Did you know it's actually a name?
It's a name of someone who lived hundreds of years ago. He was put in charge of a whole bunch of records that covered many many years of history. He felt inspired by God to take selections of all of this history and compile it into a succinct little book. You might have heard of it... The Book of Mormon.
God cares about all of his children.
Even those who are evil.
Even those who feel alone.
So why would God only reveal His word to those in Jerusalem? (The Bible)
He also had interactions with those on the Americas and elsewhere.
The Book of Mormon is a record of those interactions.
It contains no new doctrine, but it does stand as a witness alongside with the Bible that God really is there and that Jesus Christ is our Savior.
I have read the Book of Mormon several times through and know it is of God because I just feel it. It's the same feeling I get when I read the Bible. And they don't disagree because they're both given by inspiration from the same Being who cannot contradict Himself. It just makes sense.
Bible verse to consider:
Ezekiel 37:16-22
(These verses talk about two "sticks" that are joined together. One is from Judah [i.e. the Jews, who wrote the Bible] and one stick comes from Joseph [of Egypt]. In the Book of Mormon, it is mentioned that the people who the book is about come from the lineage of Joseph. Thus! The Book of Mormon and the Bible go hand in hand).
16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and for all the house of Israel his companions:
17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all.
See also:
http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/book-of-mormon
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