“Contents,” Ensign, Oct. 1985, 1 Ensign October 1985 Volume 15 Number 10 Contents Special Features First Presidency Message: The Abundant LifePresident Spencer W. Kimball Beyond the Veil: Two Latter-day RevelationsRobert L. Millet Spirituality—More Than a FeelingMary Ellen Edmunds Quezaltenango’s SaintsDon L. Searle The Peace of ChristEdwin Brown Firmage Barbara Woodhead Winder: A Gift of LovingJan Underwood Pinborough Marriage Myths—Some Things That Just Aren’t SoSteve F. Gilliland Mahonri Young: Sculptor of His HeritageThomas Toone “Blood Brothers”Steven B. Watrous More Than Clean Windows: The Unrecognized Value of HouseworkKathleen Slaugh Tutors of Life: Seeking Out the ElderlyJanene Wolsey Baadsgaard Regular Features PoetryEven the Roadside Weeds Beula M. HueyWhere Shaded Woodlands Part LaVerde Morgan Clayson I Have a QuestionThe language of the Book of Mormon Edward J. BrandtThe function of activities committees Keith EngarInitiating and maintaining relationships Dee Hadley Handbook for Families: Helping Children Make Decisions Sharing Speaking Today: The Blessings of Sharing the GospelElder Carlos E. Asay PortraitsCesar Aedo: Storyteller without Words Don L. SearleCarla Bateman: Never Weary in Well-Doing Susan C. Cobb Random SamplerLearning a Language with ScottiePiggy Bank ManagementReminder Binder Mirthright Mormon JournalCrisis at Cape Cod Joan LeSueur WoodsIn Shanghai’s “Number One Department Store” L. Joel and Veleen Durrant“The Only Church” Samuel H. Bailey News of the Church On the cover: Photography by Don L. Searle. Inside front cover: Truth Will Prevail, by Robert Barrett, 20″ by 18″, oil on masonite, circa 1976. The first missionaries to the British isles, under the direction of Heber C. Kimball, arrived in Liverpool 20 July 1837. They traveled to Preston, which was celebrating election day: bands were playing, flags flying, citizens parading. Just as the coach carrying the missionaries arrived, a large banner with the inscription “Truth Will Prevail” was unfurled just above their heads. With joy in their hearts, the missionaries cried out: “Amen! Thanks be to God! Truth will prevail!” The Restored Gospel in Scotland, by Robert Barrett, 20″ by 18″, oil on masonite, circa 1976. Orson Pratt and Samuel Mulliner, a Scottish convert, arrived in Edinburgh 18 May 1840 to preach the gospel. The next morning, Elder Pratt climbed “Arthur’s Seat,” a prominent hill above the city, and pleaded with the Lord to give them 200 converts. By October 6, the missionaries reported a membership of nearly 250 in the area. Inside back cover: John Taylor Preaches in Liverpool, by Robert Barrett, 20″ by 18″, oil on masonite, circa 1976. In 1840, Elder John Taylor, a member of the Council of the Twelve and a native of England, was assigned to labor as a missionary in Liverpool. He made it his business to preach through the city to people of all stations of life. By 6 April 1840, nearly thirty had been baptized in Liverpool and more were soon to follow. Charles Dickens Visits a Mormon Emigrant Ship, by Robert Barrett, 20″ by 18″, oil on masonite, circa 1976. British author Charles Dickens boarded the emigrant ship Amazon, planning to discredit or “expose” the Latter-day Saints on board. He found the eight hundred Saints to be well-mannered and hard-working, and later wrote that these people were “the very pick and flower of England.”