Liahona

September 1997

Volume 21, Number 9

Contents

• Features

• First Presidency Message: Tears, Trials, Trust, Testimony
  President Thomas S. Monson

• A Divine Partnership
  S. Michael Wilcox

• Czech Saints: A Brighter Day
  Kahlile Mehr

• Jirí and Olga Snederfler: A Closer Look at Two Czech Pioneers
  Marvin K. Gardner

• Temple Square

• Especially for Youth

• Serious Questions, Serious Answers
  Elder Richard G. Scott

• Mormon Message: Learn Wisdom in Thy Youth

• A Mission to the World
  Maryann Martindale and Jennifer Gantt Absher

• Departments

• Comment

• Visiting Teaching Message: The Gift of Prophecy

• Words of the Living Prophet

• The Friend

• Exploring: Temple in Nauvoo
  Sherrie Johnson

• When Jesus Christ Was Baptized
  Jeanne P. Lawler

• Friend to Friend
  Rebecca M. Taylor and Elder Robert D. Hales

• Sharing Time: What Does Jesus Christ Want Me to Do?
  Karen Ashton

• Fiction: Picking Mushrooms
  Olga Bulgakova-Petrenko

• Fun Page

• Making Friends: Lukás Kroutil of Prague, Czech Republic
  Corliss Clayton