January 1991 Contents Ezra Taft Benson“Strengthen Thy Stakes” Kent P. JacksonThe Eternal Ministry of Christ Susan Easton BlackMary, His Mother Robert J. Matthews“There Is Not a Greater Prophet”: The Ministry of John the Baptist S. Michael WilcoxThe Beatitudes—Pathway to the Savior Joan B. GobleLearning to Love the New Testament Carole Garfield SeegmillerOur Family’s Tape-Recorded New Testament Brent A. Barlow“When All Have Spoken” Jay M. ToddThe Life of Christ: Painted by Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834–90) Daniel H. LudlowOf the House of Israel Mormon Journal LouDeene S. BarlockerThe Empty Chair Mary RallsPrayer and Popcorn Glenn ThomasA Light in the Blizzard Maxine Crossley“Thy Will Be Done” David K. WhitmerReturn to the Honeymoon Place Research and Perspectives More Valuable Than Gold LaRene GauntSecrets Woven in the Past Jeffrey C. JacobWhy Aren’t I Happy? Portraits Ultra-fit at Sixty Lila HansenHer Cycle of Care The Law of the Letter Random Sampler Getting into the (Wheat) Grind Susan C. Eliason“Dear Angela” (Corresponding with My Journal) The Mission of Relief Society News of the Church Debut of Prodigal Son Video Karen B. ThompsonSioux Falls: A Secret Treasure Church Opens Inn at Temple Square A Conversation about BYU Admissions Update: Names Extraction Totals Polynesians Win Hearts in China 1991 Pageant Schedule Temple Square Visitor Count Soars