Sis Griffin gave this lesson this Sunday. Since we are learning from Joseph Fielding Smith all year from our manual she spotlighted this life. There are 32 pages at the beginning of the manual that talks about his history. She focused on his family, the people who he came from that taught and influenced who he became - especially the women in this life.
A wonderful quote about him from the manual says this,
"President
Joseph Fielding Smith “used three great words that I can never forget,”
recalled President Gordon B. Hinckley. Those words were “true and
faithful.” President Hinckley said, “In his public addresses, in his
private conversation, in his prayers to the Lord, he pleaded that we
might be true and faithful.”
President Thomas S. Monson shared a similar memory: “Even in his
advanced years, [he] always prayed, ‘May we be true and faithful to the
end."
“True
and faithful.” For President Joseph Fielding Smith, this was more than
an often-repeated phrase. It was a heartfelt expression of his hope for
all people. It was also a description of his life, from his childhood
through his service as President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."
