January 1975
Contents
Poetry
Lesson for the New Year
Julie Juchau
Home: The Place to Save Society
Spencer W. Kimball
The Farewell
Mildred Barthel
Persecution, 1924
Thomas J. Griffiths
“Thou Shalt Bear Their Infirmities”: Meeting the Challenges of the Chronically Ill
William G. and Bonnie H. Dyer
1975. What Will You Do with It?
Spencer J. Condie
I Have a Question
Didn’t Jesus have power over all things?
Robert J. Matthews
What do we know of Jesus’ use of the Hebrew scriptures?
Ellis T. Rasmussen
Why didn’t the Jews accept Jesus as the Lord God when he came?
Robert C. Patch
Does the scriptural term gospel have the same meaning for us today as it did for the early saints?
Noel B. Reynolds
Major Jewish Groups in the New Testament
Victor L. Ludlow
Footnotes to the Gospels: The Sermon on the Mount
S. Kent Brown, C. Wilfred Griggs, and Thomas W. Mackay
Symbols of the Harvest: Old Testament Holy Days and the Lord’s Ministry
Lenet H. Read
“I Want to Be Somebody”
Audra Call Moss
Discovery
Transatlantic Crossings: A New Look
Paul R. Cheesman
Good Homes, Good Students
Mormon Journal
Courage in a Wheelchair
Lavina Fielding
Second-Hand Piano
Patricia Layton Cundick
Mirthright
Warning Signs of Infidelity
Veon G. Smith
Insights
The Unchanging Things
Neal A. Maxwell
The Challenge: 15 Minutes’ Daily Reading
Thomas E. Hays
Voice of the Shepherd
Paul L. Harmon
Who Are the Children of Israel?
Spencer J. Palmer
Importance of Teaching
Harold B. Lee
The Gift of Peace
Sterling W. Sill
“Train Up a Child”
N. Eldon Tanner
Random Sampler
Nutty Notes
Sybil Hendricks
For Firebugs
David E. Lofgren
More Peanut Than Butter
Dean C. Fletcher
The Office Is Ordinary—The Teacher Isn’t
Falling Flannelboard Characters
Dixie Hancock Curtis
Fondue: Tabletop Hazard
Alton L. Thygerson
The Reel Thing
Peter Czerny
Comment
Keeping Pace
Melchizedek Priesthood Classes Seek Flexibility in Teacher and Lesson Selection
Relief Society Spurs Creativity with Song Contest
All It Takes for a Home Primary—A Home
Status Report on Worship Through Music
News of the Church
Washington Temple Dedicated
Special Displays Planned at New York Center
Pavilion Successful at Expo ’74
Fund Raising Clarified
Stake Creations Reflect Church Growth
Indian Student Placement Notes 20th Anniversary
Tabernacle Choir Records Tapes
Carl W. Buehner Dies, Ending Life of Service
Church Members Win, Lose in U.S. Elections
“Leaders Should Sit with Families”
Saints Join in Search for Missing Missionaries
“Poetry,” Ensign, Jan. 1975, inside front cover