August 9 — Cain, Nephi and Joe Smith Born of Goodly Parents. If there’s ever been a group of people cut from the same cloth, leaders of Mormonism surely fit the bill. Check out the vocabulary these self-proclaimed men of God have used to describe Cain, Joseph Smith and his parents, as well as their prophet Nephi.
Cain Born of Goodly Parents?
The Way to Perfection, pp. 97 – 98 “BORN OF GOODLY PARENTS Cain was born of goodly parents. Michael, the great prince, who helped form the earth, was his father. No man, save Jesus Christ, was ever blessed with greater honor or responsibility than Michael. No man deserved to be honored more than he. He had been given the first place in the history of the world and was taught directly from the heavens. Cain had the great honor of being Adam’s son, and he, too, was privileged with the same blessings as his father. What a mighty man he could have been! How his name might have stood out with excellent luster as that of one of the valiant sons of God! How he might have been honored to the latest generation! But he would have none of it!” – Joseph Fielding Smith [emp. added]
