You belong to a church that teaches the importance of education. Hinckleyġ The Lord wants us to educate ourselves so we can progress individually and contribute to society. “Seek learning, even by study and also by faith” ( D&C 88:118). We believe in eternal progression and that this life is a part of eternity to be profitably lived until the very end.” 3 “… Why am I telling you of an old man and the wall on which he sat? I am telling you because I think it has a lesson for each of us. He never ceased to learn, and as he sat on the wall he thought deeply of what he had read the night before. … He had his books with the precious treasures they contained of the thoughts of great men and women of all the ages of time. “I think he grew old gracefully and wonderfully. “I discovered that when he sat on the wall, hours at a time on a warm day, he would reflect on the things he had read from his library. Almost to the time he died, just short of the age of 94, he read and wrote and contemplated the knowledge that had come to him. He was a great reader with a wonderful library. And now he was retired, and he sat on the wall. He served as a mission president and in many other capacities. He presided over the largest stake in the Church with more than 15,000 members. With a little prompting he would talk of his life. … When we went to visit him, I would sit at his side. Whenever the weather was good he would sit on the wall, an old hat on his head to shade his eyes from the summer sun. It had a rock wall about two feet high separating one level from another. The yard of his home included lawns and shrubs and trees. He had an orchard around him and enjoyed giving away the fruit. He lived in a rather simple but comfortable home in a rural area. “When he was about the age that I am now, he was fully retired.
He related the following account of how his father, Bryant S. In his lifelong efforts to learn and improve himself, President Hinckley followed the example of his parents. He can draw upon what he knows to make prudent decisions.” 2
Maxwell, also of the Quorum of the Twelve, said: “What makes President Hinckley unique is that he remembers what he has read and distills that which he wishes to retain. When he spends an evening at dinner with someone, he leaves knowing something about that individual’s expertise.” Elder Neal A. Hales of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles observed: “I have never met an individual who can become so well informed through reading and through contact with people. President Hinckley’s fellow servants in Church leadership marveled at his gift for accumulating knowledge and applying it in his work. … From my point of view, learning is both a practical matter and a spiritual one.” 1 Indeed, I believe in and have vigorously supported, throughout my life, the pursuit of education-for myself and for others. “I relish any opportunity to acquire knowledge.
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