“Contents,” Ensign, Sept. 1977, 1

Ensign

September 1977

Volume 7 Number 9

Contents

Special Features
First Presidency Message: The Inevitable Choice
President N. Eldon Tanner
“Now Abideth These Three”
Arthur R. Bassett
Being Parents, Being Children
Darwin L. Thomas
Korihor: The Arguments of Apostasy
Chauncey C. Riddle
Ezekiel’s “Sticks”
Keith H. Meservy
Moroni and His Captains: Men of Peace in a Time of War
Eugene England
A Book You Can Respect
John W. Welch
Converted after Years of Membership
Claudia T. Goates
Dissent and Treason
Orson Scott Card
Six Nephite Judges: A Study in Integrity
James R. Moss
My Book of Mormon Sisters
Marjorie Meads Spencer
“By the Gift and Power of God”
Richard Lloyd Anderson
“A Most Sacred Possession”: The Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon
Stan Larson
Regular Features
I Have a Question
Allen E. Litster
Stan Larson
Gordon C. Thomasson
Irene Bates
Max Waters
Poetry: The Parents’ Dialogue
Clara Laster
Mormon Journal
Then I Could Touch People’s Hearts Afton J. Day
I Felt Drawn to That Book Linda L. Stayton
“You Bring Them and I’ll Read Them” Marjorie A. McCormick
“Could I Touch This Holy Book?” Don J. Black
News of the Church

On the cover: Scenes from the Book of Mormon: Kishkumen assassinates the chief judge, Christ ordains his disciples, Alma preaches to the poor Zoramites, and Hagoth embarks. Painting by Gary E. Smith, 51″ x 31″, oils, property of the Ensign.

Inside front cover: Detail from Helaman Leads an Army of Two Thousand Ammonite Youths, a painting by Arnold Friberg.

Inside back cover: New Zealand Temple