March 1975
Contents
“We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet to Guide Us in These Latter Days”
N. Eldon Tanner
President Spencer W. Kimball: On the Occasion of His 80th Birthday
Poetry
Eighth-Day Thomas
Lynn Tilton
Prayer
Chauncey C. Riddle
One Ward Discovers Missionary Work
Lindsay R. Curtis
To Let Your Light So Shine … Polish It Up!
H. J. M. and Daryl Hoole
Never Stop Fellowshipping!
Reed L. Frischknecht
I Have a Question
Why did Christ convert so few people in his three-year ministry?
Richard Lloyd Anderson
What is the position of the Church concerning older persons and couples going on missions?
Hartman Rector Jr.
What is my responsibility to find my ancestors and prepare names for temple work?
Theodore M. Burton
Footnotes to the Gospels
S. Kent Brown, C. Wilfred Griggs, and Thomas W. Mackay
Winners of the 1975 Relief Society-Ensign Writing Contest
Winners of the 1975 Poetry Writing Contest
Leap, River, Toward Sky
Maxine R. Jennings
Pilgrimage
Jean S. Marshall
The Miracle at the Crossing
Ruth H. Johnson
Random Sampler
Soap Savers
Charlotte MitchellLaVell Turner
Pest-free Flour Bins
H. ChamberlainKay Franz
Bikes, Two-Wheeled Hazards
Alton Thygerson
Principles of Parenting, Part 1
Neil J. Flinders
Insights
Enthusiasm
Sterling W. Sill
“As Ye Sow …”
Jeffrey R. Holland
Women and Education
Dallin H. Oaks
A Worldwide Church
Spencer J. Palmer
The Creative Climate
Jeanne LeSueur Jackson
The Mormon Handshake
Lawrence R. Giles
The Other Half of Giving
Lenet H. Read
Mirthright
Mormon Journal
Maggie Becomes a Mormon
Claudia L. Bushman
Discovery
The Globe-Trotting Sweet Potato
Robert H. Daines
Keeping Pace
Pursuit of Excellence: Less a Program Than a Way of Life
The International Look of Health Services Missionaries
Comment
News of the Church
President Spencer W. Kimball Visits Mexico
First Presidency Urges Frugality
New Film Carries Missionary Message
Education Week for Thousands
Elder Perry to Serve on Bicentennial Council
Sister Brown, Sister Perry Pass Away
Streamlined System Informs Priesthood
Church Member Nominated Ambassador to Finland
LDS Scene
“Mormon Journal,” Ensign, Mar. 1975, 64–65