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This devotional address entitled Another Testament of Jesus Christ

was given on June 6th of 1993 by Dallin H. Oaks,

then a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

My brothers and sisters, I am pleased to be with you this evening.

I express my gratitude for the beautiful music that has been performed and for the prayers

offered in our behalf. I am glad that this telecast is being transmitted by satellite to many locations.

I love these occasions when the future leaders and mothers and fathers of the church gather for worship and learning.

This evening I will speak about a subject of immense importance. Because of my earlier

responsibilities, I have given many talks from this pulpit at BYU. Yet I have no hesitancy in saying

that this message is the most important I have ever given here. I speak to you as one of that small group who have been very close to President Ezra Taff Benson

during all of the seven and one-half years he has served as our prophet president.

I have been part of virtually every occasion when he and his counselors have met with the Council of the Twelve Apostles,

and I have been present on every occasion when he has instructed the general authorities.

I have read all of the books he has written and studied the written text of all of the talks he has given as President of the Church.

From that vantage point, I will speak about what all of us understand to be his central message

as President of the Church.

I refer to why we are encouraged to study and re-study the Book of Mormon.

President Benson's administration as President of the Church has been punctuated by his repeated and fervent pleas for all of us to study the Book of Mormon on a daily basis for the rest of our lives. For example, in his conference address to the members of the church in the solemn assembly

where he was sustained as president of the church, he said, quote,

The Lord inspired his servant Lorenzo Snow to reemphasize the principle of tithing to redeem the church from financial bondage.

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