August 1988 Contents Gordon B. Hinckley“With All Thy Getting Get Understanding” Theodore M. BurtonThe Meaning of Repentance Isaac C. FergusonFreely Given Richard Lloyd AndersonThe First Presidency of the Early Church: Their Lives and Epistles The Greatest Test a Marriage Can Have Judy Jewkes DalPonteSinging a New Song I Have a Question Michael D. RhodesWhy do Latter-day Saints believe that Jesus Christ was Jehovah of the Old Testament? Stephen D. RicksCan you explain the use of verb tenses in prophecy? Donald B. DotyWhy is the Book of Mormon the “most correct of any book on earth”? Giles H. Florence Jr.Active Again Ricks College Centennial Rex A. SkidmoreGetting Older, Getting Better Linda S. StokesFinding My Choctaw Ancestors Jeanette Schiess and Karen FisherDon’t Call Me Sister Schiess! Ralph E. SwissThe Tame and Wild Olive Trees—An Allegory of Our Savior’s Love Poetry Jean Chapin SeifertCoins Denise TuckerOrchestrated Emotion LaRene GauntSeasons Iris W. SchowEternal Units of Measure Research and Perspectives Gail Geo. HolmesThe LDS Legacy in Southwestern Iowa Preparing Children for Their Community Roles “Charity Thinketh No Evil” Brenda Bloxham HuntThe “Perfect Day” Challenge Shirley HaycockHello, You’re Our New Home Teachers Mormon Journal Anna Margrethe Krogh ThomsenThe Missing Book Walter M. Horne“You’re under Arrest” Elaine VaughnNever Again Diana HudsonI Felt Their Prayers Louise PlummerThoughts of a Grasshopper Random Sampler Roger M. SmedleyWhat’s in the Safe? Jonna D. Fife“Grandpa, Tell Me about the Olden Days” Kathryn JonesAnniversaries—Home Style Judith M. PallerSoap in a Sock News of the Church Fireside Marks 159 Years Since Priesthood Was Restored First Stake in Western Africa Formed LDS Afro-American Symposium Elder Howard W. Hunter—Now President of the Quorum of the Twelve Temple Sites Acquired in Utah and Colombia Hill Cumorah Pageant Gets New Look for 1988 Church to Renovate Carthage Jail Site Museum Displays Work of Mormon Artist Minerva Teichert Samoan Stamp Honors First LDS Missionaries LDS Scene