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Sometimes we go so focused on bringing people to the meetinghouse that we forget we are supposed to be bringing them to Christ.

M. Russell Ballard

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