2001
President Gordon B. Hinckley Crossword
October 2001


“President Gordon B. Hinckley Crossword,” Friend, Oct. 2001, 23

President Gordon B. Hinckley Crossword

You can learn about President Gordon B. Hinckley, the fifteenth President of the Church, by doing this crossword puzzle. Read the clues, then fill in the puzzle by choosing the correct answer from the list.

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crossword puzzle

earaches

school

families

Tabernacle

Marjorie

temples

prayer

tools

radio

week

Across

  1. President Gordon B. Hinckley was the last prophet of the Church to speak in general conference from this building in Salt Lake City. Now general-conference speakers talk to us from the Conference Center.

  2. He directed the Church to build many small ___________ all over the world, instead of only a few larger ones.

  3. Before his call to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, he taught the gospel by writing programs about the Church to be broadcast over the ________.

  4. As a young boy, he did not like going to ________, but he changed his mind when he grew older.

  5. When he left for his mission to England, he traveled across the country by train, then crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a steamship. The ship took a ________ to get to England.

  6. He and his wife knew family __________ was especially important. They made sure to gather their children for this every day.

Down

  1. President Hinckley asked the Saints to strengthen their ___________ and to treat each person kindly.

  2. His wife, ___________, has often traveled with him to meet and speak to the Saints.

  3. When he was a child, he was often ill with allergies and ____________.

  4. From the time he was a little boy, he loved ____________ . When he grew up, he used them to build a house for his wife and children.

Answers:

  • Across—(2) tabernacle, (5) temples, (6) radio, (7) school, (8) week, (9) prayer. Down—(1) families, (3) Marjorie, (4) earaches, (5) tools.