January 1988
Contents
Poetry
The Nurturing
Muriel Jenkins Heal
Let Us Not Wait
Audrey Megerian
The Book of Mormon Is the Word of God
Ezra Taft Benson
A New Prophet and a New Scripture: The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon
Kenneth W. Godfrey
How Rare a Possession
Richard Tice
“I Will Not Burn the Book!”
Vincenzo di Francesca
Jerusalem at the Time of Lehi and Jeremiah
Keith H. Meservy
The Plates of Brass: A Witness of Christ
Robert L. Millet
Sorrow and Joy: What We Can Learn from Lehi
Keith K. Hill
Warring against the Saints of God
Stephen E. Robinson
A Book about God’s Love
Lenet Read
Home Evenings
Positively Speaking
Kenneth A. Smith
I Have a Question
How long did it take Joseph Smith to translate the Book of Mormon?
John W. Welch
What is the relationship of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the non-Christian religions of the world?
R. Lanier Britsch
Mormon Journal
Don’t Cry for Craig
Ann Gray
“Get Off the Tracks!”
Wendy R. Rudder
Broke, Broken, and Out of Work
Susan H. Aylworth
Even Though He’s Gone
Kay Lindsay
Family Business
Sharon Ballif
Teaching Children about Forgiveness
Treasure Hunt
Kathy Clayton
Portraits
Richard Cowan: Man of Uncommon Vision
Cynthia M. Gardner
Glen L. Taggart: Educator with a Global View
Nanette Larsen
The Magnificence of Man
Russell M. Nelson
“Charity Suffereth Long, and Is Kind”
Random Sampler
Germs in the Church Nursery and Other Scary Stories
Glen C. Griffin
The $5 Challenge
Cora Hill Arnold
Mom’s Night at the “Genny”
Faye B. Woolley
Charting Our New Year’s Resolutions
Fred D. Howard
News of the Church
Elder Franklin D. Richards Eulogized
President Benson Recovering from Mild Heart Attack
President Howard W. Hunter Honored by Scottish Clan
Temple Engineers Meet in Seminar
Church Museum Announces Winners in Churchwide Art Competition
A Conversation about the Church Employment System
Clarence Bishop
Policies and Announcements
LDS Scene
Appointments
The Church Reaches Black Township in South Africa
Update: Circulation of Church Magazines
“Poetry,” Ensign, Jan. 1988