Now we learn that they did not just ask their father for permission to proselyte among the Lamanites, but they pleaded and pestered their father for so many days that Mosiah finally felt compelled to put the question to the Lord. He needed to know whether he should permit his sons to expose themselves to the possibilities of certain death by doing missionary work among the Lamanites.
“Suffering Much and Fearing That They Should Be Cast off Forever”
Now we learn that they did not just ask their father for permission to proselyte among the Lamanites, but they pleaded and pestered their father for so many days that Mosiah finally felt compelled to put the question to the Lord. He needed to know whether he should permit his sons to expose themselves to the possibilities of certain death by doing missionary work among the Lamanites.