Ensign

August 1998

Volume 28 Number 8

Contents

• First Presidency Message: The Faith of a Child
  President Thomas S. Monson

• “But We Heeded Them Not”
  Elder L. Aldin Porter

• Training from the Old Testament: Moroni’s Lessons for a Prophet
  W. Jeffrey Marsh

• “No More Strangers and Foreigners”
  Sue Campbell Clark and Robert Good

• A Father’s Influence
  Footballs and Fences Robert Ferrell
  Calmed by His Caring Diana Bateman Parker
  “Papa, Do You Know Who I Am?” Raymond L. Mayo

• “A Place to Grow”
  Lynette K. Allen

• “They Loved Me No Matter What”
  Rebecca M. Taylor

• Trapped!
  Mira G. Thatcher

• A Stitch in Time
  Petrea Kelly

• Good-bye, Italy—con Amore
  Mark M. Trunnell

• “If Any Man Offend Not”
  Denise Turner

• Speaking Today: By the Hands of His Prophets
  Elder L. Tom Perry

• Dating at Home
  Geok Lee Thong

• Mormon Journal
  I Invited Them In JennaVee Allgrunn
  “The Gospel’s True, Julio” Mac McIntire
  Blessed for Trying Christa M. Marsee
  “Slow Down!” Barbara Robinson
  Lost in a Thunderstorm Hartt Wixom

• The Visiting Teacher: “That Spirit Which Leadeth to Do Good”

• I Have a Question
  Making seminary attendance rewarding Kathleen Lubeck Peterson

• Bringing the Priesthood into My Home
  Cheryl A. Faust

• Portraits

• Random Sampler

• Speaking Today: Excerpts from Recent Addresses of President Gordon B. Hinckley

• Priesthood Perspectives

• News of the Church