Ensign

April 1971

Volume 1 Number 4

Contents

• Regular Features

• First Presidency Message
  President N. Eldon Tanner

• Priorities
  Wendell J. Ashton

• The Spoken Word
  Elder Richard L. Evans

• Our Readers Write

• Religion in the World

• Programs and Policies Newsletter

• Today’s Family
  Conducted by Mabel Jones Gabbott

• After All

• Editorial: Be a Missionary

• Faith/Doctrine/History

• Households of Faith
  President Bruce R. McConkie

• Classics in Mormon Thought: The King Follett Sermon
  Joseph Smith, Jr. (1805–1844)

• A Joy to Be Needed
  Lawrence Cummins

• Mormon Settlements in Nevada
  Chris Jensen

• The Branch that Wouldn’t Die
  Gilbert W. Scharffs

• The Crucifixion and Resurrection

• The Room
  Edwin Greenlaw Sapp

• Human Relations/Teaching

• And When They Are Good
  Florence Bittner

• Rational Approach to Discipline
  G. Hugh Allred

• Triple Play at Home
  E. Lewis Frasier

• Until Debt Do Us Part
  Quinn G. McKay and William A. Tilleman

• Contemporary Issues

• Persuasion, Manipulation, and the Mass Media
  M. Dallas Burnett

• The Art of Flower Preservation
  Geneal Condon

• Roman Catholicism
  A. Burt Horsley

• Fiction/Poetry

• Fiction: Big Joe
  Claire Noall

• Poetry
  Christie Lund Coles

Cover Note: The resurrected Christ’s encounter with Mary Magdalene is shown on the cover. [photo] On the back cover is a photograph of what may be the tomb where Jesus was buried. Readers will also be interested in the crucifixion scene on pages 40–41.