“And Blessed Are the Meek for They Shall Inherit the Earth”
The meek person is one who feels little or no attachment to this world’s trappings. Joseph Smith said: “Some of the company thought I was not a very meek Prophet; so I told them: ’I am meek and lowly in heart, ’ and will personify Jesus for a moment, to illustrate the principle, and cried out with a loud voice, ’Woe unto you, ye doctors; woe unto you, ye lawyers; woe unto you, ye scribes, Pharisees, and hypocrites!’ But you cannot find the place where I ever went that I found fault with their food, their drink, their house, their lodgings; no, never; and this is what is meant by the meekness and lowliness of Jesus.” (Teachings, p. 270.) In the final sense, “none is acceptable before God, save the meek and lowly in heart” (Moroni 7:44).