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Show Hes” =e . sm Tae54 =p Ch a 8 5 At BOOK. ALMA. | throughout the hands of God, 'to bring; if it were possible, the Lamanites, to the knowledge of the truth ; the Lamanites, thy brethren, and establish my word; shall be patient im long suffering and afflictions, | shew fortlr good examples unto them in me, and ¥ yet ye | I hands, Go nha it came to pass that the hearts of the sons of Mosiai, and als6é those which were with them) took courage to nosed that great was the work which they had ui dert people 5 ? tes, ANS Be nu robbing and iene set upon riches, or upon gold, yet they sought ; tad hel ir biel t therh and silver, and p! saat to obtain Hise things by land of alsé béIehn neael, and\thus it was Jeft to the plee or to retain then in captivity, or to cast them into prison, or to cast his will and blesasure : and them out of his land, according to thus Ammon was. carried béfore amengthe among Lamanites, or his people? the: flocks of Lamoni, aceordme lies. to t| 1e eusiom pass tha days, after he had that as he was.. /And it came mur Os i whom ditd worship idols, and the curse of God had fel oP them bécause of the traditions ‘of their fathers ; nofwilis Sic i ing, the promises of the/Lord were extended unto ¢a the conditions of repéntance 5 therefore this was that pel” work, the aken undert had ney the sons of Mosiah an the ae for acs‘persar” they might*briug them .unto repentance; that 4101 ‘hey ma elit bring then to know of the plan of rec ant inerefore they separated ‘themselves one from anothe?, ; ] went forth among ‘them évery man alone, according té the wort and power of God, which*was given tnto him. to vice of the kine three ish servants, f ¥ and plundering, that they might nét labor for them wi ith : ne rox nt peopie, own hands: thus they wefe a very indole oS the And Ammon iu And ass8u1 edly it was great, for they had unde talke n top ed a. fe oo Ni the word ‘of ‘God ‘to a wild, “and a Harve are, itv entered said unto him, Yea, % desire to dwell aniong this people forva time ; yea, and perhaps ‘until the day I die. And it came to pass that king-Lamoni was much pleased mth Ammon, and caused that his bands shoald-be loose: * and he would that Ammon oe l take one of his daughters to wife. But Ammon saith unto him, Nay, butd will*be thy servant; herfore Ammon became a bape to kine Lamoni. © And “ame to pass that he was set, among other ser vants, to witeh to declare unto them the word And*it came to’ pass*when they hdd arriven in of the land of the Lamafiites, that’ they separated and departed one from another; trusting in'the L should meet again at the close’ol fe r harvest: sons of fun ue nl whieh the king whic h was over the land of Ishmael: and his name Lamoni ; and he was a descendant. of Ishmael. And the ing inquired of Ammon if it were his desires to dwell in the land ite : king; the king to slay oe unto the saivatio im. unto the Lamanites, Anvmon a goine forth with their Scie of the oo Lamanyeni Cita in the: ser- te ‘the place otf Water, which was the water of Seb vad (and all the Re aManites drive their flocks hit} ner, that they might have water 5). therefore as Ammon and the servants of the-leking (were ‘ who had beer with their @ loclia the servants of th he king began to murmur, saying: Nov bééause their water, Stood and scattered the flocks-of Ammon, and the Servants of the king, and the y scattered them insomuch’ that they fled many ways. , ’ e ~ xing will slay us, as he has. our brethren, ‘were scattered by the wickedness of these Men: «And °Y began to Weep exceedingly, saying, Behold eur flocks are Stattered already. Now they wept becausé-of tie fear of be- o7 rathe! : niin i Now when Ammon:saw this} his heart was swollen unto then; rand. he departe “1 from them,. ail a en “™ driving forth their flocks to this’place: of water, beheld, a cer ‘an tumber of the Lamanites Now Animon being the chief among them, administer j lg with the Laman. j arith.joy; for, said he, 7 will shew ferth my pow- _ an instrument of thee’ ih my Sy also, said unto them And thedand of Ishme ae! ie Lord s.. them before the among t the Larnanit several journeys wentto the Lamanites took him and bound him, as was-their eu ‘tom, to bind-all the Nephites which fell into their hands, andper Sa rorth And as the land beine called aftemthe came | And it came to pass that the Lord did yisit them wi shirt. and said unto them, Be comtorte ad: and they were colt forted. Ammon im- ieee oe ‘. And iad unto them as Sa traditions the land. has oP of the stations. + -baseness correct. ral or administered ee not seve — till of yere ther their thera; ioe the edee of r to unto before his departure ; and thus the y took then inst bean miight y ho of Cod ee, ah, them-acecoi the word en that them, blesse 1 — ab “de » with and them: gn parted ALMA, mea BPO a a, they fasted mut 7 and} raye q wet wilderness, grant unto thern a portior 1 of “his spn Lord would OF 4 OP ei BOOK |
