“Contents,” Ensign, July 1977, 1
First Presidency Message: The Gospel Vision of the ArtsPresident Spencer W. Kimball
Architecture
First of the Modern TemplesPaul L. Anderson
Fiction
Gert FramByron Walley
Day of the StrangersLael J. Littke
Connie’s TuesdayAfton Day
SouvenirDon Marshall
Drama
Rag MissionBrian Green
Music
Singing Hymns with New PowerClayne Robison
As the Shadows FallLowell M. Durham, Jr., and Lowell M. Durham
Our Heaven Is Our HomeMarilyn McMeen Miller Brown and Dennis L. Crockett
Our Savior’s Love Edward L. Hart and Crawford Gates
I Have Two EarsGeorgia Maeser and A. Laurence Lyon
Painting
A Portfolio of Mormon Painters
Peter, James, and John Ordaining Joseph and OliverMinerva K. Teichert
Joseph Rebuking the GuardsDanquart Weggeland
Building the Nauvoo TempleGary E. Smith
Emigration of the SaintsC. C. A. Christensen
HaymakingLorus Pratt
Augusta Natural BridgeH. L. A. Culmer
FishingA. B. Wright
Pioneer RelicJ. T. Harwood
Country FuneralLeConte Stewart
George Albert Smith John Hafen
The Green BagLee Greene Richards
Navajo Woman and GoatsMahonri M. Young
Country FairB. F. Larsen
Mother and ChildMary Teasdel
BlessingTrevor Southey
Edgemont TreehouseDale T. Fletcher
Poetry
To a Dying GirlClinton F. Larson
DeliveranceMarylou Cunningham Leavitt
Looking WestOrson Scott Card
Late WaitingEmma Lou Thayne
Too Late on Father’s DayMarden Clark
WoodcraftKaren Mikkelsen
Seven-year-oldElisabeth J. Hall
Beyond Our Works and DaysArthur Henry King
True PrayerPaul James Toscano
On Peaches DaysMarilyn McMeen Miller Brown
Sandstone ChapelDon Jenkins
Being Worth Our SaltDianne Dibb Forbis
The ClotheslineLinda Madsen Sheffield
Poetry From Our Past
Rejoice, My Soul, RejoiceReba Beebe Pratt
I Want to Be Close to YouLouisa L. Greene Richards
To Mrs. V. KimballEliza R. Snow
Peace Is in Your TearsClaire Stewart Boyer
PartingCharles W. Penrose
WaitingOrson F. Whitney
General
Family ArtOrson Scott Card
Baskets and Dancing BlanketsRichard G. Oman
“Virtuous, Lovely, or of Good Report”: How the Church Has Fostered the ArtsRonald W. Walker and D. Michael Quinn
News of the Church
On the cover: The Pioneers of 1847 Crossing the Platte River, by Danquart Weggeland, 108″ x 72″, 1869, Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum, Salt Lake City; reproduced courtesy of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers.
Inside front cover: The Rod and the Veil, by Franz Johansen. “The figure reaching through the veil suggests those in the spirit world concerned about our progress in mortality; the iron rod itself, reaching into both spheres, is the sure guide through mortality upon which all of us, like the slipping boy, must struggle to retain a firm grip.” (1975, 9′ x 11′, fiberglass resin, Brigham Young University permanent collection.)
Inside back cover: Alberta Temple