“Contents,” Ensign, Apr. 1977, 1
Special Features
The Salvation of Little ChildrenElder Bruce R. McConkie
Getting a Head Start on the DayGeri Brinley
The Character of Joseph Smith: Insights from His HolographsRichard L. Bushman
Drama in VietnamMichele Jugant Green, as told to John A. Green
Neighborliness: Daines StyleOrson Scott Card
Encounter in AmmonihahFrancine Bennion
The Impact of Someone Else’s Tobacco SmokeGeorge H. Russ
Drug Abuse: It Starts in the Medicine CabinetIra W. Hillyard
With Your Whole Sole: Discover WalkingD. James Cannon
The Do’s in the Word of WisdomLora Beth Larson
Infants and the Word of WisdomPaul S. Bergeson
Tobacco and AlcoholRoger R. Williams
Stake Relief Society President? Me?Laurie J. Wilson
A Strange Thing in the Land: The Return of the Book of Enoch, Part 11Hugh Nibley
Regular Features
Poetry My Childhood Calls Me Mary L. Bradford Edward Taylor (c. 1642–1729) Rosemary Roberts Petty Waiting Sandra Petree
I Have a QuestionHenry B. Eyring Lenet Hadley Read Leonard J. Arrington Mollie H. Sorensen
Mirthright
Mormon Journal Temptation in a Punch Bowl Yvonne Rempp I Had to Quit Smoking! Kae Black President Grant Was Talking to Me Mark Hart The Answer in a Paint Brush John C. Lea End of the Search Eitaro Kato Messenger to the Sightless Jesse Anderson
Random Sampler
Insights
Fiction: The Hearts of the ChildrenKristen Rogers and Melinda Smart
News of the Church
On the cover: Items symbolizing the Word of Wisdom. Art by Richard Hull
Inside front cover: Mosiah Interprets Jaredite Stone by Minerva K. Teichert, oil on fiberboard, BYU Art Collection. The painting depicts the contact of cultures described in Omni 1:20–22 .
Oakland Temple. Photography by Longin Lonczyna.