Ensign

April 1987

Volume 17 Number 4

Contents

• Special Features

• First Presidency Message: Lost Battalions
  President Thomas S. Monson

• “This Day Is This Scripture Fulfilled”
  Keith Meservy

• A Reflection on the Atonement’s Healing Power
  Edwin W. Aldous

• Giving Spiritual Nourishment to the Less Active: A Panel Discussion

• Faith with a Southern Accent
  Giles H. Florence, Jr.

• Belmont’s Blessing in Disguise
  Janet Peterson

• The Process of Prayer
  Joanne B. Doxey

• The Faith to Obey
  Sandra Stallings

• Cardston—Harvesting a Pioneer Heritage
  Don L. Searle

• Happiness along the Way
  Mildred Barthel

• Singles and Marrieds—Together in the Faith
  Kathleen Lubeck

• Dan Jones, Welshman: Taking the Gospel Home
  Ronald D. Dennis

• Regular Features

• I Have a Question
  Oliver Cowdery’s testimony Richard Lloyd Anderson

• Poetry
  Reflections on a Sunday Spring Evening Robert M. Donaldson
  A Mother’s Reflection Sybil W. Luke
  For Kerri Lynn Betty A. Harvey

• Handbook for Families: Teaching Children about Temple Marriage

• Home Evenings
  A New Ring for Home Evening Leonora Cannon
  Seriously Now … Bertha Sawyer

• Mormon Journal
  “… And Please Bless My Fingers” Betsy Haglund Nagel
  Brother Ed Warren C. Propes
  Grandma’s Blessing Kirk F. Hazen
  Comfort from Beyond the Veil Owen C. Bennion

• Research and Perspectives: Nephi and the Exodus

• Portraits
  Ann Sward Hansen: Service Is Her Role Heidi A. Waldrop
  Dennis Flake: Leaving Life “in the Lord’s Hands” Bob Cazier

• The Visiting Teacher: Homemaking: An Opportunity for Every Woman

• Random Sampler
  Family History, Warts and All
  Go Fly a Kite
  Pool Gardening

• News of the Church