“Contents,” Ensign, Dec. 1974, 1 Ensign December 1974 Volume 4 Number 12 Contents Special Features First Presidency Message: Small Acts of ServicePresident Spencer W. Kimball Sunday School Is Everybody’s BusinessElder Mark E. Petersen 125 Years of the Sunday ClassroomGlen M. Leonard Mary and JosephRobert J. Matthews The Saints in SamoaJanice Clark Dateline: SamoaR. Wayne Shute “Les Derniers Jours”John A. Green Homer Giles, Home TeacherPaul S. Buckingham The Samaritans: A Yesterday People TodayLaurel G. Cole Christmas Songs The Shepherds Find LoveMary L. Lusk The Importance of ShepherdsMarra Hyde Seminaries and Institutes, International School for 275,000: A Conversation with Joe J. Christensen Regular Features I Have a QuestionDaniel H. Ludlow, H. John Ploeger, Monte S. Nyman Verse and PoetryChristmas is a Gift Christie Lund ColesRejoice, the Lord Is Come C. Lowell OlsenThe City Sings Lola Morgan Random Sampler Mirthright Mormon JournalWe Didn’t Have a Tree, Until … Janet W. SorensenScriptures and Scrambled Eggs Gary J. ColemanThe Twelve Gifts of Christmas Joyce BackstromSnowdrifts and Good DeedsWe Make Memories for Christmas Mildred Chandler Austin Comment Insights Mormon Media News of the Church On the cover: “Nativity” by Jerry Harston