Gary Ernest Smith - Ether Hiding in the Cavity of a Rock 16" x 14"

Gary Ernest Smith (1942-)Ether Hiding in the Cavity of a Rock, c1982 Oil on Canvas Canvas: 16" x 14"Frame: 18" x 16" Signed Lower Right: Gary E Smith Ether’s prophecies to the Jaredites were “great and marvelous” (Ether 12:5). He “told them of all things, from the beginning of man” (Ether 13:2). He foresaw “the days of Christ” and the latter-day New Jerusalem (Ether 13:4). And he spoke of “hope for a better world, yea, even a place at the right hand of God” (Ether 12:4). But the Jaredites rejected his words, for the same reason people often reject the prophecies of God’s servants today—“because they [see] them not” (Ether 12:5).  Literature:Come Follow Me - Book of Mormon 2024: November 25-Dec 1: "By Faith All Things Are Fulfilled" Provenance:The ArtistThe Collection of Blain Hudson, Park City, Utah: from above 1982The Collection of CJ Peterson, Orem, Utah: from above, 2020