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Show B48 BOOK time is’it hand that every works, according BOOK ee OF OF ALMA. man shall reap a reward of their to that which they have been: if they have ‘Now ‘behold, people. ren, ™ @j this is: the voice of the afigel, crying unto the and_ye had ought to be beloved, and ye had ought to 249 | behold, | much of these things; but mistake, for I have seen much of his mysteries, and his mar vellous power; yea, even in the preservation of the, lives 0! this people; nevertheless, [ did harden. my heart, for | was called many times, and i would not hear; therefore I Knew concerning these things, yet L would And now my beloved brethren, for ye are my bretb- DAS ways of the Lord, and his mysteries and marvellous.power. said Lneyer had known been righteous, they shall reap the salvation of their souls, according to the power and deliverance of Jesus Christ; and if they have been evil, they shall reap the damnation of t Devil_-_ of the ion souls, according to the power and captivat ; ALMA. not know; therefore 1 went on rebelling against God, in the wickedness of njy heart, | even.until the fourth day of this seventh month, whi¢h is in ) bring forth works-whichCisynete for repentance, seeing that Jj ' your hearts have been grossly hardened -against the word o: God, and seeing that ye are a lost’ and a fallen } | Now it came to pass that when I, Alma, had spoken these ] words, behold, the people were wroth with me, because } si uid thetenth year.of the reign of our Judges.. As I was j\a journeying to see a very near kindred, behold an angel of the Lord appeared unto me, and said, Amulek, return to thije own house, for thou shalt feed a prophet of the Lord; yea, a holy man, which art a chosen man of God; for he hath fasted ma- unto them that they was a hardhearted and a stiffnecked peo- 9 ple; and also because I’Saié-unto them that they were a iost anda fallen people,they was angry with me, and sought tolay | their hands upon me, that they might Cast me into prison ; but ny days because of the sins of this people, and he isan hungered, and thou shall receive him into thy house and feed him, and he shall bless thee and thy house; and the. blessing of. the Lord shall rest upon thee.and thy house. ut came to pass that the Lord did not suffer.them that they should take me at that time and cast me into prison. 7 And it came to. pass that Amulek went.and stood forth, anc began to preach unto them also. And now the words of Am- @ ulek are not all written ;-nevertheless a part.of his wores are -/And it came to pass that I obeyed the voice of the angel, and returned towards my house. And as I was agoing thith| €, [found the. man which the angel said unto me, The ou shalt shalt teceive into thy house; and behold it was this same man whieh hath been Speaking unto you concerning the things of God~ And the angel said unto me, He is a holy man; wherefore |] know he is a holy man, because it was said by an angel of God. And again: I know. that the things whereof he hath ¢ vc < 4 written in this book.4 1 , : testified are true ; for behold, I say unto you, that as the Lord liveth, even so he hath < preached unto the people which was. in the land of Ammonihah, .saying: i a Amulek; I am the son of Giddonah, who was the son of Ishmael, who was a descendant-of Aminadi: and it was that same Aminadi which interpreted the writing which was upon wall of the temple, which. was written by the finger of Got. And Aminadi was a descendant of Nephi, who was the son” _ Lehi, who came out of the land of Jerasalem, who was is ‘scendant_of Manasseh,.who was the son of Joseph, — id I sold into Egypt by the hands of his brethren. And beho am also a man of ne small reputation among all those who aoe me; yea, and behold, [have many kindreds and Ce. ' pore als6 seqmired much riches By eee oy ot Sh nevertheless, afterall this, I never have knows much sent his angel to make these things manifest unto me; and.this he hath done while this Alma hath dwelt. at my house; for behold, he hath blessed miné| house, he-hath blessed me, and.my women, and my children, | and my father, and my kin flees pea” wae 1) maykindred] GP blessed, toandthethewords blessing the spake. Lord hath rested up-! mS -, whichof he ONhathUS heaccording “And now when Amulek had spalann theon saciid, abiiieca. & began to be astonished, seeing-there was more than one Mines which testified of the things whereof they were accu“et, and also of the things which was: to come, according to the spirit of prophecy which was in them: nevertheless, there _ Were some among them which thought to question them, that Me ge tel Cunning devices they might catch them $n their words, ¥ Might find witness against them, that they might de- em to the Judges, that they might bejudged according |
