Discourse 1884-08-16
Apostle Woodruff said he was much
pleased to meet so many of the Saints
in conference. Naturally the people
liked to be out taking care of the grain:
considered it quite a marvel to see the
immense crops of grain and other pro-
ducts. But it is right to attend con-
ference and all the other duties.
God would disapppoint no one
in relation to any promise he
has made either in relation to famine
or other calamity or judgment that has
been foretold. He referred to the dis-
persion of the Jews and the causes
that led thereto; said the like causes
were operating in this nation which
tramples under foot its own laws in
order to persecute the Latter-day
Saints. Many had already suffered
death, because of their belief in God,
under this the most liberal government
on earth, while at the same time no
such deeds had been enacted under
any of the kingly governments of Eu-
rope, who made no such pretensions to
liberty and freedom. He believed that
Utah to-day would have been a wil-
derness had it not been for the restora-
tion of the Gospel.
