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“Contents,” Ensign, July 1971, 1
Regular Features
First Presidency Message: “Successful” SinnersPresident Harold B. Lee
The Spoken WordElder Richard L. Evans
The Sweetness of SweatWendell J. Ashton
Our Readers Write
Religion in the World
Programs and Policies Newsletter
Today’s FamilyConducted by Mabel Jones Gabbott
After All
Editorial: Building Relationships
Faith/Doctrine/History
A Modern Prophet at Ninety-FiveAlbert L. Zobell, Jr.
Classics in Mormon Thought: General EpistleBrigham Young (1801–1877)
If There Must Needs Be OffenseHugh Nibley
Joseph Smith’s Home EnvironmentRichard Lloyd Anderson
Human Relations/Teaching
Good Teachers MatterElder Marion D. Hanks
The CaveCarla Worlund
Contemporary Issues
ConfucianismSpencer J. Palmer
Recipes from the Pacific NorthwestVirginia Maughan Kammeyer
Fiction/Poetry
Fiction: Red River RoseVirginia Bell
PoetryHarris T. Weberg Enola Chamberlin
Special Lamanite Section
The Lamanites (Introduction)
Of Royal BloodPresident Spencer W. Kimball
Lamanites and the ChurchM. Dallas Burnett
Hope for the American Indian?Lawrence E. Cummins
The Vanished AmericanLeRoi Smith
Awakening GuatemalaBarbara Tietjen Jacobs
Cover Note: The faces captured photographically by Eldon Linschoten for the cover of this month’s Ensign belong to some of the young people who attended a Lamanite youth conference in Salt Lake City in April. Beginning on page 4 are five special articles on the Lamanites in the Church and in the world.