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Show NREPFHI. | & another, there shall be bloodsheds and great visitations among them; wherefore, my sons, | would that ye would remember; & hath covenanted Yea. I sleep And that they are carried away captive down to the eternal gulf of misery and wo! Awake! and arise from the dust, and hear the words of a trembling parent, jwhose limbs ye must soon w lay down in the cold and silent grave, from whence thal ler can return Ja few more days, they shall serve him according to the commandments whic he hath given, it shall be a land of liberty unto them: where. | be the land for their sakes: y ” {Bye Jeieg but unto the And behold. m the arms of his love. And Ldesire that ye should rememher to observe the statutes and the judgments of the Lord: ten: behold, this hath been the anxiety of my soul, from the begin- , it is wigdbbpehint hic ning. My heart hath been weighed down with sorrow from —~ time to time: for I have feared, lest for the hardness of your “5% hearts, lest the Lord your God should come out in the fulness 2 of his wrath, upon you, that ye be cut off and destroyed for- have obtained a promise, ever; or, that a cursing should come upon you, for the space Jo <1 py that inasmuch as they his1c commandments, land; May hich the os - 1. ; : possess this land unto y oe . 7 “ they shall keep his commandments > . 7 . . And they that , . if it so be that | S ‘ ; = . | e | >" : 7 eo of promise; * 5 « y behold, c [ Mis infinite I say reject the Hol One of th and thew haan ost unoniie t a oe idk 1; yea, Se - : Lord 4 er 1\ < “ . ve wise rel sword, and by* not come upon you, / O my sons, but that T vored people of the Lord. that these things might ye might be a Choice Ta 4 ' gy wh and Lop a fa ? : Po. ° But, behold, his will’be done: * + : ; ‘ a ments, ye shall be cut off refrom my presence. And now ® : . . re . ‘ a odie ea Se 2 ee at r he ct eee Be of a just God upon you, unto the true € judgments iste, Messiah of him will ie that they . their that ¢his * |— ue ¢ a ° SOTO CURSES 5 G@ both > : aisO, soul that ye ee ar _ destruction k! Mee. armor of righteousness. eae of ° 1s just, shi he-wall bring other nations unto then, RE TE ON « el aS a: ee 7? : > . : this precious land shall ec &#,9 that goodness into dav * my soul might have joy in you, and that my heart'might leave. i - ane ~- tom ® F “74- 4 =/ vou :/that Pmic aworld with Sgladness becaus ecause, olyou y might not be fbrought down with grief and sorrow to_the grave, jarise from ——---~ a me? : | she fust, my sons. andbe men,2and be determined, mane mind, “an in. one heart united in ail things, that ye may not come down into captivity ; that-ye may not be cursed with a Se od clack thats, cinta tha aan co if the “4;| Fry in the land; but masmuch as ye will not keep my command-. that gs visited by asmuch as ye shall keeppemy commandments, ’ ye shall prosper ; : ep Re. ; having a knowledge of the creation of : the earth, and all men knowing. the great and marvellous works of ; | S ous works of the Lord from the creation o . the world; having power given them to do all things by faith; | having all the commandments from the Beginni ed aving i been. brought ‘by his infinite sry. sep ipade ; . a * shall and RNa theyTeo they shall indwindle in unbelief. after see- they > 4 time cometh Pe are his ways are righteousness forever; and he hath said, that in© OB yest theirSaleinher C from the hand of the x Hse i ndomase tl them, > their inheritanee* ce away dwellisafely forever. the land But ofbehold: when the great blessings raptivity of the Devil. they ; and ye . Sate as —famine, and are hated, and - are led according to the will and; shall be blessed upot shall } S the island of | for totake away - themselves. . the face of this land, and there « of many generations; they shall prosper upon the face of this and they shall b. kept from all other_nations, : 49, land should be kept as yet from the knowledge ofothes a for behold, many nations would overrun the land that there would be no place for an inheritance. Wherefire | 1 eh; ford God shall bring out of the land of Jerusalem shall keep 8. -F | s gs i Ne aa it shall be blessed forever. no trayel- and | go the way of all the earth. But behold, the Lord hath redeemed my soul trot hell: Ihave beheld his glory, and | am encirled about eternally lore, they shall never be brought do wn into captivity : if so, i shall be because of iniquity : | for if im@uity shall abound , cur- sed'shall = % nt : S600). woe a ~ Ca en— TR oeve Wherefore. He he shall bring” a, bind the children of rae a, whom of hell, and shake off the awiul chains by which ye are r unto him O that tri secrated unto my words. ee de brought by the hand of the Lord. hearken bound, which are the chains which be led out of othe: should ye would ye would awake, awake froma deep sleep, yea, even from the this land unto me. and to my childre also all they which and yea, | would that a God Oe the Lord ty a land which ee lands; agE all other iz an & ORs But, said he, notwithstanding our afflictions, we perished. have obtained a land of Promise, a land which is choice above countries, by the hand ofthe Lord. Wherefore. I. Lehi. prohebs according to the workings of the spirit which isin bs r there shall be none come into this land. save they outa ee Ht them the lands of their possessions; and he will cause them to be scattered and smitten. Yea, as one generation passeth to torever; mar. NFPHI, sand he willgive unto them power, and he will take away from the Lord hath covenanted oe uf eave : ~~ OF |) For, Behold, saith he, I have land of Jerusalem. with me should be a land for the inheritance of mv sced: —— BOOK seen a vision, in the which I know that Jerusalem is destroy. @ ed; and had we remained in Jerusalem, we should also hove & out of the ” SECOND es Si aaa OF and May not incur . the dispieasure the destruction, yea, the eternal body. Awake, my Shake off the chains sons: put on with whiel. \ B BN > . ' ‘. > * Ts POOK Re SECOND 5 ; i |