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George A. Smith's grandson and namesake, George Albert Smith, also became an apostle and later was the church's eighth president. Smith was the eighth official Church Historian and General Church Recorder of the LDS Church from 1854 to 1871. In 1873 he was appointed and sustained as Trustee-in-Trust for the church, an office he held until his ...
George Albert Smith Sr. (April 4, 1870 – April 4, 1951) was an American religious leader who served as the eighth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Early life
The first service in the new building was held in June 1949 and it was dedicated on October 2. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] By 1950, church membership had reached almost 250. The success of the Arlington church convinced All Souls minister Arthur Powell Davies to establish the Greater Washington Association for Unitarian Advance (later renamed the Greater ...
Smith's Chapel is a single-story wood frame post-and-beam chapel with clapboard siding and a gable roof on a fieldstone foundation. [2] It measures 40 by 48 feet (12 m × 15 m), with a hallway 8 feet (2.4 m) wide across the front, and a 40-by-40-foot (12 m × 12 m) sanctuary.
The Choir of St George’s Chapel – made up of 11 men, one woman and 13 boys – was conducted by James Vivian, director of music, and the organ was played by Luke Bond, assistant director of music.
Smith began working as a clerk in a general store near his home in Canada, rising to the position of manager, then going into partnership with his brother. [2] After arriving in Los Angeles, Smith began clerking in a small dry-goods store on North Main Street, A year later he bought a 160-acre (65 ha) ranch in Vernon, California, where he planted orange trees.
Over the centuries, St. George’s Chapel has been the site of many royal services, including confirmations, weddings, and funerals.The chapel was the venue for Prince William’s 1997 ...
It stands on the A283 road just south of the Surrey border, around 9 km north of Petworth. The village is believed to have taken its name from a church which was once a chapelry and was the north chapel of the Manor of Petworth, originally two separate words, North and Chapel.