On the cover: Front, Landing of Columbus at the Island of Guanahani, West Indies, 12 October 1492, by John Vanderlyn, oil on canvas, 12′ x 18′, 1847. Courtesy of the Architect of the Capitol, National Graphics Center. Back inset, Nephi Writing on the Gold Plates, by Paul Mann, oil on canvas, 20″ x 30″, 1988.
Inside front cover: The Promise, by Al Rounds, watercolor, 40″ x 54″, 1990. Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Al Rounds. In the early 1900s the Church owned a 6,000-acre plantation that became the site of the Hawaii Temple. The temple, dedicated on 27 November 1919, is shown as it would have appeared at that time.
Inside back cover: Two by Two, by Diane E. Turner, oil on canvas, 22″ x 28″, 1991. From the Second International Art Competition, Museum of Church History and Art.