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Mark 8:36; “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”

Kimball Conference Report, April 1974, p. 187; “I don’t know if you receive them, but every week, every mail, I receive two or three or a dozen applications for charity, from all over the world saying: “Please send us money to help these poor people that are starving and homeless.”

Now then our work should go to our own people first, of course, and I have recently made up my mind. I just throw them into a pile and think, Well, there is another $5.00 that could go to the fast offerings… … “Bishops, don’t let yourselves be imposed upon.”

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flowers-cartoon-8The Visiting Teaching Message for October focused on Jesus’ divine attributes of charity and love.

At least that’s what the headlines said, but as is always the case in Mormonism, now for the rest of the story!

This month’s lesson told women that by understanding the Savior’s attributes, they’ll be able to increase their faith and bless others around them.

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