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Show BOOK OF . ALMA: BOOK 9332 Priest over the the retained he office and craftiness, and all the that belong to this Church, have you sufficiently retained in remembrance the captivity of yourfathers? ing towards them? ed in remembrance mes Dit of adeep sleep, and they awoke unto God. Behold, they were in the midst of darkness; nevertheless, their souls were illuminated by the light of the everlasting word; yea, they were encircled about by the bands of death, and the chains of hell, and an everlasting destruction_did awaitthem. And now in bearing down in pure testimony laskkofyoumy brethren, were they destroyed? Behold, I say unto you, nay, they were not. And again I ask, was the bands — of death broken, and the chains of hell which encircled them about, were they loosed? I say unto you, yea, they were loosed, and their souls did expand, and they.did.sing redeem-. A mers CHAPTER om UNV And moreover, have ye sufficiently retain- _ that he hath delivered their souls. from “4/7 hell? Behold, he changed they hearis; yea, he awaked them contentions of the ninth against them, _ And thus “ii "the"commencement Nephi, Alma ot people the over Judges year of the reign of the contined and Nephihah, to seat delivered up the judgment o} Gar order holy the of priesthood high the himself wholly to revel of spirit the to according word, the of testimony to the tion and prophecy. Cus Yea, and have you sufficiently retained in remembrance his mercy and long-sufier- * which was among his people, seeing no way that he might re claim them, save jt were 93g here we began to establish the Church of God throughout this land, also. And now behold, I say unto you, ) my brethren, you of High Priest unto himself; but he delivered the judgment scat unto Nephihah: and this he did, that he himself might go forth among his people, or among the people of Nephi, that he might preach the word of God unto them, to stir them up in remenprance of thtir duty, and that he might pull down, by the wor of God, all.the pride ALMA. power of his word; and we were brought into this land and he sat in the judgment seat, to judge and to govern the peopie, Now Alma did not grant unto him the office of being High church, but OP AL ing love. And I say unto you, that they are saved. And now task of you on what conditions are they saved? Yea, what grounds had they to hope for salvation? What is the cause of their being loosed from the bands of death? Yea, and also, The words which Alma, the High Priest, according to tie ao" order of God, delivered to the people in their ciltes and vit tages taroughout tie land. the chains of hell? Behold, I can tell you: did not my father Alma believe in the words which was delivered by the mouth of Abinadi? And was he not a holy prophet? Did he not Now it came to pass that Alma began to deliver the we ef God unto the people, first in the land of Zarahemla, " from thence throughout all the land. And these are tng“ ual which he spake to the people in the Church which was ¢"" lished in the city of Zarahemla, according to his own = speak the word of God, and to bea High Priest over the Church of God, he having po" ” and authority from God to do these things, behold, i eo you, that he began to establish a Church in the land er God, And behold, they were-faithful until.the end; therefore “y Were saved. And now behold, I ask of you, my brethren ., saying: was methe borders of N ephi; the land of Mormon; was cg mighty change was also wrought in their hearts; and 0 the Church, ; : And behold, [ say unto you" yea, J say unto: you, did deliver them they were 0 out of bondage os YF the ~ have ye spiritually..been.born.of..God?: Taree his image in-your countenances? *nced attri were brought into bondage by the hands of the Lamanite’ bas aad again the Lord they ~ wumbled themselves, and ‘put their trust in the true and living . were delivered out of the hands of the people of king by the mercy and power of God. And behold, after eh the wilderness; Behold I say unto you, that this is all true.— And behold, he preached the word unto your fathers, and a q,, yea, and-he did baptize his peer the waters of Mormon. father Alma believe them? And according to his faith there was a mighty change wrought inhis heart. I, Alma, having been consecrated by my father : sat yea, the land which my Have Haye ye expe- this mighty change.in.your.hearts? Do ye. exercise the redemption of him who ereated- you? Do you ~~ look forrward with an eye of faith, and view this mortal body raised Moimmortality, and this corruption raised -in- mcorrup- tion, t Osland before God, to be judged according to the.deeds Whic ‘i aur\been done in the mortal body?, I say unto you: yOu magine to yourselves that ye hear the yoice of the f lO ff . ff “ . |