1983

December 1983

  • Contents

  • Contents

  • Christmas Workshop

  • Christmas Greetings from the First Presidency

  • Are Angels Perfect?

    Debra Huggins Baird

  • Good News

    Grace Richie

  • A Night without Darkness (Part 2)

    Sherrie Johnson

  • The Offering

    Ray Goldrup

  • The Most Wonderful Gift

    Dave Bachmann

  • Holiday Treats

    Julie Wardell

  • Picture a Christmas

    Pat Kelsey Graham

  • The Greatest Gift

  • The Magic Christmas Tree

    Imogene Mebane

  • Sharing Time: Christmas Pictures

    Pat Graham

  • The Button

    Sylvia Brich Thompson

  • Trimming the Tree

    Arlet Osnes Vollers

  • Christmas Eve

    Jennifer S. Brown

  • Spices

    Era S. VanDenburg

  • Joseph Knight—Friend to the Prophet

    Susan Arrington Madsen

  • The Unseen Star

    Kathryn E. Franks

  • The Baby Jesus

Good News
December 1983


“Good News,” Friend, Dec. 1983, 7

Good News

By Grace Richie

The Christ Child in a manger lay

cradled warm in fresh, new hay.

In the heavens shone a star,

guiding Wise Men from afar.

And shepherds on a hillside near

knelt down in wonder, awe, and fear

As angels sang of God’s own Son

being born in David’s town.

Illustrated by Phyllis Luch