August 1981
Contents
Trusting the Lord’s Promise
N. Eldon Tanner
Poetry
At a Roadside Table
Alda L. Brown
Missionary
Donnell Hunter
“We Hope They Call Us on a Mission!”
Jacob de Jager
Couples to Go
Vaughn J. Featherstone
The Christ-Centered Life
Neal A. Maxwell
“No Respecter of Persons”
David Hanna and Steven Ostler
Keeping the Marriage Covenant
Discovering My Icelanders
Clark T. Thorstenson
I Have a Question
Does the Church provide materials for handicapped members?
Goldie Despain
Why would the Lord have given retributive law to the children of Israel?
Ermel J. Morton
How did the pioneer “odometer” work?
Norman E. Wright
Family Fun—on a Shoestring
Miles Bachman
Steinway in the Stairway
Clayne Robison
Sharing
Singing a Prayer
Linnea Ketcher
My Crochet Thread
Beatrice S. Hodson
Learning the Simple Truths
Patti Jean Angus
She Gave Me Her Handkerchief
Carolyn Joyner Freebairn
“I Have Work Enough to Do” (Don’t I?)
Karen Lynn
We Adopted Some Grandparents
Brent D. Cooper
The Unlikely Daniel Webster Jones: First Spanish Translations from the Book of Mormon
Jack McAllister
Random Sampler
Smile—It’s Your Turn to Practice
Marilou Dyreng Myers
Dry Milk Storage Tips
Clayton S. Huber
Food Storage: Where and How
Season the Questions, Serve Them with Style
Dianne Dibb Forbis
Meeting My Students … on Their Own Ground
Marjorie P. Ericksen
The Mission of Elijah
Mark E. Petersen
Kinderhook Plates Brought to Joseph Smith Appear to Be a Nineteenth-Century Hoax
Stanley B. Kimball
News of the Church
Japanese Saints Celebrate Eightieth Anniversary
Tim Nakamura
Japan Eighty Years Ago
Dedication of Jordan River Temple Scheduled
Policies and Announcements
Primary Answers “Most Popular Questions”
BYU Group Performs Worldwide
LDS Scene
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