“The angel was sent because of the mighty prayers of many righteous members of the Church—especially the prayers of two fathers, the king and the prophet … .
“There is great power in the prayer of faith and in the pleading of the righteous. God answered their prayers, and he will answer our prayers—not always exactly like we would hope and expect but ‘in his own time and in his own way, and according to his own will’ (D&C 88:68). Like the prodigal son, the sons of Alma and Mosiah would feel the Spirit and come to themselves (Luke 15:17)” (Ogden and Skinner, Book of Mormon, 1:374–75).