Ensign

January 1989

Volume 19 Number 1

Contents

• Special Features

• First Presidency Message: The Order and Will of God
  President Gordon B. Hinckley

• Elder Richard G. Scott: “The Real Power Comes from the Lord”
  Marvin K. Gardner

• Teaching by the Spirit

• Preparing the Way: The Rise of Religious Freedom in New England
  Milton V. Backman, Jr.

• Prophecies in the Bible about Joseph Smith
  George A. Horton, Jr.

• The Restoration of Major Doctrines through Joseph Smith: The Godhead, Mankind, and the Creation
  Donald Q. Cannon, Larry E. Dahl, and John W. Welch

• What the Doctrine and Covenants Says about the Book of Mormon
  Kay P. Edwards

• Palmyra—Cradle of the Restoration

• The Knight Family: Ever Faithful to the Prophet
  William G. Hartley

• “I Am Not Any Longer to Be Alone”
  Susan Easton Black

• Saved by a Lemon Pie
  Barbara Dahle

• Regular Features

• Mormon Journal
  He Lost His Legs—But Not His Heart Birdie Strong
  The Alcoholic’s Daughter Erma Braack

• Handbook for Families: Teaching Children about Prayer

• The Visiting Teacher: Come unto Christ

• Portraits
  Georgie Read Barton: The Winter of Her Art Pene Horton
  Ralph McKay: Willing Hands Dora D. Flack

• Random Sampler
  See-and-Do Chores
  Kitchen-Table College
  Half an Hour to Sanity

• Speaking Today: Keeping the Gospel Simple
  Elder Glen L. Rudd

• News of the Church