Ensign

April 2005

Volume 35, Number 4

Contents

• First Presidency Message: The Symbol of Our Faith

  President Gordon B. Hinckley

• And in Thy Presence Rest

  Scott Swain

• The Light of Christ

  President Boyd K. Packer

• Being Thankworthy

  Geri Christensen

• Strengthening the Family: Multiply and Replenish the Earth

• Three Principles of Marriage

  Matthew O. Richardson

• The Wedding Reception

  Martha P. Taysom

• A Balanced Life

  Brent L. Top

• The Effective Elders Quorum

  Elder Dale E. Miller

• Thou Art the Man

  Mark Staker

• Celebrate!

  LaRene Porter Gaunt

• Integrity and Values: A Discussion with Elder Robert D. Hales

• Believing Is Seeing

  Don L. Searle

• Gospel Classics: Once or Twice in a Thousand Years

  Elder Bruce R. McConkie

• Visiting Teaching Message: Rejoice in the Restoration of the Priesthood and Priesthood Keys

• The Winds That Blow

  Jenna L. Staley

• Messages from the Doctrine and Covenants: The Three Degrees of Glory

  Elder B. Renato Maldonado

• Messages from the Doctrine and Covenants: The Holy Sabbath

  Elder C. Elmer Black

• Latter-day Saint Voices

• Random Sampler

• News of the Church

• Making the Most of This Issue

Front cover: Christ in the Land Bountiful, by Simon Dewey

Back cover: Christ Appearing in the Western Hemisphere, by Arnold Friberg

Inside front cover: How Beautiful Thy Temple, Lord, by Leon Parson. How beautiful thy temples, Lord! Each one a sacred shrine, Where faithful Saints, with one accord, Engage in work divine. How beautiful some aid to give To dear ones we call dead, But who indeed as spirits live; They’ve only gone ahead (Hymns, no. 288). (Idaho Falls Idaho Temple; painting may not be copied.)

Inside back cover: Behold the Man, by Simon Dewey. Courtesy of Altus Fine Art, American Fork, Utah; may not be copied