“Contents,” Ensign, Nov. 1979, 3
Report of the 149th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Saturday Morning Session
“We Need a Listening Ear”President Spencer W. Kimball
“An Angel from on High, the Long, Long Silence Broke”Elder Gordon B. Hinckley
The Voice of the Lord Is unto All PeopleElder W. Grant Bangerter
O America, AmericaElder Mark E. Petersen
Maintaining SpiritualityPresident Marion G. Romney
Saturday Afternoon Session
The Sustaining of Church OfficersPresident N. Eldon Tanner
Prayers and AnswersElder Boyd K. Packer
Joseph Smith the ProphetElder David B. Haight
Language: A Divine Way of CommunicatingElder Charles Didier
Therefore I Was TaughtElder A. Theodore Tuttle
Send Missionaries from Every NationElder Yoshihiko Kikuchi
A Witness and a WarningPresident Ezra Taft Benson
Priesthood Session
Making the Right DecisionsElder L. Tom Perry
The Governing OnesElder William R. Bradford
Faith in the Lord Jesus ChristPresident Marion G. Romney
The Administration of the ChurchPresident N. Eldon Tanner
Our Sisters in the ChurchPresident Spencer W. Kimball
Sunday Morning Session
The Contributions of the Prophet Joseph SmithPresident N. Eldon Tanner
The Mystery of MormonismElder Bruce R. McConkie
Prayer to Our Heavenly FatherElder Bernard P. Brockbank
Progress through ChangeElder Marvin J. Ashton
Reading the ScripturesElder Howard W. Hunter
Sunday Afternoon Session
Pornography—the Deadly CarrierElder Thomas S. Monson
“After Much Tribulation Come the Blessings”Elder Adney Y. Komatsu
Happiness Now and ForeverElder Richard G. Scott
Commandments to Live ByElder O. Leslie Stone
“We Will Go with Our Young and with Our Old”Elder Hugh W. Pinnock
The Gift of the Holy GhostElder LeGrand Richards
“Give Me This Mountain”President Spencer W. Kimball
Welfare Session
Constancy Amid ChangePresident N. Eldon Tanner
The Relief Society Role in Priesthood CouncilsPresident Barbara B. Smith
Priesthood Administration of Welfare ServicesElder J. Thomas Fyans
Blessing the OneBishop Victor L. Brown
Establishing the Church: Welfare Services Missionaries Are an Important ResourceElder James E. Faust
The Role of a Bishop in the Church Welfare ProgramPresident Marion G. Romney
General Conference Music
Women’s Fireside Addresses
The Role of Righteous WomenPresident Spencer W. Kimball
Teaching Our Little WomenSister Naomi M. Shumway
Our Mighty ErrandSister Elaine Cannon
Women for the Latter DaySister Barbara B. Smith
News of the Church
On the cover: Laie, Hawaii, site of the Hawaii Temple, by Torleif Knaphus (oil on canvas, 23″ by 32″, c. 1920, located in the Lion House).
Inside front cover: Seagull Monument on Temple Square in Salt Lake City.
Inside back cover: C. C. A. Christensen’s Panorama #12, Joseph Preaches to the Lamanites, (above).
C. C. A. Christensen’s Panorama #13, Joseph Reviews the Nauvoo Legion, (below).
Photography in this issue: Photographs of First Presidencies of the Church are from the Historical Department Archives, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Other photography is by Public Communications Photo Services: Eldon K. Linschoten, chief photographer; Jed A. Clark, Marilyn L. Erd, and Eric W. White.