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This devotional address entitled, Power from Abrahamic Tests was given on October 12th of 1971

by Truman G. Madsen, then professor of philosophy and religion at BYU.

Oh, that I could speak the way Ralph Woodward's choruses sing.

Thank you.

You've heard no doubt of the hard-nosed politician who decided to attend the convention

of the opposite party, sat on the back row and was immediately asked if he would give the opening prayer.

He said, no.

I said, why? He said, well, in the first place, I'm not accustomed to praying for your party.

And in the second place, I don't want the Lord to know I'm here.

I'm in the opposite dilemma this morning.

I am accustomed to pray for those who face the exacting terror of this podium.

And I do want the Lord to know I'm here and in great need.

Though it has not been said, I have felt from many of you the expectation that I would

this morning report or relay something of the spirit of my recent visit to the Holy Land with a seasoned

veteran and disciple of Christ, Elder Hugh B. Brown. It now is expected that he will be here to speak for himself three weeks hence.

And I do not want, except perhaps to introduce my testimony that he has a message for you

that only he can deliver.

I do not want, I say, to encroach upon his calling.

It is in his heart to come.

It is in his doctor's wish that he not.

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