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The simpleness, the sweetness, and the constancy of the tender mercies of the Lord will do much to fortify and protect us in the troubled times in which we do now and will yet live.
David A. Bednar
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David A. Bednar
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 15
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Oakland
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David Allan Bednar
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