"And my soul was rent with anguish, because of the slain of my people, and I cried:
O ye fair ones, how could ye have departed from the ways of the Lord! O ye fair ones, how could ye have rejected that Jesus, who stood with open arms to receive you!
Behold, if ye had not done this, ye would not have fallen. But behold, ye are fallen, and I mourn your loss.
O ye fair sons and daughters, ye fathers and mothers, ye husbands and wives, ye fair ones, how is it that ye could have fallen!
Be behold, ye are gone, and my sorrows cannot bring your return."
These words of Mormon mourning the loss of his people always makes me weep too. There are only 24 remaining out of 230,000 troops. There are women and children also so I have no idea the true number of people that were slaughtered. The saddest part is it could have been prevented. Even if there is prophecy that something will happen, its always up to the people at that time that cause it to happen. They have their agency to not be part of it.
"And the day soon cometh that your mortal must put on immortality, and these bodies which are now moldering in corruption must soon become incorruptible bodies; and then ye must stand before the judgment seat of Christ, to be judged according to your works; and if it so be that ye are righteous, then are ye blessed with your fathers who have gone before you.
O that ye had repented before this great destruction had come upon you. But behold, ye are gone, and the Father, yea, the Eternal Father of heaven, knoweth your state; and he doeth with you according to his justice and mercy."
(Mormon 6:21-22)
Day 1974
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