Ensign

November 1983

Volume 13 Number 11

Contents

• Report of the 153rd Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• Saturday Morning Session

• The Sustaining of Church Officers

• Except Ye Are One
  President Gordon B. Hinckley

• Jesus Christ: Our Savior and Redeemer
  President Ezra Taft Benson

• The Keystone of Our Religion
  Elder James E. Faust

• “Our Father Which Art in Heaven”
  Elder L. Tom Perry

• Parent-Child Interviews
  Elder Carlos E. Asay

• The Mystery of Life
  Elder Boyd K. Packer

• Saturday Afternoon Session

• Labels
  Elder Thomas S. Monson

• Agency and Love
  Elder Marion D. Hanks

• Friend or Foe
  Elder Charles Didier

• “Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother”
  Elder Paul H. Dunn

• The House of the Lord
  Elder Adney Y. Komatsu

• The Angel Moroni Came!
  Elder Mark E. Petersen

• Priesthood Session

• Our Responsibility to Take the Gospel to the Ends of the Earth
  Elder Jack H. Goaslind, Jr.

• The Blessings of Missionary Service
  James M. Dunn

• “Called As If He Heard a Voice from Heaven”
  Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone

• Become a Star Thrower
  Elder David B. Haight

• What Manner of Men Ought We to Be?
  President Ezra Taft Benson

• Be Not Deceived
  President Gordon B. Hinckley

• Sunday Morning Session

• God Grant Us Faith
  President Gordon B. Hinckley

• Joseph, the Seer
  Elder Neal A. Maxwell

• Be a Peacemaker
  Elder Franklin D. Richards

• Removing the Poison of an Unforgiving Spirit
  Bishop H. Burke Peterson

• “The Word Is Commitment”
  Elder Marvin J. Ashton

• Sunday Afternoon Session

• Parents’ Concern for Children
  Elder Howard W. Hunter

• Your Sorrow Shall Be Turned to Joy
  Elder Robert D. Hales

• How Do You Know?
  Elder William R. Bradford

• The Power to Make a Difference
  Elder Richard G. Scott

• What Think Ye of the Book of Mormon?
  Elder Bruce R. McConkie

• Let Us Go Forward!
  President Gordon B. Hinckley

• General Women’s Meeting

• Live Up to Your Inheritance
  President Gordon B. Hinckley

• A Season for Strength
  Barbara B. Smith

• Prepare to Teach His Children
  Dwan J. Young

• Agency and Accountability
  Elaine Cannon

• General Conference Music

• News of the Church

On the cover: The Jordan River Temple, by Al Rounds, watercolor, 34″ by 42″, 1983. Located at the Jordan River Temple.

Inside front cover: Manti Temple at Dusk, by Nancy Lund, oil, 12″ by 16″, 1983.

Inside back cover: Painting by VaLoy Eaton. This preliminary study by VaLoy Eaton depicts a scene in the Provo, Utah, Temple Hill Cemetery. The cemetery—which was later moved—rested where the Maeser Building now stands on the Brigham Young University Campus.

Photography in this issue features scenes of conference as well as pictures of Latter-day Saint temples. All conference photography is by Public Communications Photo Services: Eldon K. Linschoten, chief photographer; Jed A. Clark; Michael McConkie; and Marty Mayo.