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'A great conference'

Addresses are the products of prayer and meditation
Published: Saturday, Oct. 13, 2007

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• Following is the complete text of President Gordon B. Hinckley's closing remarks on Sunday afternoon:

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Attending the 99th general conference since he was called as a General Authority in April 1958 -- now held in the Conference Center -- President Gordon B. Hinckley noted that he has given some 200 conference addresses during this time.

My beloved brothers and sisters, we now conclude a great conference. We have been edified, uplifted. We have been inspired and lifted to a higher appreciation of this wonderful gospel. The music, the spoken word, and the prayers have all been magnificent.

We now return to our homes. If we are driving, let us be careful. Let no tragedy mar the experience we have enjoyed.

All of the proceedings of this conference will appear in a subsequent issue of the Ensign and Liahona. We encourage you again to read the talks in your family home evenings and discuss them together as families. They are the products of much prayer and meditation and are well worthy of careful consideration.

Now the conference is adjourned for six months. We look forward to seeing you again next April. I am 97, but I hope I am going to make it. May the blessings of heaven attend you in the meantime is our humble and sincere prayer in the name of our Redeemer, even the Lord Jesus Christ, amen.

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Seated with him are his counselors, President Thomas S. Monson, left and the newly sustained second counselor, President Henry B. Eyring.

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Waving to the congregation, President Gordon B. Hinckley walks past Quorum of the Twelve as he leaves Sunday afternoon. He is followed by his counselors, President Thomas S. Monson and President Henry B. Eyring.

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President Gordon B. Hinckley presided at the five general sessions of conference, declaring that at age 97, he looks forward to participating again in the April general conference.