515 Joseph Fielding SmithPresident of the Church, 19701972 President Joseph Fielding Smith invited all people to come unto Christ: "There is no cure for the ills of the world except the gospel of Jesus Christ. ... And so we invite all our Father's children, everywhere, to believe in Christ, to receive him as he is revealed by living prophets, and to join The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ... To the honest in heart in all nations we say: The Lord loves you. He wants you to receive the full blessings of the gospel" (in Conference Report, Apr. 1972, 13; or Ensign, July 1972, 27). He left this blessing on the youth of the Church: "The Lord bless you and keep you, which most assuredly will be so as you learn his laws and live in harmony with them. Be true to every trust. Honor thy father and thy mother. Dwell together in love and conformity. Be modest in your dress. Overcome the world, and do not be led astray by the fashions and practices of those whose interests are centered upon the things of this world" (in Conference Report, Apr. 1972, 1314). 1876 | Born on 19 July to Joseph F. Smith and Julina Lambson Smith in Salt Lake City | 1884 | Age 8, baptized by his father in Salt Lake City on his birthday | 1893 | Age 16, attends the dedication of the Salt Lake Temple | 1898 | Age 21, marries Louie Emily (Emyla) Shurtliff on 26 April; she dies in 1908 | 18991901 | Ages 2224, serves a mission to England | 1908 | Age 32, marries Ethel Georgina Reynolds on 2 November; she dies in 1937 | 1910 | Age 33, ordained an Apostle on 7 April by his father, Joseph F. Smith, President of the Church | 1938 | Age 61, marries Jessie Ella Evans on 12 April; she dies in 1971 | 1965 | Age 89, called as a counselor to President David O. McKay | 1970 | Age 93, sustained as President of the Church on 6 April, with Harold B. Lee and N. Eldon Tanner as counselors | 1971 | Age 95, presides over the first area general conference of the Church, held in Manchester, England | 1972 | Age 95, dedicates the Ogden Temple on 18 January and the Provo Temple on 9 February | 1972 | Age 95, dies on 2 July in Salt Lake City after two and a half years as President of the Church |
SummaryJoseph Fielding Smith, 10th President of the Church, invited all to come unto Christ. He said: "There is no cure for the ills of the world except the gospel of Jesus Christ. ... The Lord loves you. He wants you to receive the full blessings of the gospel." Artist, Shauna Clinger © 1997 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the USA |
