Ensign

February 1987

Volume 17 Number 2

Contents

• Special Features

• First Presidency Message: Valiant in the Testimony of Jesus
  President Ezra Taft Benson

• Ezekiel’s Sticks and the Gathering of Israel
  Keith Meservy

• Links in the Chain of Good
  Giles H. Florence, Jr.

• What’s Family Home Evening for, Anyway?

• Parables of Mercy
  Richard Lloyd Anderson

• Drawn Out in Prayer Continually
  James T. Duke

• Gospel Seeds in Scottish Soil
  Breck England

• “I Want a Dad Too!”
  Kay S. Wesley

• Sand and Sea and the Gospel Net: Art of Clark Kelley Price

• A Look at Popular Romance Fiction (Confessions of an English Teacher)
  Marilyn Arnold

• How to Unite a Step-family
  Jeffry H. Larson

• Jim and Mary Morgan—Building a “Super” Marriage
  Virginia M. de Hart

• Baboe Kit’s Gift
  Kitty de Ruyter and Kathie Johnston Brough

• Regular Features

• Mormon Journal
  The Music Worked Magic Susan Arrington Hill
  They Expected Last Rites Richard L. Emery
  In His Father’s Shoes Lorna Barnhart Burnett

• Handbook for Families: Teaching Children about Friends and Friendship

• The Visiting Teacher: The Pursuit of Learning: A Lifelong Process

• Portraits
  Trevor Beatson: A Policeman at the Pulpit Mervyn Dykes
  Miriam Giron: Still a Missionary in Guatemala Don L. Searle
  Dorothy Varney: Seasons of Success Robert McGraw

• Random Sampler
  Christopher Stories
  Scripture Study While You Wait
  Making a Family Archive
  “What Do We Need at the Store?”

• Speaking Today: Criticism
  Elder Dallin H. Oaks

• News of the Church