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Show *\ pd FIRST BOOK had before foot. And into seen, an exceeding high | Mila and upon which the spirit saith unto me, mountain, which thou in in above all: and / Nephi, d before me; what beholdest thou? And I sait and he saith unto me, unto him, a virgin, © mostbeautiful and fair above all otheryi =. And he saith | ‘ e ees | And Isaid halowe a | andPeeafter that she had been carried away j| i thkaid I looked and beheld the virginagain, bearing a chic < . o a nec tee @a & , » , amb SIPs l And he spake aed rey ae hi all things. above lesitab Cs) ra Ad : And aitet TR — I soul. the to joyous most the ‘a. and Y €a, ¢ eee | look! And I looked , an said these words, he said unto me, he children the Son: of God going forth among the c 2 + of men : heheld SLE ene. Fe TORS vam. Brak and I saw many fall down at hise feet and wors ene : And it came to pass that I beheld that the rod o hi led to the yy father had’ seen, was the word of God, which wateters ife; whi which life; of tr tree the t to o r or waters, waters, iving of living | fountain are a representation of the2 lovere of0) God;d; and I also beheld that ad tion of God! And I looked prophet, which awote Lamb of God went Saas forth, and bey a hua His bs aioe as pas be and I a was that he was baptised, I beheld the en thost come down Redeemer of the | and beheld the of which my father had spoken; world, out of Heaven and abo A, : ae C.upOr ae And I beheld that he went - oe i ote dove. " bar Ghee unto the people, in power and great Spat Paraeet Ae soe vier were gathered together to hear him; ey | beae And I also cast him out from among them. . oe others following him. And it came to pass that they were carried away in the spirit, from before my face, that Isaw themnot. And it came. pak unto me age again,oe saying, to pass that the angel spake y 6 look! And and , And it came to pass that Tsaw the Heavens open; and an angel came down and stoo tad mn of the tree Which thy father saw : mee Si tenetPah a E4 Si oe oy of God, pe rontet Yea,a itiss the love saviiog = ea r . oot a rmereiore, ‘s o f t h e it 1s childre n of men; whereiore , statese i n the hearts of the chu and it was a virgin, | A . my father had seen; and the beauty like unto the tree which thereof was ar beyond, yea, exceeding of all beauty; and the whiten ess thereof, did exceed the whiteness of the driven snow. And it came to pass that after that ] unto the spirit, I behold thou hast had seen the tree, I said shewn unto me the tre@ which is precious above all. And he saith unto me, What desirest thou? And I said unto him, to know the interpretation thereof; forI spake unto him as a man speaketh; for I beheld that he was in the form of a man; yet, nevertheless, I knew that it was the spirit of the Lord; and he spake unto me as a man speaketh with anothers | And it came to pass that he said unto me, look : And I looked as if to look upon him, and I saw him not; for he had gone from before my presence. And it came to pass that I looked and beheld the great city Jerusalem, and also other cities. And I beheld the city of Nazareth; and in the city of Nazareth I behe ld NEPHI. re-atizel sésaid un to’ me, behold the L in her arms. And the-atige! | , <nowest thout t! he meanen.the Eternal Mather! Knowest c -of God, yea, evens sad swered him. 100 thou believyest jn the Son of She was exceeding fair and white the a3spirit;9 ;- ihe Most High God; wherefore, thou shalt behold the things which thou hast desired.” And beho ld, this thing shall be giv€n unto thee for a sign: that afte r thou hast beheld the tree Wuich bore the fruit which thy fath er tasted, thou shalt also behold a man descending out of Hea ven, and him shall ye withess; and after that ye have witn essed bim, ye shall bear recerd that it is the Son of God. And it came to pass that the spirit saith unto me, look! and {looked and beheld a tree; OF speak :pirit for the space ofa time, the angel.1 spake untooO me, eee saying. y ne) And when | had spoken these word s, the spirit cried with ; loud voice, saying: Hosanna to the Lord, the most high God blessed art thou. Nephi, because BOOK hbo him I know that Saihe loveth his ae pela A aay a + ; oS, 4 ne ( do not know the reaning of all th noe A ‘ee Ohio. afer Behold. the virgin’wehteb-thou seest, is he Tite * ; He Urls manent cnet ae : ihe manner of the ffesh.we . held that #88 earried away The And it came to pass that I beheld thatshshe eyw 3 “arried away in the Behold, what over all the earth, yea, even YIRST unio me, Knowest thou the oot I never desirest thou? And _I saith, I desire to behold the thin gs which my father saw And the spirit saith unto me, Beli evest thou that thy father saw the for he is God ne ' I never had before sat. my tree‘of which he hath spoken ?/ And [ said yea: knowest that I believe all the words of my father. a Lown OF NEPHI. pondering in mine heart, I was caught away inthe spirit of the Lord, yea, , :. _ T looked, and { beheld the Heavens ope osm ; aver aid ininise gels descending upon the children of men; and they @ : auls aving, look? _ terunto them. Andgihe spake unto| me pagain, saying, ine torth forth among ¢ neg And T looked, and I Bekeld the Lamb of God goimg efbeie ~~ an 4. ~> sheet és s mewn RR ne ER ST OPE Le TE tf oH4 . ss .¢ ea3) |
