“Contents,” Ensign, Sept. 1986, 1 Ensign September 1986 Volume 16 Number 9 Contents Special Features First Presidency Message: Guiding Principles of Personal and Family WelfarePresident Thomas S. Monson “Make Us Thy True Undershepherds”President Howard W. Hunter Elder David B. Haight: Joy in Lifting OthersElder Ronald E. Poelman A Message to My Granddaughters: Becoming “Great Women”Elder James E. Faust An Anchor to Family SecurityGiles H. Florence, Jr. The LDS “Greeks”: Lambda Delta Sigma and Sigma Gamma ChiLaura Lee Smith Ancient Israel under SiegeDavid H. Garner Saints in South Africa: Their Good Hope Is in ChristMarjorie E. Woods They Twain Shall Be One: Thoughts on Intimacy in MarriageBrent A. Barlow Nebuchadnezzar or Nabonidus? Mistaken Identities in the Book of DanielJohn A. Tvedtnes Aerobics of the HeartEileen Gibbons Kump Regular Features PoetryThe Sacrament Ina Jespersen HobsonThe Lesson of Lazarus Denise Tucker Mormon JournalA Special Baby, a Dream Fulfilled Geri WaltonPrayer and the Parish Register Dawn Jean DorsettCharlie Eileen D. Telford I Have a QuestionAnswering questions about the Church Steve F. GillilandThe use of tobacco James Mason Random SamplerHomework TimeDealing with PMSScrapbook of Family Fun Speaking Today: Spiritual GiftsElder Dallin H. Oaks Comment News of the Church On the Cover: Photography by Marty Mayo. Inside front cover: The Los Angeles Temple, by Al Rounds, 22″ by 28″, watercolor, 1986. Courtesy of Elder and Sister John K. Carmack. President David O. McKay dedicated the Los Angeles Temple 11 March 1956, four and one-half years after ground was broken. The temple sits atop a hill, and its spire, topped by a figure of the angel Moroni, towers 257 feet, visible to ships twenty-five miles at sea. Inside back cover: The Family Album, by Gayle Harris Stratford, 24″ by 30″, charcoal, 1984. Courtesy of Eldon and Phyllis Smart.