Ensign

November 1976

Volume 6 Number 11

Contents

• Report of the 146th Semiannual Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• Friday Morning Session

• A Report and a Challenge
  President Spencer W. Kimball

• The Reconstitution of the First Quorum of the Seventy
  President Spencer W. Kimball

• The Sustaining of Church Officers
  President N. Eldon Tanner

• “I Am the Vine, Ye Are the Branches”
  Elder Dean L. Larsen

• Notwithstanding My Weakness
  Elder Neal A. Maxwell

• Perfecting the Saints
  Elder Franklin D. Richards

• The Temptations of Christ
  Elder Howard W. Hunter

• Friday Afternoon Session

• Families Are Forever
  Elder David B. Haight

• Extending Missionary Service
  Elder A. Theodore Tuttle

• The Lord Offers Everyone a Way Back from Sin
  Elder Robert D. Hales

• Dikes versus Living Water
  Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin

• Our Goal Is Perfection
  Elder William H. Bennett

• More Joy and Rejoicing
  Elder Marion D. Hanks

• Our Priceless Heritage
  President Ezra Taft Benson

• Saturday Morning Session

• “We Believe in Being Honest”
  President Marion G. Romney

• A Report on the Church’s Participation in America’s Bicentennial Celebration
  Elder L. Tom Perry

• The Spirit of Missionary Work
  Elder Carlos E. Asay

• “There Is the Light”
  Elder John H. Groberg

• To Die Well
  Elder Sterling W. Sill

• The Savor of Men
  Elder Mark E. Petersen

• Saturday Afternoon Session

• Which Road Will You Travel?
  Elder Thomas S. Monson

• “Follow It!”
  Elder Paul H. Dunn

• You Never Know Who You May Save
  Elder Jacob de Jager

• A Personal Relationship with the Savior
  Elder James E. Faust

• Parenthood
  Elder O. Leslie Stone

• Search the Scriptures
  Elder Henry D. Taylor

• The Simplicity in Christ
  Elder LeGrand Richards

• Priesthood Session

• The Living Prophet
  Elder Rex D. Pinegar

• Your Gift from God
  President Marion G. Romney

• Ready to Work Long Hours
  President N. Eldon Tanner

• Our Own Liahona
  President Spencer W. Kimball

• Sunday Morning Session

• The Purpose of Conferences
  President N. Eldon Tanner

• Proper Self-management
  Elder Marvin J. Ashton

• The Making of a Missionary
  Elder M. Russell Ballard, Jr.

• We Are a Covenant-making People
  Elder Joseph Anderson

• Teachings of the Apostle Paul
  Elder Delbert L. Stapley

• Sunday Afternoon Session

• Everything to Gain—Nothing to Lose
  Elder Gordon B. Hinckley

• A Gospel of Conversion
  Elder Hartman Rector, Jr.

• The Lord’s Support System
  Elder Robert L. Simpson

• “I Have Gained”
  Elder S. Dilworth Young

• The Impact Teacher
  Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone

• The Dead Who Die in the Lord
  Elder Bruce R. McConkie

• The Greatest Thing in My Life
  Elder Robert E. Wells

• “I Will Never Be the Same Again”
  Bishop J. Richard Clarke

• A Program for Man
  President Spencer W. Kimball

• Welfare Session

• Welfare Services Essentials: The Bishops Storehouse
  Bishop Victor L. Brown

• Acquiring and Managing Production Projects
  Bishop H. Burke Peterson

• Principles of Welfare
  Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone

• “She Is Not Afraid of the Snow for Her Household …”
  Sister Barbara B. Smith

• “In Mine Own Way”
  President Marion G. Romney

• Go and Do the Work
  President N. Eldon Tanner

• Loving One Another
  President Spencer W. Kimball

• News of the Church

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On the cover: The Rogers family of Rexburg, Idaho, in the front room of their home—fixed up after the Teton Dam flood. The family was inspired by President Spencer W. Kimball’s keynote message of the conference. Seated, from left to right, are Stephen (6), Daniel (3), Sister Marva Rogers, Brother William H. Rogers, Marie (19), and Jerry (15). Standing are Jeanine (18), left, and Ranae (13). Not pictured are Joy (22), who is serving in the California Arcadia Mission, and Henry (23), who is a student at Brigham Young University. The photography is by Eldon Linschoten, manager, Church Photography Department.

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Inside front cover: The First Presidency of the Church—President N. Eldon Tanner, first counselor, left; President Spencer W. Kimball; and President Marion G. Romney, second counselor, right. Photography by Eldon Linschoten.

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Inside back cover: Harold B. Lee. In continuation of the year-long series of photographs on presidents of the Church, this month’s photograph is of President Harold B. Lee, 1899–1973. Photography by Merrett Smith.

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