LDS Church leaders share memories about their mothers, wives

Edit Deseret News 06 May 2016
Sarah Smith. President George Albert Smith's father was called on a mission when George was 5 years old. The family survived thanks to Sarah Smith's frugality, hard work and determination. During this critical time, she taught George to pray and trust in the Lord ... George Albert Smith." ... Julina Smith ... "Sometimes I nearly froze to death," President Smith said in the "Presidents of the Church" student manual....

Mormon Temple in Oakland Celebrates 50 Years

Edit Huffington Post 14 Nov 2014
For members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, no church-built facility is more important than a temple ... In the summer of 1924, future church president, George Albert Smith met with a local church leader in San Francisco. Gazing across the Bay, President Smith "ceased talking and for several minutes gazed intently toward the hills above Oakland" before again speaking ... ....

10 Great Lost Films And Where They Turned Up

Edit ListVerse 15 Jan 2014
Henrik Magnusson January 15, 2014 ... Lasting just over a minute, The Death Of Poor Joe is a filmed version of the death of Joe from Dickens’ classic book “Bleak House.” The short had been given to the British Film Institute in 1954 by an acquaintance of the director, cinema pioneer George Albert Smith, and them promptly forgotten about until 2012, when it was found in the archives by curator Bryony Dixon ... ....
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