God, as a loving Father, will stretch our souls at times. The soul is like a violin string: it makes music only when it is stretched. . . . God will tutor us by trying us because He loves us, not because of indifference!

C. From 1952 to 1956 he worked in Washington D. He was originally diagnosed with leukemia in 1996 eight years before his death.

Neal Ash Maxwell (July 6 1926 – July 21 2004) was an apostle and a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1981 until his death.