“It has been remarked, that the Book of Mormon has nothing to do with our salvation. If God sent an angel from heaven, authorizing them to preach the fullness of the Gospel, and has given them the Holy Spirit to accompany it with power, also a record or history of his covenant people, and of his Gospel, which is so plain that it enables the watchman to see after being enlightened on the subject, that it will have something to do with your salvation.”
– Laura Farnsworth Owen (1806-1881), quoted in The Witness of Women, by Janiece Johnson and Jennifer Reeder
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5 thoughts on ““Something to Do with Your Salvation””
A fantastic answer.
I can’t quite make sense of it. Is the last “that” (“that it will have something to do…”) meant to be a “then” to accompany the “if”? Otherwise, the “if” is still hanging there unresolved.
I’m just trying to figure out how I’m related to her.
It’s interesting to me that she refers to the angel with the gender neutral “them”. Do you know if that was common among church members at that time?
I haven’t noticed one way or another, Dane. It reads to me like today’s use of “them” as informal grammar.
A fantastic answer.
I can’t quite make sense of it. Is the last “that” (“that it will have something to do…”) meant to be a “then” to accompany the “if”? Otherwise, the “if” is still hanging there unresolved.
I’m just trying to figure out how I’m related to her.
It’s interesting to me that she refers to the angel with the gender neutral “them”. Do you know if that was common among church members at that time?
I haven’t noticed one way or another, Dane. It reads to me like today’s use of “them” as informal grammar.