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2 CONFERENCE MUSIC SATURDAY MORNING SESSION “Press Forward, Saints,” Hymns, no. 81; “Faith of our Fathers,” Hymns, no. 84, arr. Longhurst, pub. Sonos; “Come unto Him,” Hymns, no. 114; “Now Let Us Rejoice,” Hymns, no. 3; “Where Can I Turn for Peace?” Hymns, no. 129, arr. Wilberg, unpublished; “I Believe in Christ,” Hymns, no. 134, arr. Wilberg, unpublished. SATURDAY AFTERNOON SESSION “Come, Rejoice,” Hymns, no. 9, arr. Unsworth, unpublished; “Joseph Smith’s First Prayer,” Hymns, no. 26, arr. Kasen, pub. Jackman; “Come, Come, Ye Saints,” Hymns, no. 30; “Oh, May My Soul Commune with Thee,” Hymns, no. 123, arr. Dalton, pub. Plum. PRIESTHOOD SESSION “Redeemer of Israel,” Hymns, no. 6; “Sweet Is the Peace the Gospel Brings,” Hymns, no. 14, arr. Staheli, unpublished; “High on the Mountain Top,” Hymns, no. 5; “We Ever Pray for Thee,” Hymns, no. 23, arr. Kasen, unpublished. SUNDAY MORNING SESSION “Guide Us, O Thou Great Jehovah,” Hymns, no. 83; “O Thou Kind and Gracious Father,” Hymns, no. 150; “A Child’s Prayer,” Children’s Songbook, 12, arr. Perry, pub. Jackman; “I Am a Child of God,” Hymns, no. 301; “God So Loved the World,” The Choirbook, 28, pub. IRI; “How Firm a Foundation,” Hymns, no. 85, arr. Wilberg, unpublished. SUNDAY AFTERNOON SESSION “Beautiful Zion, Built Above,” Hymns, no. 44, arr. Wilberg, unpublished; “Our Prayer to Thee,” Parry, text by Russell M. Nelson, arr. Wilberg, unpublished (soloist: Scott Miller); “We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet,” Hymns, no. 19; “Sing We Now at Parting,” Hymns, no. 156, arr. Wilberg, unpublished. GENERAL RELIEF SOCIETY MEETING “Redeemer of Israel,” Hymns, no. 6; “Hark, All Ye Nations!” Hymns, no. 264, arr. Webb, unpublished; “High on the Mountain Top,” Hymns, no. 5, descant arr. Webb, unpublished; “The Lord Is My Light,” Hymns, no. 89, arr. Kasen, pub. Jackman. CONFERENCE RECORDINGS AVAILABLE Recordings of conference sessions are available at www.lds.org. Generally within two months following conference, recordings are also available at distribution centers. Recordings for individuals who are deaf are available at www.lds.org/asl and generally within two months following conference from distribution centers (three DVDs with a signing inset). For more information, call 1-800-537-5971 or log on to www.ldscatalog.com. CONFERENCE TALKS ON INTERNET To access general conference talks on the Internet in many languages, visit www.lds.org. Click on “Gospel Library” and “General Conference.” Then select a language. HOME AND VISITING TEACHING MESSAGES For home and visiting teaching messages, please select an address that best meets the needs of those you visit. ON THE COVER Photographs by Craig Dimond. CONFERENCE PHOTOGRAPHS Scenes of general conference in Salt Lake City were taken by Craig Dimond, Welden C. Andersen, John Luke, Matthew Reier, Christina Smith, Les Nilsson, Scott Davis, Rod Boam, Emily Leishman, Geoffrey McAllister, Mark Weinberg, Cody Bell, and Camilla Combs; in Brazil by Laureni Fochetto; in Canada by Laurent Lucuix; in Denmark by Lisa Als Klein and Ann-Mari Als Lindberg; in India by Merinda Cutler; in Mexico by Reynaldo Martinez; in Peru by Ryan Brown; in South Africa by Rob Milne; and in West Indies by David Hooson. TEACHING AND LEARNING FROM GENERAL CONFERENCE Teachings for Our Time instructions, Aaronic Priesthood and Young Women Resource Guides, and topic and story indexes from this conference are available online at www.lds.org. Go to www.lds.org and click on “Gospel Library.” Click on “General Conference” and select a language. Then select the most recent conference. TEACHINGS FOR OUR TIME SCHEDULE Fourth-Sunday Lesson Materials November 2007–April 2008: Talks published in the November 2007 Liahona and Ensign* May 2008–October 2008: Talks published in the May 2008 Liahona and Ensign* *Stake and district presidents may choose which talks should be used, or they may assign this responsibility to bishops and branch presidents.
INDEXES STORIES Letter written by Mary N. Cook’s brother to the family, 11 Six-year-old son instructs his father on what to say at stake conference, 14 General conference talk on resurrection addressed to a woman not of our faith, 21 Man paints his sick wife’s fingernails, 28 Uncle Fred overcomes alcoholism and accepts the gospel, 35 L. Tom Perry encourages his son, a high jumper, to raise the bar, 46 Boy procrastinates turning in a family recipe, 49 Caribbean fish trap, 51 Henry B. Eyring speaks to leaders and ministers of U.S. churches, 55 Olympic runner loses his shoe in a race, 59 People in Tonga find fresh water in the ocean, 70 Home teachers visit and help activate Stan, 78 News reporter asks Harold B. Lee when he last received a revelation, 86 Calling horses to come by rattling a bucket of grain, 93 Grandchildren entreat their grandfather to attend church, 95 Octaviano Tenorio loses his first child, 95 Young Heber J. Grant doesn’t know he has a strong testimony, 100 Missionary experiences the “moment of testimony realization,” 100 Dying mother wishes she had served more, 102 Boy shares a piece of candy with his friends, 102 Son says the best part of the summer was looking at stars with his father, 104 Sister gains a friend by going visiting teaching, 113 Woman asks Thomas S. Monson for a blessing for her daughter, 118 Woman helps take care of her neighbor’s children, 118 TOPICS Adversity, 9, 53 Anger, 62 Assurance, 55 Atonement, 40, 80 Bible, 43 Blessings, 66 Book of Mormon, 43, 78 Character, 90 Charity, 28 Children, 76, 115 Church growth, 83 Church magazines, 108 Comfort, 95 Commitment, 37 Compassion, 28, 35, 102 Conversion, 78, 100 Covenants, 16 Death, 21 Divorce, 62 Doctrine, 25 Education, 118 Endurance, 9, 18, 98 Equality, 6 Example, 11, 25 Faith, 16, 25, 59, 70, 109 Family, 11, 25, 33, 73, 76, 95, 104, 109, 115 Family home evening, 108 Freedom, 98 Friendship, 113 General conference, 108 Godhead, 40 Gospel, 18 Gratitude, 31, 66 Holy Ghost, 37, 55, 66, 93 Jesus Christ, 21, 40, 115 Journals, 66 Joy, 18 Leadership, 6, 55 Love, 9, 28, 70, 73 Marriage, 62 Membership, 18 Missionary work, 33, 35, 46, 70 Motherhood, 76, 109, 115 Obedience, 16 Pornography, 51 Prayer, 55, 59, 86, 118 Preach My Gospel, 33 Preparation, 46, 49, 53, 86 Priesthood, 14, 55, 59 Priorities, 104 Procrastination, 49 Promises, 16 Purity, 51, 80 Relief Society, 109 Repentance, 31, 49, 80, 98 Restoration, 40, 83 Resurrection, 21 Revelation, 86, 90 Righteousness, 53 Sacrifice, 31 Sanctification, 78 Scriptures, 43, 118 Service, 6, 9, 35, 53, 102, 109, 113, 118 Standards, 46 Teaching, 73, 76, 93, 104 Temples, 11, 14, 37, 95 Temptation, 51 Testimony, 14, 78, 83, 98, 100 Trust, 93 Truth, 90 Visiting teaching, 113 Witnesses, 43, 100 Work, 55 Worthiness, 46 SPEAKERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER Allred, Silvia H., 113 Ballard, M. Russell, 25 Beck, Julie B., 76, 109 Bednar, David A., 80 Callister, Douglas L., 100 Clayton, L. Whitney, 51 Condie, Spencer J., 16 Cook, Mary N., 11 Cook, Quentin L., 70 Costa, Claudio R. M., 73 Edgley, Richard C., 9 Eyring, Henry B., 55, 66 Falabella, Enrique R., 14 Golden, Christoffel, Jr., 78 González, Walter F., 53 Hales, Robert D., 86 Hallstrom, Donald L., 49 Hilbig, Keith K., 37 Hinckley, Gordon B., 4, 62, 83, 108 Holland, Jeffrey R., 40 Judd, Daniel K, 93 Kopischke, Erich W., 33 Monson, Thomas S., 21, 59, 118 Nelson, Russell M., 43 Oaks, Dallin H., 104 Packer, Boyd K., 6 Perry, L. Tom, 46 Porter, Bruce D., 31 Scott, Richard G., 90 Snow, Steven E., 102 Teh, Michael J., 35 Tenorio, Octaviano, 95 Thompson, Barbara, 115 Uchtdorf, Dieter F., 18 Wirthlin, Joseph B., 28 Zivic, Claudio D., 98 NOVEMBER 2007 VOLUME 37 • NUMBER 11 AN OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS The First Presidency: Gordon B. Hinckley, Thomas S. Monson, Henry B. Eyring The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: Boyd K. Packer, L. Tom Perry, Russell M. Nelson, Dallin H. Oaks, M. Russell Ballard, Joseph B. Wirthlin, Richard G. Scott, Robert D. Hales, Jeffrey R. Holland, Dieter F. Uchtdorf, David A. Bednar, Quentin L. Cook Editor: Jay E. Jensen Advisers: Gary J. Coleman, Yoshihiko Kikuchi, Gerald N. Lund, W. Douglas Shumway Managing Director: David L. Frischknecht Editorial Director: Victor D. Cave Senior Editor: Larry Hiller Graphics Director: Allan R. Loyborg Managing Editor: Don L. Searle Assistant Managing Editor: LaRene Porter Gaunt Senior Editors: Linda Stahle Cooper, Michael R. Morris, Judith M. Paller, Joshua J. Perkey Assistant Editor: Melissa Merrill Editorial Staff: Susan Barrett, Ryan Carr, Jenifer L. Greenwood, R. Val Johnson, Adam C. Olson, Laurel Teuscher Editorial Intern: Jennifer Lynn Williams Senior Secretary: Christy Banz Publications Assistant: Sally J. Odekirk Marketing Manager: Larry Hiller Managing Art Director: M. M. Kawasaki Art Director: J. Scott Knudsen Senior Designers: C. Kimball Bott, Colleen Hinckley Design and Production Staff: Cali R. Arroyo, Collette Nebeker Aune, Thomas S. Child, Eric P. Johnsen, Jane Ann Peters, Randall J. Pixton, Scott Van Kampen Printing Director: Craig K. Sedgwick Distribution Director: Randy J. Benson © 2007 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.The Ensign (ISSN 0884-1136) is published monthly by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 50 E. North Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3220, USA. Periodicals Postage Paid at Salt Lake City, Utah. To subscr be: By phone, call 1-800-537-5971 to order using Visa, MasterCard, Discover Card, or American Express. Online, go to ldscatalog.com. By mail, send $10 U.S. check or money order to Distribution Services, P.O. Box 26368, Salt Lake City, UT 84126-0368, USA. To change address: Send both old and new address information to Distribution Services at the above address. 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us for the eventual realization of
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taught the meaning of cutting off o
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Remember the times I have set a tab
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A Royal Priesthood PRESIDENT THOMAS
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authority, resulting in a loss of p
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It is the cycle which is repeated a
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THE FIRST QUORUM OF THE SEVENTY THE
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didn’t have to do what he was doi
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a desire to serve Him and to keep H
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very active members and have 6 chil
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thrilled to hear the children recit
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I saw you walk out the door, I woul
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is homemaking. Homemaking includes
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ook, begins to read it, and continu
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of the heart and will to God, and a
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and spotless before God is a source
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prophetically (see Hebrews 12:1). F
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of personal revelation in our own l
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eceived. When President David O. Mc
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In Denmark, part of the fellowshipp
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Nourished by the Good Word of God D
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Several months ago I attended a tra
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on how I was feeling. Then we talke
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Another thing that must be our perm
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young man who was not of our faith,
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others through seemingly simple act
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est. Even though a particular choic
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in our Church responsibilities,”
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GENERAL RELIEF SOCIETY MEETING Sept
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In São Paulo, Brazil, members lear
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Feed My Sheep SILVIA H. ALLRED Firs
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In Moroni 6:4 we are admonished to
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No better advice can be found than
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children to embrace and hold dear.
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small note of thanks, a brief telep
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The power of the gospel can indeed
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President Henry B. Eyring Second Co
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of Jesus Christ was a defining even
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The Presidency of the Seventy Seate
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