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Sincere prayer implies that when we ask for any virtue or blessing, we should work for the blessing and cultivate the virtue.

David O. McKay

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David O. McKay
Age: 96 †
Born: 1873
Born: September 8
Died: 1970
Died: January 18
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Huntsville
Utah
David Oman McKay
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