2049. Celebrating the 99th Birthday of President Russell M. Nelson By Savoring His Teachings By Scot Facer Proctor in Meridian Magazine · September 10, 2023
Celebrating the 99th Birthday of President Russell M. Nelson By Savoring His Teachings By Scot Facer Proctor · September 10, 2023 Photography by Scot Facer Proctor Many years ago, a little girl walked up to the venerable President David O. McKay when he was in his nineties, looked up into his face and said very emphatically, “You’re going to die!” Without skipping a beat, he quipped back very decisively to her saying, “No, statistics show that very few people die in their nineties!” We can say the same about our beloved prophet, President Russell M. Nelson: Statistics are in your favor! Happy birthday to you, President. We love you. We honor you. We sustain you as a prophet of God. We ever pray for thee, our prophet dear, That God will give to thee comfort and cheer; As the advancing years furrow thy brow, Still may the light within shine bright as now, Still may the light within shine bright as now. I have carefully studied, restudied, pondered about and marked up not only Presi