Ensign

April 1992

Volume 22 Number 4

Contents

• Special Features

• First Presidency Message: The Meaning of Easter
  President Ezra Taft Benson

• Believing Christ
  Stephen E. Robinson

• The Measure of a Miracle
  Lois Lamb Reeder

• When Do the Angels Come?
  Bruce C. Hafen

• Helping Youth Follow the Spirit
  Brad Wilcox

• A Safe Haven
  Carol Jean Caulford

• A Social Worker’s Perspective
  Suzanne M. Timmerman

• Abinadi: Prophet and Martyr
  Robert J. Matthews

• Abinadi’s Teaching Style
  Renata W. Sukys

• Santa Clara Pottery of the Last Supper
  Carole Porter

• Testimonies from the Inner City
  LaRene Gaunt

• Reluctant to Marry
  Victor L. Brown, Jr.

• Seasons
  Lisa Passey Boynton

• No Palace Could Compete
  Marvin K. Gardner

• Regular Features

• Mormon Journal
  A Blanket of Peace Michele A. Parry
  “I’ve Been Waiting for You” H. Wells Meeks
  More Than a Trophy Vicki Lynn Renfroe
  The Crying Child Allan R. Doughty

• The Visiting Teacher: Sharing the Power of the Word

• Portraits
  Horsefly Heaven: Reed Pitcher Laurie Hirschi
  Civil Civics: Vespa Gough Fairbanks Velora Stuart Wells
  Peace in Each Piece: Ljerka Pleslic Bjelinski Ken Rogerson
  Seminarian: Felix Sequi Elizabeth VanDenBerghe
  Slam Dunk with Missionary Spunk: Stephen D. Trumbo Kit Poole

• I Have a Question
  Brigham Young and Joseph Smith’s first vision Milton V. Backman
  Meaning of the phrase “blood on one’s head or on one’s garment” Keith H. Meservy

• Research and Perspectives: Book of Mormon Update
  Democratic Government in Ancient America Kendall Stiles
  Silk and Linen in the Book of Mormon John L. Sorenson
  Book of Mormon References to Deity Charles D. Tate

• Speaking Today: “No Less Serviceable”
  President Howard W. Hunter

• Random Sampler
  Warm Fuzzy Love
  Pictures of Reverence
  Recreation on a Shoestring
  Beating the Scripture-Study Squeeze

• News of the Church