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Show BOOK ah g ee Hea ee, a 7 oe ba a § a jre ae ome gy Ee ' i. o if * | i : ji sd] i were converted unto the Lord; { Aaron and maiy of their priests, concerning the name that they should take up on them, that they might be distinguished. And it came © pass that they called their name Anti-Nephi-Lehies; 2! _ ie were called by this name, and were no more calléd Lame began ‘ And they and they were friendly with the Nephites; fee ,% ee | erent eg e She t ae that he hath forgiven us of those our therefore they—+ did Hara Are 1} ; | ; Poe ig Xx "se a 1d Z % muon, which were in the land of, eA Amuo?; } ; ites, and ‘ the Lamanites Pm . + e Lh an {] ©!0! lana the wasn and also in the land of Helam, and which ae Lu nici? ’ 2 about, wae jn fine, in. ail the land round them Jerusalem, and oe the upon n take not had cotiverted, and not been Anti-Nephi-Lehi, were stirred up by the Amatekite oa a ae hat = 1? r against 4 their brethrenit ; eeeané the Amulonites, to ange ; eS cu that tired became exceeding sore against them, even imsomu' many sins ee 5 >. = and murders Which we have committed, and took away the guilt from our hearts, through the merits of ns Son. And now behold. my rethren, since it has been all that we could do, (as we were the most lost of all mankind,) to repent of all Our sinSand the Mahy murders which we have committed, and to get God to a ' q ses: := 2¥ and {also thank my God, yea, my great God, that he hath stanted unto us that we might repent of these things, and also open a correspondence wit, them, and ihe curs¢-o} Goa a” nO more follow.them. : e'y\ : and 4}the AmulAyton And it’ came to pass hat the Amalekites, a eR Sur sins, and of the many murders which we have committed; ° . pda + lo . TPA, ; yea, people industrious to be a very Tee oo «Sages steat God that he has given us a portion of his spirit to soften our hearts, that we have opened a correspondence with these brethren, the N ephites; and behold, Talso thank my God that by opening this correspondence, we have béen convinced of i ites. e great God has in goodness sent these our brethren, the Nephités, into usto preach tnto us, and to convince us of the Waditions of our wicked fathers. And behold, I thank my baie Y with yea, and also their king commanded them that they should not. Now these are the words which he said unto the people concerning the matter: I thank my God, my beloved people, that our And now it came to pass that. the king and those people which were converted, were desirous that they might have ! name, that thereby they might be distinguished from the! therefore the king consulted — es = they would not even ‘make any preparations for war; whithersoever they dwelt; yea, and all their villages ana allthei cities ; therefore we bavé named all the cities of the Lamanites in which they did repent and come to the knowledge 0 the truth, and were converted. brethren; $a Fa the Lord, that would take up arms against their brethren ; nay, Yr : ~~ fend themselves against the Lamanites. Now there was not one soul among «ll the people which had been converted unto and these are they that laid down the weapons of their rebellion, yea, @l their weapons of war; and they were all Lamanites, And the Amalekites were not converted, save only one; neither was any of the Amulonites; but they did harden their hearts, and also the hearts of the Lamanites in that part of the lan ae ' ri. manites which 2 Pate a i Te a * Ishmael, that they might hold a council with Lamoni, and also with his brother Anti-Nephi-Lehi, what they should do to de- La- cities of the os t p ” Me © the of names “ oe the are ~ “i ie APHad DRGs,2 " these and Shimnilom: a ; i: a they came forth to the land ot Midian, and there Ammon met all his ‘brethren; and from thence they came to the land of ites which were in the land of Shilom, and which were in the land of Shemlon, and in the city of Lemuel, and in the city of them away from ae BERS for if was all we could do repent sufiiciently before God; that he would take away our stain, Now my best beloved brethren, since God hath eway our stains, and our swords have become bricht, u S$ ‘vesta ete our swords . no more €hold, -] Say unto . ¥ be not st : Stained d taken then let with the blood@*of ourOo brethren. » Aww * < _- ‘ 4 ; 3 welch ’ ee aT hg and his brethren, and all those which had come up with him, saw the preparations of the Lamanites to destroy their brethren, ee F th ve) i s ie el t ee i preparation Ammon *Ts j Z 74 rey q R to make Now when Rzones t a Lamanites ——— s began the 2 4 seli-same year that for war against the people of God. pene ‘ in that as ' and he And the king died you, Nay, let us- retain. Our Swords, that ith 47 bi A f $b wer = Lawn NHR with the biood of our brethren? for per19* . ee 1 FS ' Now the king conterred the kingdom i ES } upon his son; called his name Anti-Nephi-Lehi. — i ie: 4\ Ya { ' . ;i ; .F a he) if ‘ 1 : : a _ pot : did Pp they : PY that lay did they ‘ = rebellion, Res 7 i a their people ; righteous became of . we 2 . « / ; they weapons ] against God no more, neither against any of their bre Luren.— 1 Now these are they which were converted untothe Lord: The people of the Lamanites which were in the land otf [shmael, and also of the people of the Lamanites which were in the land #1 Middoni, and also of the people of the wamanites winch ; were in the city of Nephi, and also of the people of ; ihe Lamati- 4 A the x + te OPI ' down | P for _fallaway. = $a stiplcheslbeab=ilb { a that they they took e 5 5 : Li they began to rebel ae Ms Se RELAIS Digs > a4 pass iM ; i against their king, insomuch would not that he should be their king; therefore up arms against the people of Anti-Nephi-Lehi. = : t :; ix bes ae believed PRS as unto the Lord, neveydid SS. ie aS. Lamanites A NE the oy of ft ee ERE many ——— as 29} — liveth, their preaching, and were converted. ALMA. ee as the Lord - OF Ee Od AMI |
