“Contents,” Ensign, Aug. 1980, 1 Ensign August 1980 Volume 10 Number 8 Contents Special Features First Presidency Message: “We Feel an Urgency”President Spencer W. Kimball Leadership at Home and ChurchThe Image of a Church Leader Elder Mark E. PetersenGrandfather’s Goodness Kathleen LubeckContention—And How to Eliminate It A. LaVar ThornockChicken Coop or Church? Influencing Our Children to Righteousness George DurrantHow to Move the Kingdom Elder J. Thomas Fyans The Church’s Years in VietnamR. Lanier Britsch and Richard C. Holloman, Jr. “We Know You’ve Been Curious … But Were Too Polite to Ask”Kathleen P. Whitworth A Covenant People: Old Testament Light on Modern CovenantsDavid J. Whittaker Repentance: A Daily PatternFranklin S. Gonzalez Let’s Talk about It: Some Suggestions for Family Discussions The Hardest Truth I Ever Faced (Name withheld by request) The Faithful Young Family: The Parents, Brothers and Sisters of BrighamLeonard J. Arrington and JoAnn Jolley Suffering and Song: Edna Coray DyerJoAnn Jolley Preparing Children for New SituationsLaurie Williams Sowby Regular Features I Have a QuestionSharon and Wayne DequerClark SwainGrant E. Barton PoetryTemple: A Three-Part Meditation Clifton Holt JolleyPoem for Two Voices Wendy J. Allen Mormon JournalThe Warning Whistle Fenton Whitney, as told to Mary Noel Rigby“And I Saw I Must Soon Go Down to My Grave” Florence Bowman“There Are Prophets Today!” She Told Me Rosalind JonesMore Than a Machine Jack R. Jenkins Random Sampler Sharing Speaking TodayThe Lord As a Role Model for Men and Women Ida SmithMormon Women: A Convert’s Perspective Carolyn J. Rasmus News of the Church On the cover: Joseph Smith in Liberty Jail, Gary E. Smith, 36″ by 48″, oil on canvas, 1980. In artist’s possession. Back cover: Restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood, Gary E. Smith, 36″ by 40″, oil on canvas, 1980. In artist’s possession. Inside front cover: Whittingham, Vermont, Birthplace of Brigham Young, Al Rounds, 19″ by 29″, watercolor, 1979. Located in the Church Historical Department. Inside back cover: Seventies Hall, Al Rounds, 22″ by 30″, watercolor, 1979. Located in the Church Historical Department.