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Show BOOK MOSIAH. of the great tower, at the time the Lord confounded the la scattered abroad up?! gauge of the people; and they were even from that time unt and yea, earth, the the face of all the creation of Adam. Now this account did_cause the P™ ple of Mosiah to mourn exceedingly ; yea, they were fille the which they did rejoice. And this account shall be writ! with sorrow; nevertheless it gave them much knowledg® © hereafter: for behold, it is expedient, that all people sh0"" know the things which are written in this account. time that Leh: even as they had been handed down-t left Jerusalem. Now when Mosiah had done this, he sent out throughout all the land, among all the people, desiring to know their will concerning who should be their king. And it came to pass that the voice of the people came, saying: We are de-|! sirous that Aaron, thy son, should be our king, and our ruler. \ Now Aaron had gone up to the land of Nephi, therefore they king could not confer the kingdom upon him; neither would Aaron take upon him the kingdom; neither was any of the sons of Mosiah willing to take upon them the kingdom ; therefore king Mosiah sent again among the people, yea, even a written word sent he among the people. And these were the words that were written, saying: Behold, O ye my people, or my brethren, for | esteem you as such; for I desire that ye should consider the cause which ye are called to consider ; for ye are desirous to have a king. NowI declare unto you, that he to whom the kingdom doth rightly belong, hath declined, and will not take upon him the kingdom. And now if there should be another appointed in his stead, behold I fear there Would tise contentions among you; and who knoweth but what my son, to whom the kingdom doth belong, should turn lo be angry, and draw away a part of this people after him, Which would cause wars and contentions among ‘you; which ae be the cause of shedding much blood, and perverting ‘ Way of the Lord; yea, and destroy the souls of much peo- a from the time that they were destroyed, back to the building the people, handing them down from one generation to another, eh Now I say unto you, let us be wise and consider these ‘et a for we have no right to destroy my son, neither should es Now after Mosiah had finished‘ translating these recon behold, it gave an account of the people which was destroy™ And now, as I said unto you, that after king Mosiah had done these things, he took the plates of brass, and al! the things which he had kept, and conferred them upon Alma, which was the son of Alma; yea, all the records, and also the imterprefers, and conferred them upon him, and commanding hum that he should keep and preserve them, and also keep a record of i" mah any right to destroy another, if he should be appointed a oS And if my son should turn again to his pride and dates he would recall the things which he had said, and m his right to the kingdom, which would cause him and wie poor to commit much sin. And now let us be wise, seth orward to these things, and do that which will make peace of this people. ‘Therefore I will be your king sl i has el translated them by the means of those two stones which was fastened into the two rims of a bow. Now these things We prepared from the beginning, and was handed down from gel tion to generation, for the purpose of mterpreting langutges; and they have been kept and preserved by the hand the Lord, that he should discover to every creature which should possess the land, the iniquities and abominations © his people: and whosoever has these things a is called sett, after the manner of old times. yt & | ple, for they were desirous beyond measure, to know conctr “ning those people which had been destroyed. And now ht ES lin because of the great anxiety of his peo (Mp. ee “hi: and this he doné, iF a “ple of Limhi, whichqvas delivered to him by the hand of Lin- MOSTAH: CHAPEER XK have eternal life; and I will deliver thy sons out of the hands : of the Lamanites. And it came to pass that Mosiah granted that they might go, and do according to their request; and they took then journey into the wilderness, to go up to preach the word among the Lamanites: and I shall give an account of their proceedings hereafter.. Now king Mosiah had no one to cor fer the kingdom upon, for there was not any of his sons which would accept of the kingdom; therefore he took the records which were engraven upon the plates of brass, and also the plates of Neplfi, and all the things which he had kept and pre: served, according to the commandments of God, and alter having tranalated and caused to be written the recards which were on the plates of gold, which had been found by the peo- OF a OP BOOK 216 |
