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Show j BOOK HELAMAN. OF nook Alb BS xo * 1S lad A — OS RE Re Judges, Moronihah did sugveed with nis armies, in ootainng many parts of the land; yea, they retained many cities which © si . : 7 wet oS y YNANY ntTaAd Ok & of the Judges, they succeeded in retaining their possessions. Now this great loss of the great slaughter which was 5 ieee happened, among tA hea ? re 417 were in great and trodden down, fear, lest they and slain, and de- sroyed; yea, they began to remember the prophecies of Alma, And it caine to pass in the sixty and first year of the reign : the Nephites should be overpowered, Lamanites > had fallen into the hands of the ~ HELAMAN. And it came to pass because of the greatness of the number of the Lamanites, rhin OF eC s even the half of all@ the Nephites, and@ them, would not havea a had it not been for their wickedness and their abo- aid also the words of Mosiah; and they saw that they had ben a stiffnecked people, and that they had set at nought the commandments of God ; and pled under their feet the that laws they of had Mosiah, altered and or which that tramthe Lord commanded him to give unto the people; and thus seemination which was among them ; yea, and it was among those My 11 and God; of church the to belong to ing that thew laws had become corrupted, and that they has also which professed lecome a wicked people, insomuch that they were wicked ol e becaus hearts, their of pride the of was because ven like unto the Lamanites. And because of their iniquity, ceeding riches, yea, it was bec ‘ause of their oppression to they a Pe alae a. Sie — apt ah pene - —- ai 7 Se a ee ra ge n eee 1 poor, withholding their food from the . eee hungry, lechurch had began to dwindle; and they began to disbelieve and smiting their hum pie Dreti= ame the naked, their clothing from ‘ ° Be rh or COT sacred,| i. was of aDthat which mock a ren upon the cheek, making . we an pavelatior PC eTINo ae denying the spirit of prophecy and of revelation, murdering a raisingre up in i adultery, committing steeling, plundering, lying, sie among the Lamanites ; and because of this their great wit edness, and their boastings in their own strength, they W left in their own strength ; therefore they did not prosper, _ the Lord did cease to preserve great contentions, and deserting away by o into the land were afflicted, and smitten, and driven before the Lamantes Sut 4 until they had lost possession of almost all their ) many things behoid, Moronihah) did_ preach F unto the then cong people; yea, and did, prophesy many things unto them what should unto thevem if come they did not repent of their sins. And it came to Pppass (hau d best they did repent, and inasmuch as they did repent, toy § gin to prosper; for when Moronihah saw that they ~ “ did< res from place to PY pent, he did venture to lead themthey forth had retained fre one * and from city to city, even until o of their property, and the one half of all reir lands. ended the sixty and first year of the reign of the Fudge eroO} tne And And it came to pass in the sixty and second they had become weak, thusy year Ca reign of the Judges, that Moronihah could obtain no SOT Ad ir © sessions over the Lamanites ; tterefore they did abandon ous desierf to obtain tlie remainder of their lands, Tor so nure™ the 's was thé Lamanites that it became impossibie forRfAraninan didi to obtain more power over them; theretore — TO i employ all his armies in maintaining these parts wiicn ™ “Taken. tes yvyEoro! 1a like unto their brethren, the yea, | 1k with rawn from them, because the pare Mit ok the Lord doth not dwell in unholy temples; there- lef ar, se toa Hedin ‘would cleave pat ‘ish, — F them by his miraculous , fallen into a state of unbe- oo. sie Feet i were more oo because of their iniquity, and also Nephi and Leln, wit were the sons of Helaman, did preach many things u! cerning their iniquities, and : : the spinit of prophecy, and in the spirit of revelation: and lhe judgements of God did stare them in the face. And they oAw a that the Lamanites the Lordne thei1eir GodGod, aoa except. they they must unavoidably or behold, they saw that the strength of the Laman- eet ” eyerrat ae strength, man for man. And fallen their into this great even transgression; yea, thus saa : ie Pena DoCaes of their transgression, in the are flivered 1y years, Se atic . or : = See Ai ee Boca shag rahe ae 7 fo a man whose name was 20rain, ‘iblished by io ans me rue and ae ne they tome Ban their governments were es- agile ° +6 people, and they which chose re oe pis t oie they which chose good, thereHpebing Den for the laws had be- Pibetple, insomuch thar he oe e law ,.: ihactenee nd it ee heir inj hy ‘eo “hee oat BEER they. Were a stiff that they could not be governed it were to their destruction, by had become weary, because to preack tho worofd Gag “ment seat, and Oh: a. Ue Me rao ‘ : lee . his days, and his brother Lehi also, all th vy the remainder e remai YS: for they remembered the words which ho he 24 te |
