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Show BOOK finished burying their dead, they all returned to their lands, and to their houses, and their wives, and their children. Now many women and children had been slain with the sword, and also many of their flocks and their herds; and also many of their fields of grain were destroyed, for they were trodden Andnow as many of the Lamandown by the hosts of men. had been slain upon the bank of which ites and the Amlicites the river Sidon, were cast into the waters o! Sidon; and behold their bones are in the depths of the sea, and they are many— , lo And the Amlicites were distinguished from the Nephites after ds, forehea they had marked themselves with red in their short not had they the manner of the Lamanites; nevertheless their heads like unto the Lamanites, Lamanites were shorn; Now the heads of the and they were naked, save it wert and also their at skin, which was girded about their loms, bows, and thei their and them, about mour, which was girded ~ And the skins arrows, and their stones, and their slings, &c. which was mark the to ng accordi dark, were of the Lamanites becausé them get upon their fathers, which was a curse upon brethrel, of their transgression and their rebellion againstandtheirSam, which which consisted of Nephi, Jacob, and Joseph, des were just and holy men. And their brethren sought to God se troy them; therefore they were cursed; and the Lord a mark upon them, yea, upon Laman and Lemuel, and als) this Mg the sons of Ishmael, and the Ismachtish women : and sect : the from uished disting be might seed F done, that their their brethren, that thereby the Lord God might preserv® ins t track people, that they might not mix and believe in incorrec nm tions, which would prove their destruction. wr his seed And it came to pass that whosoever did mingle that of the Lamanites, did bring the same curse upon his st therefore whomsoever suffered himself to be led away by " @ mal Lamanites, were called under that head, and there waswould no whosoever set upon him. And it came to pass that believe in the tradition of the Lamanites, but believed (0° of J erusalem, 0 records which were brought out of the land also-in the tradition of their fathers, which were correct, whic and kept them, hi believed in'the commandments of God, ‘of Nephi, from that i called the Nephites, or the people kept the records which an forth; and it is they'which have the people of the Lamanitt true of their people, and also of they also ha Now we will return again to the Amlicites, for mark set upon them; yea, they set the mark upon themselves, ‘Thus the word yea, even a mark of red upon their foreheads. he saith to which words the are these for fulfilled, is God of Nephi: Behold, and T will set the Lamanites have I cursed; a mark upon them, that they and their seed may be separated from thee and.thy seed, from this time henceforth and forever, except they répent of their wickedness and turn to me, that I may have mercy upon them. And again: I will set a mark upon him that mingleth his seed with thy brethren, that they may be cursed also. And again: I willset a mark upon him that fighteth against thee andthy seed. And again I say, He that departeth from thee, shall no more be called thy seed Hy and I will bless thee, &c. and whomsoever shall be called th ree seed, henceforth and forevér: and these were the promises of the Lord unto Nephi, and to his seed. Now the Amlicites knew not that they were fulfilling the words of God, when they began to mark ny neverthe- themselves in their foreheads; less they had come out in open rebellion against God; thereforeit was expedient that the curse should fall upon them.— Now! would that ye should see that they brought upon them- selves the curse ; and even,ggdoth..every man that is cursed, bring upon himself his own condemnation. Now it came to pass that not many days after the battle Which was fought in the land of Zarahemla, by the Lamanites and the Amlicites, that there was another army of the Laman- les came in upon the people of Nephi, in the same Where the first army met the Amlicites. And it came place to pass that there was an army sent to drive them out of their land.— Now Alma himself being afflicted with a wound, did not go up to battle at this time against the Lamanites; but he sent up a humerous army against them; and they went up andslew mahy Of the Lamanites, and drove the remainder of them out of the borders of their land; and then.they.returned again, and "sei to establish peace in the land, being troubled no more Ora time with their enemies. Now all these things were - and after they had 299 ALMA. ohe, yea, all these wars.and-contentions was commenced and en the fifth year of the reign of the Judges; and in one rhe. Housands _and...tens of thousands of souls at hecause of the greatness of their number; OF sent G condi. ae mons, that they might reap their eb: aCe hey > ; a works, whether they were good or whether cordin B60 a mop aut a OF ALMA. ki )OK z th » to reap eternal happiness or eternal misery, ac- he listed to obey, whether it be a 5 6 ‘0 the spirit which Spirit or a bad one; for every man receiveth wages of / 7 |
