Liahona

April 1997

Volume 21, Number 4

Contents

• Features

• First Presidency Message: The Victory over Death
  President Gordon B. Hinckley

• “Oh, How Lovely Was the Morning!”: Joseph Smith’s First Prayer and the First Vision
  Elder Carlos E. Asay

• “God Be with You …”
  DeAnne Walker

• Indomitable Mary Ann
  Rex G. Jensen

• Winds of Gospel Change Reach Cape Verde
  Andrew Clark

• Beauty for Ashes: The Atonement of Jesus Christ
  Elder Bruce C. Hafen

• Especially for Youth

• Healing Spiritual Wounds
  Jeanette Waite Bennett

• Blueprint for a Successful Talk
  Darrin Lythgoe

• The Temple Marriage I Waited For
  Patricia E. McInnis

• Sharing the Book of Mormon
  Victor Camargo

• The Journey Home
  Jennifer Gantt Absher

• Departments

• Comment

• Visiting Teaching Message: Recognizing Truth

• The Friend

• Jesus Christ Teaches about the Sacrament and Prayer

• Fiction: Secret Week
  Jennifer Jensen

• Peace in Obedience
  Elder Rex D. Pinegar

• Easter Story
  Marita Schugk

• Sharing Time: Repentance—Turning from Wrong to Right
  Karen Ashton

• Fun Page

• Making Friends: Dan Ball of Jerusalem
  Jamie Macomber

• For Little Friends
  Feelings Pat Graham