-
ors should stand by me and with
me. We should be of one heart and
mind in all matters, temporal and
spiritual, that come before us in the
labor of the Church and Kingdom of
God. And I am thankful to say
that this has been the case since I
have been called to this position, or
since the organization of the Presi-
dency of the Church. Standing con-
nected with us here are the Twelve
Apostles. It is their duty to be of
one heart and one mind. They
have no right to be otherwise. They
cannot be otherwise and prosper be-
fore God. They should be one with
us, and we one with them. They
have their rights; they have their
agency. But when the Presidency
of the Church say unto any of them,
"This is the word of the Lord," or,
"This is right," they should take
hold and work with us. The law of
God requires this union at our
hands. It is the duty of the Seven-
ties, also, to be united with the
Twelve Apostles. The Seventies
are called upon by the Apostles to
go forth and labor in the vineyard of
the Lord, and they work together.
So, brethren and sisters, with
every organization in this Church.
There should be union. There
should be no discord, no dis-
union. If there is, the Lord
is not pleased with it, and we are
hindered in our work. I want all
the Quorums to understand this.
The lesser Priesthood should be unit-
ed. Here is Bishop Preston. He
stands at the head of the Aaronic
Priesthood. He has got counselors.
They should be united together.
They should be united with the less-
er Priesthood, and they should la-
bor to promote their inter-
est and welfare. I have no fault to
find with the brethren in these
matters. I mention these things as
duties devolving upon us.

Now, brethren and sisters, we
should all be united. Unless we are
one, we are not the Lord's. I wish
to exhort the Latter-day Saints to
observe this principle. Our aim is
high. What is that aim? It is the
Celestial Kingdom of ourGod. We
have been called out of the world,
from almost all nations under heav-
en, in fulfilment of the revelations
of God. We have been called
unto these mountains of Israel. We
are fulfilling revelations that were
given thousands of years ago. The
eyes of Jeremiah, of Ezekiel, of
Daniel, of Isaiah and of the ancient
Patriarchs and Prophets beheld our
day. They saw our Zion. They
saw our temples and our tabernacle,
built "for a shadow in the daytime
from the heat, and for a place of ref-
uge, and for a covert from storm and
from rain." [Isaiah 4:6]

Brethren and sisters, let us look
at these things as they are. What is
this world? Our lives here are tem-
porary; they are of short duration.
We are here upon a mission. This
people have been called together
from almost every nation under
heaven. They have gathered here—
a little handful out of fourteen hun-
dred millions of the human family.
Do you suppose the eyes of the
Lord have been withdrawn from
this people? Have the eyes of the
heavenly host been withdrawn? No;
they are watching over us with
feelings of the deepest interest.
They know where we stand. Why
do we have this warfare that we are
passing through? Because it is the
Church and Kingdom of God; be-
cause we are the people of God.
No man can live godly in Christ
Jesus without suffering persecution.
This is your legacy. It is the legacy
of all the Saints of God in every
age of the world. Therefore, I say
to the Latter-day Saints, let your
hearts be comforted. All is right in
Israel, as far as we make it right,
and as far as we do our duty.

I listened yesterday to the reports
made by the Bishops and others.
No doubt there is room for improve-
ment in Logan. There is room for a
great deal of improvement in Salt
Lake City. There is room for im-
provement throughout these moun-
tains. These Elders of Israel who
bear the Holy Priesthood should
prize their standing enough to never
permit themselves to go to these
saloons and drink with the drunken,
or to pursue a course whereby they
lose the Spirit of God. Brethren, if
you do this, you will be sorry for it;
and you will have to repent of these
sins and turn from them, in order to
get forgiveness before the Lord. I
know that this is the kingdom of
God. I know this is the people
whom He has raised up. They
have been kept, as I have often said,
in the Spirit world the last six thou-
sand years, to come forth and stand
in the flesh in this day and build
up this Church and kingdom and
warn this generation of the judg-
ments which await them. We
occupy this position before the Lord.
Then let us not betray our trust.
As the Lord said to the Prophet
Joseph, in answer to his prayer
while in Liberty jail:

"Behold, there are many called, but
few are chosen. And why are they
not chosen?

"Because their hearts are set so
much upon the things of this world,
and aspire to the honors of men, that
they do not learn this one lesson—

"That the rights of the Priesthood
are inseparably connected with the
powers of heaven, and that the powers
of heaven cannot be controlled nor
handled only upon the principles of
righteousness." [Doctrine and Covenants 121:34-36]

There is not a man that breathes
the breath of life today on the earth,
who holds and honors that Priest-
hood, but has power with the
heavens, and he can go before the
Lord and have his prayers heard
and answered. This is what the
Latter-day Saints should do. We
should live in that way and manner
that we can go before the Lord and
ask for those blessings, in faith and
in power, that we need to sustain us
to carry out the purposes of God
here in the mountains of Israel.
This is necessary for our advance-
ment. We live in a fast age.
Events are hastening on, and the
Lord is going to cut His work short
in righteousness, lest no flesh should
be saved. No matter about our
persecutions; no matter about the
advantages our enemies may have
from a political or temporal point of
view. God holds your destinies,
He holds the destinies of this nation
and of all men in His own hands.
He governs and controls them. And
His angels are ready and waiting to
go forth and reap down the earth.
But the Lord will fulfil His promi-
ses. Do not be discouraged, there-
fore, with regard to these things.
But we have got to be humble. We
have got to be prayerful. We have
got to have faith in God, and to be
united, and carry out those princi-
ples which the Lord requires at our
hands. All the organizations of the
Priesthood have power. The
Deacon has power, through the
Priesthood which he holds. So has
the Teacher. They have power to
go before the Lord and have their
prayers heard and answered, as well
as the Prophet, the Seer, or the
Revelator has. It is by this Priest-
hood that the work of God has been
accomplished. It is by this Priest-
hood that men have ordinances
conferred upon them, that their sins
are forgiven, and that they are re-
deemed. For this purpose it has
been revealed and sealed upon our
heads.

Brethren and sisters, these are a
few of the thoughts I have upon my
mind. There is a union that God
requires of every quorum in this
Church, from the Presidency down;
and when we set up our will and
our views against those of our breth-
ren, we want to be careful what we
are doing. We should all do the
will of God, laboring for light, for
truth and for those things that we
stand in need of. Speaking of the
love of the Saints of God, no man
knows the love that men bear one
another who hold the Holy Priest-
hood. It is above the love of women.
Why, when I traveled abroad alone,
on my early missions, I would have
done almost anything to have met a
Mormon Elder. It was worth more
than gold to me to meet anybody
that was in the Church. Our breth-
ren here—Brothers Cannon and
Snow and others—were called in
early days, before they received the
Apostleship, to go upon missions.
They went forth and proved them-
selves before heaven and earth. The
Lord knows these men. They have
been called by revelation. We
should all be careful not to hurt the
tender vine, nor to hurt one another.
Love one another, sustain one an-

place. He held the keys of the Kingdom of God. It was for him to have association with God the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ, and to lead Israel. You know what he has done. It is before you. He has filled these mountains of Israel with cities and towns and villages. He performed a great work. God was with him. He was true and faithful. He was one of the first Quorum of Apostles. He never varied; he never shrank from duty. He stood by the Prophet Joseph while he lived. He stood by the Kingdom of God and by the Lord as long as he lived himself. After his death, Brother Taylor took his place; and when he passed away it fell upon me, for a little while. It is my duty to have fellowship with God, as weak an instrument as I am in the hands of God. It is my duty to have power with God. And when I have this, then my counselors should stand by me and with me. We should be of one heart and mind in all matters, temporal and spiritual, that come before us in the labor of the Church and Kingdom of God. And I am thankful to say that this has been the case since I have been called to this position, or since the organization of the Presidency of the Church. Standing connected with us here are the Twelve Apostles. It is their duty to be of one heart and one mind. They have no right to be otherwise. They cannot be otherwise and prosper before God. They should be one with us, and we one with them. They have their rights; they have their agency. But when the Presidency of the Church say unto any of them, "This is the word of the Lord," or, "This is right," they should take hold and work with us. The law of God requires this union at our hands. It is the duty of the Seventies, also, to be united with the Twelve Apostles. The Seventies are called upon by the Apostles to go forth and labor in the vineyard of the Lord, and they work together. So, brethren and sisters, with every organization in this Church. There should be union. There should be no discord, no disunion. If there is, the Lord is not pleased with it, and we are hindered in our work. I want all the Quorums to understand this. The lesser Priesthood should be united. Here is Bishop Preston. He stands at the head of the Aaronic Priesthood. He has got counselors. They should be united together. They should be united with the lesser Priesthood, and they should labor to promote their interest and welfare. I have no fault to find with the brethren in these matters. I mention these things as duties devolving upon us.

Now, brethren and sisters, we should all be united. Unless we are one, we are not the Lord's. I wish to exhort the Latter-day Saints to observe this principle. Our aim is high. What is that aim? It is the Celestial Kingdom of ourGod. We have been called out of the world, from almost all nations under heaven, in fulfilment of the revelations of God. We have been called unto these mountains of Israel. We are fulfilling revelations that were given thousands of years ago. The eyes of Jeremiah, of Ezekiel, of Daniel, of Isaiah and of the ancient Patriarchs and Prophets beheld our day. They saw our Zion. They saw our temples and our tabernacle, built "for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain."

Brethren and sisters, let us look at these things as they are. What is this world? Our lives here are temporary; they are of short duration. We are here upon a mission. This people have been called together from almost every nation under heaven. They have gathered here— a little handful out of fourteen hundred millions of the human family. Do you suppose the eyes of the Lord have been withdrawn from this people? Have the eyes of the heavenly host been withdrawn? No; they are watching over us with feelings of the deepest interest. They know where we stand. Why do we have this warfare that we are passing through? Because it is the Church and Kingdom of God; because we are the people of God. No man can live godly in Christ Jesus without suffering persecution. This is your legacy. It is the legacy of all the Saints of God in every age of the world. Therefore, I say to the Latter-day Saints, let your hearts be comforted. All is right in Israel, as far as we make it right, and as far as we do our duty.

I listened yesterday to the reports made by the Bishops and others. No doubt there is room for improvement in Logan. There is room for a great deal of improvement in Salt Lake City. There is room for improvement throughout these mountains. These Elders of Israel who bear the Holy Priesthood should prize their standing enough to never permit themselves to go to these saloons and drink with the drunken, or to pursue a course whereby they lose the Spirit of God. Brethren, if you do this, you will be sorry for it; and you will have to repent of these sins and turn from them, in order to get forgiveness before the Lord. I know that this is the kingdom of God. I know this is the people whom He has raised up. They have been kept, as I have often said, in the Spirit world the last six thousand years, to come forth and stand in the flesh in this day and build up this Church and kingdom and warn this generation of the judgments which await them. We occupy this position before the Lord. Then let us not betray our trust. As the Lord said to the Prophet Joseph, in answer to his prayer while in Liberty jail:

"Behold, there are many called, but few are chosen. And why are they not chosen?

"Because their hearts are set so much upon the things of this world, and aspire to the honors of men, that they do not learn this one lesson—

"That the rights of the Priesthood are inseparably connected with the powers of heaven, and that the powers of heaven cannot be controlled nor handled only upon the principles of righteousness."

There is not a man that breathes the breath of life today on the earth, who holds and honors that Priesthood, but has power with the heavens, and he can go before the Lord and have his prayers heard and answered. This is what the Latter-day Saints should do. We should live in that way and manner that we can go before the Lord and ask for those blessings, in faith and in power, that we need to sustain us to carry out the purposes of God here in the mountains of Israel. This is necessary for our advancement. We live in a fast age. Events are hastening on, and the Lord is going to cut His work short in righteousness, lest no flesh should be saved. No matter about our persecutions; no matter about the advantages our enemies may have from a political or temporal point of view. God holds your destinies, He holds the destinies of this nation and of all men in His own hands. He governs and controls them. And His angels are ready and waiting to go forth and reap down the earth. But the Lord will fulfil His promises. Do not be discouraged, therefore, with regard to these things. But we have got to be humble. We have got to be prayerful. We have got to have faith in God, and to be united, and carry out those principles which the Lord requires at our hands. All the organizations of the Priesthood have power. The Deacon has power, through the Priesthood which he holds. So has the Teacher. They have power to go before the Lord and have their prayers heard and answered, as well as the Prophet, the Seer, or the Revelator has. It is by this Priesthood that the work of God has been accomplished. It is by this Priesthood that men have ordinances conferred upon them, that their sins are forgiven, and that they are redeemed. For this purpose it has been revealed and sealed upon our heads.

Brethren and sisters, these are a few of the thoughts I have upon my mind. There is a union that God requires of every quorum in this Church, from the Presidency down; and when we set up our will and our views against those of our brethren, we want to be careful what we are doing. We should all do the will of God, laboring for light, for truth and for those things that we stand in need of. Speaking of the love of the Saints of God, no man knows the love that men bear one another who hold the Holy Priesthood. It is above the love of women. Why, when I traveled abroad alone, on my early missions, I would have done almost anything to have met a Mormon Elder. It was worth more than gold to me to meet anybody that was in the Church. Our brethren here—Brothers Cannon and Snow and others—were called in early days, before they received the Apostleship, to go upon missions. They went forth and proved themselves before heaven and earth. The Lord knows these men. They have been called by revelation. We should all be careful not to hurt the tender vine, nor to hurt one another. Love one another, sustain one an-