“Contents,” Ensign, Feb. 1979, 1 Ensign February 1979 Volume 9 Number 2 Contents Special Features First Presidency Message: Living the Principles of the Law of ConsecrationPresident Marion G. Romney Thirteen WardsLavina Fielding Anderson Welfare Services in Perspective: A Conversation with R. Quinn Gardner, Managing Director of Welfare Services Fast Offerings: A Place for the Second MileLarry E. Morris Staying PreparedMarvin K. Gardner Becoming a Zion Society: Six PrinciplesR. Quinn Gardner Beyond the GlitterJanet Brigham Because She CaredHelen J. Selee A True and Sufficient LoveBurton C. Kelly Kirtland Today: History with a FutureJanet Brigham A House Divided: The John Johnson FamilyKeith Perkins Where Self-Esteem StartsC. Kay Allen Things a Baked Alaska Taught MeLinda Archibald Regular Features Poetry Mirthright: My Most Unforgettable Funeral Richard H. Cracroft I Have a QuestionElder Vaughn J. FeatherstoneStephen L. TannerNeal S. Southwick Random Sampler Keeping Pace Speaking Today: A More Determined DiscipleshipElder Neal A. Maxwell News of the Church On the cover: Painting by Howard Post Inside front cover: Woman with Food Storage, by Judith Mehr, oil on canvas, 40″ by 30″, Church Historical Department Collection. Inside back cover: Embarkation of the Saints at Liverpool, by Ken Baxter, oil on canvas, 40″ by 30″, Church Historical Department. The Ellen Maria, depicted here at dockside, left Liverpool, England, 1 February 1851, carrying many British converts to their new life in the United States.