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 Daniel said
should be built up in the last days. He
advised the people to plant trees, make
their homes comfortable, and increase
in everything good and praisworthy.
Elder Charles C. Rich referred to the coming of the Son of God, and said that
all our labors to beautify the earth and
make it lovely are but preparing it for
his presence. The only way to obtain
true happiness is by doing the will of
God. When the Spirit of God is poured
out upon us then are we happy indeed.
Riches, without that Spirit, have
always failed to bestow upon men the
happiness which they have sought. It
is our duty to take a course to remove
evil from ourselves and from the earth.
Then we bless ourselves and we bless
others. When evil is removed from
the earth then it will be prepared for a
reign of righteousness.