December 1986
Contents
“The Field Is White Already to Harvest”
Gordon B. Hinckley
Poetry
Dressed in White
Roger Bushman
Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin: Finding Happiness Serving the Lord
Don L. Searle
The Divine Law of Tithing
Robert D. Hales
Tithing Came First
Osborne N. Smith
The New Testament—A Matchless Portrait of the Savior
Neal A. Maxwell
Joseph Smith and the New Testament
Robert L. Millet
The Land of Jesus, Part 1
David H. Garner
“On the Morrow Come I into the World”—The Book of Mormon Christmas Story
Sharing
The Things That Really Matter
Teresa Pitman
A Time of Enrichment
Ruth Stanfield Rees
Sharing the Season
Year-Round Christmas Spirit
Maria T. Moody
Mormon Journal
To Give and Give Again
Rebecca Strand Russon
The Horse That Saved Christmas
Jane Brooking Flint
Merry Thanks and Happy Respect
Kelly Strong Thacker
Two Dimes and a Nickel
Richard A. Robb
Random Sampler
A Stockingful of History
James Welch
The Gift of Tradition
Bonnie Jasperson
Our Christmas Tree Symbols
Elizabeth K. Ryser
Talking with Your Children about Moral Purity
We Can Walk It Out
Sandra F. Jones
I Have a Question
Why were the Book of Mormon gold plates not placed in a museum?
Monte S. Nyman
What was the approximate weight of the gold plates from which the Book of Mormon was translated?
Roy W. Doxey
The Day of the New Edition
Joy L. Young
News of the Church
“Use the Book of Mormon,” President Benson Tells Michigan Area Conference
Ricks College Inaugurates Twelfth President
Elder Hunter Undergoes Surgery
Tabernacle Choir, Shirley Verrett in TV Special
Provo Tabernacle Rededicated
Earthquake Brings Death, Injury to Members in San Salvador
Rumor Concerning Early Oliver Cowdery History Refuted by Church Researchers
“Poetry,” Ensign, Dec. 1986, 7