“And He Had Faith No Longer”

Brant Gardner

Narrative: These two verses are interesting because they are technically repetitions of information from earlier in the chapter. However, the difference is that in the earlier part of the chapter they were the description of the event, and here they are Moroni’s reaction to the significance of that event. The difference is in the way that Moroni sees his relationship to the text. Earlier, Moroni was retelling the story from Ether. Here is retelling the story as Moroni. Moroni is not simply relating the story from the record of Ether, but he is reacting to it as well. The lesson Moroni learns is the power of faith, a lesson that would be quite pertinent to him in his own condition.

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