Enos Prays Lyrics

The Book of Enos

Behold, it came to pass that I, Enos, knowing my father that he was a just man

For he taught me in his language, and also in the nurture and admonition of the Lord

And blessed be the name of my God for it

And I will tell you of the wrestle which I had before God, before I received a remission of my sins

Behold, I went to hunt beasts in the forests

And the words which I had often heard my father speak concerning eternal life

And the joy of the saints sunk deep into my heart

And my soul hungered, and I kneeled down before my Maker

And I cried unto Him in mighty prayer and supplication for mine own soul

And all the day long did I cry unto Him

Yea, and when the night came, I did still raise my voice high that it reached the heavens

And there came a voice unto me, saying

Enos, thy sins are forgiven thee, and thou shalt be blessed

And I, Enos, knew that God could not lie, wherefore my guilt was swept away

And I said, Lord, how is it done

And he said unto me, Because of thy faith in Christ, whom thou hast never before heard nor seen

And many years pass away before he shall manifest himself in the flesh

Wherefore, go to, thy faith hath made thee whole

Now it came to pass that when I had heard these words

I began to feel a desire for the welfare of my brethren the Nephites

Wherefore, I did pour out my whole soul unto God for them

And while I was thus struggling in the spirit

Behold, the voice of the Lord came into my mind again, saying

I will visit thy brethren according to their diligence in keeping my commandments

I have given unto them this land, and it is a holy land

And I curse it not, save it be for the cause of iniquity

Wherefore, I will visit thy brethren according as I have said

And their transgressions will I bring down with sorrow upon their own heads

And after I, Enos, had heard these words

My faith began to be unshaken in the Lord

And I prayed unto him with many long-strugglings for my brethren the Lamanites

And it came to pass that after I had prayed and labored with all diligence

The Lord said unto me

I will grant unto thee according to thy desires because of thy faith

I will grant unto thee according to thy desires because of thy faith

I will grant unto thee according to thy desires because of thy faith

And now behold this was the desire which I desired of him

That if it should so be that my people the Nephites should fall into transgression

And by any means be destroyed

And the Lamanites should not be destroyed

That the Lord God would preserve a record of my people the Nephites

Even if it so be by the power of his holy arm

That it might be brought forth at some future day unto the Lamanites

That perhaps they might be brought unto salvation

For at the present our strugglings were vain in restoring them to the true faith

And they swore in their wrath

That if it were possible they would destroy our records and us

And also all the traditions of our fathers

Wherefore I knowing that the Lord God was able to preserve our records

I cried unto him continually for he had said unto me

Whatsoever thing ye shall ask in faith

Believing that ye shall receive in the name of Christ

Ye shall receive it

Whatsoever thing ye shall ask in faith

Believing that ye shall receive in the name of Christ

Ye shall receive it

And I had faith and I did cry unto God that he would preserve the records

And he covenanted with me that he would bring them forth unto the Lamanites

In his own due time

And I Enos knew it would be according to the covenant which he had made

Wherefore my soul did rest

And the Lord said unto me

Thy fathers have also required of me this thing

And it shall be done unto them according to their faith

For their faith was like unto thine

And now it came to pass that I Enos went about among the people of Nephi

Prophesying of things to come

And testifying of the things which I had heard and seen

And I bear record that the people of Nephi did seek diligently

To restore the Lamanites unto the true faith in God

Wherefore go to thy faith hath made thee whole