Prest W Woodruff: then addressed the congregation dwelling upon the great blessings enjoyed by the people through their obedience to the laws of the Gospel, referring to the rapid growth of the people in acquiring the comforts of life around them, the wonder of the nations at the success that attended the work and the bitter end of many of those who had from time to time opposed the work citing individual cases, exhorting the people through their knowledge of these facts to live faithful to their covenants.