“Contents,” Ensign, Aug. 1976, 1 Ensign August 1976 Volume 6 Number 8 Contents Special Features First Presidency Message: God Is Not Far from UsPresident Marion G. Romney A New Commandment: Save Thyself and Thy Kindred!Elder Bruce R. McConkie Our Pearl of Great Price: From Mission Pamphlet to Standard WorkJames R. Clark Screening Out the Garbage: How to Teach “Correct Principles” about Television in the HomeGlen C. Griffin and Victor B. Cline A Record of Our KingdomsJimmy B. Parker Update on Western EuropeDouglas Tobler To Change Your Marriage, Change YourselfAfton J. Day Ceasefire on Crisis LivingJerrie W. Hurd The Seven Cities of RevelationJay M. Todd Clement, Ignatius, and Polycarp: Three Bishops between the Apostles and ApostasyRichard Lloyd Anderson O My Father Illustrated by John Hafen John HafenJay M. Todd Regular Features PoetryKinship Blanche HuddlestonTo a Loved One Who Has Passed On Gail ChristensenTo a Daughter Dawn Baker Brimley“Inactive” Husband Eileen Starr I Have a QuestionNeal A. MaxwellIone J. SimpsonArthur R. Bassett Keeping Pace The Meetinghouse Library: Also a Family Resource Mormon JournalThe Day They Gave the Park Away Jack R. Jenkins“A Small Taste of Love” Erma BraackWhen the Sun Broke Through Piriko Petersen Random Sampler Speaking TodayThe Arts and the Spirit of the Lord Elder Boyd K. Packer Church Policies and Announcements News of the Church