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January 2001 Liahona THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS I JANUARY 2001 LIAHONA General Conference Session, by Joy Gough The new Conference Center fulfills its purpose during a session of the Church’s 170th Semiannual General Conference, accommodating 21,000 members gathered to hear inspired counsel from General Authorities. Still, when there were more who desired to hear, they spilled over into the 900-seat Conference Center Theater, the Tabernacle and Assembly Hall on Temple Square, and rooms in the nearby Joseph Smith Memorial Building. Millennial Beehive House, by Grant Romney Clawson Erected in 1854, the Beehive House on the corner of South Temple and State Streets in Salt Lake City was originally the home of President Brigham Young. The two rooms on the west (left) served as Church presidential offices until 1918. The house today is a focal point for visitors who want to know more about its remarkable builder and his times. “ nd now it came to pass that . after he had expounded all the scriptures unto them which they had received, he said unto them: Behold, other scriptures I would thatA ye should write, that ye have not. And it came to pass that he said unto Nephi: Bring forth the record which ye have kept. And . Nephi . brought forth the records, and laid them before him” (3 Nephi 23:6–8). REPORT OF THE 170TH SEMIANNUAL GENERAL CONFERENCE 7–8 OCTOBER 2000 ENGLISH Report of the 170th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Sermons and proceedings of 7–8 October 2000 from the Conference Center, Salt Lake City, Utah s I contemplate this mar- Sunday School general presidency. “ velous structure, adjacent One change was made in the A to the temple,” said Presidency of the Seventy; three President Gordon B. Hinckley members of the First Quorum of during the dedication of the the Seventy were given emeritus Conference Center on Sunday, 8 status; four members of the Second October, “there comes to mind the Quorum of the Seventy were great prophetic utterance of Isaiah: released; 20 Area Authority “‘And it shall come to pass in the Seventies were released and two last days, that the mountain of the new Area Authority Seventies Lord’s house shall be established in called; and the Sunday School gen- the top of the mountains, and shall eral presidency was reorganized. be exalted above the hills; and all This conference was the first to nations shall flow unto it. be broadcast with a high definition “‘And many people shall go and television (HDTV) signal, using the say, Come ye, and let us go up to the state-of-the-art broadcast facilities mountain of the Lord, to the house in the new Conference Center. High of the God of Jacob; and he will Conference attendees enter the definition television provides a teach us of his ways, and we will walk terrace level (southeast corner) of crisper, better color picture for view- in his paths: for out of Zion shall go the Conference Center. ers at home and provides higher forth the law, and the word of the quality images for archival storage of Lord from Jerusalem (Isa. 2:2–3).’ . working temple of the Church,” he broadcasts. Conference sessions “I believe that prophecy applies added. “How deeply grateful are our were relayed live via satellite to to the historic and wonderful Salt people.” gatherings of members in the Lake Temple. But I believe also that Sessions of the general conference United States, Canada, Europe, the it is related to this magnificent hall. were conducted by members of the Caribbean, and Latin America. For it is from this pulpit that the law First Presidency: President Hinckley More than 1,500 radio and televi- of God shall go forth, together with on Saturday morning, in the sion stations and cable systems car- the word and testimony of the Saturday evening priesthood meet- ried all or portions of the conference Lord,” he said. ing, and Sunday morning; President sessions. All sessions were also “This millennial year of 2000 has Thomas S. Monson, First Counselor, available at www.lds.org in English been a remarkable year for the on Saturday afternoon; and in both audio and video formats and Church. We have expanded on every President James E. Faust, Second in 34 other languages in audio only. front across the world. We have Counselor, on Sunday afternoon. Videotapes of the conference were passed the 11 million membership Administrative action taken made available through distribution mark,” President Hinckley reported. during the Saturday afternoon ses- centers for areas of the Church “Last Sunday we dedicated in sion of conference affected the where the broadcast was not Boston, Massachusetts, the 100th Quorums of the Seventy and received.—The Editors JANUARY 2001 1 January 2001 Vol. 25 No. 1 .................................................................................................... Temptation 52 LIAHONA 21981 TOPIC INDEX Testimony 4, 14, 15, 27, 69 Official English International Magazine of The Church of Adversity 6, 40, 75 Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Traditions 34 Atonement 10, 14, 31 The First Presidency: Gordon B. Hinckley, Truth 27 Thomas S. Monson, James E. Faust Baptism for the dead 10 Womanhood 17, 107, 110 Quorum of the Twelve: Boyd K. Packer, L. Tom Perry, Baptism 6 Word of Wisdom 54, 61, 113 David B. Haight, Neal A. Maxwell, Russell M. Nelson, Charity 40 Dallin H. Oaks, M. Russell Ballard, Joseph B. Wirthlin, Worldliness 43 Richard G. Scott, Robert D. Hales, Jeffrey R. Holland, Chastity 31, 46, 52, 61, 85, 113 Youth 61, 85, 113 Henry B. Eyring Church growth 80 Editor: Dennis B. Neuenschwander Conference Center 4, 80 Advisers: L. Lionel Kendrick, Yoshihiko Kikuchi, Speakers Listed in Alphabetical John M. Madsen Conversion 40, 88, 104 Order Curriculum Department Administrators: Councils 88 Ballard, M. Russell 88 Managing Director: Ronald L. Knighton Couple missionaries 95 Editorial Director: Richard M. Romney Busche, F. Enzio 97 Graphics Director: Allan R. Loyborg Covenants 97 Callister, Douglas L. 38 Editorial Staff: Dedication 80 Christofferson, D. Todd 10 Managing Editor: Marvin K. Gardner Discipleship 43, 72 Assistant Managing Editor: R. Val Johnson Crockett, Keith 91 Associate Editor: Roger Terry Divorce 61 Dew, Sheri L. 110 Assistant Editor: Jenifer Greenwood Education 61, 77, 113 Editorial Associate: Susan Barrett Dunn, Loren C. 15 Publications Assistant: Collette Nebeker Aune Eternal perspective 43 Edgley, Richard C. 52 Design Staff: Example 107 Eyring, Henry B. 99 Magazine Graphics Manager: M. M. Kawasaki Faith 57, 69 Art Director: Scott Van Kampen Faust, James E. 26, 54, 69 Senior Designer: Sharri Cook Family relations 23, 72, 77, 107 Gillespie, H. Aldridge 93 Designers: Thomas S. Child, Randall J. Pixton Fellowshipping 95, 110 Production Manager: Jane Ann Peters Haight, David B. 23 Production: Reginald J. Christensen, Kari A. Couch, Freedom 97 Denise Kirby, Kelli Pratt, Claudia E. Warner Hales, Robert D. 6 Digital Prepress: Jeff Martin Friendship 61, 113 Hallstrom, Donald L. 34 Holy Ghost 6, 27, 38 Printing and Distribution: Hinckley, Gordon B. 4, 61, 80, Printing Director: Kay W. 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Humility 91, 102 Maxwell, Neal A. 43 Send manuscripts and queries to Liahona, Floor 24, Hypocrisy 54 Monson, Thomas S. 57, 77 50 East North Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3223, Individual worth 36 USA; or e-mail: [email protected] Morrison, Alexander B. 14 Jesus Christ 14, 36, 69, 75 The Liahona (a Book of Mormon term meaning “com- Nadauld, Margaret D. 17 pass” or “director”) is published in Albanian, Amharic, Judgment 40 Nelson, Russell M. 19 Armenian (East), Bulgarian, Cebuano, Chinese, Czech, Light of Christ 75 Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Fijian, Finnish, French, Neuenschwander, Dennis B. 49 German, Haitian, Hiligaynon, Hungarian, Icelandic, Love 77, 104 Oaks, Dallin H. 40 Ilokano, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kiribati, Korean, Missionary work 88, 95 Latvian, Lithuanian, Malagasy, Marshallese, Mongolian, Oaks, Robert C. 95 Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Modesty 17 Samoan, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tahitian, Packer, Boyd K. 85 Thai, Tongan, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese. (Frequency Obedience 6, 31 Perry, L. Tom 72 varies by language.) Parenthood 17, 61, 113 Rasband, Ronald A. 36 © 2001 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. Pornography 54 Printed in the United States of America. Scott, Richard G. 31 Prayer 38, 57, 61, 77, 91, 99, 102, 113 Smoot, Mary Ellen 104 For Readers in the United States and Canada: Priesthood 46, 57 January 2001 Vol. 25 No. 1. LIAHONA (USPS 311-480) Wirthlin, Joseph B. 27 English (ISSN 1080-9554) is published monthly by The Prophets 49 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 50 East North Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84150. USA subscription price Relief Society 104, 107, 110 is $10.00 per year; Canada, $15.50 plus applicable Repentance 31, 85, 91, 99 taxes. Periodicals Postage Paid at Salt Lake City, Utah, and Restoration 97 Home Teaching and Visiting Teaching: at additional mailing offices. Sixty days’ notice required for There are no designated home teaching or change of address. 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