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Show 4%0 BOOK OF been healed; also, and did do some miracles and they did_shew forth signs among the people. And it came to pass that thus passed away the thirty and second year also. And Nephi did cry unto the people in the commencement of the thirty and third year; and he did preach unto them repentance and remission of sins. Now I would have you to remember also, that there were none which were brought unto repentance, who were not baptized with water, therefore there were ordained of Nephi, men unto this ministry, was a more great and terrible destruction in the land northward: for behold, CHAPTER IV. ae face of the land was had fallen to the earth, and the inhabitants thereof were slain, whither they went, no man knoweth, save they know 4 came deformed, * it was we know ourrecord to be true: the name of Jesus; and there was not any man which many miracles tt which did keep the record ; for he truly did could he were cleansed amt do a miracle in the name of Jesus, save came to pass, if ther it And now ry whit from his iniquity. oul on 1 « . ing 0! was no mistake made by this man in the reckon eg and away, d passe time, the thirty and third year had Rf ais W ple began to look with great earnestness for the sign sl yeas ite; Laman the l, been given by the prophet Samue : the space of thers i time that there should be darkness for And there began to be aT “ over the face of the land. notwithstana'> , ings. and disputations among the people sa many signs had been given. a pine fee Tae to Mesin the thirty and fourth year, month, inthe fourth day of the month, there ay the land storm, such an one as never had been known ip ®” and there was also a great and terrible tempest 5 th e whole was was terrible thunder, insomuch that it did shake ‘wall aa NT and ; er asund divide to about was it earth as if + apd the hae ceeding sharp lightnings, such as never had take fire5 And the city of Zarahemla did the land, : changed, and the places were left desolate; and there were some cities which remained; but the damage thereof was exceeding great, and there were many in them which were slain; and there were some which were carried away in the whirlwind; and were carried away; and Awp now it came to pass that according to our record, a just mali for behold, the whole because of the tempest, and the whirlwinds, and the thunders ings, and the lightmings, and the exceeding great quaking of the whole earth ; and the highways were broken up, and the level roads were spoiled, and many smooth places became rough, and many great and notable cities were sunk, and many were burned, and many were-shook—till the buildings thereof unto the people, that they had repented and received a remission of their sins. And there were many in the commence ment of this year, that were baptized unto repentance; and thus the more part of the year did pass away. I But behold, there ‘ernble destruction in the land southward. that all such as should come unto them, should be baptized with, water, and this as a witness and a testimony before God, and eS a ATi NEPHI. insity of Moroni did sink into the depths of the sea, and the up carmed was earth the and ; ed drown habitants thereof were y there the-cul of place the in that ihah, Moron of upon the city of, there became a great mountain; and there was a great an unto the people that they had been wrought upon by the spirit of God, and had OF ROOK NEPHI. because of the tempests, and the thunderings, “ the lightnings, and the quaking of the earth. ry eer Mi in ani teneste ~ — a that they and thus the face of the whole earth beAnd behold, yea, ee were broken up upon Seen, that they were found in ms, andin cracks, upon all the And it came to pass that when the thunderings, and the ightnings, and the storm, and the tempest, and the quakings of the earth did cease—for behold, they_did last for about the = of three hours; and it was said by some that the time te: oe: nevertheless, all these great and terrible things i € done in about the space of three hours; and then behold tg darkness upon the face of the land, :; it came to pass that there was thick darkness u a * - the land, insomuch that the inh bitants1 See s a. fallen, could feel the vapour of arkness; and there ae. no light, because of the darkness, neither candles cee orches ; neither could there be fire kindled with their licht exceeding dry wood, so that there could not be any ight at all ; and there was not any light seen, neither fire. nor the stars, stars fo% th| teat were the € mists mi : the land, of darkness which were upon the face of simer, neither the sun, nor the moon, nor |