Ensign

July 1986

Volume 16 Number 7

Contents

• Special Features

• First Presidency Message: A Voice of Warning
  President Ezra Taft Benson

• Elder Marvin J. Ashton: Friend to Prisoners and Prophets
  Breck England

• The Softening of the Heart
  Giles H. Florence, Jr.

• The Peaceful Life through Reconciliation: Five Stories from the Old Testament
  Keith Meservy

• What Nephi Teaches about Overcoming Discouragement
  Elizabeth K. Ryser

• Sidney B. Sperry: Student of the Book of Mormon
  Ellis T. Rasmussen

• “El Doctor”: Ernest LeRoy Hatch
  LaVon B. Whetten

• Pioneer Life Revisited

• After the Sacrifice, a Twofold Blessing
  Mary Ann Young

• Hidden Benefits of Keeping a History
  Gawain and Gayle J. Wells

• Finding Marital Unity through the Scriptures
  Spencer J. Condie

• Regular Features

• Poetry
  About Differences Emma Lou Thayne
  The Gift Mildred Barthel
  Marriage Gail Christensen

• I Have a Question
  Overcoming Boredom in Repetitious Tasks Karen Lynn Davidson
  Christ’s Church Organization Robert J. Woodford
  Enduring to the End Gordon M. Thomas

• Mormon Journal
  “Someone Is Waiting” Esther Eldredge Decker
  A Book Different from Any Other Harriet Rosser Kirkland

• Handbook for Families: Honoring Parents—and Being Honorable Parents

• Sharing

• Portraits
  Chris Daniels: Self-Reliant with the Lord’s Help Lisa Severns
  Dennis J. Nordfelt: Looking at the Law As a Highway Patrolman Douglas A. Tullis

• Random Sampler
  Elf Nights
  Canning with Dots
  24 Ways to Find Time for a Journal
  Song for Obedience
  Remember When?

• Speaking Today: It’s a Two-Way Street
  Elder Wm. Grant Bangetter

• News of the Church