Excerpt:
Elder W. Woodruff reasoned upon
the position of the Saints, and the con-
dition of the world. They have been
in darkness for ages, without a man in-
spired by the revelations of Heaven to
teach them, and ignorance, sin and in-
iquity abound; we have the society of
prophets and apostles who reveal to us
the principles and laws of life. It is
the right of him who presides over the
church to dictate us in all things per-
taining to the building up and guidance
of that great kingdom that ...