New Era

May 1982

Volume 12, Number 4

Contents

• Departments

• Feedback

• The Message: He Is Nearby and Ready to Help
  Elder Ted E. Brewerton

• Mormonad

• Mormonisms

• Talk of the Month: Watch Out for Mom
  Tom Collins

• FYI: For Your Information

• Photo of the Month
  Anselm Spring

• Feature Articles

• Elder Robert L. Backman: Be Where The Lord Can Find You
  Melvin Leavitt

• A Man and His Table
  Ann Banks and Lana Rowland

• Homemade Handcarts and Trails of Skill
  Richard M. Romney

• Backpack Banquets
  Janet Thomas

• Prepare Yourself for the Great Day of the Lord
  President Ezra Taft Benson

• Fiction and Poetry

• “Pride and Prejudice”
  Susan Evans McCloud

• Untitled
  Richard Ray Thomas

Cover: Photo by Richard M. Romney

Pioneers probably stopped to look at the wildflowers too, according to Washington, D.C., area Scouts who reenacted the handcart treks of the 1850s. See story on p. 20