history, that Cyrus pursued this course all his life. Whenever he took a city he went and offered sacrifice to the great God, the God of heaven. You may trace this through the whole history of the world until the present hour and you will find that that God who sits enthroned on high has governed and controlled all these things. He will do the same today. That same God has set His hand to fulfill the volume of revelations contained in these rec- ords of divine truth, which portray the winding-up scene of ...

Saints, to say unto you, it is the will of God for you to take this course. Get the Spirit of God before you go on your missions or anywhere else. Get the Spirit of revelation with you. And when you get that you are safe, and you will do exactly what the Lord wants you to do. I have felt strongly impressed to say that to this Conference. What can you do without revelation? We cannot do the will of God and accomplish what is required of us ...

the establishment of these things. He lived long enough to dedicate the corner stone of this Temple on this block, into which the Latter-day Saints go and deliver their friends who are in the prison house, and attend to the ordinances of the house of God for them, in fulfillment of the ancient Prophets, who spake as they were moved upon by the Holy Ghost, to the effect that saviors should be raised up on Mount Zion ...

DISCOURSE BY Elder WILFORD WOODRUFF, DELIVERED At the Semi-Annual Conference, in the New Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Oct. 8, 1873. REPORTED BY DAVID W. EVANS. I AM called upon to occupy a little time this morning, and I realize that I and my brethren are all de- pendent upon the Spirit of God to guide, dictate and direct us in all our public teachings, as well as in all other acts we are called upon to perform in the kingdom of God. The ...

ministers to the Church "for the perfecting of the Saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, into a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of fullness of Christ." [Ephesians 4:12-13] The Lord required Joseph Smith to organize the Church of Christ after this order. He did so, and this Church has remained intact in its organization ...

THE DESERET WEEKLY. PIONEER PUBLICATION OF THE [FIGURE] ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION. TRUTH AND LIBERTY. ESTABLISHED JUNE, [FIGURE] 1850. NO. 17. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1893. VOL. XLVI ANNUAL CONFERENCE. The services of the Conference were continued this morning in the upper room of the Temple. The Tabernacle choir sang the an- them: Let all Israel join and sing. (Music by Joseph J. Daynes; choir- isters led by Evan Stephens.) PRESIDENT WILFORD WOODRUFF ...

THE DESERET WEEKLY. REMARKS Made at the General Conference of Church, in the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Sunday, October 4th, 1896, by PREST. WILFORD WOODRUFF. -[REPORTED BY ARTHUR WINTER.]- If I ever felt thankful in my life for anything, I do this morning that I am alive, that I stand in the flesh and have again the privilege of assembling in conference. I am thankful that I have the privilege of meeting in this capacity Prophets, Patriarchs, Apostles, Elders and Latter-day Saints ...

DISCOURSE BY ELDER WILFORD WOODRUFF, DELIVERED IN THE New Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Sunday Afternoon, Septem- ber 12th, 1875. REPORTED BY DAVID W. EVANS. I WILL call the attention of the congregation to a few verses in the 25th chapter of St. Matthew. [The speaker read the first thirteen vers- es; also the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth paragraphs of the fourteenth section of the Book of Doctrine and Covenants.] ...

REMARKS BY ELDER WILFORD WOODRUFF, DELIVERED At the Semi-Annual Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in the New Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Fri- day Morning, October 9th, 1874. REPORTED BY DAVID W. EVANS. WE, as a people, have had a great deal of teaching and counsel in our day and gen- eration. Some of us have been taught in the things of this kingdom for over forty years, and, by this time, we ought to ex- ercise faith in the promises of God ...

DISCOURSE By Elder WILFORD WOODRUFF, delivered in the New Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, April, 6, 1872. REPORTED BY D. W. EVANS. THROUGH the mercy and loving kindness of our father in the heavens we are again permitted to meet in general conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Forty-two years ago this day this church was organized with six members, by a prophet of the living God, raised up in these last days by ...