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100 years ago
An invitation from the First Presidency for all members to attend the 66th Annual Conference of the Church ran in the March 31, 1896, issue of the Deseret Semi-Weekly News, along with an article concerning the importance of attending Church meetings.
The announcement, which noted that the conference would convene April 4 at 10 a.m. in the Tabernacle, ran above the names of the First Presidency: Presidents Wilford Woodruff, George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith.
An article beneath the notice pointed out that "Latter-day Saints give evidence of the vigor they possess by their attendance at sacrament and other meetings, both for the Church generally and for the various quorums and divisions.
"Where the members attend their meetings they are strengthened and built up in their faith; they are placed in possession of a greater power of self-control in respect to divine law and are able to live holier and better lives than would be possible otherwise.
"The meetings of the Saints are the channels for many and valuable blessings which are needful for the welfare of the people."
Quote from the past
"We, every one of us, men and women who are living our religion, preserving ourselves in the purity of the gospel and acting honorably and honestly before God and man, have a right to know and understand for ourselves the principles of truth which we have embraced." - President John Taylor, in an address given Nov. 14, 1877, at the 14th Ward in Salt Lake City.
