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Show ’ .& , F the 'Nephites; this he done that he might usurp great power over them; and also that he might gain power over the Ne- his long suffering, have full sway in your heart; but let it bring you down to the dust, in humility. And now,0 my son, ye are called of God to preach the word unto this people, sgn of the Nephites were phites, by bringing them into bondage, &c. to support And now the their lands, and de- their Amen. in spirit and in truth, word with trath \ the true and the living God, the La- it hatred of the Lamanites ESE ‘ ; Anp now it came to pass, that the sons of Alma did go forth And Al among the people, to declare the word unto them, ma also, himself, | ’ rest, could not he also went forth— and Now we shall say no more concerning their preaching, except that they preached the word, and the truth, according 0 the spirit of prophecy and revelation ; and they preached alter And now I Nephites and reign of the return toan the of the wars account Lamanites, in the eighteenth Judges. For behold, it came between armies in the land And it came oah. were were as numerous, and thus the Nephites were of nearly, obliged to And it came to pass, as the armies of the Lamanites had to pass thi gathered together in the land of Antionum, behold, the armies of the Nephites were prepared to meet them in the land of Jer- shon. Now -the leader of the Nephites, or the man which had een appointed to be the Chief Captain over the Neplintes: ‘Ow the Chief Captain took the command of all the armies and Moroni of the Nephites ; and his name was Moroni; Chief Captains 0°” to stir up the Lamanites to anger descendar™ Amalek- of the priests the a contend with their brethren, even unto bloodshed. the eo the Lamaniteg, and they were all the Amalekites and their ba preserve might he that before, Now ie ramites. ad tred towards the Nep tes? that he might bring. heholt, or | ; designs his of ishment subjection, to the accompl @5°ans! his designs Now those a were the Nephites; the Lamanites came with their thousands ; and they came | tothe land of Antionam, which was the land of the Zorathwas their leader ites ; and a man by the name of Zerahemnah and a mur wicked more a of were Amalekites And now as the derous disposition than the Lamanites were, in and of them selves, therefore Zerahemnah appointed did give unto les, and Zoramites, and yea, they gathered together theis of Jershon. them lands for And the people of Ammon which had dissented from the Nephites, which were that the Zoramites became LamanitesS; therefore, in the commenct ment of the eighteenth year, the people of the Nephites sv ihat the Lamanites were coming upon them; therefore ‘ey made preparations for war; they should be destroyed ; therefore they gave their inheritance. lowithstand against the Lamanites, which were a compotnd of Laman and Lemuel, and the sons of Ishmael, and all those te year of the to pass their brethren, which were the Nephites alarge portion of their substance, to support their armies; and thus the Nephites were compelled, “alone, 7 the holy order of God, by which they were called. towards the people of Anti-Nephi-Lehi; which were called the people of Ammon; and they would not take up arms; yea, they had entered into a covenant, and they would not break it; therelore, if they should fall into the hands of the Lamanites, they would be destroyed. And the Nephites would not suffer that CHAPTER xxelh XLIL ar <% ‘ook all the command, and the governments of their wars:— nd he was only twenty and five years old. when he was ap- Pointed Chief Commander over the armies of the Nephites. hd it:came to pass that he met the Lamanites in the bor- “8 OfJershori, and his people were armed with swords, and bes “meters,” and all manner of weapons of war. And it €t0 pass, that when the armies of the Lamanites saw that bb-lly they might preserve their rights and their privileges ; yea, and also their liberty, that they might worship God according to their desires; for they knew that if they should fall into the hands of the Lamanites, that whosoever should worship God, way, declare the Da heater housés, and their wives, and their children, that they might preserve them from the hands of their enemies, and also, that ‘and soberness, that thou.mayest bring souls unto repentance, that the great plan of mercy. may have claim upon them.— And may God grant unto you even according to my words.— ae os - 34] manites would destroy ; yea, and they also knew the extreme A Pa ALMA. justice of God no more. Do not endeavor to excuse yoursel! in the least point, because of your sins, by denying the justice of God, but do you let the justice of God, and his mercy, and ; 4 OF nee a ee ae ; BOOK O my son, I desire that ye should deny the And now, my son,-go thy i ALMA, eo ee unto repentance. OF Pig: BOOK CSE ese 340 |