A Commandment That We Must Call Upon Thee
If I were asked what some of the commandments of the Lord are, my mind would probably go to those listed in the Ten Commandments such as keeping the Sabbath Day holy or not stealing or not killing or keeping the law of chastity. I would likely also think of the Word of Wisdom and the law of tithing, two well-known commandments that set apart Latter-day Saints. But the story of the brother of Jared reminds us that one of the most important commandments that has been around since the beginning is the commandment to pray . When the brother of Jared and his group reached the seashore, Moroni recorded, “They dwelt in tents, and dwelt in tents upon the seashore for the space of four years. And it came to pass at the end of four years that the Lord came again unto the brother of Jared, and stood in a cloud and talked with him. And for the space of three hours did the Lord talk with the brother of Jared, and chastened him because he remembered not to call upon the name of the Lord.” The Lord ...