Ensign

November 1981

Volume 11 Number 11

Contents

• Report of the 151st Semiannual Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• Saturday Morning Session

• The Sustaining of Church Officers
  President Gordon B. Hinckley

• Faith: The Essence of True Religion

  President Gordon B. Hinckley

• “O, Divine Redeemer”
  Elder Neal A. Maxwell

• The Plan for Happiness and Exaltation
  Elder Richard G. Scott

• Conference Time
  Elder Howard W. Hunter

• “Except a Man Be Born Again”
  President Marion G. Romney

• Saturday Afternoon Session

• “He Is Risen”
  Elder Thomas S. Monson

• Examples from the Life of a Prophet
  Elder Robert D. Hales

• The Light of the Gospel
  Elder Adney Y. Komatsu

• The “Little Things” and Eternal Life
  Elder Angel Abrea

• The Strength of the Kingdom Is Within
  Elder Dean L. Larsen

• “Be Ye Prepared”
  Elder LeGrand Richards

• Priesthood Session

• The Aaronic Priesthood
  Elder Boyd K. Packer

• The Ministry of the Aaronic Priesthood Holder
  Bishop H. Burke Peterson

• When Ye Are Prepared, Ye Shall Not Fear
  Elder L. Tom Perry

• Four B’s for Boys
  President Gordon B. Hinckley

• The Perfect Law of Liberty
  President Marion G. Romney

• Sunday Morning Session

• “Who Hath Believed Our Report?”
  Elder Bruce R. McConkie

• Sanctification through Missionary Service
  Elder William R. Bradford

• To Follow or Not, That Is the Question
  Elder Charles Didier

• People to People
  Elder David B. Haight

• Joseph Smith: Prophet to Our Generation
  President Ezra Taft Benson

• Sunday Afternoon Session

• Follow the Prophets
  Elder Mark E. Petersen

• Opposition to the Work of God
  Elder Carlos E. Asay

• “My Sheep Hear My Voice”
  Elder Yoshihiko Kikuchi

• Teach “the Why”
  Elder Paul H. Dunn

• “My Specialty Is Mercy”
  Elder Marion D. Hanks

• The Expanding Inheritance from Joseph Smith
  Elder James E. Faust

• “Remember Who You Are”
  President N. Eldon Tanner

• Welfare Session

• Love Extends beyond Convenience
  Bishop J. Richard Clarke

• A Safe Place for Marriages and Families
  Barbara B. Smith

• Finding Joy by Serving Others
  JoAnn Randall

• Being Strengthened through Service
  Nyle Randall

• “Give with Wisdom That They May Receive with Dignity”
  Elder Marvin J. Ashton

• Living Welfare Principles
  President Marion G. Romney

• General Relief Society Meeting

• “Charity Never Faileth”
  President Gordon B. Hinckley

• Relief Society in Times of Transition
  Barbara B. Smith

• An Opportunity for Continual Learning
  Shirley W. Thomas

• Relief Society in Welfare
  Marian R. Boyer

• The Honored Place of Woman
  President Ezra Taft Benson

• General Conference Music

• News of the Church

illustration

On the cover: Wasatch Mountains. Oil on canvas, 24″ by 30″, by Florence Ware; located in the Church Administration Building.

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Inside front cover: The First Presidency. Seated left to right in the First Presidency Board Room, Church Administration Building: President N. Eldon Tanner, first counselor, President Spencer W. Kimball, President Marion G. Romney, second counselor, President Gordon B. Hinckley, counselor. (Photography by Eldon K. Linschoten.)

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Inside back cover: Hill Cumorah. Oil on canvas, 35″ by 74″, by Alfred Lambourne. 1893; located in the foyer of the Salt Lake Temple. This painting depicts the site where Joseph Smith, Jr., obtained the Nephite records from the angel Moroni, which led to the publication of the Book of Mormon.

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Photography in this issue. Photography is by Public Communications Photo Services: Eldon K. Linschoten, chief photographer; Jed A. Clark; and Jon T. Lockwood. Photographs in this issue feature a wide range of genealogical activities, as well as scenes of conference.