In verse 30 alone, the word Mormon appears six times. In the preceding verses, the name appears another six times. What could the reason be for this persistent use of the name Mormon? Could it be that the writer of this abridgement was named Mormon? Could it be that the prophet Mormon was named after the place of Mormon, the waters of Mormon, the forest of Mormon? No other geographic location in the Book of Mormon get as much attention as do the waters of Mormon. The scripture states, how beautiful are they to the eyes of them who there came to the knowledge of their Redeemer. Certainly the waters of Mormon were important to the 204 souls who were taught and baptized there, but they were equally important to the prophet we know as Mormon, whose love of the area is hardly hidden in his description of Alma and his people.And behold, I am called Mormon, being called after the land of Mormon, the land in which Alma did establish the church among the people, yea, the first church which was established among them after their transgression (3 Nephi 5:12).