New Era

July 1988

Volume 18, Number 7

Contents

• Feedback
  Letters to the editor.

• The Message: A Prophet’s Priorities
  Elder F. Burton Howard
  President Kimball put people, and their salvation, first.

• Mormonad: Share the Gospel Message Today

• Diary of a Would-be Minister
  Robin K. Beggs
  The Lord helped me find the best way to serve.

• In Memoriam: President Marion G. Romney—A Promise Fulfilled
  A tribute to a man who dedicated his life to Church service.

• The Light in the Shadow
  Laird Roberts
  How can you pay tithing when a year’s wages are stolen?

• Mormonisms

• Back to Hole-in-the-Rock
  Brian K. Kelly
  Youth retrace the rugged trek of their pioneer ancestors.

• Draw a Circle
  Janet Thomas
  The spirit of girls’ camp in Wisconsin surrounds everyone.

• The Red Coat
  Viva May Gammell Wilcox
  A 14-year-old’s sacrifice saves her pioneer company.

• If Anybody Wants to Listen
  Virginia H. Rollings
  Interview the celebrities in your family and get it on tape.

• FYI: For Your Information
  Going on a job hunt, caring with quilts, new callings, and more.

• Fiction: A Gift of Peaches
  Janet Spaeth
  As I said good-bye to Grandma, I said hello to a new understanding.

• Viva Vicenza
  Beth Dayley
  A ward in Italy features kids with a number of nationalities.

• Photo of the Month
  Jose C. Manalang

• Poetry
  Seeing Spots Alyson McCleve
  The Bottom Line Juli Davis

Cover: Journey through a wilderness of slick rock and sand with TeriLyn Stevenson and other friends from Blanding, Utah. See p. 20. (Photography by Brian K. Kelly.)