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Show 382 BOOK OF ALMA. BOOK spare thee ;, otherwise [ will smite thee to the earth. Noy when Ammon had said, these words, the king began to rejoice pecause of his hfe. And when he saw that Ammon had qo desires to destoy him, and when he also saw the great love he nad for his son Lamoni, saith, Because he was astonished this is all that thou hast exceedingly, and: desired, that I would release thy brethren, and suffer that my son Lamoni should retain his kingdom, behold, Iwill grant unto you that my so may retain Ins kingdom {rom this time and forever; and] wil govern him no more. And I will also grant unto thee tha thy brethren may be cast out of :prison, and thou and thy brethren may come unto me, in my -kingdom; for I shill sreatly desire to see thee ; for the king was greatly astonished at the words which he had speken, and also at the worts| which had been spoken by his son Lamoni; therefore he wa desirous to learn them. And it came to pass that Ammon and Lamoni proceeded their journey towards the land of Middoni. And it came !0 pass that Lamoni found favor in theeyes of the king of th jand ; therefore the brethren of Ammon of prison. . And when was brought forth Ammon gid meet them he was excett ing sorrowful, for behold, they were naked, and their sxils were worn excéedingly, because of being bound with siti And they also had suffered hunger, thirst, and all kin cords. OF ADMA. 985 ihe borders of the land of the Lamanites, behold, Aaron ok his jourhey towards the land which was called by the Lamanites, Jerusalem; calling it after the land of their fathers’ nativity ; and it was away joining.the borders of Mormon,— Now the Lamanités, and the Amalekites, and the people of \mulon, had built a great city, which was called Jerusalem. Now the Lamanites, of themselves, were sufficiently hardened, but the Amalekites, and the Amulonites, were still harder; therefore they did cause the Lamanites that they should harden ‘heir hearts, that they should wax stronger in wickedness, and ther abominations. _ And it came te pass that Aaron came to the city, of Jerusalem, anearety began to preach to the Amalekites. .And be began to preach to them in their synagogues, for they had.built synagogues, after the order of the Nehors; for many of the Amalekites and the Amulonites were after the order of the Ne- horse Therefore,.as Aaron entered into one of their synagogues to preach unto the people, and as he was speaking unfothem, behold there-arose an Amalekite, and began to con- tend with him, saying: What is, that that thou hast testified? Hast thou seen an angel? Why do not angels appear unto is’ Behold, are not this people as good as thy people !— | Thou also sayest, Except we repent, howest thou the thought knowest thou that we have we shall perish. and intent of our cause to repent? How heart? How How knowest of afflictions ; nevertheless they. were patient in all their sl Behold, we have And as it hapWened, it was their lot to. have fallet thou that we are nota righteous peeple? ierings. | p stifinecked more a and hardened more ofa wilt sanctuaries, and we. do assemble ourselves together to hands into the ple; therefore they would not hearken unto their words, a Worship God. -We do believe that God ow Aaron said unto him, they had cast them out, and had smote them, and had anver will save all men. Believest thou that the Son them from house to house, and.from place to place, eve) "” God shall come to redeem mankind from their sins? were taken and cast into prison, and hound with strong er 4 any seh thing. of Middoni; til they had arriven-to the-land and there the and kept in prison for.many days; and were delivere¢ moni and Ammon. a tf CHAPTER in : 3 do not believe that thou knowest We do not believe in these foolish traditons. € do not believe that thou knowest of things to come, nei- *t.do we believe that thy fathers, and also that our fathers Menno concerning the things which they spake, of that 7 ‘MMS to come. cenit geron began to open the Scriptures unto them, ‘con} A o ian saith unto him, We of And the xn JAY XL ~ a e and account of the preaching af Aaron a. Mulokt, iheir brethren, to the. Lamanites. elves € ] whea Ammon and his; brethren separated thems Now teetio . id po pine of Christ, br mank: 3 dead, and that a A and also concerning the resurere could be no redemption ~~ awe it were through the death and sufferings of a i atonement of his. blood, Andit came to pass © d€gan to expound these things unto them, they were wety with bim, and began to mock him; and they would not |
