Quotemeal: Aug. 18th, 2008

Monday, August 18, 2008

"Unless we do his teachings, we do not demonstrate faith in him."
— Ezra Taft Benson

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Illustration of Ezra Taft Benson — "Unless we do his teachings, we do not demonstrate faith in him."

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