Liahona

August 2005

Volume 29, Number 8

Contents

• For Adults

  • Using the Liahona

  • First Presidency Message: A Testimony Vibrant and True

    President Gordon B. Hinckley

  • A Consistent Prophetic Call

  • Strengthening the Family: Within the Bonds of Matrimony

  • Messages from the Doctrine and Covenants: Family History Changed My Life

    Elder Carlos A. Pérez

  • I Found It!

  • Fighting Internet Filth

    Mario Hipol

  • Visiting Teaching Message: Rejoice in an Understanding of the Purpose of Life

  • The Quorums of the Seventy

    Elder Earl C. Tingey

  • Doctrine and Covenants Times at a Glance, Chart 2: Sections 65–137

  • Latter-day Saint Voices

    • Unexpected Marriage Advice

      Bart Benson

    • I Felt Indescribable Joy

      Hildo Rosillo Flores

    • Twice Spared

      Pamela M. Moody

  • Comment

  • News of the Church

• For Youth

  • 599 Baptisms

    Wilson Arley Ocampo

  • Questions and Answers: Pornography Is Ruining My Life. What Can I Do?

  • The Place to Be

    Janet Thomas

  • Poster: Worth More Than Its Weight in Gold

  • Did You Know?

  • Time for Eternal Things

    Adam C. Olson

• The Friend: For Children

  • Come Listen to a Prophet’s Voice: The Canary with the Best Song

    President Thomas S. Monson

  • Sharing Time: The Gift of the Holy Ghost

    Margaret Lifferth

  • From the Life of President David O. McKay: Lessons from Dandy

  • Framing Jesus with Love

    Jane McBride Choate

  • The Power to Baptize and Confirm

  • Special Witness: Getting to Know Elder M. Russell Ballard

  • For Little Friends: Audrey Makes a Friend

    Lurley Noe

  • Making Friends: Hans Nieto of Guayaquil, Ecuador

    Marvin K. Gardner

On the cover: Front: Painting by Jeffrey Hein. Back: Photography by Welden C. Andersen, Craig Dimond, and Don O. Thorpe.

Inside back cover: Tell John I Died with My Face toward Zion, by Clark Kelley Price. May not be copied. James Steele shades the face of Mary Murray Murdoch, known lovingly as “Wee Granny.” Mary’s physical strength carried her only to Chimney Rock, Nebraska, but her spiritual strength was manifest in her request to have the Steeles tell her son John that she died facing Zion. That testimony still burns in the hearts of her posterity.