“Contents,” Ensign, Sept. 1999, 1 Ensign September 1999 Volume 29 Number 9 Contents First Presidency Message: The Quest for Excellence President Gordon B. Hinckley Personal RevelationElder L. Lionel Kendrick Becoming Our Children’s Greatest Teachers Ronald L. Knighton What an Eight-Year-Old Taught Me Rebecca Johnson New Light on Paul’s Teachings Richard D. Draper “Have Faith and Abide with Me” Lorin John Hamilton The Church Grows in Strength William G. Hartley Images of an Era: Gaining Strength A Look at the Church: 1898–1951 Ah Mu: Generous Samoan Saint Rebecca M. Taylor When a Loved One Struggles with Same-Sex Attraction A. Dean Byrd Why Write It? Brad Wilcox Poetry I Have a Question Why we are encouraged to limit sacrament meeting musical selections to hymns or hymnlike selections Daniel L. Carter What the gospel of Jesus Christ teaches about self-fulfillment Timothy B. Smith Mormon Journal Downhill toward Disaster Brent W. Case Struggling to Say “I’m Sorry” Name Withheld Would We Have a Child Who Lived? Erika Heymann Not Enough for My Mission Patricia A. Mitchiner How Could He Pray for a Bicycle? Andrea Burger James Portraits The Visiting Teacher: Turning to the Savior in Adversity Random Sampler News of the Church