Volume 30 Number 5
Ensign, May 2000
[illustrations] On the covers: Front and back: The First Vision, by Gary L. Kapp, oil on canvas, 40" x 36", 1998. Courtesy of Douglas and Janice Kapp Perry. Inside front: Resurrection Morning, photo by Steven Edwards. Courtesy of Museum of Church History and Art, Fifth International Art Competition. Inside back: Christ's Triumphal Entry, by Robert T. Barrett, oil on board, 28" x 34", 1996.
[photos] Photos of conference were taken by Jed Clark, Craig Dimond, John Luke, Welden Andersen, Matt Reier, Tamra Ratieta, Lana Leishman, Allexis Duce.
Report of the 170th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
To All the World in Testimony
President Gordon B. Hinckley
The Cloven Tongues of Fire
President Boyd K. Packer
Future Leaders
Elder Harold G. Hillam
Living Happily Ever After
Coleen K. Menlove
Resurrection
Elder Dallin H. Oaks
The Shield of Faith
President James E. Faust
The Sustaining of Church Officers
President Thomas S. Monson
The Church Audit Committee Report
Ted E. Davis
Statistical Report, 1999
F. Michael Watson
"Thou Shalt Give Heed unto All His Words"
Elder L. Tom Perry
A Temple for West Africa
Elder Glenn L. Pace
Keep an Eternal Perspective
Elder Jay E. Jensen
"Are You Still Here?"
Elder Gary J. Coleman
"How Is It with Us?"
Elder M. Russell Ballard
Faith, Devotion, and Gratitude
Elder David B. Haight
The Sanctity of Womanhood
Elder Richard G. Scott
Honoring the Priesthood
Bishop H. David Burton
Your Own Personal Testimony
Elder Angel Abrea
The Power of Self-Mastery
President James E. Faust
Your Eternal Voyage
President Thomas S. Monson
The Stake President
President Gordon B. Hinckley
Your Eternal Home
President Thomas S. Monson
Finding a Safe Harbor
Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin
The Widows of Zion
Elder Earl C. Tingey
We Are Creators
Mary Ellen Smoot
Watch Over and Strengthen
Elder Henry B. Eyring
My Testimony
President Gordon B. Hinckley
Content with the Things Allotted unto Us
Elder Neal A. Maxwell
As Doves to Our Windows
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
Heavenly Father Has a Special Plan
Elder Yoshihiko Kikuchi
"Because My Father Sent Me"
Elder Loren C. Dunn
A Brief Introduction to the Church
Elder John B. Dickson
The Creation
Elder Russell M. Nelson
A Time of New Beginnings
President Gordon B. Hinckley
Standing with God
Sharon G. Larsen
Integrity
Carol B. Thomas
Stand as a Witness
Margaret D. Nadauld
Womanhood: The Highest Place of Honor
President James E. Faust
General Authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Index for April 2000 General Conference and General Young Women Meeting
Cassette tape recordings of conference sessions are available for meetinghouse libraries from all English-language distribution centers, generally within two months following conference. Recordings for the deaf (videocassettes with a signing inset) and for the visually impaired (slow-speed audiocassette tapes) are available from Special Curriculum, 50 East North Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150-3200, United States of America.
To access general conference talks on the Internet, visit the Church's official Web site: www.lds.org.
There are no designated visiting teaching messages printed in the May and November general conference issues of the Ensign. After prayerfully considering the needs of the sisters they visit, visiting teachers are to choose as the message for those months a general conference address that would meet the needs of the sisters.
Saturday Morning, 1 April 2000, General Session
Music by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, directed by Craig Jessop, Mack Wilberg, and Barlow Bradford, with organist John Longhurst: "The Morning Breaks" (Hymns, no. 1); "Redeemer of Israel" (arr. Wilberg, published by Hinshaw [ASCAP]; Hymns, no. 6); "We Love Thy House, O God" (Hymns, no. 247); "How Firm a Foundation" (Hymns, no. 85); "Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee" (Hymns, no. 141); "Come, O Thou King of Kings" (arr. Kasen, published by Jackman; Hymns, no. 59).
Saturday Afternoon, 1 April 2000, General Session
Music by a combined choir from Brigham Young University, directed by Ronald Staheli and Rosalind Hall, with organist Bonnie Goodliffe: "Guide Us, O Thou Great Jehovah" (arr. Hall, unpublished; Hymns, no. 83); "Behold the Wounds in Jesus' Hands" (Pearson/Naylor, published by Jackman); "Now Let Us Rejoice" (Hymns, no. 3); "More Holiness Give Me" (arr. Staheli, published by Jackman; Hymns, no. 131).
Saturday Evening, 1 April 2000, Priesthood Session
Music by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and a choir of returned missionaries, directed by Craig Jessop and Mack Wilberg, with organist Richard Elliott: "Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" (arr. Wilberg, unpublished; Hymns, no. 41); "Praise to the Man" (arr. Wilberg, unpublished; Hymns, no. 27); "Ye Elders of Israel" (Hymns, no. 319); "Beautiful Savior" (arr. Wilberg, unpublished; Children's Songbook, 62).
Sunday Morning, 2 April 2000, General Session
Music by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, directed by Craig Jessop, with organist Clay Christiansen: "Let Earth's Inhabitants Rejoice" (Hymns, no. 53); "Press Forward, Saints" (arr. Bradford, published by Deseret Book; Hymns, no. 81); "How Great the Wisdom and the Love" (Hymns, no. 195); "Israel, Israel, God Is Calling" (Hymns, no. 7); "Come, Come, Ye Saints" (arr. Cornwall, published by Jackman; Hymns, no. 30); "The Spirit of God" (arr. Wilberg, published by Deseret Book; Hymns, no. 2).
Sunday Afternoon, 2 April 2000, General Session
Music by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, directed by Craig Jessop and Barlow Bradford, with organist Linda Margetts: "Rejoice, the Lord Is King!" (arr. Bradford, unpublished; Hymns, no. 66); "Come unto Him" (Hymns, no. 114); "We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet" (Hymns, no. 19); "Sing We Now at Parting" (arr. Wilberg, unpublished; Hymns, no. 156).