Elder Wilford Woodruff:—I have
been aquainted with President Young
for over thirty years as an Elder in Is-
rael, and have never heard him give
counsel that was not followed with
blessings to those that obeyed it. The
Lord has made ns [us] free agents, and if
we wish to travel the path to heaven
we must obey the laws that will guide
us there. In my visits with the Presi-
dent among the Saints I discover an in-
creasing spirit of obedience and union
among the people. The Saints should
be united in elections, as in building a
temple, or in doing anything else that
is required of them. Unless we carry
out this principle in all our acts and
labors we do not feel right and
we cannot prosper. I want to see all
the Latter-day Saints united upon the
principles of life and salvation. The
Lord has given us the Holy Priesthood
to save our ourselves, our wives, our chil-
dren and our dead. Whenever the
Saints are disunited upon anything,
their progress in holiness stops right
there. We are free agents and can go
to heaven or to hell as we please; but
upon the matter of the kingdom of God
we must be willing to united as one
man if we desire to receive salvation,
for it is upon this principle that the
heavens are governed. We are called
to build up this kingdom, and no
greater honor was ever conferred upon
any beings in heaven or on the earth.