“Contents,” Ensign, July 1990, 1
Special Features
First Presidency Message: A City upon a HillPresident Gordon B. Hinckley
Religion in Public LifeElder Dallin H. Oaks
Keeping Track of the Lord’s SheepFloyd A. Hill
Names, Not NumbersChristopher C. H. Wills
The Atonement of Jesus Christ, Part 1Hugh W. Nibley
Doing Temple Work at HomeRichard Tice
A Covenant RestoredLaRene Gaunt
Elijah: Champion of Israel’s GodJohn A. Tvedtnes
Writing and Music Contests 1990 Writing and Music Contest Winners Rules for the 1991 Contests
Our Tree of Life (1990 Life-Style Article Contest Winner)Elaine Shaw Sorensen
1990 Eliza R. Snow Poetry Contest Winners St. Matthew on a Midsummer Night Dawn Baker Brimley When the Elect, Not Hearing Lynette K. Allen First Frost Wilma M. Rich
Kubendra and RajShirleen Meek
Regular Features
Handbook for Families: Improving Family Talk
Mormon Journal What Fire Alarm? Carol Spendlove My Weapon against Smoking Chris Larsen “Golden Rule” Prayer Dixie M. Lyman “Your Son Has a Brain Tumor” Louis Principe
The Visiting Teacher: Remember Him through Prayer
Portraits Mark M. Jennings: First Captain and Brothers’ Keeper Hoterene Mau: Back to the Fold and Now a Shepherd Tina Dil Robert Dowling: Expressing Love With Chocolate Anne C. Bradshaw Connie Rae Matheson: Four Million Salmon Call Her Mama
Random Sampler Our Family Is Coordinated Baby Home Evening
News of the Church
On the cover: Items and artifacts from the Museum of Church History and Art’s new permanent exhibit, “A Covenant Restored.” Photography by Craig Dimond (front) and Ron Read (back).
Inside front cover: First Avenue View of the Temple, by Al Rounds, 30 1/2″ by 22″, watercolor, 1989. Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Taylor.
Inside back cover: Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream, by Robert T. Barrett, 14″ x 17″, oil, 1986.