“Contents,” Ensign, Oct. 1987, 1 Ensign October 1987 Volume 17 Number 10 Contents Special Features First Presidency Message: There Must Be MessengersPresident Gordon B. Hinckley Suicide: Some Things We Know, and Some We Do NotElder M. Russell Ballard Discovering Gospel Riches in PortugalDon L. Searle Seeking the Spirit in MarriageTerrance D. Olson Parable of the LilacsGeri Walton Making Nauvoo Beautiful Again: Just What the Doctor OrderedMarvin K. Gardner “One Thing Needful”: Becoming Women of Greater Faith in ChristPatricia T. Holland Gregory J. Newell, United States Ambassador to Sweden: The Art of Family LifeKathleen Lubeck “Delivered by the Power of God”: The American Revolution and Nephi’s ProphecyJonathan A. Dibble Jewish Religious Education in the Meridian of TimeStephen and Shirley Smith Ricks Regular Features Mormon JournalOur Prayer Was Answered in the Want Ads Richard W. RustIsolated, But Not Alone Grace WrightA Smile Retrieved Florence Stewart Smith Handbook for Families: Teaching Children about Patriarchal Blessings The Visiting Teacher: Unmeasured Blessings and Sacred Responsibilities I Have a QuestionEvidences of Joseph Smith’s First Vision Elder Joseph Fielding Smith Speaking Today: Recent Events Involving Church History and Forged DocumentsElder Dallin H. Oaks News of the Church