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OF ALMA. ness; yea, Tsay unto O you, Come and fear not, and lay aside » Ly every sin, whic h easily doth beset you, which doth bind you hearts; ren; 1 trust that ye are not lifted up in the pride of your and riches, upon hearts yea, I trust that ye have not set your wornot do you that trust 1 yea, the vain things of the world; God, ship idols, but that ye do worship the true and the living with sins your of ion remiss the for d forwar and that ye look er down te destraction : yea, “come and” go forth, and shew unto your God that ye are willing to repent ‘of your sins, and enter into a covenant with him to ~~ his commandments, and wit; For behold, I say unto an everlasting faith-which 1s to come. there 4s one you, there be many things to come; and behold, ness it unto him this day, by going into the waters of baptism and whosoever doeth this, an id keeepeth the commandments of God from thenceforth, the same vill remember that Issay unto liveth and the time is not far distant, that the Redeemer him, yea, he will remembert hat E] have said unto him, he behold, thing which is of more importance ‘than they. all: for con- which testifieth in me. believe these things? the oe if saath behold, But to his word. concerning the things which said this much unto me, saying: Cry unto this peop ie aying Repent ye, and prepare|the way of the Lord, and walk in his paths, which are straight: for behold, the Kingdom o! ‘Hes ‘i is at hand, and the Son of God cometh oi upon the be W ho shall overshadow ed, { ren, even so1I have found that my gee ae have Ma en gratified. of th For | perceive that ye are in the paths of righteousness; perceive that ye are in the path adil leads to the kin: edom of od; yea, I perceive that ye are making his paths straight; I oe verceive that i it hath been made known unto ceive by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son hony of his suffel yea, even the Son of_God; and he shall go forth, pains, and afflictions, and tem} ptations of every kind; nd t th | the word micht be fulfilled which saith, He will take t pon upon talxe death h, him that which is right that flesh, he a iecordi ng ma y know to fle sh the bow : Ww a suiier ns people acecording to their infirmities. spirit. knc nivet h all things; nevertheless the Son-of Got aga eth according to the fles sh, that he might take upon sie . svnhich is uty LO save and to cle anse trom = aii ulitin at nd now my beloved “ the Wo on parathe Lamb |of @ad,| which taketh awaySe th snesall ofaunpihteou® ' you by the testi- in crooked he hath is wrong’; dies kingdom of God; shall connie, that he Which 3 is filthy, this is the testimony which 3 is im me. - Now | say unl0, Es : spirit the for again: born , be and repent must that ye Kingdom ° lf ye are not born again, ye cannot inherit the n unto reper” | Heaven; therefore come ‘and be baptized that ve may be washed from your sins, that ye may have fa > walk tha ut which to that which 0 PeGeived into the YU, the time sins of his people, that he might blot out their transgrcss!" his deliverance ; and now » according to the power . untg you, vr) cannot paths; y said; ne “ither ss therefore, his SSS ¢ 0 he “Oursé 18 Gne eternal round. And he doth no dwell im tinh oly ‘emples ; neither can a iness, or any thing Wintel focunctean which binds) his people; and he will take upon him their in firmities, that nis bowels may be filled with mercy, acc? rding to the that hath he a Raaan of turning from the right to the oft, or f may loose hatbonds of de re that he word, neither doth hey ary fron and he ~ i and.the sicknesses of his peopte; him the pains great is my Joy. a } which is the land of our forefathers, she being a Virgin, 4 pr éious and chosen nN veesvel, | hav e spoken, For as I said. unto you from the bes ginning, that [had much desire that_ye was not in t! 1 8state of dilemma like your breth- Jer usalem And behold, he shall be born of Mary, at earth: And now my beloved brethren, do rou Behold, I say unto you, yea, I know that you: believe them ; and the way that I know that ye believe them, is by the manifestation of the spirit which is in me. And now because your faith is strong concerning t that, yea, Now as to this thingI do not know; but this much the case. do all | things I do know, that ‘the Lord God hath power to which is according 2 have eternal| life, according to the testimony of the Holy Spirl come eth among his people. Behold, I donot say that he will cle; taberna mortal his in elling dw among us at the time of his be for beehold, the spirit hath not said unto me that this should to you, that il remai nm in his I say unto be at) the last day, mae Hess. bret thretan i have said hese things I might awaicen , that ye may walk walk after the holy orde! nerevore yea, ant 1it shall you to a ii un- :e of bes duty y to at ye may blameless is ee 2 Wwaien on re ceived. ye “haves been 7 And now I i 3 > |shoul hs humble, and Ssubmissiy eat Sive, and gentle; easy to be entreated ; full of patience ee Ong suffeering; being temperate in all (dein ied beime dilim keeping the commandments of God at all times: mci for 112k OS « asking atsoever things ye stand both ‘spiritual -and in Poral ; always re turni ng than into God for whatsoever a “do receive, and sce ye have TO {Fr fayth, hope, and ¥ ail 1 ~ eee 4 |