The end of Mormon, we look back at the thousand years complied in previous books and chapters - the rise and fall of the peoples who once inhabited the Americas. In a few days we will be reading in Ether wherein Moroni compiles their civilization and life in a matter of a few pages. Why the contrast? Because there are many important lessons to be learned from these sacred words. “The tragedy of the Book of Mormon is not what became of the Nephites but what the Nephites became.” (Hugh Nibley, Since Cumorah)
“A loving father does not despise his children. These [Lamanites] are a chosen people, and this Church has an important part in restoring them to their rightful inheritance. The chasm between what they are and what they will be is opportunity. The gospel furnishes that opportunity; it is ours to give.” (President Spencer W. Kimball, Ensign, Dec. 1975, p. 7)
“Great nations do not fall because of external aggression; they first erode and decay inwardly, so that, like rotten fruit, they fall of themselves. The strength of a country is the sum total of the moral strength of the individuals in that country.” (President Ezra Taft Benson, This Nation Shall Endure, p. 95)
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