Ensign

May 1976

Volume 6 Number 5

Contents

Report of the 146th Annual Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Saturday Morning Session
The Stone Cut without Hands
President Spencer W. Kimball
Hopeless Dawn—Joyful Morning
Elder Thomas S. Monson
The Lamanites Must Rise in Majesty and Power
Elder J. Thomas Fyans
The Message of Elijah
Elder Mark E. Petersen
Saturday Afternoon Session
Statistical Report 1975
Church Finance Committee Report
The Sustaining of Church Officers
President N. Eldon Tanner
He Is the Son of God
Elder David B. Haight
The Still Small Voice
Elder S. Dilworth Young
You Are Your Greatest Treasure
Elder John H. Vandenberg
“Jesus of Nazareth, Savior and King”
Elder Neal A. Maxwell
The Word of Wisdom
Elder Theodore M. Burton
Spiritual Crocodiles
Elder Boyd K. Packer
Priesthood Session
Priesthood—Authority and Power
Bishop H. Burke Peterson
“Seek Not for Riches But for Wisdom”
Elder Franklin D. Richards
A Missionary Opportunity
Elder Carlos E. Asay
Learn Obedience and Service
Elder M. Russell Ballard, Jr.
On Accepting the Call
Elder John H. Groberg
Shout It from the Rooftops
Elder Jacob de Jager
Are You Taking Your Priesthood for Granted?
President N. Eldon Tanner
Boys Need Heroes Close By
President Spencer W. Kimball
Sunday Morning Session
If They Will But Serve the God of the Land
President N. Eldon Tanner
Family Communications
Elder Marvin J. Ashton
“There Am I in the Midst of Them”
Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin
These Four Things
Elder Robert L. Simpson
“An Honest Man—God’s Noblest Work”
Elder Gordon B. Hinckley
Sunday Afternoon Session
“As a Man Soweth”
Elder L. Tom Perry
A Living Prophet
Elder Loren C. Dunn
Who Is Jesus?
Elder Eldred G. Smith
Relationships
Elder William Grant Bangerter
The Right to Choose
Elder Henry D. Taylor
“The Leaves Are Commencing to Show on the Fig Tree”
Elder Bernard P. Brockbank
Easter Thoughts
Elder Delbert L. Stapely
Tuesday Morning Session
The Way of Life
President Marion G. Romney
Value of the Holy Scriptures
Elder LeGrand Richards
The Book of Mormon
Elder James A. Cullimore
The Matter of Personal Testimony
Elder Joseph Anderson
The Value of People
Elder Charles A. Didier
The Constitution—A Glorious Standard
President Ezra Taft Benson
Tuesday Afternoon Session
Joseph Smith—The Mighty Prophet of the Restoration
Elder Bruce R. McConkie
Are We Following Christ’s Pattern?
Elder William R. Bradford
“But They Were in One”
Elder George P. Lee
The Blessing of Building a Temple
Elder Adney Y. Komatsu
Are You a Member Missionary?
Elder Gene R. Cook
That We May Be One
Elder Howard W. Hunter
Seeking Eternal Riches
President Spencer W. Kimball
Welfare Session
The Church and the Family in Welfare Services
Bishop Victor L. Brown
The Church Employment System
Bishop H. Burke Peterson
Food Storage
Bishop Vaughn J. Featherstone
Teach LDS Women Self-Sufficiency
Barbara B. Smith
Church Welfare Services’ Basic Principles
President Marion G. Romney
Family Preparedness
President Spencer W. Kimball
Scriptural Text for Visions Added to Pearl of Great Price
General Authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
News of the Church
Lorenzo Snow

On the cover: Photograph of an original painting by Grant Romney Clawson, which hangs as a mural in the Temple Square Visitors Center.

Inside front cover: Photograph of a monument located on Temple Square. The full text of the engraving reads, “The Constitution of the United States is a glorious standard … founded in the wisdom of God … established by the hands of wise men … raised up unto this very purpose. It is to all those who are privileged with the sweets of liberty like the cooling shades and refreshing waters of a great rock in a thirsty and weary land. Joseph Smith.”

Inside back cover: Lorenzo Snow. This photograph was taken during President Snow’s three-year presidency, between 1898 and 1901, by an unknown photographer.

Photography in this issue is by members of the Church Photography Department: Eldon K. Linschoten; Longin Lonczyna, Jr.; Marilyn Erd; Jed A. Clark; Craig L. Law.