[MUSIC PLAYING] Ezra Taft Benson was the first child born to George T. Benson and Sarah Dunkley Benson of Whitney, Idaho. Even as a toddler, Ezra Taft, or T. as he was nicknamed, learned a love of earth and farming. A respect for God's rhythms and seasons and the work needed for a bountiful harvest were instilled in him from his early childhood. From the time he could walk, Ezra Taft Benson was his father's shadow. Together they rode horses, worked the fields of their farm, and tended animals. Learning the lessons of productive work at an early age, Ezra was only four years old when he drove a wagon team for the first time. With his father at his side, Ezra Taft Benson became expert in cultivating potatoes and sugar beets, herding cattle, expanding their home, and fixing machinery. Later, when George T. was called as bishop, Ezra T. and his brothers and sisters saw in their father's example the principles of stewardship, self-reliance, compassion for the poor and needy, and sacrifice. The lessons learned from a devoted father taught Ezra that sacrifice and hard work not only led to an abundant temporal harvest but a spiritual harvest as well.