Excerpt from Improvement Era, Vol. 15: August, 1912 We thank thee, O God, for a Prophet to guide us in these latter-days. I will st0p just long enough to have these lovely children (ensign Primary) sing the hymn for our benefit. (the children sang.) They have only given us the first verse, but you all know the rest, and I will not take time to read it. We thank thee, O God, for a Prophet. When any bishop sings that song, or announces it in his ward, I want him to remember that the Prophet of God, Brigham Young, under the inspiration of God, organized the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations. His successor, John Taylor, appointed the superintendency with the President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles at its head. The successor to John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, when we sug gested that he was nearly ninety years of age, and that we did not care to burden him with the labors of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, replied, I would like to be the superintendent as long as I live. I want to be one with the boys, and partake of the spirit of the young men. It is that disposition, a willingness to mingle with the youth, and to take part in their activities which helped to keep men like Wilford Woodruff and John R. Winder active in body and in spirit. We partake to a certain extent of the spirits of those with whom we 111ingle. When I was in Liverpool, too tired to go to the theater, Brother Penrose would say, Come on, Sister Grant, we will go and let the old man rest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.