President Wilford Woodruff said: I feel disposed to occupy a few moments in bearing testimony to the principles presented unto us by Elder Penrose. He has referred to the freedom of the soul, to the freedom of the mind of the Latter-day Saints toward other people. I traveled with Joseph Smith thousands of miles; have been associated with him and with the Apostles of our Church almost since its organization. I have heard Joseph Smith say in public and in private that if he were the emperor of the ...

The Latter-day Saints are somewhat peculiar from other religious denominations; one of their peculiarities is this, that no man knows when he comes into this Tabernacle who is going to speak here. This is true, as a general thing. This is my personal experience. I have traveled one hundred and sixty thousand miles in the last sixty years of my life. I have been in the Church about that length of time. I have traveled among the nations of the earth, the islands of the sea and in my own country. I ...

came ripened in iniquity, the Lord raised up humble, honest men to warn kings, rulers, and those that inhabited those cities, that the judgments of God would overtake them if they did not repent. Read the history of Thebes, of Tyre, of Sidon, of Nineveh, of Memphis, and of Babylon the great, built to defy all power but God Himself. All that the Prophets prophesied unto them came to pass to the very letter. There is not a Christian ...

John the Revelator. So in all ages they have been unpopular. So was Joseph Smith. He laid down his life for the word of God and testimony of Jesus Christ. He has gone into the spirit world, and he will receive his reward there. He was a Prophet of God. He laid the foundation of a great work. It is by that same power that we are here to-day, and the hand of God is in all these matters. We wish to do ...