What are we to understand from this description of Mormon as a “sober child” and “quick to observe”?

Thomas R. Valletta

Ammaron described Mormon as “a sober child, which we may take to mean one full of reason, self-control, and emotional balance, who was not extreme or frivolous but serious-minded and educated” (Skinner, “Course of Peace and Apostasy,” 227).

Elder David A. Bednar taught: “When we are quick to observe, we promptly look or notice and obey. Both of these fundamental elements—looking and obeying—are essential to being quick to observe. And the prophet Mormon is an impressive example of this gift in action” (“Quick to Observe,” 32).

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