I know this work is true. We think of men and women that haven?t ever done a thing condemned to the penitentiary. My daughter here?they said she bore her testimony and sang. She didn?t bear her testimony. She got a year in the County Jail. Do you call that justice? There isn?t another state in the union that would have done what Utah has done now; and when you think of it, they are the children of the covenant. I look back now and think what Uncle Lorin meant when he said that children of the covenant would reject the covenant and aliens would restore the covenant; and so we can look and see those outside of the State say it is a crusade. People that don?t belong to the Church would fight right now for us, while those who are the children of the covenant are rejecting the law. They are fighting the law of God. They aren?t fighting us. Look at it square and see they aren?t fighting us, but the law that was revealed that we might have eternal increase. We have had some very good instructions given us this afternoon. How many of us have taken it to heart? How many of us have had it go in one ear and out the other? How many of us improve through coming here Sunday after Sunday? The time is coming, and not very far distant, when we will want the Lord, and want Him bad, too. The Prophet Isaiah said:

Isaiah 59 1. Behold, the Lord?s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 2. But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. Now you see, that isn?t so of this group. The only difference is we know more. We have had more taught us, and the strife is going to be heavy. One of the old Prophets looking down said: Proverbs 1 24. Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; 25. But ye have set at naught all my counsel, and would none of my reproof; 26. I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; 27. When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. 28. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: 29. For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord: 30. They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. 31. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. 32. For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. 33. But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. Isn?t it verily true? Don?t we turn away from these things? We come to our Sunday School class and learn of the Spirit of God and analyze these things, but do we obey them? That is the thing that counts. Every blessing is predicated upon obedience, and whenever we receive a blessing, it is by obedience to the law that gives us that blessing. If we fight that law, how do we get a blessing of that kind? We can?t. I am still of that opinion like President Kimball said, ?I pray for my enemies. I pray that God will dry them up like an old herring, that they can?t increase.? That?s what they deserve?that?s what they are asking for. That?s what they want. Let?s let the people have what they are asking for. These judgments are on the way. They are coming. Let?s do everything that we can, and live every law that we can to protect us. He says that the righteous shall scarcely escape. If that?s the case, we had better be very careful of what we do and say. The brother spoke today of the family. Yes, the wives can pretty near make or break a man. A wife can bring him in, keep him in shape, be a stay and a staff unto him; but if they turn the other way and won?t listen to his counsel and get after him because he won?t do this and that and the other thing; and it won?t be long before that husband won?t care to come around?they aren?t hurting him near as much as they are hurting themselves. A wife that dictates to her husband injures herself out of the Kingdom of God. So if you are used to ruling over your husband and dictating to him, while I believe there are many women who have better sense than a man has, for heaven?s sakes, if you have made your choice, make the best of it and help the husband out of it. I ask God to bless you, and let us take these things to heart and know these things for ourselves. You can know whether these men who are talking here have what they claim just as well as you know baptism is true. God said, ?If you do my will, you can know if I speak of myself or of God.? You can get that as well about the Priesthood as anything else. God help us to stand firm and steadfast. We will continue to call on the Lord and He will fight our battles.