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The gospel in every tongue

Published: Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 | Read story
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In earlier days of missionary training, elders are drilled in the fundamentals of the language they are learning. (Image courtesy of the Church History Library)
Image courtesy of the Church History Library
In earlier days of missionary training, elders are drilled in the fundamentals of the language they are learning.
Pre-mission instruction for missionaries has roots going back to the School of the Prophets organized by the Prophet Joseph Smith in Kirtland, Ohio, in 1832 (see Doctrine and Covenants 88:78-81).