Moroni the Lonely: The Story of the Writing of the Title Page to
the Book of Mormon Sidney B. Sperry Abstract: Moroni wandered
alone for sixteen years before adding to the abridged record of
his father. When he did make his additions, he also wrote the
title page of the Book of Mormon, but in two stages, each stage
necessitating a return to the Hill Cumorah. The second paragraph
clearly follows his decision to abridge the book of Ether. A
dramatic but tragic story lies behind the writing of the title
page to the Book of Mormon which has apparently been missed by
most of our people. Before the last great battle ensued between
the Nephite and Lamanite armies at Cumorah in the year AD 385,
Mormon entrusted the plates containing his abridgment of the
plates of Nephi to his son, Moroni (Mormon 6:6). Nevertheless,
after the battle—in which he was wounded—Mormon again obtained
the plates and added some final words found in Mormon 6–7. All
of the other records of his people he had previously hid up in
the Hill Cumora