Ensign

April 1986

Volume 16 Number 4

Contents

• Special Features

• First Presidency Message: The Continuing Pursuit of Truth
  President Gordon B. Hinckley

• Reflections on the Sacrament Prayers
  John S. Tanner

• Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee
  Todd A. Britsch

• President Marion G. Romney, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
  Marvin K. Gardner

• President Howard W. Hunter, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
  Don L. Searle

• A Daily Spoonful of Love
  H. Joyce Vuyk

• Dwan J. Young: Primarily Devoted to Children
  Janet Peterson

• Guillermo
  Renon Klossner Hulet

• “When in Doubt, Don’t Throw It Out!”: Helping Your Family Records Survive
  William G. Hartley

• Learning to Love the Old Testament
  Mary Hazen Johnston

• A Call to the Nursery
  Jane B. Nelson

• Lessons in Love
  Karen Ann Anderson

• Regular Features

• Handbook for Families: Teaching Children to Share the Gospel

• Poetry
  Illustrated Lecture Carol Poelman Feltch
  Knowledge Dayton Conway
  “I Wish I Knew” Susan Bangart
  Leader Kathy Gailey Stephens

• I Have a Question
  Eternal Hell for the Wicked H. Donl Peterson
  Works and Salvation Robert E. Parsons
  Topical Guide George A. Horton, Jr.

• Mormon Journal
  An Instrument in His Hand A. Dean Byrd
  Learning to Listen Rhonda McNeil
  It’s a Small Church Nhat T. Dang

• Discovery: Views of Kirtland, 1900

• Sharing

• Random Sampler
  Home Storage—How to Begin
  For Reluctant Relatives—A Family History Questionnaire
  What to Do with “Old Brown”

• Mirthright

• Speaking Today: Investing for Eternity
  Elder John H. Groberg

• Comment

• News of the Church

On the cover: “The Resurrected Christ Blesses the Nephite Children, 3 Nephi 17:21–25,” by Robert Barrett, 20″ by 30″, oil, 1986.

Inside front cover: “Without Any Ire,” by Nancy Glazier, 36″ by 50″, oil on linen, 1984. Courtesy of Harold and Ruth Silver.

Inside back cover: The Hawaii Temple. In 1865, the Church purchased land in Laie, on the island of Oahu. A temple was begun in October 1915 and dedicated by President Heber J. Grant on 27 November 1919.