Ensign

March 1972

Volume 2 Number 3

Contents

• Regular Feature

• Elder Marvin J. Ashton Of the Council of the Twelve
  Doyle L. Green

• Regular Features

• First Presidency Message: Justice for the Dead
  Joseph Fielding Smith

• Our Readers Write

• Policies, Procedures, People

• Books

• After All

• Editorial: The Dimensions of Morality

• Faith/Doctrine/History

• Ogden Temple Dedicatory Prayer

• What Is the Four-Generation Program?

• Islam and Mormonism—A Comparison
  Hugh Nibley

• Classics in Mormon Thought: The Nobility of Labor
  President Heber J. Grant

• Home/Family

• Consumer Protection Guidelines

• Women, This Is Our Time
  Florence S. Jacobsen

• Fruits of Obedience
  Lena Mae Hansen

• Prepare to Keep the Sabbath Day Holy
  Marilyn T. Brockbank

• Fiction/Poetry

• One Load of Piñon Wood
  Albert R. Hawkins

• The Relief Society
  Goldie B. Despain

• Poetry
  Pauline Havard
  D. H. Fitzgerald
  John Gallinari Whidding
  Margaret R. Swapp
  Hope Young

• Relief Society Short Story and Poetry Contests

• Human Relations/Teaching

• The Meaning of Love
  Clark Swain

• Is There Room on Your Horse for Two?
  Kenneth W. Godfrey

• Daffodils Are for Dreaming
  Ruth C. Ikerman

On the cover: Elder Marvin J. Ashton, who was called to the Council of the Twelve on December 2, 1971, is featured on this month’s cover. He is the seventy-ninth man chosen in this dispensation to the apostleship. On the back cover, he and Sister Ashton enjoy a relaxing moment with their grandson, Michael Ashton. See the article “Marvin J. Ashton of the Council of the Twelve” by Doyle L. Green, page 14. (Front cover photo courtesy Church Information Service; back cover photo by Eldon Linschoten, Ensign photographer.)