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Show BOOK pOOK OF MOSIAK. ° Y taught in the : : Bi language of unto you, That if this highly favored people of the Lord should ‘all into transgression, and become a wicked and an aduite- e he could read these engravings, and _Egyptiaans, therefor them feach them to his children, that thereby they could teach mandments of God, +o their children, and so fulfilling the com unto you, my sons, were even down to this present time. I say and preserved “+ not for these things, which have been kept rstand of his unde by the hand of God, that we might read and always before our mysteries, and have his commandments dled in unbelief, dwin eyes, that even our fathers would have , the Lamanhren bret our and we should have been hke unto or even do s, thing these ng erni ites, which know nothing conc use of the beca , them ht taug are not believe them when they O my sons, traditions of their fathers, which are not correct. are true; ngs 1 would that ye should remember that these sayi ld, also the beho and also, that these records are true. And the sayings ol plates of Nephi, which contain the records and and 1ous people, they become weak, Lord will deliver them like unto their brethren; up, that thereby and he will no more preserve them, by his matchless and marvellous power, For I say unio you, as he hath hitherto preserved our fathers. that if he had not extended his arm in the preservation of our fathers, they must have fallen into the hands of the Lamanites, and become victims to their hatred. And it came to pass that after king Benjamin had made an end of these sayings to his son, that he gave him charge concerning all the affairs of the kingdom. And moreover, he also gave him charge concerning the records which were engrayen 7 .Re ota and also, the plates of Nephi > and alf until now ; our fathers, from the time they left Jerusalem, because we y, suret their of we can know they are true; and sons, I would that have them before our eyes. And now, my ye may ye should remember to search them diligently, that the com keep d shoul ye that would I and profit thereby; according mandments of God, that ye may prosper in the land, And rs. fathe to the promises which the Lord made unto our are which sons, his teach many more things did king Benjamin not written in this book. al And it came to pass that after king Benjamin had made that saw he and old; d waxe he that end of teaching his sons, ‘he must very soon go the way of all the earth, therefore, he dom up0? thought it expedient that he should confer the kinght belore broug ah Mosi one of hissons. Therefore, he had Say him, unto him; and these are the words which he spake ” amato procl a make d ing: My son, I would that ye shoul throughout all this land, among all this people, or the peel : of Zarahemla, and the people of Mosiah, which dwell in the for on the land, that thereby they may be gathered together: of mine ow! out e, peopl my this unto morrow, I/shall proclaim mouth, that thou art a king, and a ruler over this people, whic And moreover, I shall give the Lord pur God hath given us. may be disti neuised# this people a name, that thereby they hath brought out ° above all the people which the Lord God that the they have et the land of Jerusalem; and this I do, because a diligent people in keeping the commandments of the Lore 80, the sword of Laban, and the ball or director, which led our fathersthrough the wilderness, whi was ch prepared by the hand of the Lord, that thereby they might be led, every one ae to the heed and diligence which they gave unto him. ete . pore ce they did not prosper nor tediaeieiee ep nes ut pe driven back, and incurred nian a 5 . a. ae and therefore, they were WR oe a, ne and sore afflictions, to stir them up in re: f their duty. id now, it came to pass that Mosiah went and did as his lather had commanded him, and proclaimed unto all the people , ir as in the land of Zarahemla, that thereby they might the dia oie together, to go up to the temple, tg hear y /=atLin te {f ‘ - Which his father should speak unto them. haa Came to pass that after Mosiah had done as his fathers manded him, and had made a proclamation throughout Seana all the land, that the people gathered themselves together tl ae . the land, that they might go up to the temple to a Y nit thoes ords which king Benjamin should speak unto them. hot Melia 0. a great number, even so many that they did waxed great hem; for they had multiplied exceedingly, and of their a. the land. And they also took of the firstlings Ia, neon ra 8, that they might offer sacrifice and burnt offersive thanks mks to the law of Moses; and also, that they might of the land Se Lord their God, who had brought them out erusalem, and who had delivered them out of ‘he hands fi their enemies, and had appointed just mento be z > Pa te. for he having been And] give unto them a name, that never shall be blotted out, Yea, and moreover I say except it be through transgression. it were for the help except ~ the ° . of these plates: ° —_ y s sate | ogueret % ai ot —— have taught them to his children, ov 155 lagi , a : MOSIAM,. ee ” ol zt OF |
