Ensign

November 1975

Volume 5 Number 11

Contents

• Report of the 145th Semiannual Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• The Time to Labor Is Now
  President Spencer W. Kimball

• But Watchman, What of the Night?
  Bishop Vaughn J. Featherstone

• The World’s Greatest Need
  Elder Hartman Rector, Jr.

• Do It
  Elder Robert L. Simpson

• Once or Twice in a Thousand Years
  Elder Bruce R. McConkie

• The Sustaining of Church Officers
  President N. Eldon Tanner

• The Faith of a Child
  Elder Thomas S. Monson

• A Prophet’s Faith
  Elder A. Theodore Tuttle

• You, Too, Must Know
  Elder Marion D. Hanks

• Family Home Evening
  Elder James A. Cullimore

• Success Stories
  Elder Sterling W. Sill

• Let All Thy Doings Be unto the Lord
  Elder Gene R. Cook

• A Message to the World
  President Ezra Taft Benson

• America’s Destiny

  President Marion G. Romney

• Opposing Evil
  Elder Gordon B. Hinckley

• The Importance of Reputation
  Elder O. Leslie Stone

• To Cleanse Our Souls
  Elder John H. Vandenberg

• Covenants and Blessings
  Elder William H. Bennett

• To Make a People Prepared for the Lord
  Elder Delbert L. Stapley

• Prophets and Prophecy
  Elder LeGrand Richards

• “Oh Beautiful for Patriot Dream”
  Elder Paul H. Dunn

• The Keys of the Kingdom
  Elder James E. Faust

• My Gratitude
  Elder Charles A. Didier

• We Are Sent for the Last Time
  Elder William R. Bradford

• “Why Can’t We?”
  Elder David B. Haight

• Immanuel: God With Us
  Elder Henry D. Taylor

• “Hear Ye Him!”
  Elder Mark E. Petersen

• The Vision of the Aaronic Priesthood
  Bishop Victor L. Brown

• The Power of the Priesthood
  Elder W. Grant Bangerter

• According to the Covenants
  President Marion G. Romney

• For They Loved the Praise of Men More Than the Praise of God
  President N. Eldon Tanner

• The Privilege of Holding the Priesthood
  President Spencer W. Kimball

• The Laws of God

  President N. EIdon Tanner

• For the Time Will Come When They Will Not Endure Sound Doctrine
  Elder L. Tom Perry

• Faith and Works in the Far East
  Elder Adney Y. Komatsu

• We Can’t Do It Alone
  Elder Robert D. Hales

• The Tabernacle
  Elder Howard W. Hunter

• The Redemption of the Dead
  Elder Boyd K. Packer

• My Heritage Is Choice
  Elder George P. Lee

• A Call to Arms
  Elder Rex D. Pinegar

• The Language of the Spirit
  Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin

• Family Research
  Elder Eldred G. Smith

• Love Takes Time
  Elder Marvin J. Ashton

• Spoken from Their Hearts
  President Spencer W. Kimball

• Welfare Session

• An Overview of Church Welfare Services
  Bishop Victor L. Brown

• The Welfare Production-Distribution Department
  Bishop H. Burke Peterson

• The Developing Welfare Services Department
  Bishop Vaughn J. Featherstone

• Relief Society’s Role in Welfare Services
  Sister Barbara B. Smith

• Prepare for Honorable Employment
  Elder Howard W. Hunter

• Welfare Services
  President Marion G. Romney

• There Is Still Much to Do
  President Spencer W. Kimball

• News of the Church

On the cover: Photograph of a new painting by Harry Anderson, Christ and the Little Children, and the subject of the second Gospel-in-Art painting for purchase by membership of the Church.

Inside front and back covers: photographs of The Christus, the incomparable sculpture by Norway’s Thorvaldsen, a replica of which stands in the Visitors Center on Temple Square in Salt Lake City. (Photography by Eldon Linschoten.)

Photography in this issue: Photographs are of statues and monuments located in Salt Lake City and related to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and her people. Also featured are pictures of leaders and members who attended this general conference, showing the mood and spirit of the October 1975 general conference. Photography is by members of the Church Photography Department: Eldon K. Linschoten, Frank L. Gale, Royce R. Bair, Lonnie Lonczyna, and Jed A. Clark.