They Did Not Doubt
Joseph Franklin Brickley (1973– )
- Medium
United States
ca. 2009
Oil on linen
"The Book of Mormon offers important lessons to families. The account of the stripling warriors demonstrates the power of faith as it is passed from parent to child: 'Now they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; . . . yea, they had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them' (Alma 56:47). This painting depicts a mother with her two stripling warrior sons, bidding them farewell as they leave to fight for the liberty of their people. It represents the moment when every child must leave home and face the challenges of life. From the stripling warriors we learn that 'because of their exceeding faith in that which they had been taught to believe—that there was a just God, and whosoever did not doubt, that they should be preserved by his marvelous power'” (Alma 57:26).