According to Noah Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary, an “embassy” is “the message or public function of an embassador … ; the charge or employment of a public minister, whether ambassador or envoy.” Apparently, Helaman sent a detailed message “concerning the affairs of [his] people” with an official envoy and waited for assistance.
What should we remember about prayer, e ven in times of war? (58:10) “The absolute Supreme Being, the most all-knowing, all-seeing, all-powerful personage, encourages you and me … to converse with Him as our Father. … He knows how desperately we need His guidance. … It matters not our circumstance, be we humble or arrogant, poor or rich, free or enslaved, learned or ignorant, loved or forsaken, we can address Him. We need no appointment. Our supplication can be brief or can occupy all the time needed. It can be an extended expression of love and gratitude or an urgent plea for help. He has created numberless cosmos and populated them with worlds, yet you and I can talk with Him personally, and He will ever answer” (Scott, “Using the Supernal Gift of Prayer,” 8).