“Contents,” Ensign, Dec. 1986, 1
Special Features
First Presidency Message: “The Field Is White Already to Harvest”President Gordon B. Hinckley
Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin: Finding Happiness Serving the LordDon L. Searle
The Divine Law of TithingBishop Robert D. Hales
Tithing Came FirstOsborne N. Smith
The New Testament—A Matchless Portrait of the SaviorElder Neal A. Maxwell
Joseph Smith and the New TestamentRobert L. Millet
The Land of Jesus, Part 1David H. Garner
“On the Morrow Come I into the World”—The Book of Mormon Christmas Story
Two Dimes and a Nickel Richard A. Robb
We Can Walk It OutSandra F. Jones
The Day of the New EditionJoy L. Young
Regular Features
Poetry: Dressed in WhiteRoger Bushman
Sharing The Things That Really Matter A Time of Enrichment Sharing the Season Year-Round Christmas Spirit
Mormon Journal A Picture-Perfect Christmas M. C. O’Bryant To Give and Give Again Rebecca Strand Russon The Horse That Saved Christmas Jane Brooking Flint Merry Thanks and Happy Respect Kelly Strong Thacker
Random Sampler A Stockingful of History The Gift of Tradition Our Christmas Tree Symbols
Handbook for Families: Talking with Your Children about Moral Purity
I Have a Question Displaying the gold plates Monte S. Nyman The weight of gold plates Roy W. Doxey
News of the Church
On the cover: Photography by Michael M. McConkie.
Inside front cover: The First Presidency, photography by Don Busath
The First Presidency: (left to right) President Gordon B. Hinckley, First Counselor; President Ezra Taft Benson; President Thomas S. Monson, Second Counselor.
Inside back cover: The Nativity, by Robert Barrett, 24″ by 36″, oil on canvas, 1986.