Ensign

January 1982

Volume 12 Number 1

Contents

• Special Features

• First Presidency Message: “Therefore I Was Taught”
  President Spencer W. Kimball

• President Gordon B. Hinckley: The Spiritual Sculpturing of a Righteous Soul
  Elder Neal A. Maxwell

• A Class That Changes Lives
  Lane Johnson

• Judah through the Centuries
  Ann N. Madsen and Barnard N. Madsen

• Israel’s “Other Tribes”
  Vern G. Swanson

• The “Other Tribes”: Which Are They?
  John A. Tvedtnes

• How the Bible Came to Be: Part 1, A Testament Is Established
  Lenet H. Read

• Primary, 1982: A Conversation with the General Primary Presidency

• Sharmayn’s Farewell
  Isaac C. Ferguson

• We Put Our Experiences in Print
  Janet Peterson

• When Disaster Strikes: Latter-day Saints Talk about Preparedness
  Marvin K. Gardner

• How I Got Involved in Community Service
  Linda L. Sutton

• Regular Features

• Mormon Journal
  Paul’s Pumpkins W. Paul Hyde
  Sustained through Fire Stephen Cherry
  Swearing Off Swear Words Kent H. Roberts

• Mirthright

• Speaking Today: “This Is Life Eternal”
  Elder F. Enzio Busche

• Poetry
  Stepping-Stones DeLynn Decker
  Push Me to the Sky Ron Woods

• Random Sampler

• Sharing

• News of the Church