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Show 240 BOOK OF ETHER. BOOK their language. And it came did cry unto the Lord, and to pass that the brother Of Jared the Lor their friends, d had compassion upon and their families also, that they were not confounded. And it came to pass that Jared spake again unto his brother, saying, Go and inquire of the Lord whethe r he will drive us out of the land; and if he will drive us out of the land, ery unto him whither we shal] go. And who knoweth but the Lord will carry us forth into a land which is choice above all the earth. And if it so be, let us be faithful unto the Lord. that we may receive it for our inheritance. And it came to pass that the brothe the Lord according to that which r of Jared did cry unto had been spoken by the mouth of Jared. And it came to pass that the Lord did hear the brother of Jared, and had compas sion upon him, and said unto him, Go to and gather together thy flocks, both male and female, of every kind; and also of the seed of the earth 0! every kind, and thy families; and also Jare d thy brother and his family ; and also thy friends and their families, and the friends of Jared and their families. And when thou hast done this, thou shalt go at the head of the m down into the valley, which is northward. And there will I meet thee, and I will g0 before thee into a land which is choice above all the land of the earth. And there willl bless thee and thy seed, and raise up unto me of thy seed, and of the seed of thy brothe r, and they which shall go with thee, a great natio n. And there shall be none great me er than the nation which [ will raise up ie seed, upon all the face of the earth. And thus } of thy will do unto thee unto me. ¥ hécause of this long time which ye have cried c é oe i And it tales to eas Jat ord us brother, and irc ae families, and also the -friends of Jared and his Beer their families, went down into the valley which was north a (and the name of the valley was Nimrod, being ee the mighty hunter,) with. their flocks which they plete my together, male and female, of every kind. And they ai e lay snares and catch fowls of the air ; and they did also rea ve a vessel, in the which they did carry .with them the a the waters; and they did also carry with them nee " a by interpretation, is a honey bee; and thus they did any oo them swarms of bees, and all manner of that which W cS the face of the land, seeds of every kind. And it rae ae that when they had come down into the valley of ee Sd Lord came down and talked with the broth er of Jared; » 3 he was ina clowd, and the OF BTHER. o4] brother of Jared saw him not. And it came to pass that the Lord commanded them that they should dec go forth into the wilderness, yea, into that quarter where had man been. aHtan And it came to pass that the Lord did ga before them, and did talk with them ” he stood in a cloud, and gave directions whither they should travel.— And it came to pass that they did travel in the wilderness, and did build barges, in the which they did cross many waters, being directed continually by the hand of the Lord. / And the Lord would not suffer that they should siop beyond the sea In the wilderness, but he would that they should come forth even unto the land of promise, which was choice above all other lands, which the Lord God had preserved for a righteous people; and he had sworn in his wrath unto the brother of Jared, that whoso should possess this land of promise, from that time henceforth and forever, should serve him, the true and only God, or they should be Swept off when the fulness of his wrath should come upon them. And now we can behold the decrees of God concerning this land, that it is a land of promise, and whatsoever nation or they shall be Swept off whenshall possess it, shall serve God the fulness of his Wrath shall wme upon them. And the fulness of his wrati: comett: upon them when they are ripened in iniquity: for behold, land which js choice above this is a doth possess it shall serve al] otner lands; Wherefore he that God, or shall be swe pt the everlasting decrees Of ; for it is of God. And it is not until the hess of iniquity among fulthe children of the land, “wept off. And this that they are cometh unto you, O ye Gentiles. that ye may know the decrees of God, that ye may continue in your iniquities Pepent, and jot until the fulness be may not bring down come. that ye the fulness of the wrath of God upon You, as the inhabitants of the land hath hitherto . iS a choice land, Behold. and whatsoever nation done. P ee =e from Shall possess it, bondage, and from captivity, and from 42 Hations under Heaven, al} if they will ‘he land, which is Jesus Christ, which but serve the God of °Y the things which hath bee n manife sted we have written. And nowI proc AY record : /for behold eed jt bring Jared and his at the Lord did brether n fo livideth M ent.the lands great sea which cumer3 . Me es : they pitched , io je + pipla a dw acce e |Mori or.ianOr the space of fo +; and dwelt in tents upon the ur years. And it. came to pass . |
