Ensign

February 1979

Volume 9 Number 2

Contents

• Special Features

• First Presidency Message: Living the Principles of the Law of Consecration
  President Marion G. Romney

• Thirteen Wards
  Lavina Fielding Anderson

• Welfare Services in Perspective: A Conversation with R. Quinn Gardner, Managing Director of Welfare Services

• Fast Offerings: A Place for the Second Mile
  Larry E. Morris

• Staying Prepared
  Marvin K. Gardner

• Becoming a Zion Society: Six Principles
  R. Quinn Gardner

• Beyond the Glitter
  Janet Brigham

• Because She Cared
  Helen J. Selee

• A True and Sufficient Love
  Burton C. Kelly

• Kirtland Today: History with a Future
  Janet Brigham

• A House Divided: The John Johnson Family
  Keith Perkins

• Where Self-Esteem Starts
  C. Kay Allen

• Things a Baked Alaska Taught Me
  Linda Archibald

• Regular Features

• Poetry

• Mirthright: My Most Unforgettable Funeral
  Richard H. Cracroft

• I Have a Question
  Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone
  Stephen L. Tanner
  Neal S. Southwick

• Random Sampler

• Keeping Pace

• Speaking Today: A More Determined Discipleship
  Elder Neal A. Maxwell

• News of the Church