“Contents,” Liahona, June 1997 Liahona June 1997 Volume 21, Number 6 Contents Features First Presidency Message: “The Spirit Giveth Life”President Thomas S. Monson A Village Photographer’s DreamNelson Wadsworth When He Spoke about God, I UnderstoodNatalya Vladimirovna Leonova “In His Own Language”Kai A. Andersen Iceland—The Saga ContinuesDeAnne Walker My Dream Came TrueMaría Rósinkarsdóttir, as told to DeAnne Walker Especially for Youth Personal Revelation: The Gift, the Test, and the PromisePresident Boyd K. Packer Looking Past Hurt FeelingsSusan Ternyey MeadowlarksR. Val Johnson The Power Is RealPeter Pomart Fifty Years of FaithHonza Tomsa Departments Comment Visiting Teaching Message: Wisdom through Obedience Words of the Living Prophet The Friend Jesus Christ Teaches and Prays with the Nephites The Wise Man and the Foolish Man Making Friends: Kristian Nefi and Ernawati Suharto of Yogyakarta, IndonesiaMiles T. Tuason Sharing Time: Choosing the Right through Study and PrayerKaren Ashton Exploring: Persecutions in MissouriSherrie Johnson Fun Page Fiction: The RaceDonna Gamache On the cover: Front: The Sacred Grove near Palmyra, New York, 1907. Back, from top: Manti Temple under construction in Manti, Utah, 1886; Ether Blanchard’s farm, Mapleton, Utah, 1902. Born 30 years after the Church was organized, George Edward Anderson created a remarkable legacy for all Latter-day Saints when he photographically documented Church historical sites and pioneer lifestyles. See “A Village Photographer’s Dream, page 16. (Cover photography by George Edward Anderson.) Inside back cover: Photograph by George Edward Anderson. Children of L. Christian Otteson take turns milking the family cow in Huntington, Utah, 1898.