Show f I THE TRUTH HAS HAD BUT FEW FOLLOWERS nn rut MI I g Addresses Delivered at tho the Seventy Fourth 5 The Tho of oC Christ Com Corn Annual of or tho the Church of ol t Opposition to 10 Truth 5 Christ of day Saints In the tho c Not N 0 t from rom the tl 10 Heathen JI tat I 1011 Hut 1 U t Prom Iron 1 rom romr r Snit City on Monday jj the tho Children of oC Promise an i Pro Iro I jj Morning April A pro II 4 1004 u by b y Elders Eldora Id ora S SI teased of oC Christ Sue I S SEYMOUR 13 B YOUNG d dAND cess of oC Eastern astern States Stales Mission MissionS 5 AND AN J Q G IE 5 2 Work Greatly Aided by tho the Press Iress L S j II J Aik tit SI U 11 YOUNG 1 ery IO cl III U II tin yuu yuU win Will amis 1 Ii e that In III d your our m aY our ed e r 1111 say 1 I may mil ic l Kulu 11 f W I IOl ot u uy toe lne Wid of oC mend Ol b fl 11 II m my Lulf t re rejoices oleos and unU anda andI 1 I I ana anu to tu a n wai ot ut my any III yn led wj to 10 in n r of ot off In III tn f I Ul i d ll the UI ut WorK p AS S tho 1110 tuu u yearn Lord he Jn ot In III tun the he Ion ol 01 J JeslIs s art ro ru ene n e l li i II our or tU lIOI In III gen 1011 or T when Ulu lulI II Church was WIlS hold hand In III tue of the ene nce of ot oton YorK LIllY hay Itata te of ot New Nell I Wink k elB Werl WO one on i In III toe lie Church al III almi W Ihu f r JUt mi apt tune 8 as hem het Hi III of ot that race e were 01 f that with June 1 we uie at lit tau thu lAC une is o S pe more IS H m In HUH work not nol only in III fl II LOrd ot or numbers rs Jut but in III the ILl It tho tho ot S n W IS in III roay f I lints loday Prompting rA t labor and to 10 t tto united t 1 to 10 the tho wont of ot rood t in nn ue IDe Lord to tho lIeler our our nce I ns maclo and d to IU tho generally generally H WI li of that hut the tho th MM Iden pled pc which lie ary of at the day clay Ihl on Ott ier whether the tomb lamb t oar However Ib tote tOle Sunday Is la I the proper day or ur not noti Lutr i Vve bane bave no objection to It Tho rho great er f fact ct Is la that Ho lie rose roso from cruel crucifix crucifixIon Ix S It d dl died Id d otter alter having that eins eilis of ot the tho world M fur lor or the Ih Ion loo Kim HUll ot of God Attar After He lie arose H lip fie Yes aa the but butr bute unto Ills His disciples III l doubting told there hero was van one e JI pip ara r who woo would not believe though was this augured assured him they M bl Alp After the risen bpd bd son n th hen the were all nil to uM urn ur In a ft room with the tio doors shut Stood flood In their midst and said Mid rIN PI ire l ho bo o unto you oU Turning to Thom Thorn Thorna Thomai He lie laid unto him Hench hither hillier a ai ami behold my lilY hands and thy hither thy IhY Ih hand and tind thrust Into tHo mm gash ii fly flue and afI be not faithless but hul be he heUr belie Ur lie Ing wt We now know knoll today tOlla that lint In the ministry Savior Halor there of 01 t our I Lord INd ord and Him as ns not who followed but few t w ears m rd with tl Ihl p great t mass of oC the ther r t Ills doctrine do did not nol multitude Very tow few received Ills and believed that 1 Ho lie WOH sas the Salor Fador Ea for of ot the world wand the tho promised of at the Jews I sm i ill Ih h thi th exported King ICIng Ii not too that the persecution i lh upon Him non HH lit and jibs His Until Sinai crucifix the tho k were Yere not administered by jtb n nor by thoi tho e who had no pro In r to tho coming ot oC the tho thoM r IT nI own race M U It was RI Ills His own Oln race tho thoI he I to era Ie of Judah from Crom which He lie d upon Him these cruel tor lor torand lort tM t 1 and end finally put pUl Him Ilm to Vt I the Ih TOSS cross So It stems s to havo b I it n all along the tho line lino of ot true truo Chris tut LI I endeavor and work orle Wherever tf I re has bren brel the Spirit of oC truth there has been nn an effort to 10 ltd 11 humanity Into Inlo a 1 better bolter Way VIlY 1111 1101 t I ra mark rk out a n righteous of ot ott i t there th ro has tins bern been bC opposition t 1 it by tho the many Tho Iho ho hob b 11 th In ha hue had but bul few fete followers but bul bulIt It ass hK had ball many When Rhan the Prophet Joseph Juseph Smith was by th the Lord Almighty to cs ell l bsh Mh this Ih work In III till the earth carth ho he gave t to II it the best brat efforts of oC his lit life Every th t every Iel of oC his hili soul rl the love nt of liln hlo iii whole heart wore d In this great groat r nt work How great lt It Sap i lie he possibly 11 did not realize when 1st Ib Lord Aril first communicated to him himM Ind M wen mn rafter niter the tho hurch Church was wan or d and nn began h to assume a 1 condi condl condition condition tion cf of t some lome Importance In the Iho world Iv If v i s then no doubt douht ho was woe not fully tullY wars tsars cf ot the greatness of ot tho the structure w hI nt t Instrumental in founding but butis is as was given Riven to him precept apps pr and flue lino upon lint line ho horam ram more and more moro filled with the tho of 01 the Lord and with enthusiasm m In I n regard to 10 the tha work and amul as ns his en m grew Brew tad and as ns he became becane more sad more endowed with power from J na n high Kli the efforts of ot those thoM who op Ft mm him were here w re renewed ren wed and redoubled l ln lII We M II that history repented Itself Tt n P Iton did not come train from tho the thon thoi i n It hi III dill did not come como from non lion nonI be M pers m r In II nor froth from I s i In nt prophets and lie tits it iff r mn e i from men mart 11 who said they b V V n the tho I III A 1111 on of ot our Lord find and S nr r J Jesus c Sl us and In the he mission at iii that they believed II lle s 1 ff I r I nth for tor the sins ot of f fi the nth TOM rose again on the thc third day da thus thu i i oMI ng tho the first fruits o 0 of trim th 1 II It t 1 nt lie having tho the ke kv 01 f X I h rr rU n with pu power er to tl uno Ong k th t tomb Po Fo na nn l I say we wc Rod Mann I tp r prating itself 0 to tn tot IMI has not t como come fr from m those W who did no not r notI o I hr n hut but Ut It t hAs hAshu huIr m Ir rn n It Wy from those Bose Iho hu hire it r r fed r II to 10 ho he followers of oC Christ loth ju R ae lie I II Opposition to thu tile Savior Salor Sin tae t Isom those who Professed to be he behl beInar Hm in ills in Anther a hl r no It apt Inar appear a nr It Is nn an everlasting truth Ih t hire e Is to III thin tho P l of life f and salvation and anil It Ith ma he h ns as If Ie tl the Ie moro more men mon Prof prote profess of H to hi and amid the tho greater their n of filth fUh faith the tho h greater Is their to those O who wh Introduce uv liv If k tr Ot I CAving truths ru I The Tho ho fiercest op P I Ib to the I Saylor ebo b Nol pl CAme rein those In e to 0 be the most mOAl devout IC their ot of the tho law ot of No 1110 to m the and olio ho most lost strictly Aid nd to farms nail rituals Of ot tho the law la so 10 to tho the Gospel cl of oC pus Itne Ih to tuba lady day has lma comb fr frD from D M e Who io linn the Ule most devout In th 11 tenor this wo aro Along AlongI e f I of It our WilY ad maU Mme a r I III ln are aro In II I g l in the e m Ill 1 t ot of f tho thin and 1 OUr hOO young oung p people op grow Krow up UI P to lo man the anc and i th they y r Are I e 10 1 o nr forth nC tho 1 ln In orth nd 10 tl their Our mill n gono forth Corth hotel to tho Iho Iu principal nations flattens of oC Christendom and andare are arc lifting up their voices fearlessly In it proclamation of ot the tho truth Yet we wc are ure rant not very vcr popular that I 1 know of oC In any land Nevertheless tho the Gospel Is III ex extending 1 extending tending Zion ton Is III growing tho the Saints of ut lid are aro spreading abroad and today our ore are brighter than ever over before Wo We have deep deel down In our hearts a n stronger conviction of nt hi time th truth Wo Know that God lives and that lint Jesus Christ Is 18 our Savior who died tar for to I the tho sins nine of ot the tho world that we lwe 0 might night live When l comes or when any other Sunday conics comes It II Is tho the Lords day duy and we wc reverence Ills high and holy mine mime 11 e eWe We come como together and worship Him Thus to us ua ovary every Sunday Sunda In a II sense sensa Is Knitter nAter l Sunday tor for we wo worship the Lord on that lint day lIllY and 11 nil not nut only on Sunday but every day In t I nn week We do not put PUI off oft the tho feeling of ot worship on the tha Monday nor on cn any nn other day If it wo we feel teel as nil We should we wo regard every day Ila as ns tho the Lords day and we feel teel that wo se ought to 10 serve Rene Him him mill and keep keell Ills His command commandments ments not have a n Sun Sunday Sunda Suny day da t nS y religion like n a Sunday n coat to o bo he laid Intel aside as nB soon noon as IlS the tho Sabath day dayIs Is passed pas ed The Tho religion of oC tho the Latter day dllY Saints IH practical to a 1 wonderful degree d free Hence wc wo see ee that during tho the thelast lust last tour four weeks through the advice and counsel 1 of ot tho ho lenders leaders of ot tho the Church Churche wc we e have had hilI tour four new Stakes of oC Zion organized I er organization thus perfected will add strength to tho the work and will give 0 greater power to 10 tho lie brothern who preside and to 10 tho the people over oer whom they th y preside pre Moreover It II will add arhl to the glory glor of oC God Gad because tho time Saints will live nearer to 10 Him and keep I ep Ills His commandments better for tor where thc tho Saints Saint are arc n thoroughly ad all admonished d and are aro In close touch with their leaders bailer the spirit of ot union and the tho power to 10 do good and amid to 10 work righteousness lI Is greatly Increased So Sowe Sowe Sowe we rejoice whenever a n new stake slake or a 11 anew now new n V ward Is organized od And all 1111 this Is U In iii keeping ke with the tho progress of oC the tho wok We realize my and sisters dater that we Iva ore are not nol held h ld In very vary high hl h esteem by our friends of oC the Iho dif different different ferent Christian faiths of oC the world but this does docs not matter We have hayo our work worle to perform and If IC wo we act well our part tho the Lord 10 Ill will see that His Ilia work will spread abroad In the earth Bud that hint all tho the honest hones I shall have tho the chance to hear heRr the gospel I rejoice today that thAI we wo have lenders leaders In our midst who know and Ind understand the mind and will nill of oC tho the Lord and who are arc will willIng willIng willIng Ing to devote all 1111 their energies and their lives lIOs for far the good rood of oC Israel Isrnel Under Un Under 1 der del tho Iho Inspiration of ot the tho Spirit of oC the tha Lord they prepare for tor these great Con Conferences Conferences and they give ghe us the word of oC tho the Lord that wo we may Inny bo be encouraged from time to time by b meeting together and hearing their voices In no uncertain tain sound proclaim the mind and will of ut the tho Lord They point the tho way In which we should walk and they ad nd admonish admonish us to follow tollow them as ns they fol tol follow follow low Christ Wo We have confidence In our lenders leaders lend rs today and the tho Lord has given us R Inspiration to 10 bo by able ablo to say that wo we know this Is II His Ills work and In this wo we are determined to 10 devote our lives amid the tho best talent lIe Ho hits has given Iven us u That Thill wo may bo faithful and truo true In keeping k the tho commandments of at tho the Lord Is my prayer In the tho name namo of oC Jesus Amen ELDER InDEn J 0 O President nt of ot Eastern States Mission My brothers sisters slaters and friends I wish I 1 could express tho the blissful con I feel thrilling tied ami pulsating through my soul In being surrounded by h thousands thousand of ot my brothers and tera ter One Ono can hardly realize this feel teel Ing lug unless ho he has hns been out separated from thc love lovo that one ate feels In Zion on cost cast upon tho the ocean as ns It wore like a 11 cork carl amidst the waves wavell a n stranger In tho Um community In which he ho sojourns timid after a 1 few tew years yearn to return to bo be surrounded by thousands of at people whoso whose faces CAces lit It up lip by the tho same spirit and to 10 clasp the hands and amid feel Ceel I tho the throb of oC that pulse which bents beAts In I harmony harmon with his own oln I am grateful unto God for tor the blessings of ot tho the Goo Gos Gospel pct pel p 1 and for tor this spirit which makes us ua kindred with those In heaven and causes s us to feel wo we aro are really and truly brothers and nud slaters I preside act its ns n a 1 kind ot of bishop over that hint portion of oC territory lying north of ot Virginia And amid east ea I of oC Ohio It Includes about of ot the tho population of ot tho the United States There are aro a great g nt many people there who have hae not yet learned I am ate their bishop and I lox ox pert It will bo be a n long while before they find lUul It out When I was first asked to preside over that lint district I 1 felt tell the tho ros ro 10 s P Y In iii that vast throng throne of oC Gods children to see lice that they were warned of ot tho the fact that tho than Gospel has ban horn licon restored and that It Is IB now 1101 being reached preached to 10 the tho world as nil n a witness When I stood Blood upon Brooklyn bridge one ont of at tho the great roat thoroughfares of ot tho Iho city of oC Now Nos York and AnI watched the tho throngs of ot people passing three hun hundred hundred dred thousand thou every day day Ill and amid when I realized that this was wan only ono of oC many ninny thoroughfares In that great city and that city ell was only arty one ono ot of many In Inthe Inthe inthe the district and when I thought of oC the hue thousands of oC cultured eloquent minis tars In tho the district It seemed se Impossible for tor a few western boys bos ninny of oC whom like myself come conic front from the tho sands lInd rocks rock and tho cactus ot of the south couth to tomake tomako tomake make mako ourselves heard or known In that great mass of ot humanity When wo We 0 first hired halls no ono one entered them thorn and when wo we tried triad to get el into their hones hOmes and experienced their exclusiveness I t again thought t thought how Impossible the task tul would be bt Had 1 I not known that this work was tram from above I would have 1110 given Riven up In discouragement One hind hall to possess n sublime faith In God knowing that It II was Ills His work and amid that hint ho ten could make possible what Ho He had I called him to accomplish With this thU i faith wo we turned our faces facer to tho the task carrying on tho the good work that had hat been started by those who whit preceded us tie tieI usI IS ISI I feel te 1 today I cnn can say wo we have havo nl at least leant accomplished ono one part of oC our task I Ih believe h lIoe that thAI every overy soul lit In the he district dl hilts has heard tint that the Ih kingdom of oC God has been boen established that God has spoken again from the tho heavens that Ills His ser lIer servants aro traveling as they thoy did ancient anciently I ly b and that this his Gospel Is being I 1 preached as os a n 1 witness unto the tho people peaple God has ban Bono dono JIll Ills part Anyone Among outer other things Ho lie has hns used UINI tho the powerful agency ogency of ot tho ho press The press presA with Its Ito ten len thousand tongues has sent this hits Gospel Into tho the homes of oC tho the rich and proud n Of no well hell ns no the poor unit and humble And A I this tills not because o of oC our ability but as no asa noa a 1 result of oC our faithfulness Scarcely n R week passes but |