Ensign

January 1989

Volume 19 Number 1

Contents

• Special Features

• First Presidency Message: The Order and Will of God
  President Gordon B. Hinckley

• Elder Richard G. Scott: “The Real Power Comes from the Lord”
  Marvin K. Gardner

• Teaching by the Spirit

• Preparing the Way: The Rise of Religious Freedom in New England
  Milton V. Backman, Jr.

• Prophecies in the Bible about Joseph Smith
  George A. Horton, Jr.

• The Restoration of Major Doctrines through Joseph Smith: The Godhead, Mankind, and the Creation
  Donald Q. Cannon, Larry E. Dahl, and John W. Welch

• What the Doctrine and Covenants Says about the Book of Mormon
  Kay P. Edwards

• Palmyra—Cradle of the Restoration

• The Knight Family: Ever Faithful to the Prophet
  William G. Hartley

• “I Am Not Any Longer to Be Alone”
  Susan Easton Black

• Saved by a Lemon Pie
  Barbara Dahle

• Regular Features

• Mormon Journal
  He Lost His Legs—But Not His Heart Birdie Strong
  The Alcoholic’s Daughter Erma Braack

• Handbook for Families: Teaching Children about Prayer

• The Visiting Teacher: Come unto Christ

• Portraits
  Georgie Read Barton: The Winter of Her Art Pene Horton
  Ralph McKay: Willing Hands Dora D. Flack

• Random Sampler
  See-and-Do Chores
  Kitchen-Table College
  Half an Hour to Sanity

• Speaking Today: Keeping the Gospel Simple
  Elder Glen L. Rudd

• News of the Church

[illustration, photos] On the cover: Portrait of the Prophet Joseph Smith by an unknown artist and items from the Joseph Smith portion of the “Presidents of the Church” exhibit at the Museum of Church History and Art.

Inside front cover: Martin Harris Home, by Al Rounds, 20″ by 28″, watercolor, 1986. Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ahlander.

Inside back cover: The Hill Cumorah, photography by Craig Dimond.