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Show II ' , al3els' Dedicated In , - Far- East, . The' unusual .experience of dedicating three chapels 4000 -- o, miles apart on the same date., stmday, April26, was reported, by Eldei Gordon B. Hinckley of ttheOauncil of the Twelve; fol--lowing a two and a half week -tour of the Orlent-;--- Elder Htnekley dehicaied tile ii Tokyo- West and, Tokyo North' . ehapels- nc 67 TharSundartighrhe-flpwl)ra, , ' - - . - --- -' ::TTTt .. , -- - - the - ' - - I. , -: inter- - i Molokai sions In their respective - A - -- -- Elder Hinckley said it ' would not be long until another chapel win soon be ready for dedication In Tokyo to house East To Branth. CDnstruction is on the-- South TokYo haPel -- and - 't w 0.---other buildhtglAnltokohama and Gunma near Tokyo. - - -- , - ,, ' r , - also-underwa- y t in - ItlAge - , - ' "Weare gratified pritress of the work - ' '.. i i , su - -- -- - ...., ...., - - il,- .v hes'totals- - aPProzbnatelrr- -' .1 - , e .4 - - - , ,.... - - - - 1- ,, -- ---- - 4 a"--- -- ' - national date line,- - picked up -- - During biS tour of The tient Elder Hinckley held meetings day, and landed in .Honolulu with missionaries and Church. 4,000 miles to the east on Sunday members In Seoul and Taegu In morning . This enabled him to take a short hop to the island . Korea, - at Hong Kong, In the Philippine Islands, and of molokal in the Hawaiian at Taipei and Tal Chung-h- t Talthe - new group - and - - - - ' 4191)0,Xoerntlerl, Katmakakal Chapel on April 26. TheTokyo chapels ' were the first to be designed and built : the Church kl. Asia.- - Elder - by Hinckley said the chapels were forerunners of what he hoped -- would be a--.. good t m any more to meet the growing chapels needs of the Church in Asia. . All - three of the dedicated chapels had been - built under v... -. building - program. -,- , thehurch; had been - called Supervisors from diffnt stakes in the --- -U.S.A. to work-undedirection of the Church Building Committee. They in turn supervised Church Builders called from the mis- - . 1 - 4 - , k. cotm- - fries-- , I , - L....................................................p........ T - - . :. - : dm Niaht view of West Branch chapel hi Tokyo, Japan. newlv-d,edicat- ed . - - --- - - - .. - , -- ':--1 ' .) - the Far, East organized -.andse of the - Programs - of - t b a 111 -- tely at - the in the Far Elder - ' Irmckley Said. East which embraces the South- - -- - The.members also aid mission- ern Far East Mission, Northern - aries in their proselyting work. -- ' - -Far-- East Mission and Korean .Erection of chapels Is another, Mission," said Elder Irmcidey. - great aid in converting, people.. is While the language' barriers program brings amaze- rnent from in the require the use of interpreters for Church leaderstmdeliver various countries. They are ' their messages, Elder Ifmckley beautiful puzzled that such --ge said Tconunon-languaof buildings E can be erected by music brings everyone close as American supervisors- ,- who do not knowrhe language.woridng they sing songs familiar to all. - A fine choir sang in the young men called as -as Church Builders who did not held TKong conference which-wIn the Hong Kong city hall with know - building trades when -members attending. called," said Elder Hinckley '' Church, I '0 , - rs ---, , - , A ... , ......., VI' vJ i - , ,' 1 , -- - . .f ) ,, , ,t ,,, - ' . -, ,,,,,- , ,,,, .,,,,,m41.,,,,.......,,....,eumgoomo.a.,.go.m.ot.,, Zion-a- re in service on site of sung special .-built in to be Yokohama, Japanchapel - , ' -- Songs-of -- 1 - new - - ' , ''' ' , '; , -- t,:1:::'::::::".:, '' :':: The monument d " 14 1 - , Sculptor prepares Cast for N.Y. fair II - X, -- - by millions- of visitors 53, Years, will be seen by other millions visiting the Church's New York Worlds Fair Exhibit. Elbert H. Porter, well known LDS sculptor,- - was assigned to the work of making a plaster cast of the famous work. figure has been completed and will be loom" of the last - ibition , rSo T4. bo, : -- , , '. are going forward on grounds of Tokyo's East Branch chapel which will soon be ready r:::: for-dedicat-ions ' , .. ' $ 77r f ;:mature lairT, prophet will - 0: ,04.- ,.,; - ....4:: .t. ................................ .:: ..."., ".: 1: .., .", '' , who received the ; ' r'- :: '. ' .. ,,,.'4.--- ': ..1.:, '.:- '.''. -- ' '. ,:.'!.; - .,,,., ,.. ,.1'7 ,. , 1::::::':"-:'-- , I. '" , - .. ,,..: , ......, 400 - '.....-... , ' ...,.... ..!........:.::.'.........,;::.,:.: .-- t, - - - , ;-. , .,::,,..,:.......,44-:...",-,.;..,,,,,.- I :Nek 4- - con- - :3 t V6St& - he-statue visitation of God the Father and Jesus Christ In the woods when he prayed to know which Church was right, with the prophet as he appeared before ; ''''''''',.-',,,,,..'- .' - v13 past the boy, -- ?' - 6 made the real- the boy prophet which ti.13,4 of the first vision io of ., .,..,.,- ,, 7-d- - s' . .,,,.,;.::::iss?:-..,?,- ' -- Mr. Porter , :,..,,,.. ...,,4,,,:?....,:,::-;?;:7;,:-,......- Finishing touches hall in the Church's Joseph for - the past ' c-- 7 of imith on Temple Squire, sculpbuilding at the fair, aCe ling to r coin. tured i by Mahomi Young Ind,: - David Evans of th ' mittee. - v 4 '...;:: 1; ; - :. 4. ' , t t. i.,..-....,,,.- :'"',';s:- 41 , ....,.......4-.,, e. - ,a,, 1 .101N. ,e I I , ' 1A-- 1111.1101.1111111111111:1111Milaini10 I Dedication services chapel in Tokyo. Up to the end' of April 1,611 missionaries received training at the missionary home in Salt Lake City prior-t.oth- eir depar-ture for their assrgned fields of labor. 14CHURCH , - ...im j removed, from bronze statue of the Prophet Joseph Smith on Temple Square by Kulp- Elbert FL Porter. and his son,. Dwight, to make monument for. Wodd's Fair exhibit. - . . . ., Of these, 812 came from Utah. California was second with 215, and Idaho third with 198. Thirty-si- x other states contributed to the missionary force in varying numbers from 1 to 98. Three na Week Ending May 16, 1964 , t , t The contributions according to states is as follows: Alabama 3, Artzona 98, California 215, Colorado -- , home up- - to-Ma- y t Mexico 16, New York 3, North Florida. 7, 17, Connecticut -, Carothta 3, hitt 2, Georgia 4, Hawidt 4, Idaho 198,Oregon 253. flilnois 6, Indiana 4, Iowa 2, South Caro1, Pennsylvania Kansas 4, Louisiana--1, Ihta 77 South-Dako- ta Mary-- 1,- Ttonnes land 5, Michigan 2, Minnesota see Texas 7, Utah 612, Vir- 2, Mississippi 1, Missouri 4, gilts 4, Viashington -- 41, Montana 10, Nebraska 4. 2, Wisconsin 4, ington, - Nevada 28, New Jersey 3, New. Wyoming ,20. -- - 'ada, 28; New Zealand, 2; Mez7 , -4- , S.L. MISSIOn dons besides the DS. lutve sent to the home: Can-- - . I Plaster 'mold being are held before a capacity crowd in the new North Branch - trained-i- n 'or,- - 1 ..di - t , - , ,:,-- |