“Contents,” Ensign, Mar. 1983, 1
Ensign
March 1983
Volume 13 Number 3
On the cover: Photography by Eldon K. Linschoten. See pages 20–41 for articles on motherhood, womanhood.
Inside front cover: Heber C. Kimball Home, by Al Rounds, 42″ by 34″, watercolor, 1982. Heber C. Kimball, Counselor to Brigham Young and grandfather of President Spencer W. Kimball, lived with his family in this home for only five months before departing west. It is often considered one of the most beautiful structures in Nauvoo.
Inside back cover: Light and Mist. Photography and commentary by Anselm Spring of Landsberg, Germany.
“I love to photograph the light because of our gospel understanding about what light is and what it represents. I especially like this photograph because it reminds me that on occasion I can actually look at the sun. Usually we look up and see a clear or nearly clear sky and when we focus on the sun or seek to immediately perceive what it is, we are blinded by it. We cannot now see the sun in its fulness. To do so would injure us greatly. But here, in this photograph, the mist has become a means by which I can look at the sun, somehow drink it in. The mist allows me to perceive that portion of the fulness of light that is appropriate to my condition. In fact, when I contemplate it, I realize that the mist is essential for me, for it permits me to see the sun and still live. When I look further into the photograph, I am reminded that I am indeed lost without the light. Without it I would stumble in the darkness, but there is clearly more than enough light if I will but look up, see it, and feel its power.
“Also, I am reminded here that the Holy Ghost witnesses to us of the glory of God in ways that we as individuals can understand. I cannot see all or comprehend all the truth, and God has not spoken in fulness to mankind about all things, but with the help of the mist I can look to the sun. I can comprehend truth as it comes from the Spirit. I need never be lost. I can always receive understanding.”