President Hugh B. Brown:

Members of the Church are convened in the Tabernacle on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, in the concluding session of the 136th Annual Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

President David O. McKay is present this afternoon and is presiding at this session. He has asked me to conduct this meeting.

The proceedings of both sessions today will be re-broadcast to far-distant places by Radio Station KSL and KIRO Radio at Seattle on Monday April 11, 1966, from 1 o'clock to 5 o'clock a. m.

We are glad to acknowledge receipt of a number of telegrams. We will not have time to read all of them. I shall read one as indicative of what all have said. From the British Mission, O. Preston Robinson: "Reception Saturday morning session strong, clear and spiritually gladdening. We have thrilled to your message, a testimony from a Prophet of God." Similar messages were received from the Chilean Mission, Carl J. Beecroft; the British South Mission, Don K. Archer; French East Mission, A. James Martin; Franco-Belgian Mission, Joseph P. Edmunds; the Finnish Mission, John M. Asplund; the Danish Mission, Earl Sorensen; Scottish Mission, David B. Haight; and the Brigham Young University First Stake; and to all of them we extend our love and blessing and gratitude for their thoughtfulness in sending these telegrams.

On Saturday evening we had an especially inspiring meeting of the Priesthood of the Church, held in the Tabernacle, but relayed by closed-circuit broadcast, to 425 separate locations in all parts of the United States and Canada. Approximately 85,000 holders of the Priesthood participated in this meeting.