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Just as He had done with David, Samuel, and Joseph of the Old Testament, God took an innocent, unlearned boy, one still unsullied by the world and pliable to His divine will, and molded and shaped him into His chosen prophet.

M. Russell Ballard

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M. Russell Ballard
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: October 8
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Salt Lake City
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