“Contents,” Ensign, Feb. 1987, 1
Special Features
First Presidency Message: Valiant in the Testimony of JesusPresident Ezra Taft Benson
Ezekiel’s Sticks and the Gathering of IsraelKeith Meservy
Links in the Chain of GoodGiles H. Florence, Jr.
What’s Family Home Evening for, Anyway?
Parables of MercyRichard Lloyd Anderson
Drawn Out in Prayer ContinuallyJames T. Duke
Gospel Seeds in Scottish SoilBreck England
“I Want a Dad Too!”Kay S. Wesley
Sand and Sea and the Gospel Net: Art of Clark Kelley Price
A Look at Popular Romance Fiction (Confessions of an English Teacher)Marilyn Arnold
How to Unite a Step-familyJeffry H. Larson
Jim and Mary Morgan—Building a “Super” MarriageVirginia M. de Hart
Baboe Kit’s GiftKitty de Ruyter and Kathie Johnston Brough
Regular Features
Mormon Journal The Music Worked Magic Susan Arrington Hill They Expected Last Rites Richard L. Emery In His Father’s Shoes Lorna Barnhart Burnett
Handbook for Families: Teaching Children about Friends and Friendship
The Visiting Teacher: The Pursuit of Learning: A Lifelong Process
Portraits Trevor Beatson: A Policeman at the Pulpit Mervyn Dykes Miriam Giron: Still a Missionary in Guatemala Don L. Searle Dorothy Varney: Seasons of Success Robert McGraw
Random Sampler Christopher Stories Scripture Study While You Wait Making a Family Archive “What Do We Need at the Store?”
Speaking Today: CriticismElder Dallin H. Oaks
News of the Church
On the cover: Illustrated by Robert Barrett.
Inside front cover: The Manti Temple, by Al Rounds, 24″ by 34″, watercolor, 1986. Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Stephens. The Manti Temple is located on a hill overlooking Utah’s Sanpete Valley, 120 miles south of Salt Lake City. The building’s exterior is cream-colored oolite limestone obtained from quarries in the hill upon which the temple is built.
Inside back cover: They Thrust Him Out of the City, by Harry Anderson. © Pacific Press Publishing Association, used by permission.