New Era

December 1985

Volume 15, Number 12

Contents

• Departments

• Feedback

• The Message: How Rare a Possession—the Scriptures
  President Spencer W. Kimball

• Called to Serve

• In Tune: Learn Wisdom in Thy Youth
  Brent N. Jorgensen

• Mormonad

• Puzzlement: Search the Scriptures …

• FYI: For Your Information

• Mormonisms

• Photo of the Month
  Wm. Floyd Holdman

• Feature Articles

• The Voice of the Lord
  Excerpts from the fireside “Using the Scriptures” broadcast March 10, 1985.

• My Other Companions
  Sandra Stallings

• Above the Clouds
  Richard M. Romney

• O Holy Night

• Thank-you Notes
  Lynn Hartsell

• President Spencer W. Kimball

• Fiction and Poetry

• And When the Night Came
  Jack Weyland

• Starry Nights
  Linda Hoffman Kimball

Cover: Especially at Christmas, it’s time to bask in the warm light of the scriptures. And throughout this issue, you’ll discover ways to make that warmth last all year long. (Photo by Michael Schoenfeld.)