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This devotional address entitled The Sword of the Lord and of Gideon was given on September

26th of 1972 by Marian D. Hanks, then an assistant to the quorum of the 12 apostles of the

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Comparisons are not appropriate, and I make none, but that choir is certainly un-excelled.

I was kind of hoping that I could say the same as I mentioned to you what I heard from Jerry

Kramer, the professional football player.

He was talking about the man glued to his television set,

whose wife said being able to bear it no more.

Henry, you love football more than you love me.

And he said, yes, but I love you better than I love basketball.

I should make an explanation to a couple of puzzled young men

that I met on my way in here. Things are not always as they see.

For instance, I read from the Fayetteville, Arkansas Courier the other day, this interesting little news item,

that Thomas Brown, while fishing at Lee's Point, some time ago, lost his gold wedding ring.

Last week, fishing again at Lee's Point, while cleaning a fishy he caught there, his knife struck something solid.

It was his thumb.

The two young men who were on their way in here saw me getting into my car.

I said, you're too late, men, your watch must have stopped.

It's over.

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