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Here ends our history for the present. The little tree (mentioned in
Chapter I) planted by God and nurtured by his servants, has in the space of
eighty-six years grown to a large, beautiful tree, whose branches, as it
were, protect thousands of people, and whose fruit nourishes a multitude.
The enemy has striven hard to uproot and destroy it, but every effort has
only made it cling more firmly to the nourishing earth.

The Church is growing in strength and power to save the human family. That
is its mission. It will never be overcome, or left to other people. "No
unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing," said the Prophet
Joseph, "persecution may rage; mobs may combine; armies may assemble,
calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and
independently till it has penetrated every continent; visited every clime,
swept every country; and sounded in every ear; till the purposes of God
shall be accomplished, and the Great Jehovah shall say the work is done."

And now let all the boys and girls who read this book remember what the
Lord expects of them. He must have men and women to carry on the great work
begun so nobly and so well. If He is to use you, you must make your lives
worthy; you must grow in wisdom and power and faith and goodness; be pure
and strong in mind and body; be studious, earnest, prayerful, noble, and
brave to do the right; then God will be pleased to use you, and you
yourselves will become makers of a glorious future history.

Topics.--1. President Joseph F. Smith. 2. John R. Winder. 3. Anthon H.
Lund. 4. John Henry Smith. 5. Charles W. Penrose. 6. The trouble in Mexico.
7. The great war in Europe. 8. Progress of the Church.