With revolutionary changes in the publishing world, the 143-year-old Deseret Book Co. has remained constant in one important respect, according to President Henry B. Eyring.

"As I consider how much the world has changed in my lifetime, I realize that this great institution has survived and prospered in even stronger and greater currents of change," President Eyring said in remarks May 8, just prior to dedicating the corporate office building in downtown Salt Lake City for the LDS Church-owned commercial publishing and merchandising company.

"You have kept a focus," said President Eyring, first counselor in the First Presidency. "It has been on offering the truth of the word of God to all who would receive it. It is for that remarkable accomplishment I wish to commend you."



He added, "It has not been easy. Every missionary will tell you that it is hard to present truth and goodness to people when it requires their personal sacrifice. You have accepted the challenge to do that in such a way that your revenue exceeds your costs."

President Eyring spoke of the company's founding in 1866 as George Q Cannon & Sons. He suggested that President Cannon, who was a counselor in the First Presidency to Brigham Young, "is looking down on us with a bemused smile."

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