Volume 34, Number 1
Ensign, Jan. 2004
[illustration] Cover: The Light of His Countenance Did Shine upon Them, by Gary L. Kapp.
[illustration] Inside front cover: They Did Treat Me with Much Harshness, by Walter Rane. On the ship journeying to the promised land, Laman and Lemuel became angry with Nephi, saying, "We will not that our younger brother shall be a ruler over us." Nephi records, "Laman and Lemuel did take me and bind me with cords, and they did treat me with much harshness" (1 Ne. 18:10-11).
[illustration] Inside back cover: Las Vegas Temple, by Mitch Johnson. Temples are places where Latter-day Saints worship so that in due time they may come to the Father and receive of His fulness (see D&C 93:19). The building of temples in our day is the fulfillment of the ancient prophecy that "in the last days ... the Lord's house shall be established ... and all nations shall flow unto it" (Isa. 2:2).
First Presidency Message: The Keystone of Our Religion
President James E. Faust
Testimonies of the Book of Mormon
Power in Principles
Todd B. Parker and Jared T. Parker
Book of Mormon Times at a Glance, Chart 1: Ether and 1 Nephi through Mosiah
Book of Mormon Principles: Favored of the Lord
Elder Carlos C. Revillo
Book of Mormon Principles: The Sweet Fruits of Obedience
Elder Steven E. Snow
Too Young to Be a Widow
Kareen Landsem Harrison
Singles and the Proclamation on the Family
Cynthia Doxey
The Perpetual Education Fund: A Bright Ray of Hope
Elder John K. Carmack
Joy in the Journey
S. Michael Wilcox
The Fallen Sparrow
Robert K. McIntosh
Heber J. Grant: A Prophet for Hard Times
Sherrie Mills Johnson
The Gospel and the Single Parent
Visiting Teaching Message: Feeling the Love of the Lord Daily in Our Lives