From 4 Nephi we move onto Mormon. Mormon tells us how he became the one chosen to abridge the plates of Nephi. He was chosen when he was ten years old. No pressure, Mormon, just observe this people until your around 24 years old and then go find the plates of Nephi, which are stored with all the records in a hill, and write what you have observed. I truly admire Mormon. The pressure would have gotten to me.
I also admire him for living the gospel when all others around him were not. He said the people had rebelled against their God and therefore he was not even allowed to preach to them the things that he knew. For some reason that struck me today. We live in a pretty wicked time. With people labeling wickedness and good and good as wickedness, but we are urged emphatically by the prophet and the apostles to preach the gospel to all people, to find those that are ready. That means there are those out there that don't know about the gospel, that haven't had a chance to accept or reject it. That means there is hope. Hope is a very good thing.
