1974
Reading Quiz on Repentance
September 1974

“Reading Quiz on Repentance,” Friend, Sept. 1974, 46

Reading Quiz on Repentance

1. Why did Aaron and Miriam talk against their prophet and brother Moses?

2. Why couldn’t Alma the Younger, the son of the prophet Alma, talk for several days after the angel of the Lord spoke to him?

3. Why wasn’t the Prophet Joseph Smith able to translate every time he tried even though he might have been concentrating very hard?

Answers:

  • (1) They were upset that Moses had married an Ethiopian woman and jealous that he was a prophet. (2) The Lord wanted Alma the Younger to understand that he could not continue to talk and work against the Lord’s church. (3) He had to be in the proper spirit and have only the best of feelings toward everyone.