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“Contents,” Ensign, Feb. 1971, 1
Regular Features
Message from the First PresidencyPresident Joseph Fielding Smith
Gospel ForumPresident Spencer W. Kimball
The Spoken WordElder Richard L. Evans
Our Readers Write
WatchersWendell J. Ashton
Programs and Policies Newsletter
Today’s Family conducted by Mabel Jones Gabbott
After All
Editorial
Faith/Doctrine/History
Primer in GenealogyElder Howard W. Hunter
The Family and EternityElder Boyd K. Packer
Heritage of a ProphetRichard Lloyd Anderson
My Walk with GodCarla Sansom
Teriiotemana and PunaDon and Jean Marshall
Men and God’s MountainsCandace Robinson
What Saith My Tongue?J. Laughton Fields
Human Relations/Teaching
A Birthday to RememberPresident Harold B. Lee
Interdependence: A Family and Church GoalWilliam G. Dyer
Parents, Are You Listening?
Do Your Family Goals Fizzle?Rodger Dean Duncan
Contemporary Issues
Nutrition: A to ZHelen Thackeray
Latin America in a State of FluxGary J. Neeleman
Freedom and/or SecurityArvo Van Alstyne
HinduismA. Burt Horsley
Fiction/Poetry
Fiction: My Voice Shall EchoIris Syndergaard
Fiction: WaitingAudrey G. Slade
PoetryRobert E. McGhee Dena Parkinson Marlys Bradley Janet H. Gambee Karin Aronson Murphy
Cover note: Asael Smith, the Prophet Joseph Smith’s paternal grandfather, wrote an amazing letter to his wife and children. The cover recreating that 1799 scene was photographed by Eldon Linschoten. Richard L. Anderson’s “Heritage of a Prophet” on page 15 provides details.