2001

September 2001

  • Contents

  • Contents

  • Follow the Prophet

    M. Russell Ballard

  • Pure Testimony

    Joseph B. Wirthlin

  • Contest Winners: Sharing a Gift

  • Maybe I Will Be There

    Cynthia Mrazek Pyne and Melissa Henrie Spencer

  • Q&A: Questions and Answers

  • New Era Poster

  • Satan’s Bag of Snipes

    Richard C. Edgley

  • Selected Photos, Art, and Poetry: See What They’ve Done

    • Missouri River Crossing

      Kara Dixon

    • End of a Season

      Melina Gottling

    • Lamentation of Moroni

      Kara Dixon

    • Lessons from Wisconsin

      Sara Israelsen

    • Visiting Nauvoo

      Jennifer Rose

    • Music

      Adrianne Thomas

    • Saints of God

      Matthew G. Wright

    • Words of Wisdom

      Brenda Williams

  • Ray Roundup

    Jane Forsgren

  • Idea List: Why Bother with Seminary?

    Darrin Lythgoe

  • My Terrible, Horrible Day

    Brenda Williams

  • Erica’s Song

    Jane Forsgren

  • Of All Things

  • Beauty Tips

    Sheralee Bills

  • No Big Deal?

    J. Richard Clarke

  • Reader’s Guide

  • We’ve Got Mail

  • We, the Youth in Zion’s Army

    Benjamin Salisbury

Words of Wisdom


“Words of Wisdom,” New Era, Sept. 2001, 29

Words of Wisdom

by Brenda Williams

I marvel

that throughout the centuries

of great poets,

sages, authors, philosophers,

kings,

the wisest words

ever spoken by man

came from the lips

of a humble

carpenter.

Art by Lauren Dickerson

Photos by Emily Lim