1972

February 1972

  • Contents

  • Contents

  • Feedback

  • Little Decisions

    A. Theodore Tuttle

  • Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon

    John W. Welch

  • Policies and Procedures

  • The Latter-day Saint on Campus

    • Challenge of Community Service

      Richard Olsen

    • Challenge of Campus Image

      Bernell Berrett

    • Challenge of Missionary Work

      Jim Jardine

    • Meeting the Challenges of Special Groups

      Kathy Gailey

  • Do-It-Yourself Decals

  • Q&A: Questions and Answers

    • What does ‘love thy neighbor’ mean?

      Lowell L. Bennion

    • Can you clarify what is in the Bible about the pre-existence?

      Eldin Ricks

    • Is religious education more important than academic education?

      J. Elliot Cameron

    • How is the missionary’s place of assignment determined?

      Spencer W. Kimball

    • To what extent should a woman follow her husband?

      Jelaire Simpson

  • The Day My Life Was Changed

    Wendell B. Johnson

  • Volleyball: Polynesian Style

    Brian Kelly

  • A Portrait Is More than a Picture

    Anna Stone

  • Poetry

    • The Call

      Darrell John Wyatt

    • Love Is a Growing Thing

      Carol Lynn Pearson

    • First Year

      Mildred V. Barthel

Love Is a Growing Thing
February 1972


“Love Is a Growing Thing,” New Era, Feb. 1972, 51

Love Is a Growing Thing

by Carol Lynn Pearson

Love,

I know,

Is a growing thing.

If it is well,

It will swell

Like the bud

Of an apple

Bent on harvest.

But even now

Love crowds me.

From my heart out

I am filled

Clear through.

If this eager love

Grows, then—

I must grow too.