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  INSIDE Summaries of talks, A15 New general authorities, A16 Statistical report, A15 Genealogy Web site, A16 TODAY'S SESSIONS Begin at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., and will be broadcast locally on KSL-TV, Ch. 5.

• Lee Benson: S.L. skies do spill over for conferences

  Bob Wade, Michael Klenk and Adam Nygren are gardeners on Temple Square, where every year they get the flowers ready for April Conference. The job has its perks. Every day when these guys go home, they smell good. They work the dirt and shape the flowers so they'll be just right for...

• Nauvoo Temple

  Timeline October 1840 — Four-acre site for a future temple is selected by Joseph Smith. Jan. 19, 1841 — The Lord commands the church to build a temple (D&C 124:26-28). Feb. 18, 1841 — Construction begins. April 6, 1841 — Cornerstones are set. Nov. 8,...

• Nauvoo Temple reborn

  President Gordon B. Hinckley announced Sunday the LDS Church will rebuild the Nauvoo Temple, gutted by arson in 1848 and its ruins later toppled by a tornado. The church began restoring other historic buildings in the western Illinois town of Nauvoo in 1960 and has a thriving historic...

• News brings cheers in Nauvoo

  News that the Nauvoo Temple would be rebuilt prompted gasps, a few claps "and a lot of sobs" from members gathered to watch general conference at the Nauvoo Illinois LDS Stake Center. "We were not able to completely contain ourselves," admitted stake President Durell Noland Nelson....

• Temple rose as Latter-day Saints were fleeing Nauvoo

  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, organized in 1830, was only three years old when church doctrine revealed the need for houses of worship more unique than chapels engaged for Sunday worship. Temple worship includes ordinances intended to bind family relationships into the...

• The LDS market

  For businesses that cater to members of the LDS Church, advertising before or after a televised general conference session is like landing a spot during the Super Bowl. That doesn't mean people who watch conference to hear the counsel of church leaders will see commercials that cost...

• 1998 LDS statistical report

  CHURCH UNITS Stakes — 2,505 Districts — 631 Missions — 331 Wards and branches — 25,551 CHURCH MEMBERSHIP Total membership — 10,354,241 Increase in children of record — 76,829 Converts baptized — 299,134 MISSIONARIES Full-time...

• 6 called to Second Quorum of Seventy

  Six new members were called to serve in the Second Quorum of the Seventy during the Saturday afternoon session of LDS General Conference. --> Three new Area Authority Seventies were also sustained. New members of the Seventy are: Elder Adhemar Damiani, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Elder...

• LDS Church begins public test of online genealogical service

  The LDS Church has begun a brief public test of a new Internet-based genealogical service, which can be seen at http://www.familysearch.org . The Web site is the product of a project to make part of the church's extensive collection of genealogy records available on the Internet. Access...

• LDS leaders focus on crisis in Kosovo

  Prayers for refugees from Kosovo, condemnation for their oppressors and encouragement about the strength and growth of the church at the dawn of the 21st century were all part of Saturday's opening of the 169th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints....

Advance Articles

• Donated clothing fills major need in Mexico

  With LDS temple clothing in short supply, a local retailer has been taking donations from Latter-day Saints who find their temple clothes no longer fit or need to be replaced.

• LDS 'press' ahead as church grows

  Cameroon. Cambodia. Croatia. Cyprus. Despite their far-flung locations, geography, language and culture, each is now home to hundreds of Latter-day Saints after opening its doors to LDS missionaries during this decade. They're four of the 40-plus nations that have done so in the 1990s....

• Temple boom has makers of clothing scrambling

  The Parable of the Sower has taken on new meaning for many local Latter-day Saints who find themselves scrambling to help keep pace with the explosion in temple-building activity worldwide. With new temple announcements, groundbreakings and dedications happening several times each month...

• LDS time capsule opens window to '49

  The magic of time travel in H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine" seemed almost real for a few minutes Thursday morning in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. In front of other church leaders and the news media, LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley opened a time capsule sealed almost 50 years...

• Spirit of the past lives in Brigham's legacy

  After the dreadful trek over prairie and desert, this idyllic city looked to me like an enchanting paradise. The houses, mostly of adobe, were almost all painted in bright colors. The gardens were enclosed with high walls of mortared fieldstone, above which . . . fruit trees rose in...

Summaries of Talks

Saturday Morning

• Conference moments: 'That's him speaking'
• Saturday morning session events
• Sunday morning session events
• Conference to be transmitted widely
• Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
• Elder Jeffrey R. Holland: The Hands of the Fathers
• Elder Joe J. Christensen
• Elder Joe J. Christensen: Greed, Selfishness, and Overindulgence
• Elder L. Tom Perry
• Elder L. Tom Perry: Teach Them the Word of God with All Diligence
• President Gordon B. Hinckley
• President Gordon B. Hinckley: The work moves forward
• President James E. Faust: This Is Our Day
• Sister Carol B. Thomas
• Sister Carol B. Thomas: Preparing Our Families for the Temple

Saturday Afternoon

• Elder Robert J. Whetten: Christlike love is essence of His gospel
• Historic Nauvoo Temple to be rebuilt
• New General Authorities
• Pres. Hinckley shares feelings about Savior, as conference falls on Easter
• Saturday afternoon session events
• Sunday afternoon session events
• 6 called to Second Quorum of Seventy
• Elder Dallin H. Oaks
• Elder Dallin H. Oaks: The Witness — Martin Harris
• Elder Neal A. Maxwell
• Elder Neal A. Maxwell: "Repent of [Our] Selfishness" (D&C 56:8)
• Elder Richard G. Scott
• Elder Richard G. Scott: Receive the Temple Blessings
• Elder Robert D. Hales
• Elder Robert D. Hales: Strengthening Families — Our Sacred Duty
• Elder Robert J. Whetten
• Elder Robert J. Whetten: True Followers
• Elder Stephen A. West
• Elder Stephen A. West: "Out of Small Things"
• Statistical Report, 1998
• The Church Audit Committee Report
• The Sustaining of Church Officers

Priesthood

• Elder D. Lee Tobler: Homes need Melchizedek Priesthood
• Elder Ned B. Roueche: Many souls await awakening 'good news' brings
• Elder Ray H. Wood: Priesthood carries great responsibility
• Elder Russell M. Nelson: Honoring women is sacred duty
• President Gordon B. Hinckley: Actions should be governed by integrity and honesty
• President James E. Faust: Obedience to revealed truth leads to freedom
• President Thomas S. Monson: Start at 'headwaters' to ensure activity of priesthood men
• Priesthood session events
• President Boyd K. Packer: The Bishop
• Elder D. Lee Tobler
• Elder D. Lee Tobler: Priesthood and the Home
• Elder Ned B. Roueché: Fellowshipping
• Elder Ned B. Roueche
• Elder Ray H. Wood
• Elder Ray H. Wood: "Made Like unto the Son of God"
• Elder Russell M. Nelson
• Elder Russell M. Nelson: Our Sacred Duty to Honor Women
• Light of the Lord leads every soul out of darkness
• President Gordon B. Hinckley: The Shepherds of the Flock
• President James E. Faust
• President James E. Faust: Obedience — The Path to Freedom
• President Thomas S. Monson
• President Thomas S. Monson: The Priesthood — Mighty Army of the Lord

Sunday Morning

• Elder David B. Haight
• Elder David B. Haight: Love and Service
• Elder Marlin K. Jensen
• Elder Marlin K. Jensen: Friendship: A Gospel Principle
• President Boyd K. Packer
• President Boyd K. Packer: The Bishop
• President Gordon B. Hinckley
• President Gordon B. Hinckley: "He Is Not Here, but Is Risen"
• President Thomas S. Monson
• President Thomas S. Monson: For I Was Blind, but Now I See
• Sister Sheri L. Dew
• Sister Sheri L. Dew: Our Only Chance

Sunday Afternoon

• Bishop Keith B. McMullin
• Bishop Keith B. McMullin: Welcome Home
• Elder Cree-L Kofford
• Elder Cree-L Kofford: Your Name Is Safe in Our Home
• Elder Dennis B. Neuenschwander
• Elder Dennis B. Neuenschwander: Bridges and Eternal Keepsakes
• Elder Henry B. Eyring
• Elder Henry B. Eyring: The Power of Teaching Doctrine
• Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin
• Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin: Inspired Church Welfare
• Elder M. Russell Ballard
• Elder M. Russell Ballard: Like a Flame Unquenchable
• Gordon B. Hinckley: Thanks to the Lord for His Blessings
• President Gordon B. Hinckley