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Ronald A. Rasband
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October 2025
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Saturday Afternoon Session
President Hinckley was scheduled to address the women at the gathering.
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David A. Bednar
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April 2025
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Sunday Morning Session
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized 195 years ago today, on April 6, 1830.
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Gerrit W. Gong
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April 2025
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Sunday Morning Session
Each Easter spring season testifies that spiritual sequence and convergence are both part of the divine pattern of atonement, resurrection, and restoration through Jesus Christ.
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Gary E. Stevenson
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October 2024
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Sunday Morning Session
My dear brothers and sisters, the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in this dispensation is resplendent with divine experiences that demonstrate how the Lord has guided His Church.
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Gerrit W. Gong
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April 2024
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Saturday Afternoon Session
Today is April 6, the anniversary of Jesus Christ restoring His latter-day Church—and part of the Easter season, when we joyfully testify of Jesus Christ’s perfect life, atoning sacrifice, and glorious Resurrection.
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Ronald A. Rasband
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October 2022
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Saturday Morning Session
I hold in my hand a copy of the Book of Mormon.
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David A. Bednar
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October 2021
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Saturday Afternoon Session
The lessons Joseph Smith learned from Moroni influenced every aspect of his ministry.
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Russell M. Nelson
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October 2021
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Sunday Morning Session
Temples have been part of this dispensation from its earliest days.
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Gary E. Stevenson
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April 2020
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Saturday Afternoon Session
At general conference in April 1851, members of the Church voted unanimously to sustain a motion to build a temple “to the name of the Lord.” Two years later, on February 14, 1853, the site was dedicated by Heber C.
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Russell M. Nelson
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April 2020
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Saturday Evening Session
From that small group assembled on April 6, 1830, has come a global organization of more than 16 million members.
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Russell M. Nelson
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April 2020
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Sunday Morning Session
“We declare that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, organized on April 6, 1830, is Christ’s New Testament Church restored.
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Russell M. Nelson
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April 2020
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Sunday Afternoon Session
Hear these pleadings from a mighty prophet of God: “When Thy people shall not have the opportunity of entering this holy house … and they are oppressed and in trouble, surrounded by difficulties … and shall turn their faces towards this Thy holy house and ask Thee for deliverance, for help, for Thy power to be extended in their behalf, we beseech Thee, to look down from Thy holy habitation in mercy … and listen to their cries.
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Russell M. Nelson
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April 2018
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Sunday Morning Session
Then the Lord brought Wendy Watson to my side.
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Quentin L. Cook
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April 2016
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Sunday Morning Session
We have some sense of the rejoicing that is going on in Quito, Ecuador; Harare, Zimbabwe; Belém, Brazil; and Lima, Peru, both with members and missionaries, based on what happened in Bangkok, Thailand, a year ago when that temple was announced.
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Russell M. Nelson
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October 2014
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Sunday Morning Session
When we sustain prophets and other leaders, we invoke the law of common consent, for the Lord said, “It shall not be given to any one to go forth to preach my gospel, or to build up my church, except he be ordained by some one who has authority, and it is known to the church that he has authority and has been regularly ordained by the heads of the church.”
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David A. Bednar
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April 2014
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Sunday Morning Session
May each of us do and become better through the Savior’s Atonement.
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Thomas S. Monson
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October 2013
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Saturday Morning Session
How good it is, my beloved brothers and sisters, to meet together once again.
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Henry B. Eyring
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April 2012
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Priesthood Session
That experience gave his words great power for me and my wife when, in a conference session on April 6, 1972, President Joseph Fielding Smith gave the following counsel: “It is the will of the Lord to strengthen and preserve the family unit.
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Ian S. Ardern
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October 2011
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Saturday Afternoon Session
Satan will tempt us to misuse our time through disguised distractions.
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H. David Burton
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April 2011
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Sunday Morning Session
A few decades later the world groaned under the burden of the Great Depression.
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Brent H. Nielson
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October 2009
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Sunday Afternoon Session
On April 6, 1974, the Church sustained a new prophet, President Spencer W.
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Dallin H. Oaks
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October 2008
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Saturday Morning Session
This is a commandment with a promise.
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Thomas S. Monson
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October 2007
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Saturday Morning Session
And now, my brothers and sisters, I share with you the rest of this account.
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L. Tom Perry
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April 2007
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Sunday Afternoon Session
Now that the power to act in the name of the Lord was again on the earth, Joseph was commanded to formally organize the Church.
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Daniel L. Johnson
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October 2006
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Saturday Afternoon Session
As President Spencer W.
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L. Tom Perry
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October 2005
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Saturday Morning Session
In his article in the Ensign and Liahona, President Hinckley issued “a challenge to members of the Church throughout the world and to our friends everywhere to read or reread the Book of Mormon.” Then he offered us a plan to accomplish the challenge: “If you will read a bit more than one and one-half chapters a day, you will be able to finish the book before the end of this year” (Liahona and Ensign, Aug.
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Robert D. Hales
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October 2005
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Sunday Afternoon Session
The first printed copies of the Book of Mormon were published on March 26, 1830.
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Thomas S. Monson
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October 2004
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Priesthood Session
In a proclamation of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles issued on April 6, 1980, this declaration of testimony and truth was set forth:
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Gordon B. Hinckley
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October 2004
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Sunday Morning Session
My brethren and sisters, at the outset, if you will bear with me, I wish to exercise a personal privilege.
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Robert D. Hales
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October 2003
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Saturday Afternoon Session
Twelve days after the Book of Mormon was published, on April 6, the Church was formally organized at the home of Peter Whitmer Sr.
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Dennis B. Neuenschwander
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October 2000
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Priesthood Session
Brethren, this evening I would like to share an experience that has great meaning to me.
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Boyd K. Packer
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April 2000
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Saturday Morning Session
On April 6, 1830, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized.
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L. Tom Perry
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April 2000
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Saturday Afternoon Session
“In accordance with instructions previously issued by the First Presidency of the Church, the following program was carried out in all the wards and branches of the Church, commencing at 10:00 a.m., Sunday, April 6th, except … where arrangements had been made for the people to assemble in their local chapels and listen, by means of radio equipment, to the services as they were broadcast from the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City.
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M. Russell Ballard
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April 2000
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Saturday Afternoon Session
On Friday, April 6, 1900, President Snow said: “The Lord has prospered us amazingly, and we are doing large things at the present time.
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David B. Haight
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April 2000
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Saturday Afternoon Session
Think of 1830—the meeting in that little log cabin, which for a while was the headquarters of the Church.
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Thomas S. Monson
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October 1999
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Priesthood Session
In a proclamation of the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles issued on April 6, 1980, this declaration of testimony and truth was set forth:
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Dallin H. Oaks
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April 1999
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Saturday Afternoon Session
Other records and revelations show Martin Harris’s significant involvement in the activities of the restored Church and his standing with God.
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David B. Haight
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April 1998
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Saturday Morning Session
As we left our meeting that evening and left that little farmhouse, there was a full moon shining down through the trees.
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L. Tom Perry
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April 1997
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Sunday Afternoon Session
As a small congregation gathered on April 6 of 1830 to organize the Church, the Prophet Joseph Smith asked those present if they were willing to accept him and Oliver Cowdery as their teachers and special advisers.
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James E. Faust
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April 1996
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Saturday Morning
My dear brothers and sisters and friends, as we begin this historic conference, I am confident that we will hear the word of the Lord during all of the proceedings.
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David B. Haight
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April 1996
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Saturday Afternoon Session
I hope you had a burning in your heart and a quickening of your soul as you heard those statistics regarding the growth of the Church.
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L. Tom Perry
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April 1996
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Sunday Morning Session
Peter Whitmer Sr.
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David B. Haight
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April 1995
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Saturday Afternoon Session
On April 6, 1830—the date of the organization of Christ’s restored church (165 years ago this week)—Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery were sustained as the presiding officers of the Church.
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L. Tom Perry
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October 1994
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Saturday Morning Session
April 6, 1830, is a significant date for Latter-day Saints.
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Thomas S. Monson
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April 1993
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Saturday Morning Session
On Friday, March 26, Sister Monson and I attended and participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony formally opening a truly magnificent exhibit in the museum west of Temple Square.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
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April 1993
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Sunday Morning Session
In July of 1847 Brigham Young had pointed out the location, only four days after the pioneers arrived in the valley.
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David B. Haight
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April 1992
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Saturday Morning Session
As he dedicated the cornerstone of the Salt Lake Temple on April 6, 1853, President Brigham Young made this observation about the endowment:
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Gordon B. Hinckley
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April 1992
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Sunday Afternoon Session
When you leave the Tabernacle in a few minutes, I invite you to look at the spires of the temple just to the east of us.
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Howard W. Hunter
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April 1991
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Sunday Morning Session
On April 6, 1830, the Church was officially organized with its six members.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
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April 1987
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Sunday Morning Session
You heard yesterday the annual statistical report of the Church.
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Marvin J. Ashton
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October 1986
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Saturday Morning Session
“On the afternoon of April 6, 1986, my wife was scanning through the TV channels in search of something to pass away another lazy Sunday afternoon when she came across the Sunday afternoon session of general conference about to begin.
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David B. Haight
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April 1986
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Saturday Morning Session
On April 6, 1830—the day the Church was organized in this dispensation—the Lord revealed to members of His church how they should regard the words of His appointed prophet with these instructions:
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Thomas S. Monson
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April 1986
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Sunday Morning Session
Today, April 6, 1986, is a day of history.
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John Sonnenberg
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April 1985
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Saturday Afternoon Session
Before 1830, April 6 was also just an ordinary day.
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Ezra Taft Benson
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October 1981
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General Relief Society Meeting
A recent national magazine gave these alarming figures: “More than 14 million children ages 6 to 13 now have working mothers, and it is estimated that a third of them are unsupervised for lengthy periods each day.” (U.S.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
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October 1980
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Sunday Morning Session
I would like to say thank-you to the choir for that beautiful song of worship, which I hope will serve as something of a frame into which I can place my remarks.
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David B. Haight
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April 1980
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Saturday Morning Session
The Prophet Joseph Smith’s account of the first organization meeting is inspiring to read and contemplate—the Whitmer home, the opening prayer, approval to organize the Church as commanded, Joseph and Oliver Cowdery ordained elders, the sacrament; and then all members present were blessed with the gift of the Holy Ghost.
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Ezra Taft Benson
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April 1980
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Saturday Afternoon Session
April 6, 1830, in the state of New York, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had its beginning in this dispensation, a beginning that went largely unnoticed by the world.
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Spencer W. Kimball
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April 1980
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Sunday Morning Session
In this very location on April 6, 1830, there assembled a small group to formally organize The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Unknown Speaker
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April 1980
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Sunday Morning Session
From the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 6, 1980
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Gordon B. Hinckley
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April 1980
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Sunday Morning Session
As we are assembled at the place of the organization of the Church of Jesus Christ, I picture in imagination that April 6 of 1830.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
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October 1979
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Saturday Morning Session
There are 183 days between now and next April 6 in which to read 239 chapters.
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Marion G. Romney
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April 1979
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Sunday Morning Session
“Through a period of more than six years prior to [April 6th, 1830, when the Church was organized] Joseph Smith, the Prophet, had received at intervals Divine revelations and commandments.
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James E. Faust
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April 1979
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Sunday Morning Session
“On Wednesday, the 2nd of December 1846, Laura Jane Pond, age 14 years, … died of chills and fever.” Two days later on “Friday, the 4th of December 1846, Harriet M.
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Bruce R. McConkie
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April 1978
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Saturday Morning Session
Then one glorious day in the spring of 1820—our tradition says that it was on April 6—the sun arose to view.
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Victor L. Brown
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April 1977
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Priesthood Session
“His answer: ‘I think he ought to keep his mouth shut about old age assistance.’” (Conference Report, April 6, 1953, p.
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Bruce R. McConkie
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April 1977
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Welfare Services Session
Phase I—From the First Vision, the setting up of the kingdom on April 6, 1830, and the coming of Moses on April 3, 1836, to the secure establishment of the Church in the United States and Canada, a period of about 125 years.
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J. Thomas Fyans
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April 1976
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Saturday Morning Session
In a proclamation of the Twelve Apostles of the restored Church in 1845, we are told—speaking of the Lamanites of North and South America—“They will also come to the knowledge of their forefathers, and of the fulness of the gospel; and they will embrace it and become a righteous branch of the house of Israel.” (Proclamation of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, New York, “Prophet” Office, Apr.
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Marion G. Romney
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April 1976
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Tuesday Morning Session
And on April 6, 1830, 146 years ago today, Christ’s true church bearing his name, “The Church of Jesus Christ,” with the suffix “of Latter-day Saints”—to distinguish it from the primitive church—was reestablished in the earth with six members.
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Ezra Taft Benson
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April 1976
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Tuesday Morning Session
Following the drafting of the Constitution, it awaited ratification by the states.
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Adney Y. Komatsu
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April 1976
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Tuesday Afternoon Session
As the gospel of Jesus Christ was restored in these last days, temple building and temple ordinances were restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith.
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Sterling W. Sill
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April 1975
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Saturday Morning Session
Tomorrow, April 6, 1975, will be the 145th anniversary of the establishment of the Church upon the earth in this greatest and final of all the dispensations.
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Spencer W. Kimball
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April 1975
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Priesthood Session
“We have no chance to be lifted up in the pride of our hearts,” said the Prophet, “with regard to the position we occupy.
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Mark E. Petersen
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April 1974
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Saturday Afternoon Session
On April 6, 1830, speaking of the newly appointed President of the Church, the Lord declared that his President shall also be his mouthpiece.
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Ezra Taft Benson
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April 1974
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Sunday Afternoon Session
All these and many other glorious promises were made even before the Church was formally organized on April 6, 1830.
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Harold B. Lee
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April 1973
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Friday Morning Session
This is the annual conference of the Church.
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Spencer W. Kimball
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October 1972
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Friday Morning Session
Significant to us is the fact that there has never been one minute since April 6, 1830, 142 years ago, that the Church has been without divine leadership.
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Joseph Anderson
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October 1972
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Friday Afternoon Session
Before the Church was organized April 6, 1830, the Lord gave a revelation through this young man, the prophet of the Lord, to his father, Joseph Smith, Sr., in which the Lord said:
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Marion G. Romney
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October 1972
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Saturday Morning Session
Obedient to these commandments, Joseph Smith, Jr., did, on April 6, 1830, organize the Church of Jesus Christ at Fayette, Seneca County, New York, strictly in harmony with the commandments of God and the laws of the land.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
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April 1972
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Saturday Afternoon Session
I stood one day some years ago with a Japanese businessman in Hiroshima, beside the monument that marks the events of that tragic August 6, 1945, when in a matter of minutes some 85,000 people were killed.
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