Ensign

March 2005

Volume 35, Number 3

Contents

• First Presidency Message: A Testimony of Christ

  President James E. Faust

• The Day the Lamb Was Sold

  Julie A. Masters

• Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf: On to New Horizons

  Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

• Elder David A. Bednar: Going Forward in the Strength of the Lord

  Elder Henry B. Eyring

• Messages from the Doctrine and Covenants: A Testimony of Missionary Work

  Elder David J. Barnett

• The Priests Quorum

• A Priest Up to the Challenge

  Michael Chipman

• Disagreeing without Being Disagreeable

  Joanna Stephenson Price

• “We Wanted to Come to Zion”

  Fred E. Woods

• A Good-Enough Gift

  Laurie Williams Sowby

• Father Figures outside My Family

  Tracy N. Tippetts

• The Saints of Colombia: An Example of Strength

  Marvin K. Gardner

• My Shattered Dreams

  Nikki Sue Clark

• Why Relief Society?

  Jane McBride Choate

• Now Let Us Rejoice

• Visiting Teaching Message: Rejoice in the Organization of Relief Society

• My Stay-at-Home Education

  Katherine Padilla

• The Things of My Soul

  Christy Williams

• Messages from the Doctrine and Covenants: Seek Ye Earnestly the Best Gifts

  Elder Mervyn B. Arnold

• All Your Losses

  Eric P. Shields

• Random Sampler

• News of the Church

• Making the Most of This Issue

On the cover: Photography by Marvin K. Gardner

Inside front cover: Quilting Bee, by Lynde Mott. May not be copied. This 1830s quilting bee in Kirtland, Ohio, features two sets of sisters: on the left are Sophronia and Catherine Smith and on the right are Mary and Mercy Fielding. Emma Smith is standing behind Elizabeth Ann Whitney, in the center. They are finishing up a traditional rose of Sharon appliqué quilt pattern for Mercy, who is soon to be married.

Inside back cover: Tender Moments, by Keith Mallett. May not be copied. “Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, to teach them to love and serve one another, to observe the commandments of God and to be law-abiding citizens wherever they live” (“The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” Liahona, Oct. 2004, 49; Ensign, Nov. 1995, 102).