Ensign

January 1978

Volume 8 Number 1

Contents

• Special Features

• First Presidency Message: The Sabbath—A Delight
  President Spencer W. Kimball

• Saints Report: Making Sunday the Best Day of the Week
  Orson Scott Card

• Fasting—A Gift of Joy
  Sheryl Condie Kempton

• Mormon Sundays
  William G. Hartley

• Working on Sunday
  Steve Gilliland

• Prayer: The Heart of the Sabbath
  Karen Lynn

• Singing the Songs We Love, Loving the Songs We Sing
  Sue Van Alfen

• How to Get the Most from Your Class
  Irene M. Bates

• Listening with the Spirit
  Robert K. Thomas

• The Six Best Talks I Ever Heard
  Thomas Ladanye

• The Sacrament and Covenant-Making
  W. Cole Durham, Jr.

• Community and Communing: The Power of Testimony Meeting
  Margaret Hoopes

• Miracles Today?
  Jay A. Parry

• The Little Loud Ones
  Pam Williams

• Turning Sunday into a Sabbath: One Family’s Experience
  Marvin R. VanDam

• Sunday Meetings: A Preparation for Work
  Orson Scott Card

• The Nephi We Tend to Forget
  Marilyn Arnold

• Regular Features

• I Have a Question
  Henry B. Eyring
  Robert J. Matthews
  Elliott D. Landau
  Kathie Johnston Brough
  R. Douglas Phillips

• Fiction: Wilhelmstrasse 23
  Danny N. Crandall

• Poetry: Escape to the Desert
  Clara Laster

• News of the Church

• The Salt Lake Temple