So it will be with us in a little while.
We shall pass away and go to the
other side of the vail, and the burden
of the building up of Zion will rest
upon our sons and daughters. Then
rejoice in the Gospel of Christ. Re-
joice in the principles of eternal life.
I am looking for the fulfillment of all
things that the Lord has spoken, and
they will come to pass as the Lord
God lives. Zion is bound to rise and
flourish. The Lamanites will blos-
som as the rose on the mountains. [Doctrine and Covenants 49:24] I
am willing to say here that, though I
believe this, when I see the power of
the nation destroying them from the
face of the earth, the fulfillment of
that prophecy is perhaps harder for
me to believe than any revelation of
God that I ever read. It looks as
though there would not be enough
left to receive the Gospel; but not-
withstanding this dark picture, every
word that God has ever said of them
will have its fulfillment, and they, by
and by, will receive the Gospel. It
will be a day of God's power among
them, and a nation will be born in a
day. Their chiefs will be filled with
the power of God and receive the
Gospel, and they will go forth and
build the new Jerusalem, and we shall
help them. They are branches of
the house of Israel, and when the
fullness of the Gentiles has come in
and the work ceases among them, then
it will go in power to the seed of
Abraham.

Brethren and sisters, let us remem-
ber our position before the Lord! Let
us try and keep the faith, let us labor
for the Holy Spirit, that our hearts,
minds and eyes may be opened, that
we may live by inspiration, that when
we see dark clouds rising and evils
strewing our path, we may be able to
overcome. The Savior was tempted,
so were his Apostles, and if we have
not been we shall be. As the Lord
told Joseph Smith, "I will try and
prove you in all things, even unto
death. If you are not willing to abide
my covenants unto death, you are
not worthy of me." [Doctrine and Covenants 98:14-15] Did Joseph
abide unto death? I think he did,
and he with Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob, will sit at the right hand of
the Lord Jesus Christ, and will re-
ceive his glory and crown. He was
true and faithful unto death, and his
testimony is in force to-day, in lan-
guage as loud as ten thousand thun-
ders. Whether it is believed or re-
jected it will have its fulfillment on
the heads of this generation.

By and by great Babylon will fall
and there will be wailing, mourning
and sore affliction in her midst. The
sons of Zion have got to stand in holy
places to be preserved in the midst of
the judgments that will shortly over-
take the world. We can see how fully
the revelation, calling us to go to
the western countries, has been ful-
filled. [Doctrine and Covenants 45:64-71] In less than forty years, a
standard has been lifted up, and peo-
ple gathered here from France, Eng-
land, Scotland, Wales, Denmark,
Norway, Sweden, and almost all the
nations of the earth in fulfillment of
that revelation. When it was given
no man among us knew anything
about Salt Lake or the Rocky Moun-
tains; but it has been fulfilled before
our eyes. We have come up here,
and in so doing have fulfilled the re-
velations of God, so far. Let us
continue, I pray God my heavenly
Father that he will bless the Latter-
day Saints; that he will give us his
Holy Spirit and wisdom, that our
eyes may be opened, that we may
have faith in the things of God. Let
a man lose the Holy Spirit and what
faith has he? None, either in God
or in his revelations, and that is what
is the matter to-day. You may take
the best friends we have outside of
of this kingdom, and you can hardly
get them to believe that God has any-

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So it will be with us in a little while. We shall pass away and go to the other side of the vail, and the burden of the building up of Zion will rest upon our sons and daughters. Then rejoice in the Gospel of Christ. Rejoice in the principles of eternal life. I am looking for the fulfillment of all things that the Lord has spoken, and they will come to pass as the Lord God lives. Zion is bound to rise and flourish. The Lamanites will blossom as the rose on the mountains. I am willing to say here that, though I believe this, when I see the power of the nation destroying them from the face of the earth, the fulfillment of that prophecy is perhaps harder for me to believe than any revelation of God that I ever read. It looks as though there would not be enough left to receive the Gospel; but notwithstanding this dark picture, every word that God has ever said of them will have its fulfillment, and they, by and by, will receive the Gospel. It will be a day of God's power among them, and a nation will be born in a day. Their chiefs will be filled with the power of God and receive the Gospel, and they will go forth and build the new Jerusalem, and we shall help them. They are branches of the house of Israel, and when the fullness of the Gentiles has come in and the work ceases among them, then it will go in power to the seed of Abraham.

Brethren and sisters, let us remember our position before the Lord! Let us try and keep the faith, let us labor for the Holy Spirit, that our hearts, minds and eyes may be opened, that we may live by inspiration, that when we see dark clouds rising and evils strewing our path, we may be able to overcome . The Savior was tempted, so were his Apostles, and if we have not been we shall be. As the Lord told Joseph Smith, "I will try and prove you in all things, even unto death. If you are not willing to abide my covenants unto death, you are not worthy of me." Did Joseph abide unto death? I think he did, and he with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, will sit at the right hand of the Lord Jesus Christ, and will receive his glory and crown. He was true and faithful unto death, and his testimony is in force to-day, in language as loud as ten thousand thunders. Whether it is believed or rejected it will have its fulfillment on the heads of this generation.

By and by great Babylon will fall and there will be wailing, mourning and sore affliction in her midst. The sons of Zion have got to stand in holy places to be preserved in the midst of the judgments that will shortly overtake the world. We can see how fully the revelation, calling us to go to the western countries, has been fulfilled. In less than forty years, a standard has been lifted up, and people gathered here from France, England, Scotland, Wales, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and almost all the nations of the earth in fulfillment of that revelation. When it was given no man among us knew anything about Salt Lake or the Rocky Mountains; but it has been fulfilled before our eyes. We have come up here, and in so doing have fulfilled the revelations of God, so far. Let us continue, I pray God my heavenly Father that he will bless the Latterday Saints; that he will give us his Holy Spirit and wisdom, that our eyes may be opened, that we may have faith in the things of God. Let a man lose the Holy Spirit and what faith has he? None, either in God or in his revelations, and that is what is the matter to-day. You may take the best friends we have outside of of this kingdom, and you can hardly get them to believe that God has any-