The Lord Needed a Prophet Author:Susan Arrington Madsen Examines the lives of the prophets of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. How much do you really know about the presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? Here's a quiz full of interesting tidbits on those fifteen men. Each question refers to a different president of the Church. — a. Wh... more »o fell from a fruit tree, caught his leg, and, while hanging upside down waiting to be rescued, was strung by a wasp? b. Who got a bald eagle to patrol his garden? c. Who eventually married the girl whose braids he tied to a tree? d. Who was presumed dead from drowning in the ocean but was finally revived after mouth-to-mouth resuscitation?
e. Who once slept on a bed so full of bedbugs that in the morning the bed was spotted with blood from the bites? f. Who made such good artificial flies that he once caught two fish together on one of his handmade flies? g. Who walked with a limp from the time he was seven years old? h. Who taught at a school where some of the students were older than he was?
i. Who played guard on one university's first-ever football team? j. Who carried a bullet lodged in his left leg until the day he died? k. Who let his head be shaved when the Boy Scouts under his leadership voted to go on a hike with shaved heads? l. Who lived on poi, sweet potatoes, and chili peppers on his mission.? m. Who won a pair of buckskin gloves in a contest to see who would be first to read the Book of Mormon? n. Who skipped school for a day when he was in seventh grade? o. Who fell and broke three of his ribs while giving a talk and still finished the talk?
The Lord Needed a Prophet, by Susan Arrington Madsen, tells the fascinating life stories of the presidents of the Church. We often think of the prophets as larger than life. But they, like us, were children once. And teenagers. And young adults, middle-aged people, and senior citizens. Designed particularly for younger readers, the biographies in The Lord Needed a Prophet give a sense of why the Lord chose these men to restore and guide his church in our era. « less