Ensign

May 1983

Volume 13 Number 5

Contents

• Report of the 153rd Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• Saturday Morning Session

• The Sustaining of Church Officers

• He Slumbers Not, nor Sleeps
  President Gordon B. Hinckley

• “Shine As Lights in the World”
  Elder Neal A. Maxwell

• The Sacrament
  Elder David B. Haight

• Evidences of the Resurrection
  Elder Howard W. Hunter

• Unity
  President Marion G. Romney

• Saturday Afternoon Session

• Church Audit Committee Report

• Statistical Report 1982

• The Keys of the Kingdom
  Elder Bruce R. McConkie

• Valiance in the Drama of Life
  Elder Royden G. Derrick

• That Ye May Have Roots and Branches
  Elder Hartman Rector, Jr.

• The Gospel of Jesus Christ and Basic Needs of People
  Elder James M. Paramore

• Receiving a Prophet
  Elder Loren C. Dunn

• Straightway
  Elder Marvin J. Ashton

• Priesthood Session

• A Royal Generation
  Elder Dean L. Larsen

• Within the Clasp of Your Arms
  Jeffrey R. Holland

• Muddy Feet and White Shirts
  Matthew S. Holland

• Enriching Family Life
  Elder James E. Faust

• A Call to the Priesthood: “Feed My Sheep”
  President Ezra Taft Benson

• Overpowering the Goliaths in Our Lives
  President Gordon B. Hinckley

• Sunday Morning Session

• A Principle with a Promise
  President Ezra Taft Benson

• “Anonymous”
  Elder Thomas S. Monson

• Repentance
  Elder F. Burton Howard

• Finding One’s Identity
  Bishop Victor L. Brown

• Creator and Savior
  Elder Mark E. Petersen

• Sunday Afternoon Session

• Agency and Control
  Elder Boyd K. Packer

• Teaching—No Greater Call
  Elder M. Russell Ballard

• To Forgive Is Divine
  Elder Theodore M. Burton

• Profanity and Swearing
  Elder Ted E. Brewerton

• Climbing to Higher Spirituality
  Elder Jacob de Jager

• Train Up a Child
  Elder L. Tom Perry

• “Fear Not to Do Good”
  President Gordon B. Hinckley

• General Conference Music

• News of the Church

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On the cover: The stand of the Tabernacle during general conference; photography by Jed A. Clark.

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Inside front cover: St. George Temple, by Donal C. Jolley, watercolor, 10″ by 14″, 1982. Constructed on a site selected by President Brigham Young, the St. George Temple was completed in 1877. It was rededicated in 1975 by President Spencer W. Kimball.

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Inside back cover: Genealogy, by Theodore Gorka, oil on canvas, 40″ by 60″, 1982. In this recent painting, Latter-day Saint artist Theodore Gorka depicts the bond that sacred family records can create between present and past generations.

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Photography in this issue features scenes of conference as well as pictures of the Beehive House and the Lion House, restored residences of President Brigham Young. All conference photography is by Public Communications Photo Services: Eldon K. Linschoten, chief photographer; Jed A. Clark; and Michael M. McConkie.