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Show | ) phi , fe YT ard bal 7 Northern District of New-York, to wit: #RE IT REMEMBERED, That on the a $e ; et ree _ tation thereof by the gift of God ; an abridgment taken from the Book of Ether. Also, which is a Record of the People of Jared, which were scattered at the time theLord confounded the language of the people when they were building a tower to get to Heaven: which is to shew unto the remnant ofthe House of Israel, how great things the Lord hata done for their fathers; and that they may know the covenants of the Lord, that they are not cast off forever: Gentile, that Jesusis and also to the convincing of the Jew and the Christ, the Eternal God, manifesting Himself unto all na- tions. And now if there be fault, it be the mistake of men; wherefore condemn not the things of God, that ye may be found spotless atthe judgment seat of Christ. —B Joseph Smith, Jun. Author and Proprietor.” . MM DR cetvanca’ sclaarsteg,Wy cocg the caplet bare ohare, wncon aig the Uehelea Wiereot to RIE deel, dak Glen EEE Ciceiags torreviog, not A vew VE READER— BI*Eh, of ¥ hpnets has sures taken one hundred the ih | Book we the plates : evil : € by and sixteen 1° of Len, , which of : Lehi, by pages, was an : the hand of the which account 'V Mormon took from ; abridged Pr irom : » thi I | id WHICH Sal : 7 Re : from me, notwithstanding My utmost exertions to recover it doain—and being commanded of the Lord that a4 I should not person translate or persons the same have over and stolen acain, for oO | 2 had | ae I. kept some account, B ak ofthe Northaw Bune Nc York. Wo put fay it into ous thei ft | heat ts to tempt the Lord Satan x | cates - (ee: =e theit Fess as TOY ds, that they did read > irom >. Se : ¥ contr ary: by alter 1. Ine the wo! that which j translated and caused to be written ; and =» om ; Meee! ae ifwords, I shouldif bring forth the same words again, or, nother” agg I should translate the same pack again, ey s vwould publish that ‘which they had stolen, and Satan” -* ~ Wwe hat th the hearheartsts ofof thisthis gene!ratiNeon, that | stir-. up aithe would ds = Lora | might not rece! ‘ve this work: but s behold,gtk the aa, n se a9 a8 designing persons to destroy Mme, ie and also the wol k, I would inform you that | translated, y ae by the oift and power of God, and caused to be written, Mes , . “a In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, ‘‘ An act _ _-forthe encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and ae Books, tothe authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein men- Ted As many false reports have been circulated respec- « House of Israel; and also ta Jew and Gentile; written by way of commandment, “and also by the spirit of Prophesy and of Revelation. Written, and sealed up, and hid up unto. the Lord, that they might not be destroyed ; tocome forth by the gift and power of God, unto the interpretation thereof; sealed by the hand of Moroni, afd hid up unto hg ard, to ce at in dué.time by the way of Gentile; the interpre- ame | — ting the following work, and also many unlawful mea- eleventh day of June, in the fifty-third year of the Independence of the United States of America, A. D. 1829, Josepy SmiTH, Jun. of the said District, hath deposited in this office the title ofa Book, the sight whereof he claims _as.author, in the words following, to wit: ‘‘ The Book of Mormon ; an account written by the hand of Mormon, upon plates taken from the plates of Nephi. Wherefore it is an abridgment of the Record of the People of Nephi; and also of the Lamanites; written to the Lamanites, who are a remnant of the » THe or: cme. PY | f PREF A ORG G77 K gute) fl wot To ve CA fe 0 asl at Tref Marre Martin | said unto me, I will not suffer that Satan, shall accome| hele _. plish his evil design in this thing . therefore yah Se Oe eg VO cone ; t ,i ¥ ai ye until Nephi . e from ; the plates ; ol "Noen Peon translat ~~ med’ § 1 . which ye have translated, which ye nave retaae 1* |
