“Contents,” Ensign, June 1981
Special Features
First Presidency Message: SacrificePresident N. Eldon Tanner
Time for Sunday What We Do with All That Time Cathy P. Anderegg What the New Schedule Has Done for Our Family Nancy Hoch Keeping Sunday Holy Debra S. Hadfield and Helen Mar Williamson
Reflections on the Law of Moses: Old Testament Apostasy in ContextGib Kocherhans
The Langheinrich Legacy: Record-Gathering in Post-War GermanyKahlile Mehr
Who Was Grandpa?Thomas E. Daniels
Blending Family Styles: Making a Second Marriage WorkFrancine Christensen
Sharing Sarah: Our Down’s Syndrome BabyMary Jane Hawkes
Taking the Church AnywhereMarvin K. Gardner
Home Is Where the Hearty IsHeidi E. Vriens
I’ll Help Teach Yours, You Help Teach MineJan Izatt and Karla Croshaw
Seeking “the Good, the Pure, the Elevating”: A Short History of Mormon Fiction, Part 1Richard H. Cracroft
Regular Features
Poetry End Result Donna Evleth Slow Bloomer DeLynn Decker Earthlife Dianne Dibb Forbis Friends Gina Berg
I Have a QuestionLeland H. Gentry Edward J. Brandt
Sharing
Random Sampler
Comment
Mirthright: The Stuffed SuitErik Eden
The Best Thing We’ve Done
Mormon Journal Prayer in Moonlight Lorraine F. Day Divine Law of the Tithe Louise A. Kelly Cast Your Bread … Carma N. Cutler Tornado Kathy Wilcox
Speaking Today: Prayer—Try AgainBishop H. Burke Peterson
News of the Church
On the cover: Illustrations by Phyllis Luch depict appropriate family activities on the Sabbath. See page 6.
Inside front cover: Vision of the Boy Samuel, by W. H. Margetson, circa 1910. Watercolor, 28″ by 20″; courtesy Church Historical Department.
Inside back cover: The Handcart Pioneers at Devil’s Gate, Wyoming, by Barna Meeker. Twentieth century primitive painting, oil on cardboard, 35″ by 71″. Courtesy Church Historical Department.