New Era

September 1974

Volume 4, Number 9

Contents

• Departments

• Feedback

• The Message: There Is Purpose in Life
  President Spencer W. Kimball

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  Elder Theodore M. Burton
  Elder William H. Bennett
  Stephen R. Covey

• General Authorities’ Wives: Sister Emma Marr Petersen
  Maurine Jensen Ward

• Mormonisms

• Discover Your Heritage: “They Will Kill Us!”
  Maureen Ursenbach Beecher

• FYI: For Your Information

• Photo of the Month
  John Nielson

• Feature Articles

• A 15-Year-Old’s View of Family Home Evening
  Mark Sorenson

• Caring Caravan to Mexico
  Bjarne Christensen

• The Mormon Lady
  Shirley Jordan

• Sky Diving: New Jumps for Joy
  Marilyn McMeen Miller

• “Serving the One”: Glimpses of June Conference

• Composition and History of the Book of Mormon
  John A. Tvedtnes

• “Wisdom in All Things”
  Ewart A. Swinyard

• Tall Can Grill
  Dian Thomas

Cover photo by Steve Hatch