The still small voice and the open window

14 Lemuel asked whether agreement with Laman might sometimes arise from hearing him, rather than from being incapable of thought.

15 The scribe perceived that a record of people required more care than a record of roles.

16 He did not erase consequences or pretend that every action had been harmless.

17 But he ceased making a name into a complete explanation of what its bearer would do next.

18 Sariah approved this beginning, then went to do something the scribe had not anticipated.

1 And I shit you not, Nephi sat beside an open window and waited for a still small voice.

2 A thought arose saying that he must know the answer immediately.

3 Because the thought spoke softly, he nearly promoted it to a revelation.

4 Then Sariah asked whether a whisper could ever be mistaken.

5 Nephi said that he had been considering its volume, not its evidence.

6 A second thought said that he should attend to someone he had interrupted. This also was quiet.

7 He found that the action could be examined without first determining the entire nature of the speaker.

8 Some called the welcome thought the Holy Ghost. Some spoke of conscience, memory, affection, or attention.