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Below is a quote from general conference by Elder Gary B. Sabin of the Seventy. But it’s been encrypted—each letter of the alphabet has been replaced with another. With the following hint, see if you can figure out what each letter stands for so you can see what Elder Sabin taught.

Hint: G = E (When you see a G, write an E over it.)

ZPGW ZG EIG JEIOUEYYA UW NI WNO UW EO EYY, OPGIG UQ, UW OPG QOEI ZEIQ RGIWEFDYEI, “E MUQODITEWFG UW OPG SNIFG.”

Can you match the following lyrics with the hymns sung during this past general conference? Feel free to grab a hymnal if you get stuck.

1. “Come, little child, and together we’ll learn.”

2. “Through mists of darkness we must go, in peril ev’ry hour.”

3. “And earth will appear as the Garden of Eden.”

4. “Serving Him with cheerful hearts, we’ll grow in truth and light.”

5. “He looks! and ten thousands of angels rejoice, and myriads wait for his word.”

6. “Oh, what songs we then will sing to our Savior, Lord, and King!”

7. “Battle for freedom in spirit and might.”

8. “We are weak, but thou art able; hold us with thy pow’rful hand.”

1. “Now Let Us Rejoice,” Hymns, no. 3

2. “Redeemer of Israel,” Hymns, no. 6

3. “Come, Ye Children of the Lord,”Hymns, no. 58

4. “Guide Us, O Thou Great Jehovah,”Hymns, no. 83

5. “Do What Is Right,” Hymns, no. 237

6. “The Iron Rod,” Hymns, no. 274

7. “Home Can Be a Heaven on Earth,”Hymns, no. 298H.

8. “Teach Me to Walk in the Light,”Hymns, no. 304

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland told us there’s a place in the choir for all of us. But one choir director didn’t have enough low voices for her choir. What activity must she engage in to get more people with low voices? To find out, complete the words and then read the underlined letters in order.

1. Large seabird. A L __________ __________ T R O S S

2. Use after brushing your teeth. F L O ___________ __________

3. Instead of shaking hands, bump … __________ __________ S T S

4. Genies grant these. W I __________ __________ E S

5. Worn after getting married, on the finger. R __________ __________ __________

Elder Christofferson talked about the metaphor of the watchman, a person who blows a warning trumpet when he sees approaching armies (see Ezekiel 33:3–4). Imagine that a particular watchman, Larry, is keeping watch, but not just for armies—also for tornadoes, locusts, and stampedes. But to make it even harder, he’s guarding four cities (they decided that would save money). The hardest part? Instead of just a trumpet, he has four different instruments.

Over the past few days, all four above disasters have happened, and each time Larry had to warn the right city with the right instrument. See if you can figure out what he did.

1. When the army approached, Larry played the viola.

2. Either Utopia or Funland experienced the tornado.

3. Utopia isn’t the city that heard the trumpet.

4. The city of Funland heard a snare drum.

5. Awesometown didn’t experience the locusts.

6. Neither Coolsville nor Utopia heard the clarinet.

Hint: You’ll probably want to draw a chart. Here’s one possible layout: