Ensign

September 1972

Volume 2 Number 9

Contents

• Special Features

• First Presidency Message: My Love for the People of Mexico and Central America
  President Marion G. Romney

• Progress and Potential: The Church in Mexico and Central America
  Harold Brown

• “Los Mormones”
  Jay M. Todd

• In the Vineyards of the Lord

• Mormons in Mexico: The First 96 Years
  Gerry R. Flake

• Mormon Colonies: Beacon Light in Mexico
  E. LeRoy Hatch

• How the Scriptures Came to Be Translated into Spanish
  Eduardo Balderas

• Northward to Mesa
  Eduardo Balderas

• Church Education in Mexico
  Paul James Toscano

• The Church in Central America
  Terrence L. Hansen

• Monuments of Vanished Peoples
  Paul Cheesman

• Ancient Temples: What Do They Signify?
  Hugh Nibley

• John Lloyd Stephens and the Mayas
  James S. Packer

• Fiesta Foods
  Jeanne Larson and Leanor J. Brown

• The Enchantment of Mexico
  Leanor J. Brown

• What Is a Lamanite?
  Harold Brown

• Keeping Physically Fit
  Clarence F. Robison

• Chaplains Report on Latter-day Saints in the Service

• John the Baptist: A Burning and a Shining Light
  Robert J. Matthews

• Some Candid Questions for Home Teachers
  V. C. Frame

• Forgetting Those Things Which Are Behind
  Kenneth L. Higbee

• Night of Disaster in Rapid City
  Herbert F. Murray

• Regular Features

• Pointers for Parents: How to Motivate Family Discussions

• Our Readers Write

• News of the Church

• Policies and Programs

• After All

[map] On the cover: The Church in Mexico and Central America

Inside front cover: “And the influence of the Spirit penetrated my being, beauty cultivated my soul: Greatness was moulded in me.

“Truth ruled silently, step by step, during my growth. And I became a man.

“Oh, Lord, guide my path, guide my love; I want to come to thy side a workmanship of perfection.”
Bishop Adolfo Avalos, Arbolillo Sixth Ward, Mexico City North Stake