In testimony meeting this past week, our Young Men president told us about conversations he had with a couple of nonmember colleagues who live in other states.

His colleague from Georgia mentioned a Mormon who belonged to his hunt club. Naturally, in Georgia one hears all kinds of things about Mormons — most especially the old canard that we aren't Christians.

But that wasn't the colleague's experience. "He's the most Christian man in the group."

Another friend told him about a Mormon young man who was one of the strongest players on his son's baseball team. "This Mormon boy announced from the start that he wasn't going to take part in any Sunday games. When we made the playoffs, sure enough, along came a Sunday game. And he didn't play.

"We lost," the friend said, "but we had great respect for this young Mormon who stuck by his principles."

Now, some Mormons might get a little sidetracked by these stories.

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