Name: Faithful Handcart Children
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Description: President James E. Faust relates the account of Bodil Mortensen and James Kirkwood, children in the Willie Handcart Company who died while faithfully fulfilling their tasks.

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Doctrine and Covenants—Lesson 141-160

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Faithful Handcart Children

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The Great Apostasy

Doctrine and Covenants—Lesson 141-160 cover

President James E. Faust relates the account of Bodil Mortensen and James Kirkwood, children in the Willie Handcart Company who died while faithfully fulfilling their tasks.

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