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Show I I s Pres. McKay Honored As 'A Man Among Men' k I s I I ! 't OGDEN The fourth annual David 0. McKay Honor Day prograir sponsored by the Ogden Institute of Religion,, brought a rapacity crowd to the Ogden IDS Tabernacle Sunday night to honor the ninth President of the Church, who celebrated his 95th birthday on the 8th of September. Elder Harold B. Lee of The Council of the Twelve, and Dr. Richard L. McKay, one of President McKays grandsons, paid tribute to the remarkable life of the President of the Church. $ t Theme of the Honor Day program for President McKay was A Man Among A Man of Inspiration. Men Elder Lee paid tribute to President McKay, deviating him to be a man of many accomplishments and virtues, boundless faith, strong testimony, a love of mankind, an optimistic nature, the ability to teach and an example of worthy In his tribute to President McKay, Elder Lee said that the President, despite his advancing years, continues to have an aggressive outlook on Church programs that point to the futuie. living. The importance of family life held by President McKay was emphasized by Eider Lee, who told of the President's strong desire to promote love and unity in family life at home. He told of the great respect paid by men of the wot Id who had met with President McKay. A national magazine writer after interviewing the President said he had interviewed many famous men, "but never one who impressed me like David 0. McKay. The writer told Elder Lee, He made me feel like I should become a better man. No other success in life can compensate for failure in the home, was one quote from President McKay repeated by Elder Lee. Dr. McKay then told of the influence President McKay had on his grandchil dren and his gieat sense of humor and ability to surround hi family with love, while guiding the demanding affairs of the Church. It is an honor to be his grand .on . . . knowing him both as a grandfather and a prophet of the Church, Dr. McKay said. A message of appreciation fiom McKay, who was in his Huntsville home, wras read by P. Wendel Johnson, director of the Ogden LDS Institute of Religion. Pie-i-de- nt Mr. Johnson described President McKay as a spiritual giant" whose love and influence extended to all parts of the world. I k. HemisFair Pavilion A Miracle' t SAN ANTONIO A iS The Mormon Pavilion at HemisFair 68, like many other fair structures, will be razed after the Oct. 6 closing of the exposition. But at least part of the Pavilion will remain in Texas permanently. Roland C. Bremer, president of the San Antonio Stake, safd the Pavilions structural materials will be taken 40 miles north to San Marcos, where they will be used to build a meeting house and chapel for a local branch. About SO per cent of the structure is he said. The Church owns two acres adjacent to the new high school in San Marcos and has been planning to build a chapel on the site for several years. The San Marcos Branch of the Church has been holding Church services in rented space la the First National Bank. It is the only one of 14 congregations In the San Antonio Stake presently without its own facilities, Pres. Bremer said. The new San Marcos Branch will include a chapel, a cultural hall, seven classrooms and an office. The branch includes mostly members of the Church, which now number more than 2.6 milSpanish-speakin- lion w'orld-wid- g e. Most of the art exhibits in the Mormon Pavilion will be taken to San Diego, Calif., for storage and then will be displayed in a new Visitors Center to be erected in honor of the historic Mormon Battalion, which played an important role In that area's history Century. during the mid-19t- h A large white marble statue of Joseph Smith, first prophet and president of the Church, will be returned to Salt Lake City lor display in the Temple Square Visitors Center. The Southern California Visitors Center is to be erected in time for San Diegos special 250th anniversary exposition scheduled for next yea r. none of Four prominent American artists them Mormons played an important role in creating the attractive and informative displays at the Pavilion. John Scott, Tom Lovell, Hairy Anderson and Ken Riley have all achieved notable success as illustrators and all four are practically neighbors" in Connecticut. Two of them Mr. Lovell and Mr. Anderson, were classmates at the Syracuse University College of Fine Arts in the early 30s. Mr. Anderson was commissioned by the Church several years ago to do a painting of Jesus C'lnist and his original apostles. The resulting canvas was first exhibited at the New York World's Fair, where it was lauded by critics and laymen alike. It is on permanent display on Temple Square. Both Mr. Lovell and Mr. Scott were comnrssior.ed by the Church to do new paintings last year. Mr. Scott's contribution to the Mormon Pavilion was a large depiction of the Savior appearing to the inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere cent tries ago, after His resurrection and ascension in the Old World. Mr. Loved completed a rendering of the Western Hemisphere prophet, Moroni. Mormon is shown etching ancient metal records as he records God's word to the people of that era. Mr. Riley's works featured in the Pavilion included a series of three paintings of significant events in the early history of Mormonism: the first divine vision of Joseph Smith, who organized the Church: -later confrontation of Joseph by the resurrected Angel Moroni, who revealed the location of the ancient records which had laid buried in a hill for con turies; and the bertowal of the Priesthood of God upon Joseph Smith by three heavenly messengers. Peter, James and John. one now deceased, another in The other artists comSalt Lake City, and a third in Florence, Italy bined their talents to create a white marble statue which was exhibited for the first time at the Texas HemisFair '68. The statue depicts Joseph Smith, who in 1830 forof mally organized The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-da- y Sain.s, belter known to the world as the Mormon" Church. The statue was carved in Florence out of white carrara marble by noted Italian artist and sculptor Enzo Pasquini, the slatue has been ticketed by 1 I 4 j Church officials for display at the HemisFair's Mormon Pavilion. lifesiae figure of the prophet The will be placed on permanent display in the Visitors Center on Temple Square. The marble statue created by Pasquini was h earved over a period. The Italian artist used as a model a plaster figure cast by Eltnu t Porter, a Salt Lake City artist. Mr. Porter took the plaster cast from an original bronze statue by Mahomi Young, a noted American sculptor, who died in 1957. The original stands on Temple Square. 1,800-poun- a 4 4 nine-mont- 3 3 I 1 Joan F'sher of Salt Lake City, the new Mrs. America, visited the Church exhibit at HemisFair '68 in Texas. Mrs. WEEK ENDING, OCTOBER 5, 1968 CHURCH- -3 |