Ensign

December 1978

Volume 8 Number 12

Contents

• Special Features

• First Presidency Message: Eternal Principles of Truth
  President Marion G. Romney

• The Doctrine and Covenants: The Voice of the Lord
  Elder Neal A. Maxwell

• Christmas with the Prophet Joseph
  Larry C. Porter

• Love’s Labor’s Lost—and Found!
  Kim R. Burningham

• Individual Liberty, Commitment, and Marriage
  Bruce C. Hafen

• Family Councils: Making Decisions Together
  Marvin K. Gardner

• Why Did People Act That Way?
  James B. Allen

• When “The Best Two Years” Are Over
  Janet Brigham

• If Shyness Is the Problem
  Susan McBee

• Saints around the World: Palmyra Partnership
  Janet Brigham

• The Newel K. Whitney Family
  D. Michael Quinn

• Regular Features

• I Have a Question
  Elder Rex D. Pinegar
  Michael Farnworth
  Larry C. Porter

• Random Sampler

• The Best Thing We’ve Done

• Keeping Pace

• News of the Church

• Comment