Brought Before the Altar of God
Elder Jeremy R. Jaggi titled his remarks in the most recent general conference as “Humble Souls at Altars Kneel.” As I was reading the talk I thought at first that the title came from this verse in the Book of Mormon that he referenced twice: “Therefore, after Alma having established the church at Sidom, seeing a great check, yea, seeing that the people were checked as to the pride of their hearts, and began to humble themselves before God, and began to assemble themselves together at their sanctuaries to worship God before the altar, watching and praying continually, that they might be delivered from Satan, and from death, and from destruction” (Alma 15:17). Apparently the Nephites had altars in their sanctuaries where they worshipped, and they did so in humility. There actually are very few references in the Book of Mormon to altars . We learn that as he traveled into the wilderness, Lehi “built an altar of stones, and made an offering unto the Lord, and gave thanks unto the Lord o...