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This is a beautiful building, Father. It represents skilled artisans. It represents a heritage of the past. And in one way, Heavenly Father, we dedicate this building and dedicate our lives to the past and to the present and the future: the past because we came out of it, the present because we live in it, and the future because our children will inherit it. Father, we rededicate this building from the highest spire to the deepest foundation. We ask Thee to let Thy Spirit be here. We know that those who have worked on the building have followed the teachings of a prominent essayist, John Ruskin, a former generation who said, "When we build, let us think that we build forever, and let it not be for present use nor present delight alone, but let it be such work that our descendants will thank us for it. And let us think as we lay stone upon stone that these stones shall become hallowed because our hands have touched them." O Father, this is a hallowed structure, and we are pleased to rededicate it to Thee. Grant that only truth may be taught at this pulpit. Grant, Heavenly Father, that it may be a place a description of which was given by Solomon when Thou didst look upon the temple which he had constructed and didst say, "I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to [place] ... [my] heart and mine eye ... there perpetually."

Rededication of the Provo Tabernacle

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President Thomas S. Monson offering the dedicatory prayer during the rededication of the Provo Tabernacle.
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