Ensign

November 1974

Volume 4 Number 11

Contents

• Report of the 144th Semiannual Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• 144th Semiannual General Conference

• God Will Not Be Mocked
  President Spencer W. Kimball

• Our Precious Families
  President Loren C. Dunn

• Why Not Now?
  Elder Neal A. Maxwell

• The Law of the Fast
  Elder Henry D. Taylor

• “When Thou Art Converted, Strengthen Thy Brethren”
  Elder L. Tom Perry

• Good Habits Develop Good Character
  Elder Delbert L. Stapley

• Power Over Satan
  Elder ElRay L. Christiansen

• Do Not Procrastinate!
  Elder Eldred G. Smith

• Gifts of the Spirit
  Elder James A. Cullimore

• The Savior’s Program for the Care of the Aged
  Bishop Vaughn J. Featherstone

• The Beatitudes
  Elder O. Leslie Stone

• Be Valiant in the Fight of Faith
  Elder Bruce R. McConkie

• Sustaining of Church Officers
  President Spencer W. Kimball
  President N. Eldon Tanner

• How Men Are Saved
  President Marion G. Romney

• Who’s Losing?
  Elder Marvin J. Ashton

• We Need to Continue in Righteousness
  President Rex D. Pinegar

• The Most Vital Information
  Elder Robert L. Simpson

• Eternal Togetherness
  Elder Mark E. Petersen

• What After Death?
  Elder LeGrand Richards

• “Blessed Are the Peacemakers”
  Elder Theodore M. Burton

• The Divine Power of Repentance
  Elder Bernard P. Brockbank

• A New Aristocracy
  Elder James E. Faust

• Transfusion
  Elder Sterling W. Sill

• Making Conferences Turning Points in Our Lives
  Elder J. Thomas Fyans

• Do Not Despair
  President Ezra Taft Benson

• As a Beacon on a Hill
  Bishop H. Burke Peterson

• Your Mission Preparation
  President A. Theodore Tuttle

• Integrity
  President Marion G. Romney

• Our Responsibility to the Transgressor
  President N. Eldon Tanner

• The Davids and the Goliaths
  President Spencer W. Kimball

• Why Is My Boy Wandering Tonight?
  President N. Eldon Tanner

• Where Much Is Given, Much Is Required
  Elder Boyd K. Packer

• “For Thy Servant Heareth”
  President S. Dilworth Young

• Truth Will Emerge Victorious
  Elder John H. Vandenberg

• To Know God
  Elder Howard W. Hunter

• A City Set Upon a Hill
  Elder Gordon B. Hinckley

• A Testimony of Christ
  Elder Joseph Anderson

• Is There Not a Cause?
  Bishop Victor L. Brown

• The Blessings of Peace
  Elder Franklin D. Richards

• My Personal Hall of Fame
  Elder Thomas S. Monson

• Ocean Currents and Family Influences
  President Spencer W. Kimball

• Regular Features

• News of the Church

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On the cover: Sculpture on Temple Square depicting Aaronic Priesthood restoration. Photograph by Jed A. Clark.

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Inside front cover: View of Salt Lake Temple and Church Office Building. Photograph by Frank Gale.

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Inside back cover: Detail of bas relief on Church Office Building. Photograph by Royce Bair.

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Photographs in this issue: Photographs in this issue were taken by Eldon Linschoten, Frank Gale, Royce Bair, Longin Lonczyna, Jr., and Jed A. Clark.