“Contents,” Liahona, May 1997 Liahona May 1997 Volume 21, Number 5 Contents Features First Presidency Message: Profiles of FaithPresident Thomas S. Monson Spiritual Hazards of FaultfindingMark D. Chamberlain Would They Welcome Me Again?Aurelia S. Diezon “Help Me Help Ruth”Ruth Harris Swaner A Halfpenny and a PearlJerry Borrowman O Pioneers! A Sampling of Recent Artistic Tributes On an Ordinary ThursdayGabrielle Larose Pioneering in the AndesAllen Litster Especially for Youth Going Home on My MissionSree Devi Kommu Sharing the LoadJanet Thomas He Will Tell MeTerrie Lynn Bittner Questions and Answers Fine TuningLisa M. Grover Departments Comment Visiting Teaching Message: We May Know That He Is The Friend Friend to FriendRebecca M. Taylor and Elder Jeffrey R. Holland Sharing Time: Baptism—My First CovenantKaren Ashton The Spirit Gave Me CourageGbenga Onalaja Small Steps Down, a Big Step Up Fiction: New Day RisingRay Goldrup Fun Page Exploring: A House for the LordSherrie Johnson On the cover: Cover photography by Janet Thomas and Bryant Livingston. Front cover: Christian Tarjei Gylseth, 16, Oslo Third Ward, Oslo Norway Stake. Back cover: Norwegian priests and Laurels at youth conference. The scriptures teach us to bear “one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ” (Gal. 6:2). On top of a mountain in Norway, these teens learned that when they face challenges, it’s important to have friends to help. See “Sharing the Load,” page 10. Inside back cover: The End of Parley Street, by Glen S. Hopkinson. As mob violence forced the Saints to leave their homes in Nauvoo, they faced the first of many obstacles—the winter crossing of the Mississippi River.