Ensign

April 1989

Volume 19 Number 4

Inside front cover: The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. (Photography by Jed A. Clark.) A recent photograph of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Front row, from left: President Howard W. Hunter, Elder Boyd K. Packer, Elder Marvin J. Ashton, Elder L. Tom Perry. Back row, from left: Elder David B. Haight, Elder James E. Faust, Elder Neal A. Maxwell, Elder Russell M. Nelson, Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Elder M. Russell Ballard, Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin, Elder Richard G. Scott.

Inside back cover: The First Quorum of the Seventy. (Photography by Jed A. Clark.) Above is a recent photograph of the First Quorum of the Seventy; identification is from left to right. Seated, first row: Elder Joseph Anderson and the Presidency of the First Quorum of the Seventy, Elders Dean L. Larsen, Marion D. Hanks, Wm. Grant Bangerter, Robert L. Backman, Hugh W. Pinnock, James M. Paramore, J. Richard Clarke. Second row: Elders Sterling W. Sill, Theodore M. Burton, Angel Abrea, John Sonnenberg, Alexander B. Morrison, Helio R. Camargo, Francis M. Gibbons, Robert E. Sackley, Hans B. Ringger, George P. Lee, John R. Lasater, John K. Carmack, William R. Bradford, Glen L. Rudd, Robert B. Harbertson, Robert L. Simpson, Charles Didier, Keith W. Wilcox. Third row: Elders Paul H. Dunn, Ronald E. Poelman, H. Burke Peterson, Russell C. Taylor, Spencer H. Osborn, Jack H. Goaslind, Adney Y. Komatsu, Devere Harris, J. Thomas Fyans, Derek A. Cuthbert, Victor L. Brown, Waldo P. Call, L. Lionel Kendrick, Gerald E. Melchin, Ted E. Brewerton, Douglas H. Smith, Douglas J. Martin, Hartman Rector, Jr., Albert Choules, Jr., John H. Groberg. Fourth row: Elders Vaughn J. Featherstone, Rex D. Pinegar, Rex C. Reeve, Gardner H. Russell, Gene R. Cook, Philip T. Sonntag, George I. Cannon, L. Aldin Porter, F. Enzio Busche, Carlos E. Asay, Jacob de Jager, Loren C. Dunn, F. Arthur Kay, F. Burton Howard, George R. Hill III, Royden G. Derrick, Lynn A. Sorensen, H. Verlan Andersen, Lloyd P. George, Monte J. Brough, Robert E. Wells. Not pictured: Elders Yoshihiko Kikuchi, Bernard P. Brockbank, John H. Vandenberg.

Contents

• Special Features

• First Presidency Message: “Be Not Faithless”
  President Gordon B. Hinckley

• “You Have Heard My Voice”
  Clark V. Johnson

• Peace Amidst War
  Robert K. Hillman

• What I’ve Learned about Grace Since Coming Down from the Sycomore Tree
  Colin B. Douglas

• The Call of the Mild
  Martha Macfarlane Wiser

• Have I Received an Answer from the Spirit?
  Jay E. Jensen

• A Warning from Kirtland
  Milton V. Backman, Jr.

• On Death and Dying
  William M. Timmins

• Minerva Kohlhepp Teichert: With a Bold Brush
  Jan Underwood Pinborough

• Young Women of Value
  Kathleen Lubeck

• Tin Can Patches and Salty Toothpaste
  Brenda Taylor Peterson

• Crawfish Tails, Possum, and Other Missionary Delights
  James R. Christianson

• Alone, but Not Lonely
  Helene Ringger

• A Time to Heal
  Lynn Clark Scott

• Everyday Courage
  Ron Woods

• Regular Features

• I Have a Question: Prophecies about Joseph Smith in the Book of Mormon
  Richard Wadsworth

• Mormon Journal
  He Beckoned Me John Frazer
  I Filled Her Mission Chad Reeves
  Primary Care Valerie F. Bagwell

• Portraits
  Vera Hilton: Perennial Bloomer Lorraine Jeffrey
  Ronald M. Pike: Micro-Chemist, Macro-Saint Gretchen P. Mourtgos
  Eric and Noni Thomas: 100 Percenters! Roi and Aileen Walker

• Random Sampler
  Cousins’ Camp
  The “No-Haircut” Haircut
  Baby’s First Newspaper
  Color-Coded Clothing
  Hooked on Home Evening

• The Visiting Teacher: “Feed My Sheep”

• Sharing
  “1. Be Nice To Dan”
  I Can’t Give Up!
  Gone Too Soon
  Out My Kitchen Window

• News of the Church

On the cover: Peter’s Denial, by Carl Heinrich Bloch. Original at the Chapel of Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark. Used by permission of the Frederiksborgmuseum.