“Contents,” Ensign, Aug. 1988, 1 Ensign August 1988 Volume 18 Number 8 Contents Special Features First Presidency Message: “With All Thy Getting Get Understanding”President Gordon B. Hinckley The Meaning of RepentanceElder Theodore M. Burton Freely GivenIsaac C. Ferguson The First Presidency of the Early Church: Their Lives and EpistlesRichard Lloyd Anderson The Greatest Test a Marriage Can HaveName Withheld Singing a New SongJudy Jewkes DalPonte Active AgainGiles H. Florence, Jr. Ricks College Centennial Getting Older, Getting BetterRex A. Skidmore Finding My Choctaw AncestorsLinda S. Stokes Don’t Call Me Sister Schiess!Jeanette Schiess and Karen Fisher The Tame and Wild Olive Trees—An Allegory of Our Savior’s LoveRalph E. Swiss The “Perfect Day” ChallengeBrenda Bloxham Hunt Hello, You’re Our New Home TeachersShirley Haycock Thoughts of a GrasshopperLouise Plummer Regular Features I Have a QuestionJesus Christ as Jehovah Michael D. RhodesPast, present, and future in prophecy Stephen D. RicksThe Book of Mormon: “The most correct book” Donald B. Doty PoetryCoins Jean Chapin SeifertEternal Units of Measure Iris W. SchowSeasons LaRene GauntOrchestrated Emotion Denise Tucker Research and Perspectives: The LDS Legacy in Southwestern IowaGail Geo. Holmes Handbook for Families: Preparing Children for Their Community Roles The Visiting Teacher: “Charity Thinketh No Evil” Mormon JournalThe Missing Book Anna Margrethe Krogh Thomsen“You’re under Arrest” Walter M. HorneNever Again Elaine VaughnI Felt Their Prayers Diana Hudson Random SamplerWhat’s in the Safe? “Grandpa, Tell Me about the Olden Days”Anniversaries—Home StyleSoap in a Sock News of the Church On the cover: Farmers in Niger harvest millet from a field sheltered by rows of trees. The tree windbreaks—part of a reforestation project sponsored by CARE and partially funded through Church members’ donations—has helped farmers stabilize erosion and increase agricultural production by as much as 30 percent. Photo courtesy of CARE. Inside front cover: St. George, by Al Rounds, 27″ by 46″, watercolor, 1987. Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Chamberlain. St. George about 1877, shortly after the temple was dedicated. Inside back cover: Benbow Farm and Pond, by Frank Magelby, 36″ by 48″, oil, 1987. Selected for the 1987 Church Fine Arts Competition Show. Elder Wilford Woodruff was directed to this farm in Castle Frome, Herefordshire, on 4 March 1840. There he met John Benbow, an influential member of the United Brethren, who was baptized and then, with others, helped convert entire congregations of his church. Hundreds of those converts were baptized in this pond on his farm, which has changed little in the ensuing 150 years.