Ezra Taft Benson: A BiographyDeseret Book Company, 1987 - 565 Seiten Ezra Taft Benson (1899- ) was born in Whitney, Idaho to George Taft Benson, Jr. and Sarah Sophia Dunkley. He was the great-grandson of LDS Apostle Ezra T. Benson (1811-1869). During his active and impressive career, Benson has been a farmer, businessman, Secretary of Agriculture during the Eisenhower administration as well as a General Authority in the LDS Church. In 1943 Ezra Taft Benson was was called into the Quorum of Twelve Apostles by Heber J. Grant. At the death of Spencer W. Kimball in 1986, Ezra Taft Benson became the thirteenth President of the LDS Church. He and his wife, Flora Smith Amussen (1901-1992) were the parents of six children. |
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... Brethren spoke freely . To the young- est apostle , the meeting reinforced in him " the great adjust- ments required in the lives of each of the brethren . All bore strong testimony to the truth and humbly prayed for the power to do ...
... Brethren spoke freely . To the young- est apostle , the meeting reinforced in him " the great adjust- ments required in the lives of each of the brethren . All bore strong testimony to the truth and humbly prayed for the power to do ...
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... Brethren one by one , then turned to Flora . Tears filled their eyes as they held each other for a final moment . Then he was gone . " It was most difficult to tell my sweet and ever loyal wife good - bye , " he wrote in his journal ...
... Brethren one by one , then turned to Flora . Tears filled their eyes as they held each other for a final moment . Then he was gone . " It was most difficult to tell my sweet and ever loyal wife good - bye , " he wrote in his journal ...
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... Brethren in order to be popu- lar with their students . You were not hired to entertain students . " He explained that to teach , for example , that " Joseph Smith received the vision on the three degrees of glory . . . as he grappled ...
... Brethren in order to be popu- lar with their students . You were not hired to entertain students . " He explained that to teach , for example , that " Joseph Smith received the vision on the three degrees of glory . . . as he grappled ...
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Pedigree Chart | 93 |
Calm in the Crucible | 282 |
Respect Comes the Hard | 313 |
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