1988
Book of Mormon ABC’s
February 1988

“Book of Mormon ABC’s,” Friend, Feb. 1988, 24

Book of Mormon ABC’s

Preparation: Carefully open staples, remove pages 24 and 25 from magazine, then close staples. Mount pages on cardboard, then cut off calendar and use separately. Cut out letter squares. Find corresponding clue squares, cut out, and glue on back of letters.

To play: Any number of players may participate. Each player in turn picks letter from pile, reads clue, and has two minutes to find answer that begins with that letter in the Book of Mormon. Person with most correct answers at end of game wins.

  1. Father and son had same name—father prays for son, and angel appears to son, who then repents

  2. Righteous king, father of Mosiah

  3. Hill where gold plates were buried by Mormon

  4. Means honeybee

  5. Because people rejected his prophecies, he hid in cave to save his life.

  6. Christ speaking of Book of Mormon people: “Other sheep I have which are not of this _____”

  7. Leader of robber band

  8. Leader of 2,000 stripling soldiers

  9. His daughters married Nephi and Nephi’s brothers.

  10. Two sons of Lehi born in the wilderness

  11. Did not believe in God; demanded sign and was struck dumb

  12. Led family out of Jerusalem to promised land

  13. Last writer in Book of Mormon—appeared to Joseph Smith many years later

  14. Instructed by Lord to slay Laban to obtain plates of brass

  15. One of Mosiah’s four sons

  16. Metal “pages” upon which important records were kept

  17. Title of wife of Lamoni, a woman of great faith, raised by Abish

  18. Holy stand from which people prayed insincerely

  19. Lamanite who prophesied to people in land of Zarahemela about Christ’s coming

  20. Moroni wrote on it: “In memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives, and our children.”

  21. Interpreters, sealed up by Ether

  22. Because of Christ, “There is a resurrection, therefore the grave hath no _____.”

  23. Ammon brought King Lamoni’s flocks to the _____ of Sebus.

  24. Alma counseled his son Helaman to learn wisdom in thy _____. ”

  25. Laban’s servant who followed Nephi

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