I rejoice in being here and hearing the good things that we've had this afternoon, the friendships that I have with these people. I've been sitting here while I've been listening to these words through Army events. It's a time that you can hardly see them. I've been watching their coordination and their cooperation, their unity, and it's been quite amazing. It led me to think of the work that's been...

tried on down south by many of you folks i watched the work down there and i've watched these ants and there's a big deal of similarity and that is these ants instead of moving around each other and ignoring each other they came up and said how to do it each time as they go by they stop and jump on move on to the next one and they say how to do and they encourage each other and they don't waste much time they just keep on keeping on through the work that the leader has laid out for me. I see you people sitting here in the sun and others in the shade, some of you wide awake, some of you half awake, and some asleep. But I see the same determination to keep on keeping on. And I believe that was the message and the burden of the message of the Savior and his prophets from the beginning of time until now is just

to keep on enduring in the work of the Lord. Now, we've heard a lot about the fullness of the gospel, and we often contemplate on that subject, the fullness, and it seems a relative term, something that's incomprehensible. When we talk about God and his power and his authority and his majesty and his dominion, Talk about the fullness of the gospel and becoming an heir to him and a joint heir to Jesus Christ. It's just overwhelming. As I've been thinking about this, I've been wondering why we are not heirs and joint heirs right now. I've been told that to be saved is to be placed beyond the power of our enemies. Death, hell, and the devil. Brother Johnson has just told us that the Lord has...

And when we partake of the ordinances and the principles and the blessings of the gospel, we are enjoying the full according to our capacity and our position at the time. This is our day of salvation. I thought that was it. Today is the day of our salvation. And we should rejoice. This is our day of salvation. Things have a bit of truth when they're saved. We're saved today. We're saved today if we are basking in the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ. If we are tuned in with the Spirit of God. Just recently we had the good fortune of having the...

power through a lot of hard work of our brethren and others brought into church and one by one that power is being connected to the home ground and to the industry to the store to the garage and to the field and it's a permanent connection I believe until the Lord gets ready to change it and the power is unlimited and by proper transformation I'm not an electrician but proper transformation, after that same source, then great power can be offered, and great ease. On the other hand, we can plug in a little night bulb in our home, and it keeps the weary traveller from stubbing his toe at night. It is with the dust that provides us with water of life, provides us with the power of life.

It provides us with the shelter from the sun and the strength to do our work in the daytime and the peace to lay down in the rest of night. The food we eat, the oxygen we take in, and all the other necessities. The gospel is the gospel of life. And this great purchase is made by one who is willing to buy it and provide for it.

in condition that we were willing to accept the gift, to purchase that fill of great Christ that he did. Now we've been told that the reason we don't have happiness is because we haven't made the sacrifice. We've been told the reason we're confused in our minds is we haven't made the sacrifice necessary to draw out from our minds confusion. We're holding something back from the Lord that we know.

that we should do. Whether we're not studying enough, whether we're not praying enough, whether we're not cooperating enough and working together with one another, that there's darkness where there should be light and there's confusion where there should be order. Because truly this is the sign of order and the sign of our salvation. And I am grateful that God has provided for us.

and given us the priesthood, and made us all to the priesthood, and all to him, and joined all to Jesus Christ, was entitled to salvation as the people of Eden, as the people of Telah, was entitled to these blessings, if we'll lay hold on them as any people that God has ever created, mercy. Oh my brethren and sisters, let us rally ourselves, let us give up, the loins of our minds and our bodies and lay hold on these principles that are good and let us love one another because we're going to live together a long while so we may as well start loving one another because it's easier to love than it is to hate. It's more pleasant, more progressive, and it brings more happiness. I pray that Brother Johnson will have our continued support.

And that all these brethren who sustain him in the country will continue to sustain him. And that you folks will continue to sustain them in what they're trying to do because they are striving with all their heart, mind, might, and strength to keep the commandments of God and to build up this kingdom in the earth. And that you will do likewise. You will have salvation continuously. Not today, but continuously.

of what God's calling the name of Jesus Christ for you.