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(18

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Snow

(18

14–19

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Hebe

r J. G

rant

(18

56–19

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Geor

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(1870

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Jose

ph F.

Sm

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(1838

–1918

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07–

1898

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Brigh

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oung

(18

01–1

877)

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38 F r i e n d

• Heavenly Father and Jesus C

hrist appeared to him

when he was 14 years old.

• He translated the Book of M

ormon from

the golden plates.

• He directed the Saints to build the Kirtland and Nau-voo tem

ples.

• He chose to be baptized after taking a Hebrew class with Joseph Sm

ith.

• He almost drowned while

going to preach in Hawaii.

• He told Church m

embers

they would be blessed if they paid their tithing.

• He was the son of Hyrum

Smith, and Joseph Sm

ith was his uncle.

• At age nine he drove a team

of oxen to Utah with his m

other and other pioneers.

• He was only 15 years old when he began serving a m

ission in Hawaii.

• He and his widowed mother

didn’t have much m

oney, but he once gave his coat to a boy who needed it.

• He practiced hard to im

prove his baseball and handwriting skills.

• He was President during the G

reat Depression.

• He had many health chal-

lenges, including poor eyesight.

• One of his lifelong goals

was: “I would be a friend to the friendless and find joy in m

inistering to the needs of the poor.”

• As President, he sent hum

anitarian aid to Europe after W

orld War II.

Prophet Cards• He becam

e an Apostle just three years after joining the C

hurch.

• He led the pioneer Saints to Utah.

• He began work building the Salt Lake Tem

ple.

• He grew up in England.• He sang for Joseph and

Hyrum Sm

ith in Carthage

Jail.

• At the Martyrdom

he was shot at several tim

es but still survived.

• He served several missions

and baptized thousands of people.

• He was Church Historian

and wrote in his own journal daily for 63 years.

• He dedicated the Salt Lake Tem

ple.

David

 O. M

cKay

(18

73–19

70)

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Jose

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ing S

mith

(18

76–19

72)

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Spen

cer W

. Kim

ball

(1895

–1985

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Haro

ld B

. Lee

(18

99–19

73)

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Ezra

Taft

Ben

son

(1899

–1994

)13

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ent o

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Howa

rd W

. Hun

ter

(190

7–19

95)

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(1927

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40 F r i e n d

• The Spirit helped him avoid

dangerous situations as a child, like telling him

not to explore a run-down shed.

• He was a teacher in a one-room

schoolhouse.

• He helped create the C

hurch Welfare Program

.

• As a boy, he mem

orized scriptures and hym

ns while m

ilking cows.

• While President, the num

ber of tem

ples doubled.

• He received revelation that all worthy m

en could hold the priesthood.

• He grew up on a farm and

studied agriculture in school.

• Before becoming President

of the Church, he served

as Secretary of Agricul-ture for the United States governm

ent.

• He encouraged people to read the Book of M

ormon

every day.

• As a boy, he learned to unselfishly share with those in need.

• He was called as a bishop at age 22 and as an Apostle at age 36.

• He encouraged Church

mem

bers to go to the rescue of those who have wan-dered away from

Heavenly Father.

• He earned his Eagle Scout Award at age 15.

• When he was young, he

played in a band that trav-eled to Asia on a cruise ship.

• He traveled to the Middle

East as an Apostle and helped choose the site for the BYU Jerusalem

Center.

• A walnut tree he planted was used to build the pulpit of the C

onference Center.

• He presented “The Family:

A Proclamation to the

World” in 1995.

• While he was President,

more than 70

temples were

dedicated.

• He was raised on a farm

and loved animals all his life.

• While serving a m

ission in Scotland, he saw a carving that becam

e his motto:

“What-e’er thou art, act well

thy part.”

• While he was President, the

first stakes were organized outside of North Am

erica.

• He was the son of President Joseph F. Sm

ith.

• As a young man, he drove

his mother in a carriage

when she needed to take care of wom

en in the neighborhood.

• He loved playing sports, especially handball.

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