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[[Image:George Albert Smith.jpg|right|thumb| LDS Prophet George Albert Smith]]

[[Image:George Albert Smith.jpg|right|thumb| LDS Prophet George Albert Smith]]

'''George Albert Smith''' (b. April 4, 1870; d. April 4, 1951) was Prophet and eighth President of the [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. He was called at the age of 33 to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. As church President, he championed a massive welfare assistance to Europe following World War II. In 1931, he served on the advisory board of the National Council of [[Boy Scouts of America]]. George reconciled 1200 Mexican members that created a Church schism. He was responsible for expanding programs to help [[American Indians]]. A person of compassion, he worked especially in the interests of the youth of the church, the troubled, the poor, and the underprivileged. <ref>[http://www.onlineutah.com/smithgahistory.shtml History of George Albert Smith] Online Utah</ref>

'''George Albert Smith''' (April 4, 1870 – April 4, 1951) was Prophet and eighth President of the [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. He was called at the age of 33 to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. As church President, he championed a massive welfare assistance to Europe following World War II. In 1931, he served on the advisory board of the National Council of [[Boy Scouts of America]]. George reconciled 1200 Mexican members that created a Church schism. He was responsible for expanding programs to help [[American Indians]]. A person of compassion, he worked especially in the interests of the youth of the church, the troubled, the poor, and the underprivileged.<ref>[http://www.onlineutah.com/smithgahistory.shtml History of George Albert Smith] Online Utah</ref>

==Early Life==

==Early life==

Born in Salt Lake City, [[Utah]]  the son of father John Henry Smith, mother Sarah Farr and grandson of prophet George A. Smith, who was an apostle and counselor to President Brigham Young. His father John Henry Smith, was an apostle and counselor to President [[Joseph F. Smith]]. As a young boy he was taken ill with typhoid fever. The doctor told him to stay in bed three weeks.  A young George asked for his ward teacher Brother Hawks to come and administer to him that he might be healed. The next day he was playing outside, completetly healed. He was positive the [[Lord]] had healed him, forever grateful for his recovery. George worked in the ZCMI factory and as a salesman, traveling by wagon throughout Utah. He attended Brigham Young Academy and the [[University of Utah]] (then called University of Deseret). In 1903, Smith was president of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association overseeing forty wards. He was often sick and his life became a constant struggle against physical weakness. His illness was diagnosed only at the end of his life as [[lupus]] erythematosus. May 25, 1892, George Albert Smith married Lucy Emily Woodruff, the daughter of Wilford Woodruff, Jr. After World War I, Smith inaugurated friendly relations with governments and visited missionaries and Saints in [[Ireland]], [[Scotland]], [[France]], [[Switzerland]], [[Norway]], [[Denmark]], [[Sweden]], and [[Germany]].

Born in Salt Lake City, [[Utah]]  the son of father John Henry Smith, mother Sarah Farr and grandson of prophet George A. Smith, who was an apostle and counselor to President Brigham Young. His father John Henry Smith, was an apostle and counselor to President [[Joseph F. Smith]]. As a young boy he was taken ill with typhoid fever. The doctor told him to stay in bed three weeks.  A young George asked for his ward teacher Brother Hawks to come and administer to him that he might be healed. The next day he was playing outside, completetly healed. He was positive the [[Lord]] had healed him, forever grateful for his recovery. George worked in the ZCMI factory and as a salesman, traveling by wagon throughout Utah. He attended Brigham Young Academy and the [[University of Utah]] (then called University of Deseret). In 1903, Smith was president of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association overseeing forty wards. He was often sick and his life became a constant struggle against physical weakness. His illness was diagnosed only at the end of his life as [[lupus]] erythematosus. May 25, 1892, George Albert Smith married Lucy Emily Woodruff, the daughter of Wilford Woodruff, Jr. After World War I, Smith inaugurated friendly relations with governments and visited missionaries and Saints in [[Ireland]], [[Scotland]], [[France]], [[Switzerland]], [[Norway]], [[Denmark]], [[Sweden]], and [[Germany]].