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Show BOOK ETHER. And it came to pass that the sons of Corian- tumr fought much, and bled much. And in the second year, the word of the Lord came to Ether, that he should go and salem of old; and they shall no more be confounded, until the end come, when the earth shall pass away. And there shall oe Prophesy unto Coriantumr, be a new heaven and a new earth ; and they shall be like unto and all things have Wy ae repent, and all are the people, otherwise they should be destroyed, and ali m= * that if he would a his household, the Lord would give unto him his kingdom, and : = ‘i 2 3 ~ ex : : oat eae . i ae " . nde a : eae aSt . es Pie ee $2 fi a tts = - ee eef , ‘ * . Pais ; a — ee = eae ee oe ag =“ * 5 Yee . ~ i. ; al : = —— , we o>. Wer, 7". } ae a z hiteeni ah e : > =, eo wer ale FS st gee a eo * — a e , ee ee ae | _ —- 4 anak Ree ae See ~ ~~ Carmi. 2 Wi? Sis i rei q tain the kingdom. a Combinations fighting against Coriantumr, that they might ob- this land; and it shall be a land of their inheritance; and they shall build up a holy city unto the Lord, like unto the Jeru- Le Joseph, that they should perish not, even as he was merciful unto the father of Joseph, that he should perish not; wherefore the remnant of the house of Joseph shall be built upon er sons and daughters upon the face of the whole earth, which repented of their sins; wherfore it came to pass that in the first year that Ether dwelt in the cavity of a rock, there was Many people which was slain by the sword of those secret en eee the Lord brought a remnant of the seed of Joseph out of the land of Jerusalem, thathe might be merciful unto the seed of : himself in all piles rael; and that a New Jerusalem should be built up upon this land, unto the remnant of the seed of Joseph, for the which things there has been a type: for as Joseph brought his father down into the land of Egypt, even so he died there; wherefore _ the old, save the old have passed away, And now Coriantumr, having studied the arts of war, and all the cunning of the world, wherefore he gave battle unto them which sought to destroy him; but he repented not, neither his fair sons nor daughters; neither the fair sons and daughters of Cohor; neither the fair sons and daughters of Corihor; and in fine, there was none of the fair wi spoken. of the Lord; and it should be built up unto the house of Is- in a chosen land both: 5" ety PR anes, oe above all other lands, oe o« : land of the Lord; wherefore the Lord would have that all men should serve him, which dwelleth upon the face thereof; and that it was the place of the New Jerusalem, which should come down out of Heaven, and the Holy Sanctuary of the Lord. Behold, Ether saw the days of Christ, and he spake concerning a New Jerusalem upon this land; and he spake also concerning the house of Israel, and the Jerusalem from whence Lehi should come; after that it should be destroyed, it should be built up again a holy city unto the Lord; wherefore it could’ not be a New Jerusalem, for it had been ina time of old, but it should be built up again, and become a holy city - it became a choice > Anp now I, Moroni, pleco’ to finish my récord concerning the destruction of the people of which I have been writing.— For behold, they rejected all the words of Ether: for he truly told them of all things, from the beginning of man; and how that after the waters had receded from off the face of this land, 7 YS __— C Sees VV And then cometh the New Jerusalem; and blessed are they which dwell therein, for it is they whose garment are white through the blood of the Lamb; and they are they which are numbered among the remnant of the seed ot Joseph, which were of the house of Israel. And then also cometh the Jerusalem of old; and the inhabitants thereof, blessed are they, for they have been washed in the blood ot the Lamb; and they are they which were scattered and gathered in from the four quarters of the earth, and from the north countries, and are partakers of the fulfilling of the covenant And when these which God made with their father Abraham. things come, bringeth to pass the Scripture which saith, There are they whieh were first, which shall be last; and there are they which were last, which shall be first. AndI was about to write more, but I am forbidden; but great and marvellous were the prophecies of Ether, but they ésteemed him as nought, and cast him out, and he hid himself in the cavity of arock by day, and by night he went forth viewing the things which should comeupon the people. And as he dwelt in the cavity of a rock, he made the remainder of this record, viewing the destructions which came upon the people by night. And it came ¢o pass that in that same year which he was cast out from among the people, there began to be a great war among the people, for there were many which rose up who were mighty men, and sought to destroy Corian- , tumr by their secret plans of wickedness, of which hath been ah VI. = 567 9 Minas CHAPTER ETHER. we become new. And now I would commend you to seek this Jesus of whoin the prophets and apostles have written, that the Grace of God the Father, and also the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost, which beareth record of them, may be, and abide in Amen. you forever. OF ego OF * BOOK moa 566 |
