Excerpt from The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 65: April 23, 1903

Now, I do not desire to prolong my remarks this morning. I pray God to bless those who may speak to us and inspire them to say those things that will be instructive and beneficial, and that we all may enjoy that measure of the spirit of intelligence that we may divine rightly the word of truth, and that we all may receive meat in due season. That God may grant us these privileges and blessings is my prayer, in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Elder seymour B. Young, of the First Seven Presidents of Seventies, was the next speaker. He was grateful to the Lord for the prosperity that attends the Saints everywhere. He had a testimony to bear - the same testimony that he had always borne. He rejoiced in the fact that our young people had so many opportunities of advancement and culture. Yet he regretted that there was so little manual training in our system of education. President Brigham Young used to teach this idea as a necessary part of every educational system. In speaking thus, Elder Young explained that he was not inclined to find fault with what the noble and devoted men and women were doing for our young people, both in our Church schools and in the auxiliary organizations of the Church. But he felt nevertheless that we ought to do more in the way of teaching manual training than we do. Our schools will always remain incomplete until they have departments where the mechanical arts are taught.

Throughout our communities the Saints are in comparative comfort. In our outlying settlements it is a very rare thing to find an indigent person. There are exceptions to that in this city, for which there are sufficient reasons. But on the whole our people are very prosperous. And there are many evi deuces that there is improvement. We can see, in every stake, that the words of our leaders have been heeded. Especially is this the case with respect to the principle of tithing. The blessings of the Lord have been poured out upon the people yery markedly.

Along with this prosperity, however, there may be noted an increase of. Op position. It has always been true that where the people of God are prosperous the powers of evil are more active. The Saints must expect, therefore, that Satan and his hosts will be the more alert. The powers of darkness are always arrayed against the power of light. Recently we have had an example of this in the treatment some of our missionaries have received in our own country. The speaker quoted a saying of the Prophet Joseph Smith to the effect that this antagonism would continue until the Lord overthrows the power of the devil. The only important consideration for us in this respect is that we de termine to withstand all the attacks made by the adversary of good. The Prophet Joseph was especially tried; and so were those men who succeeded him. No one can point to these and say truthfully that they ever failed in their allegiance to the Lord. The only reason Why they were persecuted was that they had been called of the Lord and they proved true to this sacred trust only because they knew their calling to be of God. Knowing this, they were strong in the power of the Spirit.

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