Ensign

December 1985

Volume 15 Number 12

Contents

• Special Features

• President Ezra Taft Benson Ordained Thirteenth President of the Church
  Don L. Searle

• Spencer, the Beloved: Leader-Servant
  Elder Neal A. Maxwell

• The Gospel of Love

• Tributes and Messages of Appreciation

• The Words of a Prophet

• The Resolve of Obedience

• Spencer W. Kimball: A Star of the First Magnitude
  President Ezra Taft Benson

• A Prophet of Love
  Barbara B. Smith

• A Kind and Loving Father
  Andrew E. Kimball

• He Went about Doing Good
  D. Arthur Haycock

• Spencer W. Kimball: Man of Faith
  Elder Russell M. Nelson

• He Is at Peace
  Elder Gordon B. Hinckley

• First Presidency Message: Feasting upon the Scriptures
  President Gordon B. Hinckley

• “Come, Learn of Me”
  Elder Thomas S. Monson

• Using the New Scriptures
  Elder Boyd K. Packer

• Come: Hear the Voice of the Lord
  Elder Bruce R. McConkie

• Thoughts on the Good Shepherd
  Homer S. Ellsworth

• Regular Features

• I Have a Question
  The priesthood and the knowledge of God (D&C 84:19–22) Melvin J. Petersen

• Sharing

• Mormon Journal
  “You’re the Future of the World” Jerry Borrowman
  From the Ward, with Love Janet Farley Richardson

• Random Sampler
  Bag It This Christmas
  Keeping Children’s Histories Up to Date
  What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?

• News of the Church