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Motherhood Is Not What Was Left Over After Our Father Blessed His Sons With Priesthood Ordination. It Was The Most Ennobling Endowment He Could Give His Daughters, A Sacred Trust That Gave Women An Unparalleled Role In Helping His Children Keep Their Second Estate. As President J. Reuben Clark Jr. Declared, Motherhood Is ‘as Divinely Called, As Eternally Important In Its Place As The Priesthood Itself.’

-Sheri L. Dew

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Sheri L. Dew

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Motherhood Is Not What Was Left Over After Our Father Blessed His Sons With Priesthood Ordination. It Was The Most Ennobling Endowment He Could Give His Daughters, A Sacred Trust That Gave Women An Unparalleled Role In Helping His Children Keep Their Second Estate. As President J. Reuben Clark Jr. Declared, Motherhood Is ‘as Divinely Called, As Eternally Important In Its Place As The Priesthood Itself.’

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