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25 years ago
President Henry D. Moyle, first counselor in the First Presidency, was eulogized as a "remarkable man, true and generous friend, beloved associate and leader" at funeral services Sept. 21, 1963, it was reported in the Sept. 28 issue of the Church News.President Moyle died in his sleep Sept. 18 while visiting a Church-owned cattle ranch near Orlando, Fla.
The funeral, held in the Tabernacle on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, included remarks by Church President David O. McKay.
Quotes from the past
"I am fully satisfied that we are the happiest people upon the face of the earth, and it has been brought about by our union and by our faith in God." - Elder Ezra T. Benson in a discourse delivered April 6, 1863, in the Bowery in Salth Lake City.
Question of the week
After Oliver Cowdery and Joseph Smith, who was the next person to be baptized into the Church?
The prophet's younger brother, Samuel H. Smith
Source: History of the Church of FJesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, B.H. Roberts, Deseret Book Co., Salt Lake City: 1953, p. 44.
