“The great test of life is obedience to God.

“The great task of life is to learn the will of the Lord and then do it.

“The great commandment of life is, ‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength’ ” (Mark 12:30).

With these stirring words, President Ezra Taft Benson opened the first general session of April conference 1988