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Service is an imperative for those who worship Jesus Christ and a covenant obligation of those who belong to his Church.
Dallin H. Oaks
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Dallin H. Oaks
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: August 12
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When all other hope is gone, our Father in Heaven provides the Lamb of God, and we are saved by his sacrifice.
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