April 2005 Ensign - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

T H E C H U R C H O F J E S U S C H R I S T O F L A T T E R - D A Y S A I N T S • A P R I L 2 0 0 5
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Strengthen Your Marriage
• Three fundamental principles
for building an eternal
marriage were given to Adam
and Eve in the Garden of
Eden. To learn how to apply
the principles of leaving,
cleaving, and being one to
your marriage, see page 20.
• Abortion, nonmarital
childbearing, and the reluctance
of some married couples
to bring children into
the world are symptoms of
the adversary’s assault on the
family. The proclamation on
the family, however, offers
a steady, sure voice in an
uncertain world. See this
month’s article in the
“Strengthening the Family”
series, page 18.
Keep Your Life in
Balance
Are you feeling overwhelmed
or discouraged
by the demands of life and
the expectations of a gospel
aimed at eventual perfection?
Brent Top offers several excellent
suggestions for achieving
what President Spencer W.
Kimball called “quiet, sane
living.” See page 26.
COVER STORY:
The Symbol of Our Faith, p. 2
Three Principles of Marriage, p. 20
Keeping Your Life in Balance, p. 26
MAKING THE MOST
OF THIS ISSUE
A P R I L 2 0 0 5
“The Light of Christ”
“The more we know
about the Light of
Christ,” teaches
President Boyd K.
Packer, Acting
President of the
Quorum of the
Twelve Apostles,
“the more we will
understand about life and
the more we will have a deep
love for all mankind. We will
be better teachers and missionaries
and parents, and
better men and women and
children. We will have deeper
regard for our brothers and
sisters in the Church and for
those who do not believe
and have not yet had conferred
upon them the gift of
the Holy Ghost.” See page 8.
“Once or Twice
in a Thousand Years”
“Once or twice in a score
of generations the hand from
heaven clasps the hand on
earth in perfect fellowship,
the divine drama unfolds,
and the whole course of
Keeping
Your Life
in Balance,
p. 26
mortal events changes.”
It has been 185 years since
Joseph Smith sought wisdom
in the Sacred Grove. To read
Elder Bruce R. McConkie’s
stirring account of this
first great event of the
Restoration, turn to page 54.
Stories for Teachers
If you need a story for your
lesson about reactivation, listening
to the Spirit, or the
miracles that faith and service
can create, see “Latter-day
Saint Voices,” page 68.
Newel K. Whitney
in Kirtland
Successful business owner,
bishop in Kirtland, loyal friend
of the Prophet Joseph Smith,
Newel K. Whitney played a
central role in the early development
of the Church. To
read about this remarkable
man and the sacrifices he
made to help the restored
Church survive its difficult
infancy, see page 34.
“The Effective Elders
Quorum”
Do you serve in an elders
quorum presidency?
Or are you an
elder and wonder
how you
can help
your quorum leaders? Elder
Dale E. Miller of the Seventy
offers some wonderful counsel
about making your elders quorum
an effective arm of the
priesthood in blessing the lives
of your ward members. See
page 30.
Three Principles of Marriage,
p. 20
Home Teachers,
Visiting Teachers
Find the monthly messages
on pages 2 and 60.
GOSPEL TOPICS
Adversity, 7, 50
Agency, 8, 26, 46
Apostasy, 54
Art, 40
Atonement, 2
Brotherhood, 30
Celebrations, 40
Children, 18, 72
Church History,
34
Conversion, 70
Disability, 50
Example, 15
Faith, 15, 70
Families, 18
Family History,
72
Family Home
Evening, 73
Fellowshipping,
68, 70
Financial
Planning, 73
Holy Ghost, 8
Humility, 15
Inspiration, 68,
69
Integrity, 46
Jesus Christ, 2, 8
Kirtland, Ohio, 34
Light of Christ, 8
Love, 7, 20
Marriage, 20, 25
Missionary
Service, 73
Music, 7
Obedience, 26,
66
Pageants, 40
Parenthood, 18
Patience, 15
Personal
Growth, 50
Plan of
Salvation, 62
Prayer, 68, 72
Priesthood, 30,
60
Restoration, 54,
60
Resurrection, 2
Revelation, 54
Sabbath, 66
Scriptures, 73
Service, 30, 50,
70
Smith, Joseph,
54
Spirituality, 2, 8,
26, 66
Standards, 46
Unity, 20
Weaknesses, 15
Whitney,
Newel K., 34