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Show 392 BOOK OF ALMA. BOOK haps, if we should stain our swords again, they can no more be Lehi out of the land. they were in this attitude, when the Lamanites began to fall therefore in his mer- upon them, and began to slay them with the sword; and thus, without meeting any resistance, they did slay a thousand and five of them; and we know that they are blessed, for they iia, might be made known unto us as well as unto future generations. O how merciful is our God! And now behold, since it has been as much as we could do to get Our.stains taken aoe” ee Pe Me vo EE away from us, and our swords are made ™= them away that they may be kept bright, as a testimony to our God at the last day,-or at the day that we shall be brought to have gone to dwell with their God. ites saw that their brethren would bright, let us hide ». stand before him to be judged, that we have not stained our * swords in the blood of our brethren since he imparted his ws.» word unto us, and has made us clean thereby. And now my brethren, if our brethren seek to destroy us, behold, we will ms hide away our swords, yea, even we will bury them deep in the earth, that they may be kept bright, as a testimony that we have never used them, at the last day; and if our brethren destroy us, behold, we shall go to our God, and shall be ee oe nee gi abe: fame en 2 aresce eee Seon eeeeee FNP Oe TE bad eis ds ee atdanennee cy he doth visit us by his angels, that the plan of salvation * saved. And now it came to pass that when the king had made an end of these sayings, and all the people were assembled together, they took their swords, and all the weapons which were used for the shedding of man’s blood, and they did bury them up deep in the earth; and this they did, it being in their And it came to pass that when the peo- meet them, and prostrated themselves, before- them to the earth, and began to call on the name of the Lord; and thus unto us beforehand, because he loveth our our children; 993 ple saw that they were coming against them, they went out te _ great God has had mercy on us, and made these things known unto us, that we might not perish; yea, and he hath made ' souls as well as he loveth ALMA. in his stead, and also of destroying the people of Anti-Nephi- washed bright through the blood of the Son.ot our great God, which ‘shall be shed for thé atonement.of our sins, And the *} these things known OF Now when not flee the Laman- from the sword, neither would they turn aside to the right hand or to the left, but that they would lay down and perish, and praised God even in the very act of perishing under the sword; now when the Lamanites saw this, they did forbear from slaying them; and there were many whose hearts had swollen in them for those of their brethren who had fallen under the sword, for that day by more than the number which had been slain; and they repented of the things which they had done. And it came to pass that they threw down their weapons of war, and they would not take them again, for they were stung for the murders which they had committed; and they came down even as their brethren, relying upon the mercies of those whose arms were lifted to slay them. And it came to pass. that the people of God were joined those which had been slain, were righteous people; there- ore we have no reason to doubt but what they are saved.— And there was not a wicked man slain among them; but there view a testimony to God, and also to men, that they never usé Were more than a thousand brought to the knowledge of the * shed the blood of their brethren, they would give up their ow? - lives; and rather than to take away from a brother, they would the salvation of his people. | .| weapons again for the shedding of man’s blood; and this they | = did, vouching and covenanting with God, that rather than 10 _»give unto him; and rather than to spend their days in idle“ness, they would labor abundantly with theit hands; and thus we see that when these Lamanites were brought to believe truth; thus we see that the Lord worketh ‘\ that they buried » weapons of war, for peace. And it came to pass that their brethren, >» ~ and thus we s¢% the weapons of peace, or they buried the “+ te ot the Lamanites which slew so many of their brethren, were Were after the order of the Nehors. Now among those which malekites and Amulonites, the greatest number of whom Joined the people of the Lord, there were none which were poe or Amulonites, or which were of the order of Ne» Out they were actual descendants of Laman and Lemuel; = and to know the truth, that they were firm, and would suffel > even unto death, rather than to commit sin; in many ways Now the greatest number of those and thus we can plainly discern, that after a people has been ‘Once enlightened Wedge the Lamani . by the spirit of God, and hath had eréat of things pertaining to righteousness, and then have “ll away into sin and transgressioti, they/ become more har- made preparations for war, and came up to the land of an MM for the purpose of destroying the king, and to place anothe “ned, and thus their estate becon-cth wérse. than.as though “"/f ne ©Y had never known these things, 4 ~* |
