LeGrand Richards

So I know we've been mentioning recency bias, but actually this is from 1978.

Um, LeGrand Richards, Elder LeGrand Richards, um, I used to be obsessed with his talks because he has such a interesting voice, and I loved his book.

Um, I think it's "A Marvelous Work and a Wonder." It was a really cool old book.

So I watched his talks out of interest, and he just kind of talks for a long time, fully unscripted, I think, just sharing experiences, and he's got kind of a unique voice, and he's, he was known for going over his time limit.

I am taken by the word marvelous.

Elder LeGrand Richards published a book in 1950 that many of you have read called A Marvelous Work and a Wonder.

This used to be standard reading material for full-time missionaries.

That word marvelous is used in section 4 of the Doctrine and Covenants.

And the angel's name was Moroni.

And one of their apologists, a guy named LeGrand Richards said, the everlasting gospel could not be discovered through reading the Bible.

Okay, now which founder of one of the four major world religions started a religion because an angel appeared to him? Islam, that's right.

What was the angel he said appeared to him? gabriel yeah and now that was in 86 10.

We had Elder McConkie's old Ensign article, 10 Keys to Understanding Isaiah.

Had some passages in Talmage's Articles of Faith, some passages in Marvelous Work and a Wonder by LeGrand Richards.

But somehow we got through it, mostly not understanding context, but looking for the restoration.

I would recommend it to every 20-year-old I know to read Isaiah now and digest it.