President Gordon B. Hinckley
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"This afternoon, my brothers and sisters, we gather again in this historic Tabernacle, where we have met in conference so many times before.
"Now this building has undergone extensive renovation and remodeling to bring it up to the latest seismic code. With this undertaking, we hope and pray that its historical features have not been destroyed.
"Some of the old benches have been saved and will continue to be used. But (as some of) you have already discovered, the new benches are just as hard as the old ones.
"Changes in this building are not new. Even shortly after the days of its creation it was modified. Originally there was no balcony, and this had to be added."
"This is a peculiar building, the only one of its kind in all the world. It was built almost a century and a half ago, in the days of the poverty of our people. It was literally a Tabernacle built in the wilderness."
"Skeptics, of whom there are always many, predicted that when the scaffolding was removed, the roof would come down with it. This did no happen, and it has remained in place through sunshine and storm through all of these many years.
"It has become known across the world as the home of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, whose weekly radio broadcast has been heard longer than any other network program."
