“Contents,” Ensign, Aug. 1976, 1
Special Features
First Presidency Message: God Is Not Far from UsPresident Marion G. Romney
A New Commandment: Save Thyself and Thy Kindred!Elder Bruce R. McConkie
Our Pearl of Great Price: From Mission Pamphlet to Standard WorkJames R. Clark
Screening Out the Garbage: How to Teach “Correct Principles” about Television in the HomeGlen C. Griffin and Victor B. Cline
A Record of Our KingdomsJimmy B. Parker
Update on Western EuropeDouglas Tobler
To Change Your Marriage, Change YourselfAfton J. Day
Ceasefire on Crisis LivingJerrie W. Hurd
The Seven Cities of RevelationJay M. Todd
Clement, Ignatius, and Polycarp: Three Bishops between the Apostles and ApostasyRichard Lloyd Anderson
O My Father Illustrated by John Hafen
John HafenJay M. Todd
Regular Features
PoetryBlanche Huddleston Gail Christensen Dawn Baker Brimley Eileen Starr
I Have a QuestionNeal A. Maxwell Ione J. Simpson Arthur R. Bassett
Keeping Pace
The Meetinghouse Library: Also a Family Resource
Mormon JournalJack R. Jenkins Erma Braack Piriko Petersen
Random Sampler
Speaking TodayElder Boyd K. Packer
Church Policies and Announcements
News of the Church
On the cover: Photography by Longin Lonczyna, Jr.
Inside front cover: Sea Gulls, painted by Jack Vigos in 1950, depicts the answer to a fervent prayer of the first pioneers in Salt Lake Valley. A horde of crickets threatened their small but essential crop, and when the Saints were unable by themselves to ward off the insects, they turned to the Lord; the answer was a huge flock of seagulls that devoured the crickets and saved the crop. The painting hangs in the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Inside back cover: George Albert Smith