I have selected as a model . . . President Gordon B. Hinckley. Those invited by the First Presidency to speak at general conference are not assigned subjects.
Speakers pray for inspiration and prepare according to promptings they receive.
1 To take advantage of such an opportunity, we need more than a verbal incentive. I have selected as a model for my message President Gordon B. Hinckley. I hope he will pardon me. My motive in doing so is not one of adulation, but of emulation. We can draw upon his example in order to improve our own spiritual attributes.