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President David O. McKay Crossword

By Hilary Hendricks

Hilary Hendricks, “President David O. McKay Crossword,” Friend, Feb. 2001, 23

You can learn about President David O. McKay by doing this crossword puzzle. Read the clues, then fill in the puzzle by choosing the correct answer from the words listed below.

Across

1. Young David’s summer job was carrying the daily newspaper by ________________ to a nearby mining town. The trip took him all day.

4. President McKay encouraged Saints to share the gospel. He often said, “Every member a _______________.”

6. As a missionary in Scotland, Elder McKay saw a phrase on a doorway that he remembered for the rest of his life: “What e’er Thou Art, Act Well Thy ______.”

8. When David became a deacon, his duties included chopping ______ to heat the chapel and the homes of widows.

9. On one of his many travels, President McKay was encouraged by the queen of the Netherlands to drink ______. He explained the Word of Wisdom to her.

10. At age fifteen, David accepted the first of many callings dealing with Church education. He was called to be his ward’s Sunday School ______.

Down

2. David’s grandparents came to America from this country after joining the Church.

3. David played this instrument for his town’s dance orchestra.

5. As president of the European Mission, Elder McKay wrote to the editors of many _______________, asking them to only print true things about the Church. The letters worked!

7. David went to college to become a ___________ and principal. He shared his mother’s belief that education was important for everyone.

Answers:

Study-It-Out Letter Square

By Janet Kruckenberg

Janet Kruckenberg, “Study-It-Out Letter Square,” Friend, Feb. 2001, 26

Find all the words in Doctrine and Covenants 9:8 [D&C 9:8] by reading forward, backward, down, up, and diagonally. Because all words have at least one letter that is not in any other word, it is important to find the longest ones first.

“But, behold, I say unto you, that you must study it out in your mind; then you must ask me if it be right, and if it is right I will cause that your bosom shall burn within you; therefore, you shall feel that it is right.”

What Is Love?

By Sharon S. Kiser

Sharon S. Kiser, “What Is Love?,” Friend, Feb. 2001, 26

Search the scriptures below,
Till every answer you know.
Then solve the puzzle above
To learn the message of love.

1. “Behold, my soul delighteth in the
__ __ __ __ __ __ of the Lord; and my [heart]
 6   2   8            9
pondereth continually upon the things which
I have seen and heard” (2 Ne. 4:16).

2. “Rejoice, O my [heart] , and cry unto the
Lord, and say: O Lord, I will praise thee
__ __ __ __ __ __ __” (2 Ne. 4:30).
    11           12      4

3. “__ __ [heart] delighteth in righteousness” (2 Ne. 9:49).
     7

4. “Believe in Christ, and worship the Father
in his __ __ __ __, with pure [hearts]
      3      13
and clean hands” (2 Ne. 25:16).

5. “For when a man speaketh by the power
of the Holy Ghost the power of the Holy Ghost
carrieth it unto the [hearts] of the
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ of men” (2 Ne. 33:1).
1         5   10

Answer: