REMARKS On the necessity of adhering to the Priesthood in preference to science and art, by Elder Wilford Woodruff, Bowery, Thursday, April 9, 1857. -[REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.]- It is a pleasure to me, and I presume it is to all the brethren who have lived in the midst of this people during the rise and progress of this Church and kingdom, to see the sons of the prophets stand before the people as they have this day and hear their words while bearing testimony ...

in the grave or leaning on their staff for very age. There is Parley Pratt, jun., who has just spoken. I remember the day of his birth very well, for his mother died the day he was born, and I atten- ded her funeral. Now he has grown to be a man, and I rejoice to hear him bear testimony of the work of God in connection with the o[t]her young brethren: it does my soul good to see them coming on to the stage of action. I realize ...