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BOCK nm Ww hi er unto these. my fellow servants, or the power the Win may that king, the in. restoring these flocks unto to them lead may I that ts, servan fellow my of these hearts ae 43 a ' u Am of Now. these were the th ughts believe in. my words. ter ed to he he termed afflictions of those which the saw he mon, when git bik e i § be his brethren. i and gid head the c : « SS. men ic And them.together again, . the as e of wate . unt aith s n Ammo but ; flocks their again si tood to seatter nov, brethren, ‘ f \ le which doth send suc 1 great punishments upon this people they were and of Sebus ; nD an chemies of the king;® neither can they scatter the king’s flocks “ he is with us, because of] bis* expertness ‘and great l rary Vary a number in not mength; therefore, we know that he-is a friend to the king. ‘od now, O king, we do not believe that a man hath such {or eeBean! few ; therefore they did not fear Ammon, to they ding accor him, slay could men that one of their | promuses ure, for they knew not that the Lord had ne ith a es a that he would deliver his sons out of then ANSE fe thercic Lord; the y know a iy thing cone erning the fo: and en; brethr hehted inthe de sue ‘on of their ws UP} posed stood Ss Vy fo floc KS the scatter oreat power, for we know-that somuc sh that they xT b egan to be aston she 4 at his b oO} * ats fous thenlarin they w ere angry because of the slain of their 3 and that he shou! d fall; they werecddutee mined ing that they could not hit him with their. » as fort th wit! i chabs to slay him. \ B: ut behold, them, ie ‘bred brei ) theretore, stone: a a - ‘ha +]i S not; yy the AV ee ’ ¥ ' ed his club to smite Ammon, he smote off. the > blows Ss by Si , and their. sword; for he did7: withst at ee ns gee y ca wit h bis r aris iti ing th he oa 0 tro f of he pe Say wet og Eifhey vee the edge OF his sword, insomuch h th aston shed, and. began. to flee before him; yea, sipengt y r the, sur sa cSew in numbers and he caus¢ | them to flee 23 ~ bub be . + - ; i f > as *% of 1 , arm. none J OW x2 sre " oft * inem ha d yr Tat , ile save it were-theirPt lenine» ader > ;‘ anc ‘ : : ' jhe by 1€ vr r the $ , Ss moe S ngs ee 9 man} ofa vy ‘ w he said unto them, And now Now I et itis the Great Spirit; dnd she hath come down at this time to preserve Your lives , that Imight not slay you as I st yee But Ammon « stood forth and began to ci ast sling did he power mighty with yea, with his slg; mongst them; 4 ind thus he slew a certail n numer ee never Pe he cannot be slam. When the king heard these words, : | ki ing - the of And they answeredthe king, and: said) Whether he be the Great Sprit or an nan, we know not; but this mach we ao: Jnow, that he cannot be slain by the S< arcler oeUt oO C€ " Crh. Ci wiich a i go and conte! id with these mea tici, nded comma Therefore they did as Ammon flocks. those wiicich stood 2 i ferth : and stood to cont end with he went a the waters id your brethren. Now thisj ‘ the Great Spirit of which our fathers have spoken. Now this was the tradition of Lamoni, Which he had received {rom his father, that there wasa Great Spirit. Notw ithstanding they believed ina G ait Spirit, they ‘upposed that: whatsoever they did, w is right; nevertheless, — began to fear ex. ceedingly, with fear lest he had done ‘Tohg in slaying his servants: for he-had slew many of then ; oe their brethren had sires their flocks at the place hap and thus because they had had their floéks scattered, aia slain. Now it was'the practice of the Laman ites, m9 y the waters of Sebus, to seatter the flocks of the be, that thereeby they might drive away many that were tered, unto their own land,. it being a practice of plunder ong them, . itcame to pass ne king Lamonisinauired of his serMIS, Bayinng Where is this man that hath such great power? 18 # cn ; ae he those who sought ‘to because of their ns rders? = ee ofhis great power in contending against slay him, he was astonished éxcee dingiy, and saith, Surely, ihisis more than aman. Behold, is not this the Great Spirit and cud gate Encircle the flocks round about, Abat ies And when they had al Ae seem een mae Pe Spit cae gee & SETH PRET. im swiftness, they had seen concerning the matter. testified to the things which they had seen, and he had learned of the fatthfulness of Ammon in preserving hisf flocks, and also us. flocks unto the king, and he will not slay ve of the flocks, search in went they that pass to came it And se with forth shed ee m. and the y rus and they did follow ‘ And it came to pass that king Lamoni caused thafTis ser-} vanis should stand forth and testify to all the things which of the flocks, and we will eather 1 them together, and bring uign reserve the unk ththe place of water; : an d thus we will Sa unto back locks oi the en them’ to the pas- Ea brethren, My saying: Search 1? rr, lis >» returned the king, for a testimony of the things which they had donesy go in seare an d let u be of good ¢heer and they watered their flocks and ture of the king, and then went in unto the king, bearing the arms which had been smote off by the sword of Ammon, of those who sought to slay him; and they were carried in unté his, words, by them flattered of their_afms.as_was liited against him, and they were not a few. And when he had driven them ‘abir off, he returned, Ma Lilt, . he And it came to pass that ‘In ifs AW ALMA, Rn »}, as OF nee OF ROOK a7! redy |