Liahona

December 1996

Volume 20, Number 12

Contents

• Features

• First Presidency Message: Gratitude As a Saving Principle
  President James E. Faust

• Words of the Living Prophet
  President Gordon B. Hinckley

• Giving with Joy
  Elder Henry B. Eyring

• That “Unmanageable” Class!
  Naida Stephens Tims

• Thoughts on the Good Shepherd
  Homer S. Ellsworth

• “Joy to the World” from Bulgaria
  Beth Dayley

• The Christmas Coat

• Tithing Came First
  Osborne N. Smith

• Especially for Youth

• Papa’s Song
  Nettie Hunsaker

• Your Own Testimony
  Lisa M. Grover

• He Lives!

• Land of Fire and Ice
  Janet Thomas

• Departments

• Comment

• Visiting Teaching Message: The Rock of Our Redeemer

• The Friend

• Jesus Christ Appears to the Nephites

• A Christmas Message from the First Presidency to the Children of the World: Joy to the World

• Fiction: Christmas Box
  Jan M. Smith

• Friends in the News: We Love to Sing

• Song: When Joseph Went to Bethlehem
  Bessie Saunders Spencer and I. Reed Payne

• Sharing Time: The Gift of Obedience
  Karen Ashton

• Fun Page