Ensign

October 1988

Volume 18 Number 10

Contents

• Special Features

• First Presidency Message: “Can There Any Good Thing Come Out of Nazareth?”
  President Thomas S. Monson

• Whither the Early Church?
  S. Kent Brown

• Sparkling Clean Christian Service
  Connie Wilcox

• Taking the Gospel to Their Own People
  Marvin K. Gardner

• A Treasury from the East: What We Can Learn from Chinese Genealogy
  Anthony W. Ferguson and Warrick H. Chin

• Had She Been Forgotten?
  Myron F. Andrews

• Back to the Fold
  Steve Hawkins

• Chiasmus in Mayan Texts
  Allen J. Christenson

• We Wanted Natalie to Live
  E. Widtsoe Shumway

• Harvesting the Light: The 1890 Paris Art Mission
  Giles H. Florence, Jr.

• Dad Left Room for the Cello
  Dorothy L. Nielsen

• Bert and Amanda’s Hawaiian Brand of Love
  JoAnn Jolley

• Shall I Marry Again?
  Marilyn Whipple

• “Hello … BYU Helpline”
  Dora D. Flack

• Regular Features

• I Have a Question
  Maintaining standards at youth activities Shauna Shields Erickson
  Reading fantasy and science fiction Steven C. Walker

• Mormon Journal
  The Book of Mormon Was My Answer Dorothy S. Roberts
  “You’re Doing the Right Thing” Julie Hauwiller
  The Three-Block Marathon Sharon Wistisen
  Look After My Loved Ones D. Brent Anderson
  The Lost Watch Bill Alston

• The Visiting Teacher: “Charity … Endureth All Things”

• Handbook for Families: Teaching Children to Use Agency Wisely

• Portraits
  Lorraine Manderscheid: Stone-Ground Faith Rita W. Happy
  Norval Harwood: The Cheerful Mr. Bus Giles H. Florence, Jr.
  Duane Zobrist: Commerce with Integrity Mary M. Harris

• Random Sampler
  When Mom Needs Help
  Reverence Cards
  Keeping Your Mission Language Alive
  Getting the Word from Dad

• Speaking Today: Priesthood Restoration President Gordon B. Hinckley

• Comment

• News of the Church

On the front cover: Haying Time, by Lorus Pratt, 30 5/8″ by 48 5/8″, oil on canvas, 1894. Courtesy of Utah State History Museum, Utah State Historical Society.

On the back cover: Winter, by John Hafen, 16″ by 24″, oil on canvas, 1902. Courtesy of the Museum of Church History and Art.

Inside front cover: The Iron Rod, by Jeff Martin, 18″ by 24″, pastel, 1986. Selected for the 1987 Church Fine Arts Competition show.

Inside back cover: The Return, by David Hoeft, 117″ by 34″, oil on canvas, 1987.