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Summary for the 184th Annual GeneralConferenceSATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 5, 2014,GENERAL SESSIONPresiding: President Thomas S. Monson.Conducting: President Dieter F. Uchtdorf.Invocation: Elder Carl B. Cook.Benediction: Elder W. Christopher Waddell.Music by the Tabernacle Choir; MackWilberg and Ryan Murphy, directors; ClayChristiansen and Richard Elliott, organists:“How Firm a Foundation,” Hymns, no. 85;“Press Forward, Saints,” Hymns, no. 81, arr.Wilberg, unpublished; “Lead, Kindly Light,”Hymns, no. 97, arr. Wilberg, unpublished;“Choose the Right,” Hymns, no. 239; “A NewCommandment I Give unto You,” Gates, pub.by Jackman; “Come, O Thou King of Kings,”Hymns, no. 59, arr. Murphy, unpublished.SATURDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 5, 2014,GENERAL SESSIONPresiding: President Thomas S. Monson.Conducting: President Henry B. Eyring.Invocation: Elder Ian S. Ardern.Benediction: Linda K. Burton.Music by a combined choir from the OremUtah Institute; Ryan Eggett, director; BonnieGoodliffe and Linda Margetts, organists:“Glory to God on High,” Hymns, no. 67,arr. Manookin, pub. by Jackman; “I Lived inHeaven,” Children’s Songbook, 4, arr. Beebe,pub. by Larice Music; “We Thank Thee, OGod, for a Prophet,” Hymns, no. 19; “Highon the Mountain Top,” Hymns, no. 5, arr.Duffin, pub. by Duffin.SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 2014,PRIESTHOOD SESSIONPresiding: President Thomas S. Monson.Conducting: President Dieter F. Uchtdorf.Invocation: Elder LeGrand R. Curtis Jr.Benediction: Russell T. Osguthorpe.Music by a priesthood choir from BrighamYoung University–Idaho; Randall Kemptonand Kevin Brower, directors; AndrewUnsworth, organist: “Saints, BeholdHow Great Jehovah,” Hymns, no. 28, arr.Kempton, unpublished; “Secret Prayer,”Hymns, no. 144, arr. Kasen, pub. byJackman; “Rejoice, the Lord Is King,” Hymns,no. 66; “Abide with Me!” Hymns, no. 166, arr.Kempton, unpublished.SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 6, 2014,GENERAL SESSIONPresiding: President Thomas S. Monson.Conducting: President Henry B. Eyring.Invocation: Elder L. Whitney Clayton.Benediction: Neill F. Marriott.Music by the Tabernacle Choir; MackWilberg, director; Richard Elliott and AndrewUnsworth, organists: “Come, We That Lovethe Lord,” Hymns, no. 119; “On This Day ofJoy and Gladness,” Hymns, no. 64; “Let UsAll Press On,” Hymns, no. 243, arr. Elliott,unpublished; “Teach Me to Walk in theLight,” Hymns, no. 304; “A Child’s Prayer,”Children’s Songbook, 12, arr. Perry, pub. byJackman; “Guide Us, O Thou Great Jehovah,”Hymns, no. 83, arr. Wilberg, unpublished.SUNDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 6, 2014,GENERAL SESSIONPresiding: President Thomas S. Monson.Conducting: President Dieter F. Uchtdorf.Invocation: Bishop Dean M. Davies.Benediction: Elder Benjamín De Hoyos.Music by the Tabernacle Choir; MackWilberg and Ryan Murphy, directors; LindaMargetts and Bonnie Goodliffe, organists:“Sweet Is the Work,” Hymns, no. 147, arr.Murphy, unpublished; “I Stand All Amazed,”Hymns, no. 193, arr. Murphy, unpublished;“Hark, All Ye Nations!” Hymns, no. 264;“Come, Let Us Anew,” Hymns, no. 217, arr.Wilberg, unpublished.SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 2014,GENERAL WOMEN’S MEETINGPresiding: President Thomas S. Monson.Conducting: Bonnie L. Oscarson.Invocation: Emri Elizabeth Smith.Benediction: Ofa Kaufusi.Music by a combined Primary, YoungWomen, and Relief Society choir from stakesalong the Wasatch Front; Emily Wadley,director; Bonnie Goodliffe, organist: “Hark,All Ye Nations!” Hymns, no. 264; “Daughtersin His Kingdom,” Creamer, unpublished,accompanied by organ, flute, violin, andcello; “I Am a Child of God,” Hymns,no. 301, arr. DeFord, unpublished; medley,arr. Mohlman, unpublished: “Lord, I WouldFollow Thee,” Hymns, no. 220, and “LoveOne Another,” Hymns, no. 308; “Let UsAll Press On,” Hymns, no. 243, arr. Huff,unpublished.CONFERENCE TALKS AVAILABLETo access general conference talks on theInternet in many languages, visit conference.lds.org and select a language. Talks are alsoavailable on the Gospel Library mobile app.Generally within six weeks following generalconference, English video and audio recordingsare available at distribution centers.Information on general conference in accessibleformats for members with disabilities isavailable at disability.lds.org.HOME AND VISITING TEACHING MESSAGESFor home and visiting teaching messages,please select an address that best meets theneeds of those you visit.ON THE COVERFront: Photograph by Christina Smith.Back: Photograph by Leslie Nilsson.CONFERENCE PHOTOGRAPHYScenes of general conference in Salt LakeCity were taken by Welden C. Andersen,Cody Bell, Randy Collier, Weston Colton,Scott Davis, Craig Dimond, Nathaniel RayEdwards, Lloyd Eldredge, Ashlee Larsen,John Luke, Leslie Nilsson, Christina Smith,and Byron Warner; in Gilbert, Arizona, USA,by Jamie Dale Johnson; in Highlands Ranch,Colorado, USA, by Rebecca Morgenegg; inMexico City, Mexico, by Israel Gutiérrez; inNorcross, Georgia, USA, by David Winters; inPalmyra, New York, USA, by Brent Walton;in Pleasant Grove, Utah, USA, by JeremyHall; in Raymond, Alberta, Canada, byRhonda Steed; in Saint Petersburg, Russia,by Vladimir Egorov; in São Paulo, Brazil, byLaureni Fochetto; in Sydney, Australia, byColin Ligertwood; in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia,by Kylie Sneddon; in Vienna, Austria, byFrank Helmrich; and in Washington, Utah,USA, by James Iliff Jeffery.2