“The most noble of souls, the greatest of prophets, need heaven’s help to endure in faith to the end. Joseph Fielding Smith, even in his ninety-fifth year, and notwithstanding his position as the President of the Church, frequently said, ‘I pray that I may be true and faithful to the end.’ Never have such sentiments been stated more beautifully than they are in our present text by Nephi” (McConkie and Millet, Doctrinal Commentary, 1:219).