Ensign

December 1987

Volume 17 Number 12

Contents

• Special Features

• First Presidency Message: In Search of the Christmas Spirit
  President Thomas S. Monson

• The Beatitudes: Pattern for Coming unto Christ
  Elder Robert E. Wells

• Circle of Love
  Giles H. Florence, Jr.

• A Painful Way to Grow

• The Many Faces of Miami’s Saints
  Jim Gay

• Sharing the Wonder
  Elizabeth Shaw Smith

• It Takes Time
  Dee W. Hadley

• Time for Each Other

• Asking in Faith
  Beverly Huttinger

• “Open Carefully, So the Love Won’t Escape”
  Rex C. Stallings

• Seeing the Book of Revelation As a Book of Revelation
  Gerald N. Lund

• The Sister Nobody Knew
  Susie Andruk

• Regular Features

• Poetry
  His Gift Giles H. Florence, Jr.
  Soothing Waters H. Joan Owen

• I Have a Question
  The sources of Joseph Smith’s greatness Elder John A. Widtsoe
  Remembering Jesus Christ Doreen Woolley

• Handbook for Families: Making Your Home a Service Station

• Home Evenings: Family Night Celebrations
  Vernon and Barbara Sorensen

• Mormon Journal
  The Season’s Reasons Suzanne S. Dean
  The Year We Had No Gifts to Give Sandra Dilworth
  Twenty Dollars for a Paper Doll Norman D. Anderson

• The Visiting Teacher: Handling Problems with Wisdom and Dignity

• Research and Perspectives: Who Was the Pharaoh Who “Knew Not Joseph”?
  Nahum M. Sarna

• Portraits
  David Fewster: Sending a Clear Signal Bryan J. Grant
  Marilyn Romriell: Creativity Is Her Antidote Virginia B. Allen
  Ellis Tolman: A Scout for All Seasons Marilyn Nash Hull

• Random Sampler
  A Gift of Family Fun
  Grandma’s Christmas Busy Box
  Coupon Christmas

• News of the Church

[illustration] On the cover: Simeon Reverencing the Christ Child, by Greg Olsen, 26″ by 36″, oil on canvas, 1987.

[photo] Inside front cover: Annunciation to the Shepherds, by Del Parson, 28″ by 20″, oil on canvas, 1983.

[photo] Inside back cover: No Room at the Inn, by Robert T. Barrett, 36″ by 24″, oil on canvas, 1986.