President Benson constantly
bore witness of his love for, and the truthfulness of, the
Book of Mormon and persistently urged members of the Church
to read, share, and apply the messages of this
sacred scripture. [MUSIC PLAYING] I have a vision
of homes alerted, of classes alive,
and of pulpits aflame with the spirit of the
Book of Mormon messages. I have a vision of
thousands of missionaries going into the mission field
with hundreds of passages memorized from
the Book of Mormon so that they might feed the
need of a spiritually famished world. I have a vision of the whole
Church getting nearer to God by abiding by the precepts
of the Book of Mormon. Indeed, I have a vision
of flooding the earth with the Book of Mormon. I do not know how
fully and why God has preserved my life to this
age, but I do know this-- that for the present hour,
He has revealed to me the absolute need for us to move
the Book of Mormon forward, now and in a marvelous manner. God willing, I intend to
spend all my remaining days in that glorious effort.
