“Contents,” Ensign, Apr. 1996, 1 Ensign April 1996 Volume 26 Number 4 Contents First Presidency Message: The Gift of the Holy Ghost—A Sure CompassPresident James E. Faust A Practical, Everyday GuideNathalie Mower “Tell Me Some Stories of Jesus”Enid O. Ellis Joseph Smith’s Testimony of the First VisionRichard L. Anderson The ChoiceMary Beatty Duncan The Path That Leads to ChristElder C. Max Caldwell A Square Peg in a Round Hole?Glenna Lee Lewis Shepherding in Mississippi’s Jackson StakeKellene Ricks Adams The Visiting Teacher: Our Daily Bread Teaching Our Children to Love the ProphetsElder Neil L. Andersen I Have a QuestionMeaning of self-reliance Lauradene LindseyBecoming “born again” C. Richard Chidester Determined to Walk AgainJudy C. Olsen Sharings Nourishing Mind and SoulDeborah Eldredge Milne Mormon JournalNathan’s Jawbone Juliann Johnson BradshawThe Ceramic Jar Roberto TorresStill Enough to ListenSeventeen Tries Genée FranceMission Now—Or Later? Edith B. TolleyExactly Fifty Dollars Hazel Pike Portraits Random Sampler Speaking Today: Excerpts from Recent Addresses of President Gordon B. Hinckley News of the Church On the cover: Jesus Christ Visits the Americas, by John Scott, oil on canvas, 47″ x 122″, 1969. Inside front cover: The Bountiful Utah Temple, by Roger A. Cushing, watercolor, 20″ x 28″, 1995. Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Cushing. Located on the eastern bench above the city of Bountiful, Utah, this temple was dedicated by President Howard W. Hunter. Twenty-eight dedicatory sessions took place from 8 January to 14 January 1995. Inside back cover: Family Reunion, by Lucille P. Booth, oil on canvas, 24″ x 36″, 1987. Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. J. Garth Payne. “The strength of the nations lies in the homes of the people. God is the designer of the family. He intended that the greatest of happiness, the most satisfying aspects of life, the deepest joys should come in our associations together and our concerns one for another as fathers and mothers and children” (President Gordon B. Hinckley, Ensign, May 1991, p. 74).