The Greatest Knowledge in This World Is a Knowledge of God

The thought of standing before this vast audience and speaking to the Saints, and to those who may be listening in over the radio, almost overawes me. But I am happy in the thought that I am associated with this class of people. I feel that the greatest knowledge in this world is a knowledge of God, for the Savior said to know Jesus Christ is life eternal ; and I feel the greatest thing that anyone can do in this world is to conquer himself and to bring himself into line with the gospel of Jesus Christ. ¶

The Lord in his goodness and mercy to me gave me a testimony, while yet in my teens, and as I have labored in the Church from that day to this, it has grown brighter, until I feel that I know that the gospel is true, whether I know anything else in the world or not. ¶

I have a great many things for which to be thankful, as one who comes from the land of magnificent distances and the home of the noble red men. I feel that the thing that we have most to be thankful for, that has happened in our neighborhood in recent years, is the fact that the Indians who have harrassed the people in that section since the settlement of that country a few years ago, are rounded up, and the government has come there and taken charge of them and settled them, and has chosen one of our people to teach them how to live better. One of our returned elders is the man who is looking after them. The government is now putting their children in school and they are fed and clothed, and it is not necessary for them to pillage the settlers and to harrass the women and children. ¶

The Lord is good to his people, in every section where they turn unto him and serve him. The greatest desire of my life is that I may be worthy of the confidence that my brethren have imposed in me. I have every confidence in those who preside over me. Never in my life have I seen anything in their conduct that would cause me to lose confidence in them. I know that the Church of Christ is growing, and that those who are seeking after the Lord may find him. I have said a great many times that I think it is about the easiest thing in the world to know that the Lord lives, if men will be honest, truthful, virtuous, attend to their prayers, and live a Christ-like life. I want to say to the Latter-day Saints, that if our boys and girls will but function in the organizations of the Church, take part therein, and live clean lives, they will know that the Lord lives, that Jesus is the Christ, and that the resurrection is a reality, the most wonderful knowledge in all the world. ¶

May we all be true to the covenants we have made with one another, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ which is implanted within our hearts ; and be obedient in all things, that we may be saved in his kingdom, is my prayer, in the name of Jesus. Amen. ¶