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Show BOOK a d and every maffexpresse old, having lived to fulfil the commandments of God. and And it came to pass that Mosiah died also, in the thirty third year of his reign, being sixty and three years old ; making in the whole, five hundred and nine years from the time Lehi » . 7 fe ° } - - VU pass that they did appoint me And it cato this they to judge them according to the law; and them, or done throughout all the land. inted to be the ¢ And it came to pass that Alma was appo er having conler fath his st; judge; he being also the high prie given him the charge conc” had red the office upon him, andchurch. And now it came to pass the ning all the affairs of , and he did kee? thatAdma did Walk in the ways of thee Lord teous judgmen"> righ judg hus his commandments, ‘nd he did and (hue, land; the hes e hrough l saap inua cont and there was @ ll the jand ol commenced the reign of the judges throughout call ed the Ne Zavahemla,, among piel all the people which was =. “ 4, ~ an - SON OF ALMA, UE, cHaprerR b= CL Fh Alma, who was the son of Alma the First, and ; a, - * udge over lie people of Nepii, and aiso the High e iy at , “we 7 e (FOU of" the reigete n ofte the u unt has in acco .ch. mM fh the riest Ox over Jtee wars and conientions among the people. the Chur and Nephites and the ins % . an account of a war between the : 2 e ig vara > P = t e ae A? , Ne a a ee g rdin to tke record of Alma the First, and nites,. acco , a £5 j wef Judge. the to at that in the-first year of the reign of ae Moser alae eee N ephi, from this time forward, king warred a habbitiere: >. a aetances s: | all. th e earth, baving none tO stro 1eaying ab he iran ee and they : laws, sted established OMT ens 1€ : i" Weis Te T ° ee whichPehe hadee | madé- Andit celta ne Bye iN the judement . - ious Ea of Alma eOe Oi one reign ae Sa arces6: - ie judged ; ‘ a to brought pesote diye noua tar A much ra oe ae bout Pisa and he antehad_¢ ‘rength; the people, preaching among 120s <a e h t 'o m that which he t¢ rmed to- be the word of God, bearing“ OWN aeaj wot AGainst the church ; declaring unto the people thatevery ~ V priest . + ich a amd “testher Cught to he sib te had wmer a the “ ce wt P eat ought to become” opulary and they hands. but that.they had own hands with theit labor oh ney ’own ae Ko, iP rted by the people; and he also testified unpie that all. mankind should be saved at the last day a er 2 es ao - s THE pie x eT : cegememagenpnstinns ne ALMA, OF BOOK THE ee, blood; but he had he delighted in the shedding of thal had granted unto his people peace in the land, and he there ; age all manner of bond they should be delivered from ure. meas exceedingly, beyond fore they did esteem him, yea, judges to rule over Ok - cs ge - ' ~ } willingness to answer for his own that they assembled themsins. Therefore it came to pass t the land, to cast in their selves together in bodies throughou r judges, to judge them thei voices concerning who should be given them; and they been had ch whi law the according to the liberty which had of e were exceedingly rejoiced, becaus wax strong in love did they been granted unto them. And esteem him more than any towards Mosiah; yea, they did upon him as a tyrant, who other man: for they did: not look lucre which doth corrup! was seeking for gain, yea, for that rich es of them, neither had the soul, for he had not exacted established : left Jerusalem ; and thus ended. the reign of the kings over the people of Nephi ; and thus ended;the days of Alma, who was the founder of their church.x hy a i Ean n all the people, that every that the burdens should come upo also unfolded unto them all man might bear his part. And he r, by having an unrightthe disadvantages they labored unde his iniquities and abomall eous king to rule over them; yea, ons, and bloodshed, and enti cont and , wars the all inations, and committing of whorethe the stealing, and the plundering, and ch cannot be enuniewhi doms, and all manner of iniquities, ought not to be; that they gs thin e vated; telling them that thes mandments of God. ~~ was expressly repugpant. to the com Mosiah had sent these nd now it came to pass, after king were convinced of the things forth among the people, they nquished their desires reli truth of his words; therefore they anxious that every mal ly ing eed exc ame bec and for a king, hout all the land; yea, should have an equal chance throug And now it phites: and Alma was the first and chief judge. two years and eigity being died, father came to pass that his . he explained it all unto them. of the people to their king; and gs had not ought to be; but And he told them that these thin ALMA, . OF OF oe BOOK MOSTAH, |