“They That Be With Us Are More Than
They That Be With Them”

2 Kings 6
    14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
    15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
    16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that [be] with us [are] more than they that [be] with them.
    17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain [was] full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.


James E. Faust
    We are not alone in our mortal struggles. As the prophet Elisha teaches, unseen hosts watch over us. (“Pioneers of the Future: ‘Be Not Afraid, Only Believe,’ ” Ensign, Nov. 1997, p. 43)

    We should be aware that there are invisible hosts watching over us even as they did Elisha of old. (“The Voice of the Spirit,” Ensign, Apr. 1994, p. 9)


Franklin D. Richards (Apostle) 
    Ah!  says one, you folks in the mountains, numbering only one hundred and fifty thousand to two hundred thousand, need not talk in that kind of way; for here is a great nation of fifty-five millions of people who say you shall not do this thing, or, if you do, you cannot have a home with us.  Well, we will admit that about two hundred people of the United States say to everyone of the Latter-day Saints that we must put away this doctrine, or we cannot dwell in this land.  Well, that is a terrible majority against us:  but let us look at this a little.  I do not think that we need be very badly scared.  You recollect at one time a young man was with Elisha the Prophet, when a large host compassed the city, both with horses and chariots, and a battle was imminent.  It was turbulent times with Israel then, worse than it is with us now.  The defending army was a very small one, and the heart of the young man began to falter.  He could not see how the few of Israel were going to prevail against their numerous enemies.  Whereupon Elisha prayed, and said, "Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he" the young man "may see."  And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw:  and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.  Fear not, said the Prophet, "for they that be with us are more than they that be with them."
    Now, it is so with us exactly.  All the fathers who have gone before, the Prophet Joseph, and Hyrum, the Apostles and Patriarchs, the Elders, High Priests, and hosts of others, say nothing of the fathers of our generation hundreds of years back, are all around us, waiting and watching and anxious to see us go forward and triumph; so that we have really more for us than against us, the fifty-five millions to the contrary notwithstanding.  Therefore, we have no occasion to let our hands hang down from fear, or our knees to tremble; not a bit of it. (Journal of Discourses, 26:343 -344)