“He Doth Not Command Us That We Shall Subject Ourselves to Our Enemies”

"In Moroni's patriotic letter to Pahoran and in Pahoran's reply may be found the Nephite philosophy of war. It was not the will of God that they should permit their freedoms to be trampled upon and destroyed. They understood that there was a higher law than the law of man; and when men commenced to destroy their freedom, Moroni felt justified in threatening to stir up insurrections against tyranny and misrule. Christians cannot be aggressors; otherwise they are not Christians. But true Christians should resist infringement upon their freedom, even if they have to take up arms against the oppressors. And in their resistance to oppression, men of Christian faith should seek for the strength and blessings of God to accompany their cause." (Hyrum L. Andrus, War and Saints, p. 21 - 22.)