“Contents,” Liahona, May 1999 Liahona May 1999 Volume 23, Number 5 Contents Features Comment First Presidency Message: Life’s ObligationsPresident Gordon B. Hinckley “We Count Them Happy Which Endure” Teaching and Learning by the SpiritElder Dallin H. Oaks Visiting Teaching Message: God Speaks to His Children through Personal Revelation The Blessing of ChastityVanessa Moodie Taiwan: Four Decades of FaithChristopher K. Bigelow Temple Blessings: On Earth and in Eternity Especially for Youth Walking in Faith: Youth Bear Witness of the Lord’s Goodness Mormon Message: Always Remember Him Discovering and Developing Your TalentsMarissa D. Thompson and Janna Nielsen The Temple-Going TypeTamara Leatham Bailey The Friend Sharing Time: “Follow Me”Sydney S. Reynolds For Little Friends: Michael HelpsVilo Westwood Sister Stratton’s MiracleDiane K. Cahoon Fun Page: Before and AfterShauna Mooney Kawasaki Fiction: Sara’s HobbyCheryl Fusco Sins of OmissionPresident James E. Faust Making Friends: Wallace Githehu of Nairobi, KenyaBarbara Jean Jones On the cover: Front: The CTR emblem, held high by Lai Kuan-wen, reflects a love of truth expressed by the Saints in Taiwan as they see the Church grow in their “beautiful island.” (Photograph by Christopher K. Bigelow.) Back: The Chinese character for love is symbolic of the feelings the Saints in Taiwan have for the Lord, for one another, and for the gospel of Jesus Christ. See “Taiwan: Four Decades of Faith,” page 28. Inside back cover: The Transfiguration, by Carl Heinrich Bloch. Courtesy of the National Historic Museum at Frederiksborg in Hillerød, Denmark.