chastity of our daughters and sisters. God has placed upon us that require- ment. It is not for you to lead them into dangerous paths; it is not for you to leave them to be despoiled; it is your duty, and you are under obligations to preserve them free and virtuous, pure and holy. Any na- tion or people permitting the foun- tains of life to become contaminated, will die, as did Greece and Rome. If we can keep the fountains of life pure, individuals may fall, but so ...

cause faithfully during the latter part of her life. The Sunday Schools, too, are a very important institution in our Church. President Young was moved upon in very early days to organize the Sabbath Schools in these valleys. Many have labored faithfully to carry on the work, and others have taken hold of it, until we have today, I understand, almost a hundred thousand children belonging to the Sabbath Schools. They are taught the Gospel of Christ. They are taught the duties ...

ments may be free of the blood of all men, when the judgments of God overtake the wicked, as they will, and as they have overtaken the wicked in generations that are past and gone. Who else, I ask, does the God of Israel, do the heavenly hosts, look to to carry on this great and mighty work, but to you who are the sons and daughters of the men to whom He has revealed Him- self; you who, too, have entered into sacred covenants with Him; you ...

go into a neighborhood to preach the Gospel, never attempt to tear down a man's house, so to speak, before you build him a better one; never, in fact attack any one's re- ligion, wherever you go. Be willing to let every man enjoy his own re- ligion. It is his right to do that. If he does not accept your testimony with regard to the Gospel of Christ, that is his affair, and not yours. Do not spend your time in pulling down other sects and parties. We haven't ...

ment of these valleys, to go to Bos- ton, and gather out all the Saints I could from the Middle Atlantic and New England States and the Canadas, who had been left there, and bring them up to Zion. I carried out his instructions to the best of my ability, and whenever I could get a company of a hundred men I would select some man and put him to preside over them, and send them on. I ...

the signs of the times in which you live. The signs of the second com- ing of the son of God are every- where seen, but the world does not comprehend them. The devil is abroad in the earth, and he will destroy every person that he can. Search the scriptures that have come directly to us, as well as those con- tained in the Bible, and learn to comprehend the mind and will of God, which we can do by reading them when the light of the Holy Spirit is within ...