“We do not doubt our mothers knew it.” In the Book of Mormon we read of 2,000 young men who “entered into a covenant to fight for the liberty of the Nephites… even unto the laying down of their lives.” They were led by Helaman, who loved them so deeply he called them his sons. They were “exceedingly valiant for courage, and also for strength and activity,” and “true at all times in whatsoever thing they were entrusted.” They were “men of truth and soberness,” taught “to keep the commandments of God and to walk uprightly before him.” “They did think more upon the liberty of their fathers than they did upon their lives”… and they fought “with miraculous strength.” “They did obey and observe to perform every word of command with exactness.” “They were young… and they did put their trust in God continually.” Though they received “many wounds,” they “stood fast in that liberty wherewith God had made them free,” remembering Him “from day to day.” Through “the strength of th...