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“The form of worship is frequently an outward compliance without the true…

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Quote by David O. McKay

David O. McKay

“The form of worship is frequently an outward compliance without the true soul acknowledgment of its deep spiritual significance… In the partaking of the sacrament, there is danger of people’s permitting formality to supersede spirituality.”

Source: Gospel Ideals (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1953), 71.

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