“Contents,” Ensign, Jan. 1978, 1

Ensign

January 1978

Volume 8 Number 1

Contents

Special Features
First Presidency Message: The Sabbath—A Delight
President Spencer W. Kimball
Saints Report: Making Sunday the Best Day of the Week
Orson Scott Card
Fasting—A Gift of Joy
Sheryl Condie Kempton
Mormon Sundays
William G. Hartley
Working on Sunday
Steve Gilliland
Prayer: The Heart of the Sabbath
Karen Lynn
Singing the Songs We Love, Loving the Songs We Sing
Sue Van Alfen
How to Get the Most from Your Class
Irene M. Bates
Listening with the Spirit
Robert K. Thomas
The Six Best Talks I Ever Heard
Thomas Ladanye
The Sacrament and Covenant-Making
W. Cole Durham, Jr.
Community and Communing: The Power of Testimony Meeting
Margaret Hoopes
Miracles Today?
Jay A. Parry
The Little Loud Ones
Pam Williams
Turning Sunday into a Sabbath: One Family’s Experience
Marvin R. VanDam
Sunday Meetings: A Preparation for Work
Orson Scott Card
The Nephi We Tend to Forget
Marilyn Arnold
Regular Features
I Have a Question
Henry B. Eyring
Robert J. Matthews
Elliott D. Landau
Kathie Johnston Brough
R. Douglas Phillips
Fiction: Wilhelmstrasse 23
Danny N. Crandall
Poetry: Escape to the Desert
Clara Laster
News of the Church
The Salt Lake Temple

On the cover: Painting by Howard Post

Inside front cover: Elijah Contends against the Priests of Baal, by Jerry Harston, 1977, 16″ x 23″, acrylic on masonite, from a series prepared for Jewish-American missionary flipcharts.

Inside back cover: Salt Lake Temple. (Photography by Lonnie Lonczyna.)