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“It just appalls me to see the Latter-day Saints who shop on…

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Quote by Gordon B. Hinckley

Gordon B. Hinckley

“It just appalls me to see the Latter-day Saints who shop on Sunday. I cannot understand how they can go in the face of the direct word of the Lord that ‘thou shalt keep the Sabbath day holy.’ Shopping is not a part of keeping the Sabbath day holy, my brothers and sisters.”

Source: regional conference in South Jordan, Utah, March 2, 1997. Church News, March 8, 1997, p. 4

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