Ensign

May 1981

Volume 11 Number 5

Contents

• Report of the 151st Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• Saturday Morning Session

• The Sustaining of Church Officers
  President Marion G. Romney

• A Report of My Stewardship

  President Spencer W. Kimball

• The Dignity of Self
  Elder James E. Faust

• We Are Called to Spread the Light
  Elder Jacob de Jager

• Marriage
  Elder Boyd K. Packer

• The Restoration of Israel to the Lands of Their Inheritance
  President Marion G. Romney

• Saturday Afternoon Session

• Church Audit Committee Report

• Statistical Report 1980

• The Joseph Smith III Document and the Keys of the Kingdom
  Elder Gordon B. Hinckley

• We Serve That Which We Love
  Elder Marvin J. Ashton

• Building Bridges to Faith
  Elder Loren C. Dunn

• Gracias
  Elder Angel Abrea

• Light and Truth
  Elder Theodore M. Burton

• Call of the Prophets
  Elder LeGrand Richards

• Priesthood Session

• Great Things Required of Their Fathers
  President Ezra Taft Benson

• Fast Offerings: Fulfilling Our Responsibility to Others
  Bishop Victor L. Brown

• The Responsibility of Young Aaronic Priesthood Bearers
  Elder David B. Haight

• Gospel Covenants
  President Marion G. Romney

• Rendering Service to Others
  President Spencer W. Kimball

• Sunday Morning Session

• The Long Line of the Lonely
  Elder Thomas S. Monson

• He Is There
  President N. Eldon Tanner

• Life—A Great Proving Ground
  Elder Franklin D. Richards

• Love One Another
  Elder James M. Paramore

• Reach Out to Our Father’s Children
  Elder Jack H. Goaslind, Jr.

• Blessings in Self-Reliance
  Elder Mark E. Petersen

• Sunday Afternoon Session

• No Man Shall Add to or Take Away
  Elder Howard W. Hunter

• Moral Values and Rewards
  Elder Royden G. Derrick

• Obedience—Full Obedience
  Elder Teddy E. Brewerton

• In Saving Others We Save Ourselves
  Elder F. Burton Howard

• Turning the Hearts
  Elder Hartman Rector, Jr.

• “Upon This Rock”
  Elder Bruce R. McConkie

• We Are on the Lord’s Errand
  President Spencer W. Kimball

• Welfare Session

• Follow the Fundamentals
  President Spencer W. Kimball

• Our Responsibility to Care for Our Own
  Bishop H. Burke Peterson

• Reach for the Stars
  Barbara B. Smith

• Providing for Our Needs
  Elder M. Russell Ballard

• The Need to Teach Personal and Family Preparedness
  Elder L. Tom Perry

• The Basic Principles of Church Welfare
  President Marion G. Romney

• General Conference Music

• News of the Church

On the cover: Joseph Smith in Nauvoo, 1840. Oil on canvas, 7′ by 10 1/2′ by Theodore S. Gorka, 1980; now hanging in east lobby of Church Office Building, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Inside front cover: Pine Valley Ward House. Gouache and pastel on paper, 11″ by 14 1/2″, by Randall Lake; now in possession of Mr. and Mrs. Reed Gardner, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Inside back cover: Temple Square, circa 1880s. Color lithograph, 10 1/2″ by 25 1/2″, artist unknown; courtesy Church Historical Department.

Photography in this issue: Photography is by Public Communications Photo Services: Eldon K. Linschoten, chief photographer; Jed A. Clark; Marilyn E. Péo; and Jon T. Lockwood. Photographs in this issue feature missionary work, as well as scenes of conference.