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==Eighth President==

==Eighth President==

George Albert Smith was selected president of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]]. Two years later, Smith became president of the church, May 21, 1945, at the age of seventy-five. President Smith gained international prominence as a scout, earning highest honors, the Silver Beaver, and the Silver Buffalo.  As President, he had a keen interest in identifying and marking historic sites. More than a hundred historic monuments and markers were erected. In 1937, he took the initiative in organizing the Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association. Smith both taught and lived the two great commandments to "love the Lord thy God" and to "love thy neighbour as thyself."  <ref>[http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/people/george_albert_smith.html George Albert Smith] Light Planet</ref> After World War II, the Church shipped 133 railroad carloads of food, clothing, and bedding, along with thousands of individual eleven-pound packages to war-torn [[Europe]]. His administration headed a delegation to the nation's capital to initiate plans to help Native Americans. President Smith revitalized missionary work. The number of missionaries rose to more than 5,000, and the number of wards and branches increased from 1,273 to 1,492, and stakes from 149 to 179. Some 200 new meetinghouses were built. New hospital were built and existing hospital expanded. President Smith dedicated the Idaho Falls Temple. Smith met with [[United States]] President [[Harry S. Truman]]. President Smith was Time magazine’s “Man of the Year,” 21 July 1947. George died on April 4, 1951, on his eighty-first birthday.

George Albert Smith was selected president of the [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]]. Two years later, Smith became president of the church, May 21, 1945, at the age of seventy-five. President Smith gained international prominence as a scout, earning highest honors, the Silver Beaver, and the Silver Buffalo.  As President, he had a keen interest in identifying and marking historic sites. More than a hundred historic monuments and markers were erected. In 1937, he took the initiative in organizing the Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association. Smith both taught and lived the two great commandments to "love the Lord thy God" and to "love thy neighbour as thyself."  <ref>[http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/people/george_albert_smith.html George Albert Smith] Light Planet</ref> After World War II, the Church shipped 133 railroad carloads of food, clothing, and bedding, along with thousands of individual eleven-pound packages to war-torn [[Europe]]. His administration headed a delegation to the nation's capital to initiate plans to help Native Americans. President Smith revitalized missionary work. The number of missionaries rose to more than 5,000, and the number of wards and branches increased from 1,273 to 1,492, and stakes from 149 to 179. Some 200 new meetinghouses were built. New LDS hospitals were built and existing hospitals expanded. President Smith dedicated the Idaho Falls Temple. Smith met with [[United States]] President [[Harry S. Truman]]. President Smith was Time magazine’s “Man of the Year,” 21 July 1947. George died on April 4, 1951, on his eighty-first birthday.

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