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Show ALMA. BOOK ; Ly pt ~ bis order Now this Melchizedek was a king over the and his people had w axed strong in iniquity and abominations; yea, they had all gone astray: they were hall of allt wickedness ; but “Melchizedek having exercised mig! and receixed the office of the High a est ood, accord holy order of God, did preach repentance And behold, they didd repent ; and Mel ‘ich peace in the land “in~his days ; therefore Prince of Peace, for he was zi king of Now there reign under his father. com) ve torthe betuliiied, according so the mouth of angels, of our fathers to that which they have spoken might eae T- oT ee ‘i ae: iba We ‘repentance ; but that ye Would humpre before th. eI, ord, 3and call on his holy name, and ig ay tes i oe a ven ui o pain, that = as ony our sins, P A continu ally, th: ut ye may ye would and not be tempted above s0OFt raving wee ah ot cy aid may His Rare grant unto | 4 may nat n bring down his ound by down pro- oe a: aeft ofleelovecha and oh i the not wrath upon you, of he HS ft that chains ye may not le second death. And qi came | to pass tha t Alma | sages man Yymore words unto the peo ey Opie which are not weitten in Mi book x OA ° KT wee Caine to pass that after he | had mai de an end of speak4 8 0 the people, many of them did believe on ‘his w rords, neg to repent, and to search the” Scriptures; but the ®Pie ghee desirous that they mi ioht des Oy Alfhe Phibtieas ark. ek were angry with Alma, because of the Artulek had ords unto Zeezrom ; and they also said that and ale ad lied unto them, and had reviled against their law ls coe their Lawyers and Judges, Said they w jose unto And they are made known 1unto us in plain terms, thi inderstand, that we cannot err; and thbeg berawee ©ol waded ma strange land ; thy ercfore we 2 vored, for we have these plad Sidings declare For beliold, angels are> declaris ag 1! parts of our vineyard. we oat the leant suffep ‘1 the Lord, by the mouth of angels, doth de clare it un tions; yea, doth declare it,t that they may have & of ereat j0y¥; yea, and he doth sound these elad idings know ch was according to the spirit of prophecy which tice hat repent, by we that the words nly tay ered witha mighty voice, saying, Now is the ats to re for the day of salvation dra weth nigh; yea, and us ¢on neth, atthe time of his coming, made Evonniito | just and holy men, by the had said thes? ato them 2 lu hanc unto them, he stretched forth his t! 1ey have come| time And now wW unto O @od d that it 3 niehd be in my day ; but fn it YT will re joie, And it shail be in rest them, it shall be to your own Aibcticl “And now it came to pass that when A aa a all his people, yea, even to them thatja re scattered declared nothow soon. W oe let it be sooner or . Now I need not. rehearse the matter; what Behold, the Scriptures are before you Suffice. the face of the earth ; wherefore mouth of angeels, of his hews come humble, ey s Cs Sante Sern; ving fai * mi : and also there were many afterwards, bu therefore of im they have more partic ularl Leas en M. a bemg the purpose 3 it God, his word, at the time of his coming in his glory. to the for to reééive ys of look forward or it being his order ; and this, that they mi: ht int e1 they might to him for a remission of their sins, tha the rest of the Lord. for I me ay tie ohiaty Alma and Amulek; and because ey had fe the y against their wickedness, they: Sought ‘io ; by Matheo privily.. But it came to pass that: they did ne took ee a them and bound them with strong Gords, ap ble Went foe: ere t a Hd Chief Judge of pe Withessed r AS 8 against them, > d t F Tad a Mm Son people mi ight is i of men ae on the the hear this ~ forw ard thereby au, wet and childyen eat look this that iland: ce were given after manner, Now these ordinances our ii of one tenth part of all he possessed. m A d the. peo- testifying-that they le that rest into time the hearts of the eeea also enter this tii may ye at a. that of Melyea, humble yourselvas even as the pe ople in the days order same this after te Prie High a also was who chizedek, Priest. High the t utp upon took oO) who spoken, have I which And it was this same Melchizedek to who hood forever. Abraham paid tithes; yea, even our father Abraham paid tithes lo many of preparing ae re pe ntance, 5 oe, for 2H] . sd mete ALMA. ; my brethren, I would ‘forth that ye should humble yourse lves before God, and bri ing fruit . * now, And their God. OF ” a. rest of the Lord ¢ et ee OF a “ BOOK |