D&C 3:1-3

The works, and the designs, and the purposes of God cannot be frustrated, neither can they come to naught… Therefore his paths are straight, and his course is one eternal round. Remember, remember that that is not the work of God that is frustrated, but the works of men. D&C 3:1-3

The loss of the 116 manuscript pages of the Book of Mormon did not thwart the Lord’s plan. He who knows all things knew where the manuscript was and who had taken it. He had also made provision for that eventuality in his direction to Nephi more than two thousand years earlier (1 Nephi 9:5-6). From the pre-mortal Council in Heaven through the beginnings of mortality and forward to today, those who desire to ruin God’s plan have sought for gain as they worked to tear down the standard of truth. It will ever be so until the Lord returns to reign in millennial glory. We need only remember what the Lord has said: “I will not suffer that they shall destroy my work; yea, I will show unto them that my wisdom is greater than the cunning of the devil” (D&C 10:43). Despite the dark deeds of enemies of righteousness, the Lord and his great plan of happiness will not fail or falter. (Robert L. Millet and Lloyd D. Newell. Draw Near Unto Me: Daily Reflections on the Doctrine and Covenants. 13)