“Cry Unto Him in Your Houses Both Morning, Mid–day, and Evening”

Brant Gardner

This couplet is expanded by Amulek’s addition of times of prayer. The original couplet dealt with locations and who was in each: flocks in the fields, members of the household in the house. I see Amulek adding “both morning, mid-day, and evening.” The explicit mention of time fits the rhetorical context, but not the poem’s structure. Even though times are not stated, time is implicit in the fields/ house difference because the farmer’s typical activities occur in each location at different times of the day.

Second Witness: Analytical & Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 4

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