Ensign

September 1977

Volume 7 Number 9

Contents

• Special Features

• First Presidency Message: The Inevitable Choice
  President N. Eldon Tanner

• “Now Abideth These Three”
  Arthur R. Bassett

• Being Parents, Being Children
  Darwin L. Thomas

• Korihor: The Arguments of Apostasy
  Chauncey C. Riddle

• Ezekiel’s “Sticks”
  Keith H. Meservy

• Moroni and His Captains: Men of Peace in a Time of War
  Eugene England

• A Book You Can Respect
  John W. Welch

• Converted after Years of Membership
  Claudia T. Goates

• Dissent and Treason
  Orson Scott Card

• Six Nephite Judges: A Study in Integrity
  James R. Moss

• My Book of Mormon Sisters
  Marjorie Meads Spencer

• “By the Gift and Power of God”
  Richard Lloyd Anderson

• “A Most Sacred Possession”: The Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon
  Stan Larson

• Regular Features

• I Have a Question
  Allen E. Litster
  Stan Larson
  Gordon C. Thomasson
  Irene Bates
  Max Waters

• Poetry: The Parents’ Dialogue
  Clara Laster

• Mormon Journal
  Then I Could Touch People’s Hearts Afton J. Day
  I Felt Drawn to That Book Linda L. Stayton
  “You Bring Them and I’ll Read Them” Marjorie A. McCormick
  “Could I Touch This Holy Book?” Don J. Black

• News of the Church

On the cover: Scenes from the Book of Mormon: Kishkumen assassinates the chief judge, Christ ordains his disciples, Alma preaches to the poor Zoramites, and Hagoth embarks. Painting by Gary E. Smith, 51″ x 31″, oils, property of the Ensign.

Inside front cover: Detail from Helaman Leads an Army of Two Thousand Ammonite Youths, a painting by Arnold Friberg.

Inside back cover: New Zealand Temple