“Contents,” Ensign, Feb. 1990, 1
Special Features
First Presidency Message: Pray Always President Ezra Taft Benson
So Many Kinds of MissionsGiles H. Florence, Jr.
Are You Honest To The Core?John C. Baldwin
When Mom Can’t Be Home—Making the Best of Second ChoicePresident Barbara W. Winder, Joy F. Evans, and Joanne B. Doxey
“We Prophesy of Christ”: The Law of Witnesses in 2 NephiBruce A. Van Orden
Lift Up Your Voice—and Sing!Camille G. West
Carol Bird: Teacher and FriendElder Marion D. Hanks
Coping Financially after My Husband’s DeathSheila Sorensen Olsen
Coming BackDon L. Searle
Soldiers Were My MissionariesKenneth D. Newman
The Abrahamic Covenant: A Blessing for All PeopleKent P. Jackson
The Exodus: Seeing It As a Test, a Testimony, and a TypeS. Kent Brown
Bernard Lefrandt: Dutch-Indonesian PioneerAlice Brewer Saily
A Hard Look at MyselfLyn Austin
Regular Features
Handbook for Families: Dealing with Stress and Discouragement
The Visiting Teacher: Remember Him through Keeping Covenants
I Have a Question Joseph Smith and skepticism Richard Bushman Church reading programs Josiah W. Douglas
Mormon Journal Tot Zeins—Till We Meet Eileen D. Telford In a Class by Herself Karen A. Anderson “Listen, Listen” Deborah Smoot Rummage-Sale Book of Mormon Janet Kruckenberg
Portraits Marvin Ezra Clark: His Many Hundreds Bruce B. Clark Hortense Beers: Waving Us On Kathleen F. Klomp Wilford E. Thatcher: Leaving His Mark
Random Sampler Chapter-a-Week Home Evening Now Hear This! Spice Up Your Rice Are You Financially Fit?
News of the Church
On the cover: Front—Couple missionaries Melvin and Jeneal Petersen with Ramiro Medina, president of the Amatitlan Branch in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Back—Melvin and Dorothy Burton recently returned from serving a one-year mission in Boston, Massachusetts.
Inside front cover: Abraham and Isaac, by William Whitaker, acrylic, 1986.
Inside back cover: Esau and Jacob Embracing, by Robert T. Barrett, 18″ x 24″, oil, 1986.