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Obedience to the law of chastity will increase our happiness in mortality and make possible our progress in eternity.

David A. Bednar

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David A. Bednar
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 15
Priest
University Teacher
Oakland
California
David Allan Bednar
Eternity
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