“Contents,” Ensign, Jan. 1977, 1
Special Features
First Presidency Message: The Things of Eternity—Stand We in Jeopardy?President Spencer W. Kimball
Someone Up There Loves YouElder Boyd K. Packer
The Inspiration of a Family RecordElder Theodore M. Burton
Beyond Pen and Ink: 18 Ways to Record Family HistoryJon Webb
Writing Your History: Some Helpful IdeasWilliam G. Hartley
It’s Child’s Play: How to Help Your Child Begin a JournalDianne Dibb Forbis
A Father, a Son, and a Campfire: The Tapes They Never MadeGary L. Shumway
The Beginner’s Guide: Tape-recording MemoriesGary L. Shumway and William G. Hartley
Six Families Tell How (and Why) They OrganizedJanice Smith
The New Scope of What We Have Called GenealogyWayne Brickey
The Spirit World, Our Next HomeDale C. Mouritsen
Will Your Children Marry in the Temple?George Durrant
Turning the Hearts of PreschoolersGinger Hamer
The Best Day of Their LivesJay A. Parry
The Kinship of the WorldJames E. Smith and Phillip R. Kunz
Three Kings and a Captain: Nephite Leaders in the Land of NephiOrson Scott Card
The Saints in IndonesiaAlison Craig
Regular Features
Mormon Journal Grandpa’s Gift of Himself Bruce Lyman Bishop The Voice Spoke Spanish Luis V. Espinoza She Was the Mother I’d Never Known Wanda West Badger
Discovery: The 15th of Nisan William James Adams, Jr.
Poetry Nellie Girl: Nilla Pedersen Christensen, Pioneer Woman Martha Pettijohn Morrise Jacob Smith of Somerset Orson Scott Card Idaho Falls Temple Donnell Hunter Temple Heights Helen Mar Cook
Keeping Pace: A Billion Names in the Local Branch Library
I Have a QuestionHenry E. Christiansen Jimmy B. Parker Val D. Greenwood George H. Fudge Ann Stoddard Reese
Insights
Random Sampler
Mirthright
Comment
News of the Church
On the cover: The Ascension, a new painting by Harry Anderson
Inside front cover: A mural in the celestial room of the Idaho Falls Temple that depicts the joys families will share in the celestial kingdom. Artist was Lee Greene Richards
Inside back cover: Handcart Pioneers was painted by Danquart Anthon Weggeland in 1908 (31″ x 41″, oil on canvas).