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Eu juro, porApolo, mdico, porEsculpio, Higia e Panacia, e tomo por testemunhas todos os

deuses e todas as deusas, cumprir, segundo meu poder e minha razo, a promessa que se

segue: estimar, tanto quanto a meus pais, aquele que me ensinou esta arte; fazer vida comum

e, se necessrio for, com ele partilhar meus bens; ter seus filhos por meus prprios irmos;

ensinar-lhes esta arte, se eles tiverem necessidade de aprend-la, sem remunerao e nem

compromisso escrito; fazer participar dos preceitos, das lies e de todo o resto do ensino,meus filhos, os de meu mestre e os discpulos inscritos segundo os regulamentos da profisso,

porm, s a estes.

Aplicarei os regimes para o bem do doente segundo o meu poder e entendimento, nunca para

causar dano ou mal a algum. A ningum darei por comprazer, nem remdio mortal nem um

conselho que induza a perda. Do mesmo modo no darei a nenhuma mulher uma substncia

abortiva.

Conservarei imaculada minha vida e minha arte.

No praticarei a talha, mesmo sobre um calculoso confirmado; deixarei essa operao aos

prticos que disso cuidam.

Em toda a casa, a entrarei para o bem dos doentes, mantendo-me longe de todo o dano

voluntrio e de toda a seduo sobretudo longe dos prazeres do amor, com as mulheres ou

com os homens livres ou escravizados.

quilo que no exerccio ou fora do exerccio da profisso e no convvio da sociedade, eu tiver

visto ou ouvido, que no seja preciso divulgar, eu conservarei inteiramente secreto.

Se eu cumprir este juramento com fidelidade, que me seja dado gozar felizmente da vida e da

minha profisso, honrado para sempre entre os homens; se eu dele me afastar ou infringir, o

contrrio acontea.

A DECLARAO

Quando, no curso dos acontecimentos humanos, se torna necessrio a um povo dissolver os laos

polticos que o ligavam a outro, e assumir, entre os poderes da Terra, posio igual e separada, a que lhedo direito as leis da natureza e as do Deus da natureza, o respeito digno s opinies dos homens exigeque se declarem as causas que os levam a essa separao.

Consideramos estas verdades como evidentes por si mesmas, que todos os homens so criados iguais,dotados pelo Criador de certos direitos inalienveis, que entre estes esto a vida, a liberdade e a procurada felicidade. Que a fim de assegurar esses direitos, governos so institudos entre os homens, derivandoseus justos poderes do consentimento dos governados; que, sempre que qualquer forma de governo setorne destrutiva de tais fins, cabe ao povo o direito de alter-la ou aboli-la e instituir novo governo,baseando-o em tais princpios e organizando-lhe os poderes pela forma que lhe parea mais convenientepara realizar-lhe a segurana e a felicidade.

Na realidade, a prudncia recomenda que no se mudem os governos institudos h muito tempo pormotivos leves e passageiros; e, assim sendo, toda experincia tem mostrado que os homens esto maisdispostos a sofrer, enquanto os males so suportveis, do que a se desagravar, abolindo as formas a quese acostumaram. Mas quando uma longa srie de abusos e usurpaes, perseguindo invariavelmente o
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mesmo objecto, indica o desgnio de reduzi-los ao despotismo absoluto, assistem-lhes o direito, bemcomo o dever, de abolir tais governos e instituir novos Guardies para sua futura segurana. Tal tem sidoo sofrimento paciente destas colnias e tal agora a necessidade que as fora a alterar os sistemasanteriores de governo. A histria do actual Rei da Gr-Bretanha compe-se de repetidas injrias eusurpaes, tendo todos por objectivo directo o estabelecimento da tirania absoluta sobre estes Estados.Para prov-lo, permitam-nos submeter os factos a um mundo cndido.

Recusou assentimento a leis das mais salutares e necessrias ao bem pblico.

Proibiu aos governadores a promulgao de leis de importncia imediata e urgente, a menos que aaplicao fosse suspensa at que se obtivesse o seu assentimento, e , uma vez suspensas, deixouinteiramente de dispensar-lhes ateno.

Recusou promulgar outras leis para o bem-estar de grandes distritos de povo, a menos queabandonassem o direito de representao no legislativo, direito inestimvel para eles e temvel apenaspara os tiranos.

Convocou os corpos legislativos a lugares no usuais, sem conforto e distantes dos locais em que seencontram os arquivos pblicos, com o nico fito de arrancar-lhes, pela fadiga, o assentimento smedidas que lhe conviessem.

Dissolveu Cmaras de Representantes repetidamente porque se opunham com mscula firmeza sinvases dos direitos do povo.

Recusou por muito tempo, depois de tais dissolues, fazer com que outros fossem eleitos; em virtude doque os poderes legislativos incapazes de aniquilao voltaram ao povo em geral para que os exercesse;ficando durante esse tempo o Estado exposto a todos os perigos de invaso externa ou convulsointerna.

Procurou impedir o povoamento destes estados, obstruindo para esse fim as leis de naturalizao deestrangeiros, recusando promulgar outras que animassem as migraes para c e complicando ascondies para novas apropriaes de terras.

Dificultou a administrao da justia pela recusa de assentimento a leis que estabeleciam poderesjudicirios.

Tornou os juzes dependentes apenas da vontade dele para gozo do cargo e valor e pagamento dosrespectivos salrios.

Criou uma multido de novos cargos e para eles enviou enxames de funcionrios para perseguir o povo edevorar-nos a substncia.

Manteve entre ns, em tempo de paz, exrcitos permanentes sem o consentimento dos nossos corposlegislativos.

Tentou tornar o militar independente do poder civil e a ele superior.

Combinou com outros sujeitar-nos a uma jurisdio estranha nossa Constituio e no reconhecidapelas nossas leis, dando assentimento aos seus actos de pretensa legislao:

para aquartelar grandes corpos de tropas entre ns;

para proteg-las por meio de julgamentos simulados, de punio por assassinatos que viessem a cometercontra os habitantes destes estados;

para fazer cessar o nosso comrcio com todas as partes do mundo;

por lanar impostos sem nosso consentimento;

por privar-nos, em muitos casos, dos benefcios do julgamento pelo jri;


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por transportar-nos por mar para julgamento por pretensas ofensas;

por abolir o sistema livre de leis inglesas em provncia vizinha, a estabelecendo governo arbitrrio eampliando-lhe os limites, de sorte a torn-lo, de imediato, exemplo e instrumento apropriado para aintroduo do mesmo domnio absoluto nestas colnias;

por tirar-nos nossas cartas, abolindo as nossas leis mais valiosas e alterando fundamentalmente a formado nosso governo;

por suspender os nossos corpos legislativos, declarando-se investido do poder de legislar para ns emtodos e quaisquer casos.

Abdicou do governo aqui por declarar-nos fora de sua proteco e fazendo-nos guerra.

Saqueou os nossos mares, devastou as nossas costas, incendiou as nossas cidades e destruiu a vida donosso povo.

Est, agora mesmo, a transportar grandes exrcitos de mercenrios estrangeiros para completar a obrade morte, desolao e tirania, j iniciada em circunstncias de crueldade e perfdia raramente igualadas

nas idades mais brbaras e totalmente indignas do chefe de uma nao civilizada.

Obrigou os nossos concidados aprisionados no mar alto a tomarem armas contra a prpria ptria, paraque se tornassem algozes dos amigos e irmos ou para que cassem em suas mos.

Provocou insurreies internas-continentes entre ns e procurou trazer contra os habitantes das fronteirasos ndios selvagens e impiedosos, cuja regra sabida de guerra a destruio sem distino de idade,sexo e condies.

Em cada fase dessas opresses solicitamos reparao nos termos mais humildes; responderam a nossaspeties apenas com repetido agravo. Um prncipe cujo carcter se assinala deste modo por todos osactos capazes de definir um tirano no est em condies de governar um povo livre.

To-pouco deixamos de chamar a ateno de nossos irmos britnicos. De tempos em tempos, osadvertimos sobre as tentativas do Legislativo deles de estender sobre ns uma jurisdio insustentvel.Lembramos-lhes das circunstncias de nossa migrao e estabelecimento aqui. Apelamos para a justianatural e para a magnanimidade, e conjuramo-los, pelos laos de nosso parentesco comum, a repudiaremessas usurpaes que interromperiam, inevitavelmente, nossas ligaes e a nossa correspondncia.Permaneceram tambm surdos voz da justia e da consanguinidade. Temos, portanto de aceitar anecessidade de denunciar nossa separao e consider-los, como consideramos o restante dos homens,inimigos na guerra e amigos na paz.

Ns, por conseguinte, representantes dos Estados Unidos da Amrica, reunidos em Congresso Geral,apelando para o Juiz Supremo do mundo pela rectido das nossas intenes, em nome e por autoridadedo bom povo destas colnias, publicamos e declaramos solenemente: que estas colnias unidas so e dedireito tm de ser Estados livres e independentes; que esto desobrigados de qualquer vassalagem paracom a Coroa Britnica, e que todo vnculo poltico entre elas e a Gr-Bretanha est e deve ficar

totalmente dissolvido; e que, como Estados livres e independentes, tm inteiro poder para declarar aguerra, concluir a paz, contrair alianas, estabelecer comrcio e praticar todos os actos e aces a quetm direito os estados independentes. E em apoio desta declarao, plenos de firme confiana naproteco da Divina Providncia, empenhamos mutuamente nossas vidas, nossas fortunas e nossasagrada honra.


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My dear brothers and sisters, it is a deeply moving and wonderful experience tostand here today where the Prophet Joseph Smith stood 150 years ago. Wecame here last night by jet airplane from Salt Lake City. We made the trip in amatter of a half-dozen hours, flying eastward over the broad expanse of thisbeautiful land where long ago our forebears painfully traveled westward in

search of a place where they could be free of persecution and could worshipGod according to the dictates of their own conscience.

We are here, this lovely Easter morning, in the reconstructed farmhouse ofPeter Whitmer, Sr. It has been faithfully restored for this occasion to bring to usanew the recollection of the all-important and significant event which occurredhere a century and a half ago. In the years to come, it will be visited by goodpeople from over the earth who will wish to stand where I stand today.

In this very location on April 6, 1830, there assembled a small group to formallyorganize The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They were believers

in the testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith that in a grove of trees not manymiles from here, on a spring day in the year 1820, he beheld in vision God theEternal Father and his Son, the resurrected Lord, Jesus Christ. There followedin the intervening years visitations of other resurrected heavenly beings. Fromthe soil of Cumorahs Hill, a few miles to the west of here, Joseph obtained fromthe angel Moroni the records of a people who anciently inhabited this land; and,through the gift and power of God, he translated that record, now known as theBook of Mormon. A substantial part of that work of translation wasaccomplished in this Whitmer home.

On that historic Tuesday of April 6, 1830, one and a half centuries ago, six menfrom those assembled in this house organized the Church as a religious society.Three of the descendants of those men are here with us todaySister LorenaHorner Normandeau, a great-granddaughter of Joseph Smith; Eldred G. Smith,a second great-grandson of Hyrum Smith; and Melvin Thomas Smith, a great-grandson of Samuel Harrison Smith.

Standing here today we review in our minds the mighty faith and works of thosewho, from this humble beginning, gave so much to help move the Church to itspresent wondrous stature; and more importantly, we behold through the eye offaith a vision of its sure and glorious future.

Now, my brothers and sisters, with the future before us, and sensing deeply theresponsibilities and divine mission of the restored Church on this sacredoccasion, the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles declareto the world a proclamation. We have felt it appropriate to issue this statementfrom here, where the Church began. Accordingly, I shall ask Elder Gordon B.Hinckley of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, to speak in my behalf and inbehalf of my brethren, to read this proclamation to you and to the world.


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Proclamation, Ensign, May 1980, 52

From the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 6, 1980

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized 150 years agotoday. On this sesquicentennial anniversary we issue to the world a

proclamation concerning its progress, its doctrine, its mission, and its message.

On April 6, 1830, a small group assembled in the farmhouse of Peter Whitmerin Fayette Township in the state of New York. Six men participated in the formalorganization procedures, with Joseph Smith as their leader. From that modestbeginning in a rural area, this work has grown consistently and broadly, as menand women in many lands have embraced the doctrine and entered the watersof baptism. There are now almost four and a half million living members, andthe Church is stronger and growing more rapidly than at any time in its history.Congregations of Latter-day Saints are found throughout North, Central, and

South America; in the nations of Europe; in Asia; in Africa; in Australia and theislands of the South Pacific; and in other areas of the world. The gospelrestored through the instrumentality of Joseph Smith is presently taught in forty-six languages and in eighty-one nations. From that small meeting held in afarmhouse a century and a half ago, the Church has grown until today itincludes nearly twelve thousand organized congregations.

We testify that this restored gospel was introduced into the world by themarvelous appearance of God the Eternal Father and his Son, the resurrectedLord Jesus Christ. That most glorious manifestation marked the beginning ofthe fulfillment of the promise of Peter, who prophesied of the times of restitution

of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets sincethe world began, this in preparation for the coming of the Lord to reignpersonally upon the earth (Acts 3:21).We solemnly affirm that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is infact a restoration of the Church established by the Son of God, when inmortality he organized his work upon the earth; that it carries his sacred name,even the name of Jesus Christ; that it is built upon a foundation of Apostles andprophets, he being the chief cornerstone; that its priesthood, in both the Aaronicand Melchizedek orders, was restored under the hands of those who held itanciently: John the Baptist, in the case of the Aaronic; and Peter, James, and

John in the case of the Melchizedek.We declare that the Book of Mormon was brought forth by the gift and power ofGod and that it stands beside the Bible as another witness of Jesus the Christ,the Savior and Redeemer of mankind. Together they testify of his divinesonship.

We give our witness that the doctrines and practices of the Church encompasssalvation and exaltation not only for those who are living, but also for the dead,and that in sacred temples built for this purpose a great vicarious work is goingforward in behalf of those who have died, so that all men and women of all

generations may become the beneficiaries of the saving ordinances of the
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gospel of the Master. This great, selfless labor is one of the distinguishingfeatures of this restored Church of Jesus Christ.

We affirm the sanctity of the family as a divine creation and declare that Godour Eternal Father will hold parents accountable to rear their children in light

and truth, teaching them to pray, and to walk uprightly before the Lord (D&C68:28). We teach that the most sacred of all relationships, those familyassociations of husbands and wives and parents and children, may becontinued eternally when marriage is solemnized under the authority of the holypriesthood exercised in temples dedicated for these divinely authorizedpurposes.We bear witness that all men and women are sons and daughters of God, eachaccountable to him; that our lives here on earth are part of an eternal plan; thatdeath is not the end, but rather a transition from this to another sphere ofpurposeful activity made possible through the Atonement of the Redeemer of

the world; and that we shall there have the opportunity of working and growingtoward perfection.

We testify that the spirit of prophecy and revelation is among us. We believe allthat God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He willyet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God(A of F 1:9). The heavens are not sealed; God continues to speak to hischildren through a prophet empowered to declare his word, now as he didanciently.The mission of the Church today, as it has been from the beginning, is to teachthe gospel of Christ to all the world in obedience to the commandment given by

the Savior prior to his ascension and repeated in modern revelation: Go ye intoall the world, preach the gospel to every creature, acting in the authority which Ihave given you, baptizing in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of theHoly Ghost (D&C 68:8).Through the Prophet Joseph Smith the Lord revealed these words of solemnwarning: Hearken ye people from afar; and ye that are upon the islands of thesea, listen together.

For verily the voice of the Lord is unto all men, and there is none to escape;and there is no eye that shall not see, neither ear that shall not hear, neitherheart that shall not be penetrated.

And the rebellious shall be pierced with much sorrow; for their iniquities shallbe spoken upon the housetops, and their secret acts shall be revealed.

And the voice of warning shall be unto all people, by the mouths of mydisciples, whom I have chosen in these last days (D&C 1:14).It is our obligation, therefore, to teach faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, to pleadwith the people of the earth for individual repentance, to administer the sacredordinances of baptism by immersion for the remission of sins and the laying onof hands for the gift of the Holy Ghostall of this under the authority of thepriesthood of God.
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It is our responsibility to espouse and follow an inspired program of instructionand activity, and to build and maintain appropriate facilities for theaccomplishment of this, that all who will hear and accept may grow inunderstanding of doctrine and develop in principles of Christian service to theirfellowmen.

As we stand today on the summit of 150 years of progress, we contemplatehumbly and gratefully the sacrifices of those who have gone before us, many ofwhom gave their lives in testimony of this truth. We are thankful for their faith,for their example, for their mighty labors and willing consecrations for this causewhich they considered more precious than life itself. They have passed to us aremarkable heritage. We are resolved to build on that heritage for the blessingand benefit of those who follow, who will constitute ever enlarging numbers offaithful men and women throughout the earth.

This is Gods work. It is his kingdom we are building. Anciently the prophet

Daniel spoke of it as a stone cut out of the mountain without hands, which wasto roll forth to fill the whole earth (see Dan. 2:3145). We invite the honest inheart everywhere to listen to the teachings of our missionaries who are sentforth as messengers of eternal truth, to study and learn, and to ask God, ourEternal Father, in the name of his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, if these things aretrue.And if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ,he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.

And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things (Moro.10:45).We call upon all men and women to forsake evil and turn to God; to worktogether to build that brotherhood which must be recognized when we trulycome to know that God is our Father and we are his children; and to worshiphim and his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of mankind. In the authorityof the Holy Priesthood in us vested, we bless the seekers of truth wherever theymay be and invoke the favor of the Almighty upon all men and nations whoseGod is the Lord, in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

This summary of conference music is provided for the information of Churchmembers and choir directors.

Saturday Morning, 5 April 1980, Welfare Session

Directed by Donald Ripplinger, with Roy Darley as organist, the congregationsang Today, While the Sun Shines (Hymns, no. 215), Let Us All Press On(Hymns, no. 98), and The World Has Need of Willing Men (Hymns, no. 206).Saturday Morning, First General Session

The Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle Choir, directed by Jarold Ottley and DonaldRipplinger, with organist Robert Cundick, sang Come, O Thou King of Kings
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(Hymns, no. 20), More Things Are Wrought by Prayer by Warren (H. W. Gray),A Marvelous Work by Alexander Schreiner (*The Choirbook, no. 12), PraiseYe the Lord (Hymns, no. 277), Turn Back O Man by Hoist (Galaxy), Song ofPraise by LeRoy J. Robertson (*The Choirbook, no. 56), and Lead Me into LifeEternal (Hymns, no. 141). The congregation sang Redeemer of Israel

(Hymns no. 195).Saturday Afternoon, Second General Session

A Relief Society Choir from Centerville, Syracuse, Layton, and Kaysville (Utah)regions, directed by Beverly J. Pond, with organist Robert Cundick, sang AnAngel From On High by John Tullidge, arranged by Marden J. Pond(manuscript; not available), He is Not Here by Crawford Gates (*TheChoirbook, no. 30), and Though Deepening Trials by George Careless,arranged by Merrill Bradshaw (Hymns for Relief Society Choirs, no. 15). Thecongregation sang How Firm a Foundation (Hymns, no. 66).

Saturday Evening, General Priesthood MeetingAn Aaronic Priesthood Choir from Jordan, Jordan South, Sandy, Midvale,Crescent, Draper, Taylorsville, and Taylorsville West (Utah) regions, directed byNorman R. Wendel, with organist Roy Darley, sang O How Lovely Was theMorning by A. C. Smyth, arranged by Darwin Wofford (manuscript; notavailable), I Face the World by Dan Carter (manuscript; not available), I Am aMormon Boy by Rock Oakeson (manuscript; not available), and Praise to theMan arranged by Darwin Wolford (manuscript; not available). The congregationsang Do What Is Right (Hymns, no. 27).Sunday Morning, 6 April 1980, Third General Session

The Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle Choir, directed by Jerold Ottley, withorganist John Longhurst, sang High On the Mountain Top (Hymns, no. 62),Jesus, Savior by Mozart (*The Choirbook, no. 33), Praise to the Man(Hymns, no. 147), And Then Shall Your Light Break Forth by Mendelssohnfrom Elijah (G. Schirmer), Hosannah Anthem by Evan Stephens, arranged byDarwin Wolford (*The Choirbook, no. 69), and Hail to the Brightness of ZionsGlad Morning (Hymns, no. 182).The Fayette, New York, Branch Choir, directed by Robert B. Winebrenner, withorganist Alma Jean Porschet, sang The Morning Breaks, the Shadows Flee

(Hymns, no. 269) and We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet (Hymns, no.196). The congregation sang Now Let Us Rejoice (Hymns, no. 118).Sunday Afternoon, Fourth General Session

The Mormon Youth Chorus, directed by Robert C. Bowden, with organist RoyDarley, sang I Know That My Redeemer Lives by Lewis D. Edwards, arrangedby Robert C. Bowden (manuscript; not available), A Poor Wayfaring Man ofGrief arranged by A. Laurence Lyon (Blair Publications), and God Be withYou (Hymns, no. 47).The Mormon Youth Chorus and the Fayette, New York, Branch Choir, directed by

Robert B. Winebrenner, with organist Alma Jean Porschet, sang We Ever Pray for

Thee by Evan Stephens, arranged by Darwin Wolford (manuscript; not available). The

congregation sang Come. Come Ye Saints (Hymns, no. 13).
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Report of the Regional Representatives Seminar

By Jay M. Todd

Managing Editor

Jay M. Todd, Report of the Regional Representatives Seminar, Ensign, May 1980, 99101

There now begins the most intensive period of temple building in the history ofthe Church.

With this forceful and prophetic observation, President Spencer W. Kimballpointed the attention of General Authorities and Regional Representatives andtheir wives to the significance of the announcement April 2 of seven newtemples.

We look to the day, President Kimball continued, when the sacred ordinancesof the Church, performed in the temples, will be available to all members of theChurch in convenient locations around the globe. The building of these temples

must be accompanied by a strong emphasis on genealogical research on thepart of members of the Church. We feel an urgency for this great work.

President Kimballs remarks opened the Regional Representatives Seminar,Friday, April 4, held in the Church Office Building.

Following additional counsel by President Kimball, Regional Representativeswere then instructed by Elder Thomas S. Monson and Elder Boyd K. Packer,through a panel discussion narrated by Elder J. Thomas Fyans and BrotherRulon G. Craven. Instructions in the duties of being a Regional Representativewere given, as well as a presentation on genealogy, which is to be made

throughout the Church in the second half of 1980, in Saturday evening sessionsof stake conferences.

The remaining morning session of the seminar focused on the new consolidatedmeeting schedule, during which time representative members and leaders frompilot areas reported the favorable impact the new consolidated schedule hashad on the lives and activity of members. Areas outside the U.S. and Canadabegin the new consolidated schedule May 4.

The following materials and observations are from the presentation on theconsolidated meeting schedule:

1. Elder Neal A. MaxwellAt the time the new consolidated schedule wasapproved by the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve, it was madeclear that its purposes were to provide more time for giving attention to familylife, individual study, self-improvement, and Christian service. We are mindfulthat the consolidated schedule would save much in the way of costs of gasoline,but this was not the basic purpose. It is true that circumstances in which thesaints live vary widely. But the basic purposes of the Church remainunchanged. In the Book of Mormon we read about how the Sabbath wasbasically the teaching and learning day: And there was one day in every weekset apart that they should gather themselves together to teach the people, and

to worship the Lord their God, and also, as often as it was in their power, toassemble themselves together (Mosiah 18:25). In the future, what is in our
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power by way of assembling ourselves together may not even be what isfeasible today. But a family-centered Sabbath has been and always will bedesired; so will a scripturally centered Sabbath. We hope that as we now have afresh opportunity to study the scriptures that we will do so. We have a chance tosink our root system in the rich soil of the scriptures and become more firmly

anchored therein under the consolidated schedule. Also, under this newschedule, it will be important to expedite meetings without making them seemrushed. Children are still to be blessed in fast meetings.Space considerations require thoughtful attention. Thousands of dollars havebeen saved from purchasing dividers by having the Primary hold split sessions.Clearly, there are balances to be struck which we think are best determinedlocally. One of them, for example, is between the legitimate and competingneeds of having continuity in our Primary teachers, on the one hand, and nothaving those sisters go forever without the privileges of participating in ReliefSociety, on the other.

A balance also needs to be struck in having active Scouting and exploringprograms which require regular activities, on the one hand, and not badgeringbusy high school students with too many activities, on the other.

In sum, the consolidated meeting schedule is an opportunity of majorproportions. I reflect that in the past years we have stretched or pulled orstrained to gain a percentage point here or there in a particular church program;now we have an inspired consolidated meeting schedule that actually raisesattendance 10 to 15 percent, or higher in some cases. We should welcome thisopportunity with arms reaching out as never before to all who are in need of our

fellowship.2. Elder Dean L. LarsenOne of the things I have noticed is that there is atendency by some to think that the Church is dramatically different now that wehave the consolidated meeting schedule. That simply is not true. We are stillcarrying on many of the functions that we have had in the Church. The newconsolidated meeting schedule has not changed the basic Church, and it hasnot given license for aberrations in established, prescribed programs.

3. Elder Dean L. LarsenThere is something about the consolidated meetingschedule that has an appeal to those who have not been participating with us

before. We dont know all the reasons for this, but there is something about thenewness and the innovation that has this appeal. Thus, right now during the so-called honeymoon period, while this new appeal is still there, it is crucial that weorganize to take full advantage of this reactivation opportunity. And the place todo that on the ward level is in the ward correlation council meeting. We hope wewill all be alerted to this opportunity for reactivation.

4. Does the consolidated meeting schedule allow for special classes for inactiveand prospective elders? Yes. Ward Temple Preparation seminars and GospelEssential classes can be held concurrently with the regular ward Sunday Schoolclasses, or they can be scheduled during other hours not designed for ward

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5. How does the consolidated meeting schedule affect family home evening?Guidelines for family home evening remain unchanged. Families shouldcontinue to hold family home evening on Monday evenings, using the manualand other approved materials. As in the past, occasional family activities maybe appropriate on Monday evenings in addition to gospel instruction. Family

study of the gospel on Sunday is part of keeping the Sabbath day holy andshould be encouraged in addition to family home evening.

6. How can ward and stake leaders hold the necessary meetings and stillmaintain the spirit of the family Sabbath? Priesthood and other leaders shouldbe careful to schedule necessary meetings at times that do not interrupt familySabbath activities. Careful planning will avoid lengthy meetings. Generally,times immediately before or after the combined meetings can save on traveland minimize the disruption of family worship. In areas where travel is not asignificant problem, early morning hours may provide the best time for extra

meetings.7. Should meetings or other activities be scheduled during the Sunday Schoolperiod? Only the approved Sunday School classes, using the approvedcurriculum, are to be conducted during the Sunday School period. Suchfunctions as bishops meetings, executive committee meetings, ward correlationcouncil meetings, choir practices, etc., should not be scheduled during thisperiod.

8. A bishop reported, We try to keep our Sundays free from any leadership ororganizational meetings. On the weekday Mutual night, we have found a way toconsolidate other necessary meetings and on that night we hold priesthoodexecutive committee meeting, ward correlation council, and welfare servicesmeeting. Our ward officers and teachers come to Church on Sunday and thengenerally on our Mutual night once or twice a month. The rest of the time is left,for other duties relating to Christian service and being together with theirfamilies.

9. Women are not to be members of Sunday School presidencies. Men are notto be called to serve in Primary presidencies.

10. What about the basic teacher development course? Elder Dean LarsenWe are not using more Sunday School space than before consolidation.There should be no reason why space cannot continue to be provided forteacher development, and certainly we do not wish to lose the teacherdevelopment basic course which should be and is implemented under thedirection of the Sunday School and should continue to be a part of that regularcurriculum.

11. Barbara Smith, general president of the Relief SocietyMany people calland ask about the stake Relief Society boardwhat is it composed of? Wewant members to know it should include the executive officers, plus at leasteight other members, so that it is a board of twelve members. We hope Young

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women between the ages of twelve and eighteen. They will determine theextent of the Young Men and Young Women sports program. It is to beorganized, implemented, and supervised by the ward or stake ActivitiesCommittee.

20. How often should priests, teachers, and deacons quorums meet on a weeknight to participate in Scouting, Venturing, Exploring, and other activities? ElderRobert L. BackmanThe Aaronic Priesthood quorums will usually meetweekly, on a week night other than Monday, in addition to their regular quorummeeting on Sundayunless travel or other restrictions require meeting onlyonce a week.

21. What about holding Primary on stake conference days? Elder Dean L.LarsenThe initial guidelines did carry a notation that Primary on stakeconference days was to be discontinued, but that was in error. What we havecalled junior Sunday School and is now Primary may be held on the same basis

as in the past on stake conference Sundays for the children who have beenattending those services.

22. A bishopOur Primary leaders are saying, We never had this kind ofreverence on Tuesday afternoon, our usual Primary time. On Sunday, thosechildren are prepared to have a spiritual experience, and we dont have thekinds of problems we formerly had.

23. If a child turned three years old in January 1980 and has been enrolled inSunday School, what Primary class will the child attend? The child shouldattend the nursery until the beginning of the next curriculum year; then he would

be enrolled in the Sunbeam class. Three-year-old children should be enrolled inPrimary according to the entrance and enrollment policy as stated inthe Primary Handbook, page 38.24. What do we do with the twelve-year-old boy who graduates from Primary inmidyear and enters course 12 Under the consolidation meeting schedule, aboy who reaches the age of 12 after the start of the curriculum year will becomea member of the Sunday School and enter course 12 at that time. He will moveto course 13 with the rest of the class at the beginning of a new curriculum year,regardless of how long he has been in course 12.

25. Will there still be ward choirs? Yes, ward choirs continue to be an essentialpart of the Church program. It is recommended that choirs sing in sacramentmeeting at least twice a month. Special choirs, soloists, or groups may be usedon those Sundays when choirs do not sing. Practices may be held at any timeconvenient to the members; however, they should not be held during theSunday School hour.

Also at the seminar, President Ezra Taft Benson announced the following newlycalled Regional Representatives: Oscar H. Aguayo of Lima, Peru; Hugo AngelCatron of Buenos Aires, Argentina; David Christensen Harvey of PleasantGrove, Utah; Donald Long Hilton of Port Neches, Texas; Robert Donald

Livingstone of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada; Russell Brown Maddock ofStandardsville, Virginia; Joseph Marshall McPhie of Salt Lake City, Utah;


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George L, Merrill of Bountiful, Utah; Milton W. Russon of Bountiful, Utah; JohnSonnenberg of Naperville, Illinois; Jason G. Souza of Sao Paulo, Brazil; andKenji Tanaka of Yokohama, Japan.

[photo] President Spencer W. Kimball instructs Church leaders at the Regional

Representatives Seminar.Church Launches Worldwide Temple-Building Emphasis

with Announcement of Seven New Temples

Church Launches Worldwide Temple-Building Emphasis with Announcement of Seven New Temples, Ensign,

May 1980, 1023

The Church begins an expanded worldwide temple-building effort with the April2 announcement by the First Presidency of seven new temples.

The new temples, which are smaller than most built previously, may follow oneof three basic designs. They are the first of what will be numerous smallertemples built throughout the world.

The seven temples will be built in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Buenos Aires,Argentina; Santiago, Chile; Papeete, Tahiti; Nukualofa, Tonga; Apia, WesternSamoa; and Sydney, Australia.

A temple had been announced previously for Pago Pago, American Samoa, butwith the announcement of six new temples, the First Presidency said theSamoan temple site had been transferred from Pago Pago to Apia. Moving theSamoan Temple to Apia will better serve the needs of the Samoan Saints, sincethe majority live in Western Samoa rather than American Samoa. Members inother parts of the South Pacific will have temples on their own islands.

The seven temples will be patterned after one of three basic designsan8,500-square-foot edifice, a 12,500-square-foot edifice, or a 26,000-square-footedifice.

Announcement of the temples and the new emphasis on temple-building wasmade by President Spencer W. Kimball at a news conference held in front ofthe replica of the Christus statue in the Visitors Center North on TempleSquare.The new temples bring to twenty-eight the number of temples either built, under

construction, or planned. Seventeen are now functioning.

It is with great joy that we approve construction of these new temples, the FirstPresidency said in an official release. They will bring the blessings of thetemple ordinances to an ever-increasing number of faithful Latter-day Saints.

We know that as our people meet the high moral standards required of thosewho would enter the temple, their marriages, family life, and individual life willbe strengthened. Husbands and wives will live in harmony, children will behappier, and all lives will be enriched.

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The new buildings, which will be smaller than previous temples are designed forefficiency. However, even the midsize 12,500-square-foot design temple willcomfortably allow for 94,000 endowments to be performed each year.

The larger 26,000-square-foot temple will be built in Atlanta, Georgia. It will

have four ordinance rooms seating forty persons each, and five sealing rooms.The Atlanta Temple District will include Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,and South Carolina, and parts of North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky,Louisiana, and Arkansas.

The 12,500-square-foot temples will be built in Sydney, Apia, Nukualofa,Buenos Aires, and Santiago. They will have two endowment rooms seatingthirty-two persons each. Capacity can be doubled in the future by the possibleaddition of two more ordinance rooms. The temples have two sealing rooms.

The 8,500-square-foot Tahiti Temple will have one sealing room and two

endowment rooms with twenty seats each.Construction on the temples is expected to begin early in 1981 and end laterthat year.

Weve entered a new era of temples, says Derek Metcalfe, managing directorof the Temple Department. The emphasis now is on the locality. A differenttype of sacrifice will be required of people. In the past, going to the temple hasfor many members of the Church been a once-in-a-life-time experience. Somemembers have saved money for years, at considerable sacrifice, to travel to thenearest temple. As more temples are built worldwide, the sacrifice will be one oftime, as members attend local temples with far greater frequency.

President Victor Cave of the Papeete Tahiti Stake, explains that Tahitianmembers now have to pay at least $800 each for transportation and lodging togo to the nearest temple, the New Zealand Temple. Since average income ofmembers might be around $500 per month, the sacrifice is great. Our familiesare largean average of six children, perhapsand if they go, they spend amonth and do as many ordinances as possible to get as much work done asthey can. Some people who have been members for twenty or thirty years havegone only once.

The story is similar in Australia, where members have had to fly to New Zealandto attend the temple. For some, this has meant driving thousands of milesacross the Australian continent and flying to New Zealand. Members of theChurch in Perth, Australia, will still have to cross the continent to reach the newtemple in Sydney. Also, members in Brisbane, Australia, will have a drive ofseveral hours. But without the flight to New Zealand, frequent trips to the templewill be more feasible. Local leaders anticipate that members will be able totravel in groups, thus further cutting transportation costs.

When Harvey L. Guy, patriarch in the Brisbane Australia Stake, heard of thenew temple, he thought it was tremendous. The size of the building led us to

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Brisbane Stake President John D. Jeffrey says that he expects members to useschool vacation timeswhich will be more frequent with recently announcedschedulesfor temple trips. The reaction I had to the concept was that it waswithin our financial reach, within our capacity to keep it working to capacity.

In Samoa, the announcement of the changed temple sites was met with mixedemotions. A boat ride from American Samoa to Western Samoa is lessdemanding on members than the current trip to the Hawaii or New Zealandtemple, says Stake President Eugene E. F. W. Reid of the Pago Pago SamoaStake. And while members in American Samoa are disappointed that thetemple will not be within walking distance, they are grateful for a chance to haveone as near as Western Samoaand with typical generosity they will contributegladly, says President Reid.

Funds will be raised at each locality to finance the portion of the temple cost notpaid by the general Church.

[illustration] The 8,500-square-foot temple design.

[illustrations] The 8,500-square-foot temple (top) will be built in Tahiti. The12,500-square-foot temple (center) will be built in Australia, Western Samoa,Tonga, Argentina, and Chile. The 26,000-square-foot temple (bottom) will bebuilt in Georgia.

Dedication at Fayette: A Day of Sunshine and Blessings

Dedication at Fayette: A Day of Sunshine and Blessings, Ensign, May 1980, 1045

It was Easter; it was general conference; it was the Churchs Sesquicentennial.

And on this blue-sky, sunny day another prophet had come to Fayette, NewYork, this time to dedicate new buildings on historic property.

The new Fayette Branch and visitors center were filled as the building andreconstructed log farm house were dedicated in a worldwide broadcast as partof general conference. On hand were more than 300 members of the Fayette,New York, Branch, numerous guests, and news media representatives.

President Spencer W. Kimball spoke first from the farmhousea reconstructionof the Peter Whitmer home where the Church was organized 150 years before.Elder Gordon B. Hinckley of the Quorum of the Twelve read a proclamation

from the farmhouse, then the Church leaders came to the nearby meetinghouse, where President Kimball gave the dedicatory prayer.

(Before the second session of Sunday conference, Elder Hinckley left for NewYork City, where he appeared April 7 on the NBC Television Todayshow withLatter-day Saints businessman J. Willard Marriott, Jr.)This was the second time the Lord had spoken to the Church and the worldthrough a prophet in Fayette. The first was when Joseph Smith organized theChurch in the fourth month, and on the sixth day of the month, which is calledApril. Once more it was April 6, and once more the faithful assembled as theirleaders taught them to build [the Church] up unto the most Holy Faith and togive heed unto all [the Lords] words and commandments. Again the members


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would receive the Lords words from the prophet, as if from my own mouth(D&C 21:25).The setting for the sesquicentennial messages was striking and appropriate.The newly constructed Fayette chapel and visitors center is Greek Revivalstyle, which matches architecture of the 1830s period. The chapels gleaming

white trim and white walls are offset by red carpeting, plush red pew seats, anddark wood pews. The interior, including an arch beyond the choir seats andshutters on the windows, is a match for the best Greek Revival architecture ofwestern New York.

And the log house, built where Peter Whitmers old farmhouse stood, isfurnished with period antiques carefully selected by experts. From feathermattresses to a fireplace crane, from lamps to door latches, the house isauthentic. Wood in the frame is from an old area house of the period. The actualPeter Whitmer house is no longer standing, but through written accounts

historians and specialists have been able to determine some aspects of theoriginal houses appearance. The replica is as close as possible to the original.

It was from that reconstructed site that President Kimball first spoke on EasterSunday and it was from that site that Elder Hinckley read a SesquicentennialProclamation to the world, stating the Churchs purposes and defining its role inthe future (see pp. 50 and 52 for full accounts of the proceedings).

For many in the Fayette area, the day culminated months of intense, diligentwork.

Doug Porschet, for instance, had worked steadily since September to prepare

the visitors center and farmhouse. A specialist in antique and restoration, hewas commissioned by the Church to provide pieces and decorate the building.He found what he needed at antique sales, at junk sales, by just huntingaround. He worked seventy hours weekly to find, refinish, and furnish.

Volunteering to help him was Merrill Roenke, curator of the Geneva HistoricalSociety and administrator of the Rose Hill Mansion. Though not a member ofthe church, Mr. Roenke was as excited about the restoration as BrotherPorschet. He donated hours and artifacts.

The visitors center was readied for its guests, too. A powerful bronze depiction

of the restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood, sculptured by Trevor Southey,was in its place. Artwork by William Whitaker depicting events of theRestoration lined one side of the center.

The Fayette preparation wasnt limited to antiques and art. Other things wereneeded for the dedicationlike music. The Fayette Branch choir was to befeatured, along with the famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Mormon YouthChorus in the conference broadcast. With a little help from members of anotherbranch, the choir filled the choir seats with strong singers.

Help would also be needed to handle the visitors for the dedication. George

Schmidt of Rochester, New York, a member for only a year, volunteered his
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Scout troop. Brother Schmidts young men assisted alongside the adults whowore badges reading Helper and Usher.

And for weeks before the dedication, workers labored over the electronicequipment that would transmit the Fayette proceedings to Salt Lake, where it

would be broadcast to the world.When members and guests came to the chapel the morning of April 6,everything was ready. A multicolored spray of flowers was in place on the wallbehind the choir seats.

The Saints there were ready to meet the prophet. For some, it was their firstchance to see him, to sing to him, to hear him in person, andfor the few whohad the opportunityto shake his hand. I cant believe the prophet is sittingthere and I shook hands with him this morning, said Sam Weber of Rochester,who assists Public Communications Director Paul Thayne, also of Rochester.

Brother Weber has been a member of the Church less than nine months.Those attending at Fayette listened silently as President Kimball, ElderHinckley, and Elder Hugh W. Pinnock of the First Quorum of the Seventy,Executive Administrator of the Northeast Area, spoke from the pulpit. Nor wasthere noise from the congregation as a satellite transmitted the singing of thechoir, or as Elder Eldred G. Smith, patriarch emeritus, offered the benediction tothe conference.

[photo] The Fayette, New York, Branch meetinghouse.

For Josephs Great-Granddaughter, a Happy Day

For Josephs Great-Granddaughter, a Happy Day, Ensign, May 1980, 105

She was poised before television cameras in an elegant red dressher happydress, she calls it.

Two weeks before, Lorena Horner Normandeau of Roman, Montana, hadntknown she would be on television as part of the broadcast of generalconference. But on April 6, as a descendant of the Prophet Joseph Smith, shewas an honored guest at the dedication of the Peter Whitmer property and theFayette Branch chapel at Fayette, New York. There her great-grandfather andfive other men signed the paper that formally organized the Church.

There she sat with Melvin Thomas Smith, a great-grandson of Samuel HarrisonSmith; and Elder Eldred G. Smith, a great-great-grandson of Hyrum Smith. Theother honored descendants of the Churchs organizers had been members ofthe Church all their lives. She hadnt.

Nearly a year before, in May 1979, she had worn her happy dress for anothersignificant occasion: her baptism.

Although she has known and believed all her life that her great-grandfather sawheavenly beings and translated the Book of Mormon, she was raised a memberof the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and did notbelieve the Mormons could be right. Since her family did not live near an


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RLDS congregation, she attended other churches. When she decided to join theLatter-day Saint Church, she was an active Methodist.

Her conversion had spanned many years.

I read an account somewhere of Emma [Smith] going to Nauvoo, she recalls.

The account told of Emmas journey to Illinois while the Prophet was in LibertyJail. She carried a babe in her arm, one piggyback riding on her shoulders, andone hanging on each side of her skirt. And under her skirt she carried a twenty-three pound manuscript of the Inspired Version. She crossed the Mississippi onthe ice.

When I read that, it came home to me that the baby she carried in her armswas my grandfather, Alexanderand, believe me, I was stirred.

She was afraid to go against her own religion, and her husbands Catholicbackground.

Then Sister Normandeaus daughter, Gracia Denning of Whitefish, Montana,read the Book of Mormon, was baptized, and became a strong influence in hermothers conversion. She is so steadfast, Sister Normandeau says.

Since her baptism, she has been asked to speak at numerous meetings abouther ancestry and conversion. She explains that her membership has not comewithout adversity.

But that only strengthens her; it only sets her more firmly in her desires. Andthis May she hopes to be sealed in a temple to her husband, who died nineyears ago. She says she senses his approval of her conversion as strongly asshe senses the approval of another relativeone who opened this dispensation150 years ago.

[photo] Lorena Horner Normandeau.

New Primary Presidency Sustained

New Primary Presidency Sustained, Ensign, May 1980, 106

Sustained at the Saturday afternoon session of General Conference was a newgeneral Primary presidency of the Church. Sister Dwan Jacobsen Young wascalled as the seventh general president of the Primary, with Virginia Beesley

Cannon as first counselor and Michaelene Packer Grassli as second counselor.

Upon announcing the change, President Tanner expressed gratitude to theformer general presidency for their years of excellent service: Naomi MaxfieldShumway, who served as president for 5 1/2 years, and her counselors ColleenBushman Lemmon and Dorthea Lou Christiansen Murdock. They and allmembers of the Primary General Board were released.

The new president, Sister Dwan J. Young, has served on the Primary GeneralBoard for ten years, working as chairman of the Cub Scout and regionalmeetings committees. (Her mother, Vauna S. Jacobsen, had previously served

on the general board for seventeen years.) Sister Young has also served asward Primary president, in a stake Primary presidency, and on Young Women


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and Relief Society stake boards. A graduate of the University of Utah andformerly an elementary school teacher, Sister Young is married to ThomasYoung, Jr., and is the mother of five children.

Sister Dwan Jacobsen Young, new Primary general president.

Virginia B. Cannon, new first counselor, served in a stake Primary presidencyand in various teaching positions in the Primary, Relief Society, and YoungWomen organizations before her thirteen years on the Primary General Board.Board assignments have included the younger childrens age groups and the in-service committees. Also a graduate of the University of Utah and a formerteacher in Utah public schools, Sister Cannon is married to H. Stanley Cannonand has six children.

Sister Virginia Beesley Cannon, new Primary first counselor.

Michaelene P. Grassli, new second counselor, has served on the Blazer andregional meeting committees during her five years on the Primary GeneralBoard. She previously served in Sunday School, Relief Society, and YoungWomen presidencies, on stake Young Women boards, as Primary teacher, andas stake Primary president. Involved in community affairs, she has worked onMarch of Dimes, PTA, and local school board committees. Before her marriage,she attended Brigham Young University. She and her husband, Leonard M.Grassli, have three daughters.


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Sister Michaelene Packer Grassli, new Primary second counselor.

The new presidency assist a worldwide total of more than 588,000 children,ages 3 through 11and more than 126,000 officers and teachers. The Primaryalso directs the Sunday nursery program.

Primary leaders have greater opportunities and responsibilities than everbefore, says Sister Young. Since the children receive formal religiousclassroom instruction only once a week, those serving as officers and teachershave an even greater need to provide consistent, loving direction to these littleones. I know that through this dedicated service, the lives of Primary leaders willbe enriched and these future leaders of the Church will be blessed.

The World Conference on Recordsa Part of theSesquicentennial

The World Conference on Recordsa Part of the Sesquicentennial, Ensign, May 1980, 1067When the World Conference on Records opens August 12, a major event of theChurchs sesquicentennial celebration will be under way. More than 10,000people from twenty-five countries are expected to gather in the Salt Palace inSalt Lake City to learn about preparing personal and family histories.

The conference is designed for a general audience.

Brigham Young Universitys third annual Family History and GenealogicalResearch Seminar will be held this year in conjunction with the WorldConference on Records. Primary emphasis of the combined World Conference

on Records and the BYU seminar will be to benefit nonprofessionals, historians,genealogists, sociologists, demographers, and archivists who are interested infamily history and genealogy. With Preserving Our Heritage as the theme, thetopics will include family histories, demographic studies, genealogical research,and royalty and heraldry.

Keynote speaker at the opening general assembly of the World Conference onRecords will be President Spencer W. Kimball, who has long encouragedLatter-day Saints to be diligent in personal and family record keeping.

The four-day conference will feature 235 speakers from North America, India,Peru, South Africa, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Sarawak, Italy, Scandinavia, centralEurope, and Great Britain.


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Author Alex Haley will be a speaker at the conference, and conference plannerssay, He has an exciting new story to tell. He has said that this conference willbe the epoch event in family history in our time.

A major purpose of the conference is to stimulate the writing of personal and

family histories, with the transcending benefit of unifying and strengtheningfamilies.

Registration fee for the conference is $50 for the four days or $17.50 per day.For student ages twelve through twenty-five, the fee is $25. After June 15, alate-registration fee of $10 for adults and $4 for youths will apply.

Information on registration and housing is available by writing to WorldConference on Records, Genealogical Department, 50 E. North Temple St.,Salt Lake City, Utah 84150. Or those interested may call toll free 1-800-453-3222 in the United States, from outside of Utah. The number for calling from

within Utah (not a toll-free number) is 1-531-3335.President KimballGoing Strong at Eighty-Five

President KimballGoing Strong at Eighty-Five, Ensign, May 1980, 1078

It was a grand night for singingand on two separate evenings, at twomammoth celebrations, thousands of people sang birthday wishes to PresidentSpencer W. Kimball, who turned eighty-five March 28.

On the eve of his birthday, a celebration was held at the Tabernacle on TempleSquare in Salt Lake City. Thousands packed the Tabernacle to honor thepresident at a presentation which used film, song, dance, and tributes to reflect

on President Kimballs life of service and love.

The next night, President Kimball was honored at a birthday dinner at the HotelUtah, where some 2,500 invited guests included leading citizens fromthroughout the United States.

The Tabernacle program is being distributed on video cassettes or films forviewing throughout the Church, with sound tracks in English and otherlanguages. The multimedia presentation included filmed birthday greetings andmusic by the Tabernacle Choir, directed by Jerold D. Ottley and accompaniedby Robert Cundick. Other entertainment was by the Lamanite Generation, a

group of Indian students from Brigham Young University, and by singers fromRicks College.

Among the tributes paid to President Kimball at the Tabernacle was one fromhis wife, Sister Camilla E. Kimball. Sister Kimball recited lines from poetElizabeth Barrett Browning:

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and heightMy soul can reach.And Sister Kimball was not the only one with misty eyes. Many men and women

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witnessed the effect of President Kimballs life on the millions who love andfollow him.

At the Hotel Utah dinner the following night, President Kimball was equallyhonored by numerous friends both in and outside the Church. The keynote

speaker, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, was among 2,500 who sang HappyBirthday along with the Sons of the Pioneers, Roy Rogers, and Dale Evans.

(Dr. Peales remarks at the dinner is printed on p. 108.)

Several gifts were presented to President Kimballa porcelain seagullsculpture, a bronze statue of President Kimball with Indian children, and asilver-and-turquoise medallion of the Navajo nation seal.

And President Kimballs response to the outpourings of affection: Ive never feltworthy of such attention. I appreciate it more than I can express. Thank you,thank you, thank you. It is a joy to say I love all the people of the world.

Less than a week later, at the press conference where President Kimballannounced that seven new temples would be built, a news reporter asked thepresident how his health was. Within the last year President Kimball has hadbrain surgery twice.

Smiling, President Kimball stood and raised both arms high in a victory gesture.He is indeed going strong at 85.

[photo] President Spencer W. Kimball, his wife Camilla, and Dr. Norman VincentPeale at President Kimballs birthday dinner.

Sesquicentennial Grand Ball

Sesquicentennial Grand Ball, Ensign, May 1980, 11011

[photo] Promenading at the Sesquicentennial Grand Ball on April 3 with theirwives are Elder Robert D. Hales of the First Quorum of the Seventy, Elder L.Tom Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve, and Elders A. Theodore Tuttle andRobert E. Wells of the First Quorum of the Seventy.

Rumor about Second-Coming Statement Refuted

Rumor about Second-Coming Statement Refuted, Ensign, May 1980, 111

The following statement has been released regarding statements falselyattributed to Elder Gordon B. Hinckley, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve:

About a year and a half ago, a false rumor, in the form of a typewrittenstatement, was circulated in certain areas of the Church. Efforts to quell therumor have apparently been unsuccessful, since Church headquarterscontinues to receive inquiries from members as to its validity.

The statement alleges that Elder Gordon B. Hinckley, of the Council of theTwelve Apostles, told those gathered at a missionary conference in South Africawhen the Second Coming of the Savior would occur.


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Enough credence has apparently been given the falsehood that it has been thesubject of discussion in various classroom situations and in other forums aroundthe Church.

Despite the fact that Elder Hinckley publicly refuted the rumor in a speech to

Brigham Young University students March 25, 1979, it persists. Thus, Churchmembers are encouraged to take note of the following statement from ElderHinckley:

The rumor is pure fabrication. There is no element of truth in it. I have not theremotest idea where it began. If anyone were to ask me the day and the hour ofthe Second Coming, I could only answer that I do not know. The Lord himselfdeclared, But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels ofheaven, but my Father only (Matt. 24:3).LDS Scene

LDS Scene, Ensign, May 1980, 11112Six area conferences will be conducted in the Far East this fall. This will bethe second series of such conferences with Church members in the Orient.Previous conferences were held there in 1975. The conference schedule is:Manila, Philippines, Oct. 1819, for the 34,000 Church members in thePhilippines three stakes and four missions; Hong Kong, Oct. 2021, for the5,200 members in one stake and one mission; Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 2223, forthe 8,000 members in Taiwans one stake and three missions; Seoul, Korea,Oct. 2526, for the 16,000 members in Koreas five stakes and three missions;Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 3031, and Osaka, Japan, Nov. 1, for the 42,000 members

in Japans eight stakes and eight missions.Each conference except Osaka will include two general sessions and separatesessions for men and women ages twelve and older. Osakas conference willinclude one general session and separate sessions for men and women.

The presidency of the Jordan River Temple has been called. Donovan H.Van Dam of Salt Lake City has been called as president of the temple, which isunder construction in South Jordan, Utah. His wife, Ada Strong Van Dam, willbe temple matron. Serving in the temple presidency with President Van Damare Richard R. McKean of Murray, Utah, first counselor; and Barr Moss of Salt

Lake City, second counselor.President Van Dam has served as president of the Netherlands Mission, as astake high councilor, and as counselor in a stake presidency.

The Relief Society has given the Church a gift of four bronze statues and

thirty-five redbud trees. The Sesquicentennial presentation was made byRelief Society General President Barbara B. Smith on March 28the 85thbirthday of President Spencer W. Kimball.The trees will be planted in the garden area just south of the Church OfficeBuilding and north of the Church Administration Building. The four bronzestatues are replicas of ones in the Monument to Women statuary garden at

Nauvoo, Illinois. The three by sculptor Dennis Smith are Joyful Moment, InHer Mothers Footsteps, and Preparing Her Son. The fourth statue, Joseph
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and Emma, is by Florence Hansen and depicts the Prophet Joseph Smith andhis wife.

In accepting the trees and statues in behalf of the Church, President Kimballsaid they will bring joy for many, many years to many people.

Two new buildings on Brigham Young University campus, one of them176 feet high, have been named after members of the First

Presidency. The tallest building on campus, a new twelve-story class-room-office building, will be named the Spencer W. Kimball Tower. A new School ofManagement building will be named for President N. Eldon Tanner, firstcounselor in the First Presidency.BYU President Dallin H. Oaks says it is appropriate to name the classroom-office structure after President Kimball, who is known for his monumentalaccomplishments and his sensitive and tireless concern for individual men andwomen.

Of President Tanner; President Oaks says: As a practitioner and exemplar ofthe arts of management, he has had a profound impact on the Church and itsmembers. With the naming of the N. Eldon Tanner Building, we memorializethe name of a great businessman and public servant.

Ground was broken in March for a new BYUHawaii administration

building. Elder Thomas S. Monson, a member of the Quorum of the Twelveand of the executive committee of the schools board of trustees, gave thegroundbreaking prayer. The two-story, 38,000-square-foot building will housethe major administrative offices of BYUHawaii and of the nearby Polynesian

Cultural Center.

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