“Contents,” Ensign, Feb. 1973, 1 Ensign February 1973 Volume 3 Number 2 Contents Special Features First Presidency Message: The Rule of LawPresident Marion G. Romney How Love Scales Prison WallsLawrence E. Cummins The Boston SaintsPaul James Toscano Teaching Our Children to Love the ScripturesEd J. Pinegar I Threw Away Our TVElaine S. McKay Strengthening the Patriarchal Order in the HomeBrent A. Barlow The Language of the Old TestamentEllis T. Rasmussen Tornado!Joyce A. Organ The Journeys and Events of the Life of Abraham The Covenants and Blessings of AbrahamEdward J. Brandt A Child Sees through the StormBeth Anne Bruhn Overpopulation as a Crisis IssueBen J. Wattenberg “Zion’s Welfare Is My Portion”Roy W. Doxey Searching the Scriptures: What Sayest the Tongue?Robert J. Matthews Add Sprouts to Your CuisineLinda Lee Handy The Improved Scouting Program: Changes in an Old TraditionMac Gardner Center Insert: The Prayer at Valley ForgeArnold Friberg Regular Features After All Books “Pointers for Parents: “Daddy, Are You Going to Talk with Me?”Gary J. Coleman News of the Church Our Readers Write Poetry/Fiction PoetryHarlan Y. HammondGrant Michael LamphereTeresa Winn One Spot to GladdenMargaret Woods On the cover: Many adult members of the Church are now studying about Abraham in their Gospel Doctrine classes. This month’s cover represents Abraham gratefully holding the newborn Isaac, the promised rightful heir to the promises made by the Lord to Abraham, and from whom a multitude was to come that would bless all nations of the earth. The artist is William Whitaker. See pages 40 and 42 for related charts and information.