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Book of Mormon



                            THE BOOK OF MORMON
                     Another Testament of Jesus Christ


                          THE BOOK OF MORMON


                         An Account Written by
                          THE HAND OF MORMON
                              UPON PLATES
                     TAKEN FROM THE PLATES OF NEPHI

  Wherefore, it is an abridgment of the record of the people of Nephi,
  and also of the Lamanites--Written to the Lamanites, who are a remnant
  of the house of Israel; and also to Jew and Gentile--Written by way of
  commandment, and also by the spirit of prophecy and of
  revelation--Written and sealed up, and hid up unto the Lord, that they
  might not be destroyed--To come forth by the gift and power of God unto
  the interpretation thereof--Sealed by the hand of Moroni, and hid up
  unto the Lord, to come forth in due time by way of the Gentile--The
  interpretation thereof by the gift of God. An abridgment taken from the
  Book of Ether also, which is a record of the people of Jared, who were
  scattered at the time the Lord confounded the language of the people,
  when they were building a tower to get to heaven--Which is to show unto
  the remnant of the House of Israel what great things the Lord hath done
  for their fathers; and that they may know the covenants of the Lord,
  that they are not cast off forever-- And also to the convincing of the
  Jew and Gentile that JESUS is the CHRIST, the ETERNAL GOD, manifesting
  himself unto all nations--And now, if there are faults they are the
  mistakes of men; wherefore, condemn not the things of God, that ye may
  be found spotless at the judgment-seat of Christ.
                     TRANSLATED BY JOSEPH SMITH, JUN.

                     THE TESTIMONY OF THREE WITNESSES
  Be it known unto all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, unto whom
  this work shall come: That we, through the grace of God the Father, and
  our Lord Jesus Christ, have seen the plates which contain this record,
  which is a record of the people of Nephi, and also of the Lamanites,
  their brethren, and also of the people of Jared, who came from the
  tower of which hath been spoken.  And we also know that they have been
  translated by the gift and power of God, for his voice hath declared it
  unto us; wherefore we know of a surety that the work is true.  And we
  also testify that we have seen the engravings which are upon the
  plates; and they have been shown unto us by the power of God, and not
  of man. And we declare with words of soberness, that an angel of God
  came down from heaven, and he brought and laid before our eyes, that we
  beheld and saw the plates, and the engravings thereon; and we know that
  it is by the grace of God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, that
  we beheld and bear record that these things are true.  And it is
  marvelous in our eyes. Nevertheless, the voice of the Lord commanded us
  that we should bear record of it; wherefore, to be obedient unto the
  commandments of God, we bear testimony of these things.  And we know
  that if we are faithful in Christ, we shall rid our garments of the
  blood of all men, and be found spotless before the judgment-seat of
  Christ, and shall dwell with him eternally in the heavens.  And the
  honor be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, which is
  one God.  Amen.
                                               OLIVER COWDERY
                                               DAVID WHITMER
                                               MARTIN HARRIS


                  THE TESTIMONY OF EIGHT WITNESSES
  Be it known unto all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, unto whom
  this work shall come: That Joseph Smith, Jun., the translator of this
  work, has shown unto us the plates of which hath been spoken, which
  have the appearance of gold; and as many of the leaves as the said
  Smith has translated we did handle with our hands; and we also saw the
  engravings thereon, all of which has the appearance of ancient work,
  and of curious workmanship.  And this we bear record with words of
  soberness, that the said Smith has shown unto us, for we have seen and
  hefted, and know of a surety that the said Smith has got the plates of
  which we have spoken. And we give our names unto the world, to witness
  unto the world that which we have seen.  And we lie not, God bearing
  witness of it.
                 CHRISTIAN WHITMER       HIRAM PAGE
                 JACOB WHITMER           JOSEPH SMITH, SEN.
                 PETER WHITMER, JUN.    HYRUM SMITH
                 JOHN WHITMER            SAMUEL H. SMITH

                 TESTIMONY OF THE PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH
  The Prophet Joseph Smith's own words about the coming forth of the Book
  of Mormon are:
  "On the evening of the...twenty-first of September [1823]...I betook
  myself to prayer and supplication to Almighty God.... "While I was thus
  in the act of calling upon God, I discovered a light appearing in my
  room, which continued to increase until the room was lighter than at
  noonday, when immediately a personage appeared at my bedside, standing
  in the air, for his feet did not touch the floor. "He had on a loose
  robe of most exquisite whiteness.  It was a whiteness beyond anything
  earthly I had ever seen; nor do I believe that any earthly thing could
  be made to appear so exceedingly white and brilliant. His hands were
  naked, and his arms also, a little above the wrists; so, also, were his
  feet naked, as were his legs, a little above the ankles. His head and
  neck were also bare.  I could discover that he had no other clothing on
  but this robe, as it was open, so that I could see into his bosom. "Not
  only was his robe exceedingly white, but his whole person was glorious
  beyond description, and his countenance truly like lightning. The room
  was exceedingly light, but not so very bright as immediately around his
  person.  When I first looked upon him, I was afraid; but the fear soon
  left me. "He called me by name, and said unto me that he was a
  messenger sent from the presence of God to me, and that his name was
  Moroni; that God had a work for me to do; and that my name should be
  had for good and evil among all nations, kindreds, and tongues, or that
  it should be both good and evil spoken of among all people. "He said
  there was a book deposited, written upon gold plates, giving an account
  of the former inhabitants of this continent, and the source from whence
  they sprang.  He also said that the fulness of the everlasting Gospel
  was contained in it, as delivered by the Savior to the ancient
  inhabitants; "Also, that there were two stones in silver bows--and
  these stones, fastened to a breastplate, constituted what is called the
  Urim and Thummim--deposited with the plates; and the possession and use
  of these stones were what constituted Seers in ancient or former times;
  and that God had prepared them for the purpose of translating the book.
                   *  *  *  *  *  *  *

  "Again, he told me, that when I got those plates of which he had
  spoken--for the time that they should be obtained was not yet
  fulfilled--I should not show them to any person; neither the
  breastplate with the Urim and Thummim; only to those to whom I should
  be commanded to show them; if I did I should be destroyed.  While he
  was conversing with me about the plates, the vision was opened to my
  mind that I could see the place where the plates were deposited, and
  that so clearly and distinctly that I knew the place again when I
  visited it. "After this communication, I saw the light in the room
  begin to gather immediately around the person of him who had been
  speaking to me, and it continued to do so, until the room was again
  left dark, except just around him, when instantly I saw, as it were, a
  conduit open right up into heaven, and he ascended until he entirely
  disappeared, and the room was left as it had been before this heavenly
  light had made its appearance. "I lay musing on the singularity of the
  scene, and marveling greatly at what had been told to me by this
  extraordinary messenger; when, in the midst of my meditation, I
  suddenly discovered that my room was again beginning to get lighted,
  and in an instant, as it were, the same heavenly messenger was again by
  my bedside. "He commenced, and again related the very same things which
  he had done at his first visit, without the least variation; which
  having done, he informed me of great judgments which were coming upon
  the earth, with great desolations by famine, sword, and pestilence; and
  that these grievous judgments would come on the earth in this
  generation.  Having related these things, he again ascended as he had
  done before. "By this time, so deep were the impressions made on my
  mind, that sleep had fled from my eyes, and I lay overwhelmed in
  astonishment at what I had both seen and heard.  But what was my
  surprise when again I beheld the same messenger at my bedside, and
  heard him rehearse or repeat over again to me the same things as
  before; and added a caution to me, telling me that Satan would try to
  tempt me (in consequence of the indigent circumstances of my father's
  family), to get the plates for the purpose of getting rich.  This he
  forbade me, saying that I must have no other object in view in getting
  the plates but to glorify God, and must not be influenced by any other
  motive than that of building His kingdom; otherwise I could not get
  them. "After this third visit, he again ascended into heaven as before,
  and I was again left to ponder on the strangeness of what I had just
  experienced; when almost immediately after the heavenly messenger had
  ascended from me the third time, the cock crowed, and I found that day
  was approaching, so that our interviews must have occupied the whole of
  that night. "I shortly after arose from my bed, and, as usual, went to
  the necessary labors of the day; but, in attempting to work as at other
  times, I found my strength so exhausted as to render me entirely
  unable.  My father, who was laboring along with me, discovered
  something to be wrong with me, and told me to go home.  I started with
  the intention of going to the house; but, in attempting to cross the
  fence out of the field where we were, my strength entirely failed me,
  and I fell helpless on the ground, and for a time was quite unconscious
  of anything. "The first thing that I can recollect was a voice speaking
  unto me, calling me by name.  I looked up, and beheld the same
  messenger standing over my head, surrounded by light as before.  He
  then again related unto me all that he had related to me the previous
  night, and commanded me to go to my father and tell him of the vision
  and commandments which I had received. "I obeyed; I returned to my
  father in the field, and rehearsed the whole matter to him.  He replied
  to me that it was of God, and told me to go and do as commanded by the
  messenger.  I left the field, and went to the place where the messenger
  had told me the plates were deposited; and owing to the distinctness of
  the vision which I had had concerning it, I knew the place the instant
  that I arrived there. "Convenient to the village of Manchester, Ontario
  county, New York, stands a hill of considerable size, and the most
  elevated of any in the neighborhood.  On the west side of this hill,
  not far from the top, under a stone of considerable size, lay the
  plates, deposited in a stone box. This stone was thick and rounding in
  the middle on the upper side, and thinner towards the edges, so that
  the middle part of it was visible above the ground, but the edge all
  around was covered with earth. "Having removed the earth, I obtained a
  lever, which I got fixed under the edge of the stone, and with a little
  exertion raised it up.  I looked in, and there indeed did I behold the
  plates, the Urim and Thummim, and the breastplate, as stated by the
  messenger.  The box in which they lay was formed by laying stones
  together in some kind of cement.  In the bottom of the box were laid
  two stones crossways of the box, and on these stones lay the plates and
  the other things with them. "I made an attempt to take them out, but
  was forbidden by the messenger, and was again informed that the time
  for bringing them forth had not yet arrived, neither would it, until
  four years from that time; but he told me that I should come to that
  place precisely in one year from that time, and that he would there
  meet with me, and that I should continue to do so until the time should
  come for obtaining the plates. "Accordingly, as I had been commanded, I
  went at the end of each year, and at each time I found the same
  messenger there, and received instruction and intelligence from him at
  each of our interviews, respecting what the Lord was going to do, and
  how and in what manner His kingdom was to be conducted in the last
  days.
                   *  *  *  *  *  *  *

  "At length the time arrived for obtaining the plates, the Urim and
  Thummim, and the breastplate.  On the twenty-second day of September,
  one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, having gone as usual at
  the end of another year to the place where they were deposited, the
  same heavenly messenger delivered them up to me with this charge: That
  I should be responsible for them; that if I should let them go
  carelessly, or through any neglect of mine, I should be cut off; but
  that if I would use all my endeavors to preserve them, until he, the
  messenger, should call for them, they should be protected. "I soon
  found out the reason why I received such strict charges to keep them
  safe, and why it was that the messenger had said that when I had done
  what was required at my hand, he would call for them.  For no sooner
  was it known that I had them, than the most strenuous exertions were
  used to get them from me.  Every stratagem that could be invented was
  resorted to for that purpose.  The persecution became more bitter and
  severe than before, and multitudes were on the alert continually to get
  them from me if possible.  But by the wisdom of God, they remained safe
  in my hands, until I had accomplished by them what was required at my
  hand.  When, according to arrangements, the messenger called for them,
  I delivered them up to him; and he has them in his charge until this
  day, being the second day of May, one thousand eight hundred and
  thirty-eight."

  For the complete record, see Joseph Smith--History, in the Pearl of
  Great Price, and History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
  Saints, volume 1, chapters 1 through 6.

  The ancient record, thus brought forth from the earth as the voice of a
  people speaking from the dust, and translated into modern speech by the
  gift and power of God as attested by Divine affirmation, was first
  published to the world in the year 1830 as THE BOOK OF MORMON.

             A BRIEF EXPLANATION ABOUT THE BOOK OF MORMON
  The Book of Mormon is a sacred record of peoples in ancient America,
  and was engraved upon sheets of metal.  Four kinds of metal record
  plates are spoken of in the book itself:
    1. The Plates of Nephi, which were of two kinds: the Small Plates and
  the Large Plates.  The former were more particularly devoted to the
  spiritual matters and the ministry and teachings of the prophets, while
  the latter were occupied mostly by a secular history of the peoples
  concerned (1 Nephi 9:2-4).  From the time of Mosiah, however, the large
  plates also included items of major spiritual importance.
    2. The Plates of Mormon, which consist of an abridgment by Mormon
  from the Large Plates of Nephi, with many commentaries.  These plates
  also contained a continuation of the history by Mormon and additions by
  his son Moroni.
    3. The Plates of Ether, which present a history of the Jaredites.
  This record was abridged by Moroni, who inserted comments of his own
  and incorporated the record with the general history under the title
  "Book of Ether."
    4. The Plates of Brass brought by the people of Lehi from Jerusalem
  in 600 B.C.  These contained "the five books of Moses,...And also a
  record of the Jews from the beginning,...down to the commencement of
  the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah; And also the prophecies of the
  holy prophets" (Nephi 5:11-13).  Many quotations from these plates,
  citing Isaiah and other biblical and nonbiblical prophets, appear in
  the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon comprises fifteen main parts or
  divisions, known, with one exception, as books, each designated by the
  name of its principal author.  The first portion (the first six books,
  ending with Omni) is a translation from the Small Plates of Nephi.
  Between books of Omni and Mosiah is an insert called The Words of
  Mormon.  This insert connects the record engraved on the Small Plates
  with Mormon's abridgment of the Large Plates. The longest portion, from
  Mosiah to Mormon, chapter 7, inclusive, is a translation of Mormon's
  abridgment of the Large Plates of Nephi.  The concluding portion, from
  Mormon, chapter 8, to the end to the volume, was engraved by Mormon's
  son Moroni, who, after finishing the record of his father's life, made
  an abridgment of the Jaredite record (as the Book of Ether) and later
  added the parts known as the Book of Moroni. In or about the year A.D.
  421, Moroni, the last of the Nephite prophet-historians, sealed the
  sacred record and hid it up unto the Lord, to be brought forth in the
  latter days, as predicted by the voice of God through his ancient
  prophets.  In A.D. 1823, this same Moroni, then a resurrected
  personage, visited the Prophet Joseph Smith and subsequently delivered
  the engraved plates to him.

  About this edition: Some minor errors in the text have been perpetuated
  in past editions of the Book of Mormon.  This edition contains
  corrections that seem appropriate to bring the material into conformity
  with prepublication manuscripts and early editions edited by the
  Prophet Joseph Smith.


                  THE FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI
                   HIS REIGN AND MINISTRY
  An account of Lehi and his wife Sariah and his four sons, being called,
  (beginning at the eldest) Laman, Lemuel, Sam, and Nephi. The Lord warns
  Lehi to depart out of the land of Jerusalem, because he prophesieth
  unto the people concerning their iniquity and they seek to destroy his
  life.  He taketh three days' journey into the wilderness with his
  family.  Nephi taketh his brethren and returneth to the land of
  Jerusalem after the record of the Jews.  The account of their
  sufferings.  They take the daughters of Ishmael to wife.  They take
  their families and depart into the wilderness.  Their sufferings and
  afflictions in the wilderness.  The course of their travels.  They come
  to the large waters.  Nephi's brethren rebel against him.  He
  confoundeth them, and buildeth a ship.  They call the name of the place
  Bountiful.  They cross the large waters into the promised land, and so
  forth.  This is according to the account of Nephi; or in other words,
  I, Nephi, wrote this record.

  FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 1
  1ST NEPHI 1:1.  I, Nephi, having been born of goodly parents, therefore
  I was taught somewhat in all the learning of my father; and having seen
  many afflictions in the course of my days, nevertheless, having been
  highly favored of the Lord in all my days; yea, having had a great
  knowledge of the goodness and the mysteries of God, therefore I make a
  record of my proceedings in my days.

  1ST NEPHI 1:2.  Yea, I make a record in the language of my father,
  which consists of the learning of the Jews and the language of the
  Egyptians.

  1ST NEPHI 1:3.  And I know that the record which I make is true; and I
  make it with mine own hand; and I make it according to my knowledge.

  1ST NEPHI 1:4.  For it came to pass in the commencement of the first
  year of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah, (my father, Lehi, having
  dwelt at Jerusalem in all his days); and in that same year there came
  many prophets, prophesying unto the people that they must repent, or
  the great city Jerusalem must be destroyed.

  1ST NEPHI 1:5.  Wherefore it came to pass that my father, Lehi, as he
  went forth prayed unto the Lord, yea, even with all his heart, in
  behalf of his people.

  1ST NEPHI 1:6.  And it came to pass as he prayed unto the Lord, there
  came a pillar of fire and dwelt upon a rock before him; and he saw and
  heard much; and because of the things which he saw and heard he did
  quake and tremble exceedingly.
  1ST NEPHI 1:7.  And it came to pass that he returned to his own house
  at Jerusalem; and he cast himself upon his bed, being overcome with the
  Spirit and the things which he had seen.

  1ST NEPHI 1:8.  And being thus overcome with the Spirit, he was carried
  away in a vision, even that he saw the heavens open, and he thought he
  saw God sitting upon his throne, surrounded with numberless concourses
  of angels in the attitude of singing and praising their God.

  1ST NEPHI 1:9.  And it came to pass that he saw One descending out of
  the midst of heaven, and he beheld that his luster was above that of
  the sun at noon-day.

  1ST NEPHI 1:10.  And he also saw twelve others following him, and their
  brightness did exceed that of the stars in the firmament.

  1ST NEPHI 1:11.  And they came down and went forth upon the face of the
  earth; and the first came and stood before my father, and gave unto him
  a book, and bade him that he should read.
  1ST NEPHI 1:12.  And it came to pass that as he read, he was filled
  with the Spirit of the Lord.

  1ST NEPHI 1:13.  And he read, saying: Wo, wo, unto Jerusalem, for I
  have seen thine abominations!  Yea, and many things did my father read
  concerning Jerusalem--that it should be destroyed, and the inhabitants
  thereof; many should perish by the sword, and many should be carried
  away captive into Babylon.

  1ST NEPHI 1:14.  And it came to pass that when my father had read and
  seen many great and marvelous things, he did exclaim many things unto
  the Lord; such as: Great and marvelous are thy works, O Lord God
  Almighty!  Thy throne is high in the heavens, and thy power, and
  goodness, and mercy are over all the inhabitants of the earth, and,
  because thou art merciful, thou wilt not suffer those who come unto
  thee that they shall perish!

  1ST NEPHI 1:15.  And after this manner was the language of my father in
  the praising of his God; for his soul did rejoice, and his whole heart
  was filled, because of the things which he had seen, yea, which the
  Lord had shown unto him.

  1ST NEPHI 1:16.  And now I, Nephi, do not make a full account of the
  things which my father hath written, for he hath written many things
  which he saw in visions and in dreams; and he also hath written many
  things which he prophesied and spake unto his children, of which I
  shall not make a full account.

  1ST NEPHI 1:17.  But I shall make an account of my proceedings in my
  days.  Behold, I make an abridgment of the record of my father, upon
  plates which I have made with mine own hands; wherefore, after I have
  abridged the record of my father then will I make an account of mine
  own life.

  1ST NEPHI 1:18.  Therefore, I would that ye should know, that after the
  Lord had shown so many marvelous things unto my father, Lehi, yea,
  concerning the destruction of Jerusalem, behold he went forth among the
  people, and began to prophesy and to declare unto them concerning the
  things which he had both seen and heard.
  1ST NEPHI 1:19.  And it came to pass that the Jews did mock him because
  of the things which he testified of them; for he truly testified of
  their wickedness and their abominations; and he testified that the
  things which he saw and heard, and also the things which he read in the
  book, manifested plainly of the coming of the Messiah, and also the
  redemption of the world.

  1ST NEPHI 1:20.  And when the Jews heard these things they were angry
  with him; yea, even as with the prophets of old, whom they had cast
  out, and stoned, and slain; and they also sought his life, that they
  might take it away.  But behold, I, Nephi, will show unto you that the
  tender mercies of the Lord are over all those whom he hath chosen,
  because of their faith, to make them mighty even unto the power of
  deliverance.

  FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 2
  1ST NEPHI 2:1.  For behold, it came to pass that the Lord spake unto my
  father, yea, even in a dream, and said unto him: Blessed art thou Lehi,
  because of the things which thou hast done; and because thou hast been
  faithful and declared unto this people the things which I commanded
  thee, behold, they seek to take away thy life.

  1ST NEPHI 2:2.  And it came to pass that the Lord commanded my father,
  even in a dream, that he should take his family and depart into the
  wilderness.

  1ST NEPHI 2:3.  And it came to pass that he was obedient unto the word
  of the Lord, wherefore he did as the Lord commanded him.

  1ST NEPHI 2:4.  And it came to pass that he departed into the
  wilderness.  And he left his house, and the land of his inheritance,
  and his gold, and his silver, and his precious things, and took nothing
  with him, save it were his family, and provisions, and tents, and
  departed into the wilderness.

  1ST NEPHI 2:5.  And he came down by the borders near the shore of the
  Red Sea; and he traveled in the wilderness in the borders which are
  nearer the Red Sea; and he did travel in the wilderness with his
  family, which consisted of my mother, Sariah, and my elder brothers,
  who were Laman, Lemuel, and Sam.

  1ST NEPHI 2:6.  And it came to pass that when he had traveled three
  days in the wilderness, he pitched his tent in a valley by the side of
  a river of water.

  1ST NEPHI 2:7.  And it came to pass that he built an altar of stones,
  and made an offering unto the Lord, and gave thanks unto the Lord our
  God.

  1ST NEPHI 2:8.  And it came to pass that he called the name of the
  river, Laman, and it emptied into the Red Sea; and the valley was in
  the borders near the mouth thereof.

  1ST NEPHI 2:9.  And when my father saw that the waters of the river
  emptied into the fountain of the Red Sea, he spake unto Laman, saying:
  O that thou mightest be like unto this river, continually running into
  the fountain of all righteousness!

  1ST NEPHI 2:10.  And he also spake unto Lemuel: O that thou mightest be
  like unto this valley, firm and steadfast, and immovable in keeping the
  commandments of the Lord!

  1ST NEPHI 2:11.  Now this he spake because of the stiffneckedness of
  Laman and Lemuel; for behold they did murmur in many things against
  their father, because he was a visionary man, and had led them out of
  the land of Jerusalem, to leave the land of their inheritance, and
  their gold, and their silver, and their precious things, to perish in
  the wilderness.  And this they said he had done because of the foolish
  imaginations of his heart.

  1ST NEPHI 2:12.  And thus Laman and Lemuel, being the eldest, did
  murmur against their father.  And they did murmur because they knew not
  the dealings of that God who had created them.

  1ST NEPHI 2:13.  Neither did they believe that Jerusalem, that great
  city, could be destroyed according to the words of the prophets.  And
  they were like unto the Jews who were at Jerusalem, who sought to take
  away the life of my father.

  1ST NEPHI 2:14.  And it came to pass that my father did speak unto them
  in the valley of Lemuel, with power, being filled with the Spirit,
  until their frames did shake before him.  And he did confound them,
  that they durst not utter against him; wherefore, they did as he
  commanded them.

  1ST NEPHI 2:15.  And my father dwelt in a tent.

  1ST NEPHI 2:16.  And it came to pass that I, Nephi, being exceedingly
  young, nevertheless being large in stature, and also having great
  desires to know of the mysteries of God, wherefore, I did cry unto the
  Lord; and behold he did visit me, and did soften my heart that I did
  believe all the words which had been spoken by my father; wherefore, I
  did not rebel against him like unto my brothers.

  1ST NEPHI 2:17.  And I spake unto Sam, making known unto him the things
  which the Lord had manifested unto me by his Holy Spirit.  And it came
  to pass that he believed in my words.

  1ST NEPHI 2:18.  But, behold, Laman and Lemuel would not hearken unto
  my words; and being grieved because of the hardness of their hearts I
  cried unto the Lord for them.

  1ST NEPHI 2:19.  And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto me,
  saying: Blessed art thou, Nephi, because of thy faith, for thou hast
  sought me diligently, with lowliness of heart.

  1ST NEPHI 2:20.  And inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments, ye
  shall prosper, and shall be led to a land of promise; yea, even a land
  which I have prepared for you; yea, a land which is choice above all
  other lands.

  1ST NEPHI 2:21.  And inasmuch as thy brethren shall rebel against thee,
  they shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord.

  1ST NEPHI 2:22.  And inasmuch as thou shalt keep my commandments, thou
  shalt be made a ruler and a teacher over thy brethren.

  1ST NEPHI 2:23.  For behold, in that day that they shall rebel against
  me, I will curse them even with a sore curse, and they shall have no
  power over thy seed except they shall rebel against me also.

  1ST NEPHI 2:24.  And if it so be that they rebel against me, they shall
  be a scourge unto thy seed, to stir them up in the ways of remembrance.

  FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 3
  1ST NEPHI 3:1.  And it came to pass that I, Nephi, returned from
  speaking with the Lord, to the tent of my father.

  1ST NEPHI 3:2.  And it came to pass that he spake unto me, saying:
  Behold I have dreamed a dream, in the which the Lord hath commanded me
  that thou and thy brethren shall return to Jerusalem.

  1ST NEPHI 3:3.  For behold, Laban hath the record of the Jews and also
  a genealogy of my forefathers, and they are engraven upon plates of
  brass.

  1ST NEPHI 3:4.  Wherefore, the Lord hath commanded me that thou and thy
  brothers should go unto the house of Laban, and seek the records, and
  bring them down hither into the wilderness.
  1ST NEPHI 3:5.  And now, behold thy brothers murmur, saying it is a
  hard thing which I have required of them; but behold I have not
  required it of them, but it is a commandment of the Lord.

  1ST NEPHI 3:6.  Therefore go, my son, and thou shalt be favored of the
  Lord, because thou hast not murmured.

  1ST NEPHI 3:7.  And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father:
  I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know
  that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he
  shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which
  he commandeth them.

  1ST NEPHI 3:8.  And it came to pass that when my father had heard these
  words he was exceedingly glad, for he knew that I had been blessed of
  the Lord.

  1ST NEPHI 3:9.  And I, Nephi, and my brethren took our journey in the
  wilderness, with our tents, to go up to the land of Jerusalem.
  1ST NEPHI 3:10.  And it came to pass that when we had gone up to the
  land of Jerusalem, I and my brethren did consult one with another.

  1ST NEPHI 3:11.  And we cast lots--who of us should go in unto the
  house of Laban. And it came to pass that the lot fell upon Laman; and
  Laman went in unto the house of Laban, and he talked with him as he sat
  in his house.

  1ST NEPHI 3:12.  And he desired of Laban the records which were
  engraven upon the plates of brass, which contained the genealogy of my
  father.

  1ST NEPHI 3:13.  And behold, it came to pass that Laban was angry, and
  thrust him out from his presence; and he would not that he should have
  the records. Wherefore, he said unto him: Behold thou art a robber, and
  I will slay thee.

  1ST NEPHI 3:14.  But Laman fled out of his presence, and told the
  things which Laban had done, unto us.  And we began to be exceedingly
  sorrowful, and my brethren were about to return unto my father in the
  wilderness.

  1ST NEPHI 3:15.  But behold I said unto them that: As the Lord liveth,
  and as we live, we will not go down unto our father in the wilderness
  until we have accomplished the thing which the Lord hath commanded us.

  1ST NEPHI 3:16.  Wherefore, let us be faithful in keeping the
  commandments of the Lord; therefore let us go down to the land of our
  father's inheritance, for behold he left gold and silver, and all
  manner of riches.  And all this he hath done because of the
  commandments of the Lord.

  1ST NEPHI 3:17.  For he knew that Jerusalem must be destroyed, because
  of the wickedness of the people.

  1ST NEPHI 3:18.  For behold, they have rejected the words of the
  prophets.  Wherefore, if my father should dwell in the land after he
  hath been commanded to flee out of the land, behold, he would also
  perish.  Wherefore, it must needs be that he flee out of the land.
  1ST NEPHI 3:19.  And behold, it is wisdom in God that we should obtain
  these records, that we may preserve unto our children the language of
  our fathers;

  1ST NEPHI 3:20.  And also that we may preserve unto them the words
  which have been spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets, which
  have been delivered unto them by the Spirit and power of God, since the
  world began, even down unto this present time.

  1ST NEPHI 3:21.  And it came to pass that after this manner of language
  did I persuade my brethren, that they might be faithful in keeping the
  commandments of God.

  1ST NEPHI 3:22.  And it came to pass that we went down to the land of
  our inheritance, and we did gather together our gold, and our silver,
  and our precious things.

  1ST NEPHI 3:23.  And after we had gathered these things together, we
  went up again unto the house of Laban.
  1ST NEPHI 3:24.  And it came to pass that we went in unto Laban, and
  desired him that he would give unto us the records which were engraven
  upon the plates of brass, for which we would give unto him our gold,
  and our silver, and all our precious things.

  1ST NEPHI 3:25.  And it came to pass that when Laban saw our property,
  and that it was exceedingly great, he did lust after it, insomuch that
  he thrust us out, and sent his servants to slay us, that he might
  obtain our property.

  1ST NEPHI 3:26.  And it came to pass that we did flee before the
  servants of Laban, and we were obliged to leave behind our property,
  and it fell into the hands of Laban.

  1ST NEPHI 3:27.  And it came to pass that we fled into the wilderness,
  and the servants of Laban did not overtake us, and we hid ourselves in
  the cavity of a rock.

  1ST NEPHI 3:28.  And it came to pass that Laman was angry with me, and
  also with my father; and also was Lemuel, for he hearkened unto the
  words of Laman. Wherefore Laman and Lemuel did speak many hard words
  unto us, their younger brothers, and they did smite us even with a rod.

  1ST NEPHI 3:29.  And it came to pass as they smote us with a rod,
  behold, an angel of the Lord came and stood before them, and he spake
  unto them, saying: Why do ye smite your younger brother with a rod?
  Know ye not that the Lord hath chosen him to be a ruler over you, and
  this because of your iniquities?  Behold ye shall go up to Jerusalem
  again, and the Lord will deliver Laban into your hands.

  1ST NEPHI 3:30.  And after the angel had spoken unto us, he departed.

  1ST NEPHI 3:31.  And after the angel had departed, Laman and Lemuel
  again began to murmur, saying: How is it possible that the Lord will
  deliver Laban into our hands?  Behold, he is a mighty man, and he can
  command fifty, yea, even he can slay fifty; then why not us?

  FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 4
  1ST NEPHI 4:1.  And it came to pass that I spake unto my brethren,
  saying: Let us go up again unto Jerusalem, and let us be faithful in
  keeping the commandments of the Lord; for behold he is mightier than
  all the earth, then why not mightier than Laban and his fifty, yea, or
  even than his tens of thousands?

  1ST NEPHI 4:2.  Therefore let us go up; let us be strong like unto
  Moses; for he truly spake unto the waters of the Red Sea and they
  divided hither and thither, and our fathers came through, out of
  captivity, on dry ground, and the armies of Pharaoh did follow and were
  drowned in the waters of the Red Sea.

  1ST NEPHI 4:3.  Now behold ye know that this is true; and ye also know
  that an angel hath spoken unto you; wherefore can ye doubt?  Let us go
  up; the Lord is able to deliver us, even as our fathers, and to destroy
  Laban, even as the Egyptians.

  1ST NEPHI 4:4.  Now when I had spoken these words, they were yet wroth,
  and did still continue to murmur; nevertheless they did follow me up
  until we came without the walls of Jerusalem.

  1ST NEPHI 4:5.  And it was by night; and I caused that they should hide
  themselves without the walls.  And after they had hid themselves, I,
  Nephi, crept into the city and went forth towards the house of Laban.

  1ST NEPHI 4:6.  And I was led by the Spirit, not knowing beforehand the
  things which I should do.

  1ST NEPHI 4:7.  Nevertheless I went forth, and as I came near unto the
  house of Laban I beheld a man, and he had fallen to the earth before
  me, for he was drunken with wine.

  1ST NEPHI 4:8.  And when I came to him I found that it was Laban.

  1ST NEPHI 4:9.  And I beheld his sword, and I drew it forth from the
  sheath thereof; and the hilt thereof was of pure gold, and the
  workmanship thereof was exceedingly fine, and I saw that the blade
  thereof was of the most precious steel.

  1ST NEPHI 4:10.  And it came to pass that I was constrained by the
  Spirit that I should kill Laban; but I said in my heart: Never at any
  time have I shed the blood of man.  And I shrunk and would that I might
  not slay him.

  1ST NEPHI 4:11.  And the Spirit said unto me again: Behold the Lord
  hath delivered him into thy hands.  Yea, and I also knew that he had
  sought to take away mine own life; yea, and he would not hearken unto
  the commandments of the Lord; and he also had taken away our property.

  1ST NEPHI 4:12.  And it came to pass that the Spirit said unto me
  again: Slay him, for the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands;

  1ST NEPHI 4:13.  Behold the Lord slayeth the wicked to bring forth his
  righteous purposes.  It is better that one man should perish than that
  a nation should dwindle and perish in unbelief.

  1ST NEPHI 4:14.  And now, when I, Nephi, had heard these words, I
  remembered the words of the Lord which he spake unto me in the
  wilderness, saying that: Inasmuch as thy seed shall keep my
  commandments, they shall prosper in the land of promise.

  1ST NEPHI 4:15.  Yea, and I also thought that they could not keep the
  commandments of the Lord according to the law of Moses, save they
  should have the law.

  1ST NEPHI 4:16.  And I also knew that the law was engraven upon the
  plates of brass.

  1ST NEPHI 4:17.  And again, I knew that the Lord had delivered Laban
  into my hands for this cause--that I might obtain the records according
  to his commandments.

  1ST NEPHI 4:18.  Therefore I did obey the voice of the Spirit, and took
  Laban by the hair of the head, and I smote off his head with his own
  sword.

  1ST NEPHI 4:19.  And after I had smitten off his head with his own
  sword, I took the garments of Laban and put them upon mine own body;
  yea, even every whit; and I did gird on his armor about my loins.

  1ST NEPHI 4:20.  And after I had done this, I went forth unto the
  treasury of Laban. And as I went forth towards the treasury of Laban,
  behold, I saw the servant of Laban who had the keys of the treasury.
  And I commanded him in the voice of Laban, that he should go with me
  into the treasury.

  1ST NEPHI 4:21.  And he supposed me to be his master, Laban, for he
  beheld the garments and also the sword girded about my loins.

  1ST NEPHI 4:22.  And he spake unto me concerning the elders of the
  Jews, he knowing that his master, Laban, had been out by night among
  them.

  1ST NEPHI 4:23.  And I spake unto him as if it had been Laban.

  1ST NEPHI 4:24.  And I also spake unto him that I should carry the
  engravings, which were upon the plates of brass, to my elder brethren,
  who were without the walls.

  1ST NEPHI 4:25.  And I also bade him that he should follow me.

  1ST NEPHI 4:26.  And he, supposing that I spake of the brethren of the
  church, and that I was truly that Laban whom I had slain, wherefore he
  did follow me.

  1ST NEPHI 4:27.  And he spake unto me many times concerning the elders
  of the Jews, as I went forth unto my brethren, who were without the
  walls.

  1ST NEPHI 4:28.  And it came to pass that when Laman saw me he was
  exceedingly frightened, and also Lemuel and Sam.  And they fled from
  before my presence; for they supposed it was Laban, and that he had
  slain me and had sought to take away their lives also.

  1ST NEPHI 4:29.  And it came to pass that I called after them, and they
  did hear me; wherefore they did cease to flee from my presence.

  1ST NEPHI 4:30.  And it came to pass that when the servant of Laban
  beheld my brethren he began to tremble, and was about to flee from
  before me and return to the city of Jerusalem.

  1ST NEPHI 4:31.  And now I, Nephi, being a man large in stature, and
  also having received much strength of the Lord, therefore I did seize
  upon the servant of Laban, and held him, that he should not flee.

  1ST NEPHI 4:32.  And it came to pass that I spake with him, that if he
  would hearken unto my words, as the Lord liveth, and as I live, even so
  that if he would hearken unto our words, we would spare his life.

  1ST NEPHI 4:33.  And I spake unto him, even with an oath, that he need
  not fear; that he should be a free man like unto us if he would go down
  in the wilderness with us.

  1ST NEPHI 4:34.  And I also spake unto him, saying: Surely the Lord
  hath commanded us to do this thing; and shall we not be diligent in
  keeping the commandments of the Lord?  Therefore, if thou wilt go down
  into the wilderness to my father thou shalt have place with us.

  1ST NEPHI 4:35.  And it came to pass that Zoram did take courage at the
  words which I spake.  Now Zoram was the name of the servant; and he
  promised that he would go down into the wilderness unto our father.
  Yea, and he also made an oath unto us that he would tarry with us from
  that time forth.

  1ST NEPHI 4:36.  Now we were desirous that he should tarry with us for
  this cause, that the Jews might not know concerning our flight into the
  wilderness, lest they should pursue us and destroy us.

  1ST NEPHI 4:37.  And it came to pass that when Zoram had made an oath
  unto us, our fears did cease concerning him.

  1ST NEPHI 4:38.  And it came to pass that we took the plates of brass
  and the servant of Laban, and departed into the wilderness, and
  journeyed unto the tent of our father.

  FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 5
  1ST NEPHI 5:1.  And it came to pass that after we had come down into
  the wilderness unto our father, behold, he was filled with joy, and
  also my mother, Sariah, was exceedingly glad, for she truly had mourned
  because of us.

  1ST NEPHI 5:2.  For she had supposed that we had perished in the
  wilderness; and she also had complained against my father, telling him
  that he was a visionary man; saying: Behold thou hast led us forth from
  the land of our inheritance, and my sons are no more, and we perish in
  the wilderness.

  1ST NEPHI 5:3.  And after this manner of language had my mother
  complained against my father.

  1ST NEPHI 5:4.  And it had come to pass that my father spake unto her,
  saying: I know that I am a visionary man; for if I had not seen the
  things of God in a vision I should not have known the goodness of God,
  but had tarried at Jerusalem, and had perished with my brethren.

  1ST NEPHI 5:5.  But behold, I have obtained a land of promise, in the
  which things I do rejoice; yea, and I know that the Lord will deliver
  my sons out of the hands of Laban, and bring them down again unto us in
  the wilderness.

  1ST NEPHI 5:6.  And after this manner of language did my father, Lehi,
  comfort my mother, Sariah, concerning us, while we journeyed in the
  wilderness up to the land of Jerusalem, to obtain the record of the
  Jews.

  1ST NEPHI 5:7.  And when we had returned to the tent of my father,
  behold their joy was full, and my mother was comforted.

  1ST NEPHI 5:8.  And she spake, saying: Now I know of a surety that the
  Lord hath commanded my husband to flee into the wilderness; yea, and I
  also know of a surety that the Lord hath protected my sons, and
  delivered them out of the hands of Laban, and given them power whereby
  they could accomplish the thing which the Lord hath commanded them.
  And after this manner of language did she speak.

  1ST NEPHI 5:9.  And it came to pass that they did rejoice exceedingly,
  and did offer sacrifice and burnt offerings unto the Lord; and they
  gave thanks unto the God of Israel.

  1ST NEPHI 5:10.  And after they had given thanks unto the God of
  Israel, my father, Lehi, took the records which were engraven upon the
  plates of brass, and he did search them from the beginning.

  1ST NEPHI 5:11.  And he beheld that they did contain the five books of
  Moses, which gave an account of the creation of the world, and also of
  Adam and Eve, who were our first parents;

  1ST NEPHI 5:12.  And also a record of the Jews from the beginning, even
  down to the commencement of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah;

  1ST NEPHI 5:13.  And also the prophecies of the holy prophets, from the
  beginning, even down to the commencement of the reign of Zedekiah; and
  also many prophecies which have been spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah.

  1ST NEPHI 5:14.  And it came to pass that my father, Lehi, also found
  upon the plates of brass a genealogy of his fathers; wherefore he knew
  that he was a descendant of Joseph; yea, even that Joseph who was the
  son of Jacob, who was sold into Egypt, and who was preserved by the
  hand of the Lord, that he might preserve his father, Jacob, and all his
  household from perishing with famine.

  1ST NEPHI 5:15.  And they were also led out of captivity and out of the
  land of Egypt, by that same God who had preserved them.

  1ST NEPHI 5:16.  And thus my father, Lehi, did discover the genealogy
  of his fathers. And Laban also was a descendant of Joseph, wherefore he
  and his fathers had kept the records.

  1ST NEPHI 5:17.  And now when my father saw all these things, he was
  filled with the Spirit, and began to prophesy concerning his seed--

  1ST NEPHI 5:18.  That these plates of brass should go forth unto all
  nations, kindreds, tongues, and people who were of his seed.

  1ST NEPHI 5:19.  Wherefore, he said that these plates of brass should
  never perish; neither should they be dimmed any more by time.  And he
  prophesied many things concerning his seed.

  1ST NEPHI 5:20.  And it came to pass that thus far I and my father had
  kept the commandments wherewith the Lord had commanded us.

  1ST NEPHI 5:21.  And we had obtained the records which the Lord had
  commanded us, and searched them and found that they were desirable;
  yea, even of great worth unto us, insomuch that we could preserve the
  commandments of the Lord unto our children.

  1ST NEPHI 5:22.  Wherefore, it was wisdom in the Lord that we should
  carry them with us, as we journeyed in the wilderness towards the land
  of promise.

  FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 6
  1ST NEPHI 6:1.  And now I, Nephi, do not give the genealogy of my
  fathers in this part of my record; neither at any time shall I give it
  after upon these plates which I am writing; for it is given in the
  record which has been kept by my father; wherefore, I do not write it
  in this work.

  1ST NEPHI 6:2.  For it sufficeth me to say that we are descendants of
  Joseph.

  1ST NEPHI 6:3.  And it mattereth not to me that I am particular to give
  a full account of all the things of my father, for they cannot be
  written upon these plates, for I desire the room that I may write of
  the things of God.

  1ST NEPHI 6:4.  For the fulness of mine intent is that I may persuade
  men to come unto the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God
  of Jacob, and be saved.

  1ST NEPHI 6:5.  Wherefore, the things which are pleasing unto the world
  I do not write, but the things which are pleasing unto God and unto
  those who are not of the world.

  1ST NEPHI 6:6.  Wherefore, I shall give commandment unto my seed, that
  they shall not occupy these plates with things which are not of worth
  unto the children of men.

  FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 7
  1ST NEPHI 7:1.  And now I would that ye might know, that after my
  father, Lehi, had made an end of prophesying concerning his seed, it
  came to pass that the Lord spake unto him again, saying that it was not
  meet for him, Lehi, that he should take his family into the wilderness
  alone; but that his sons should take daughters to wife, that they might
  raise up seed unto the Lord in the land of promise.

  1ST NEPHI 7:2.  And it came to pass that the Lord commanded him that I,
  Nephi, and my brethren, should again return unto the land of Jerusalem,
  and bring down Ishmael and his family into the wilderness.

  1ST NEPHI 7:3.  And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did again, with my
  brethren, go forth into the wilderness to go up to Jerusalem.

  1ST NEPHI 7:4.  And it came to pass that we went up unto the house of
  Ishmael, and we did gain favor in the sight of Ishmael, insomuch that
  we did speak unto him the words of the Lord.

  1ST NEPHI 7:5.  And it came to pass that the Lord did soften the heart
  of Ishmael, and also his household, insomuch that they took their
  journey with us down into the wilderness to the tent of our father.

  1ST NEPHI 7:6.  And it came to pass that as we journeyed in the
  wilderness, behold Laman and Lemuel, and two of the daughters of
  Ishmael, and the two sons of Ishmael and their families, did rebel
  against us; yea, against me, Nephi, and Sam, and their father, Ishmael,
  and his wife, and his three other daughters.

  1ST NEPHI 7:7.  And it came to pass in the which rebellion, they were
  desirous to return unto the land of Jerusalem.

  1ST NEPHI 7:8.  And now I, Nephi, being grieved for the hardness of
  their hearts, therefore I spake unto them, saying, yea, even unto Laman
  and unto Lemuel: Behold ye are mine elder brethren, and how is it that
  ye are so hard in your hearts, and so blind in your minds, that ye have
  need that I, your younger brother, should speak unto you, yea, and set
  an example for you?

  1ST NEPHI 7:9.  How is it that ye have not hearkened unto the word of
  the Lord?

  1ST NEPHI 7:10.  How is it that ye have forgotten that ye have seen an
  angel of the Lord?
  1ST NEPHI 7:11.  Yea, and how is it that ye have forgotten what great
  things the Lord hath done for us, in delivering us out of the hands of
  Laban, and also that we should obtain the record?

  1ST NEPHI 7:12.  Yea, and how is it that ye have forgotten that the
  Lord is able to do all things according to his will, for the children
  of men, if it so be that they exercise faith in him?  Wherefore, let us
  be faithful to him.

  1ST NEPHI 7:13.  And if it so be that we are faithful to him, we shall
  obtain the land of promise; and ye shall know at some future period
  that the word of the Lord shall be fulfilled concerning the destruction
  of Jerusalem; for all things which the Lord hath spoken concerning the
  destruction of Jerusalem must be fulfilled.

  1ST NEPHI 7:14.  For behold, the Spirit of the Lord ceaseth soon to
  strive with them; for behold, they have rejected the prophets, and
  Jeremiah have they cast into prison.  And they have sought to take away
  the life of my father, insomuch that they have driven him out of the
  land.

  1ST NEPHI 7:15.  Now behold, I say unto you that if ye will return unto
  Jerusalem ye shall also perish with them.  And now, if ye have choice,
  go up to the land, and remember the words which I speak unto you, that
  if ye go ye will also perish; for thus the Spirit of the Lord
  constraineth me that I should speak.

  1ST NEPHI 7:16.  And it came to pass that when I, Nephi, had spoken
  these words unto my brethren, they were angry with me.  And it came to
  pass that they did lay their hands upon me, for behold, they were
  exceedingly wroth, and they did bind me with cords, for they sought to
  take away my life, that they might leave me in the wilderness to be
  devoured by wild beasts.

  1ST NEPHI 7:17.  But it came to pass that I prayed unto the Lord,
  saying: O Lord, according to my faith which is in thee, wilt thou
  deliver me from the hands of my brethren; yea, even give me strength
  that I may burst these bands with which I am bound.

  1ST NEPHI 7:18.  And it came to pass that when I had said these words,
  behold, the bands were loosed from off my hands and feet, and I stood
  before my brethren, and I spake unto them again.

  1ST NEPHI 7:19.  And it came to pass that they were angry with me
  again, and sought to lay hands upon me; but behold, one of the
  daughters of Ishmael, yea, and also her mother, and one of the sons of
  Ishmael, did plead with my brethren, insomuch that they did soften
  their hearts; and they did cease striving to take away my life.

  1ST NEPHI 7:20.  And it came to pass that they were sorrowful, because
  of their wickedness, insomuch that they did bow down before me, and did
  plead with me that I would forgive them of the thing that they had done
  against me.

  1ST NEPHI 7:21.  And it came to pass that I did frankly forgive them
  all that they had done, and I did exhort them that they would pray unto
  the Lord their God for forgiveness.  And it came to pass that they did
  so.  And after they had done praying unto the Lord we did again travel
  on our journey towards the tent of our father.
  1ST NEPHI 7:22.  And it came to pass that we did come down unto the
  tent of our father.  And after I and my brethren and all the house of
  Ishmael had come down unto the tent of my father, they did give thanks
  unto the Lord their God; and they did offer sacrifice and burnt
  offerings unto him.

  FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 8
  1ST NEPHI 8:1.  And it came to pass that we had gathered together all
  manner of seeds of every kind, both of grain of every kind, and also of
  the seeds of fruit of every kind.

  1ST NEPHI 8:2.  And it came to pass that while my father tarried in the
  wilderness he spake unto us, saying: Behold, I have dreamed a dream;
  or, in other words, I have seen a vision.

  1ST NEPHI 8:3.  And behold, because of the thing which I have seen, I
  have reason to rejoice in the Lord because of Nephi and also of Sam;
  for I have reason to suppose that they, and also many of their seed,
  will be saved.
  1ST NEPHI 8:4.  But behold, Laman and Lemuel, I fear exceedingly
  because of you; for behold, methought I saw in my dream, a dark and
  dreary wilderness.

  1ST NEPHI 8:5.  And it came to pass that I saw a man, and he was
  dressed in a white robe; and he came and stood before me.

  1ST NEPHI 8:6.  And it came to pass that he spake unto me, and bade me
  follow him.

  1ST NEPHI 8:7.  And it came to pass that as I followed him I beheld
  myself that I was in a dark and dreary waste.

  1ST NEPHI 8:8.  And after I had traveled for the space of many hours in
  darkness, I began to pray unto the Lord that he would have mercy on me,
  according to the multitude of his tender mercies.

  1ST NEPHI 8:9.  And it came to pass after I had prayed unto the Lord I
  beheld a large and spacious field.
  1ST NEPHI 8:10.  And it came to pass that I beheld a tree, whose fruit
  was desirable to make one happy.

  1ST NEPHI 8:11.  And it came to pass that I did go forth and partake of
  the fruit thereof; and I beheld that it was most sweet, above all that
  I ever before tasted.  Yea, and I beheld that the fruit thereof was
  white, to exceed all the whiteness that I had ever seen.

  1ST NEPHI 8:12.  And as I partook of the fruit thereof it filled my
  soul with exceedingly great joy; wherefore, I began to be desirous that
  my family should partake of it also; for I knew that it was desirable
  above all other fruit.

  1ST NEPHI 8:13.  And as I cast my eyes round about, that perhaps I
  might discover my family also, I beheld a river of water; and it ran
  along, and it was near the tree of which I was partaking the fruit.

  1ST NEPHI 8:14.  And I looked to behold from whence it came; and I saw
  the head thereof a little way off; and at the head thereof I beheld
  your mother Sariah, and Sam, and Nephi; and they stood as if they knew
  not whither they should go.

  1ST NEPHI 8:15.  And it came to pass that I beckoned unto them; and I
  also did say unto them with a loud voice that they should come unto me,
  and partake of the fruit, which was desirable above all other fruit.

  1ST NEPHI 8:16.  And it came to pass that they did come unto me and
  partake of the fruit also.

  1ST NEPHI 8:17.  And it came to pass that I was desirous that Laman and
  Lemuel should come and partake of the fruit also; wherefore, I cast
  mine eyes towards the head of the river, that perhaps I might see them.

  1ST NEPHI 8:18.  And it came to pass that I saw them, but they would
  not come unto me and partake of the fruit.

  1ST NEPHI 8:19.  And I beheld a rod of iron, and it extended along the
  bank of the river, and led to the tree by which I stood.

  1ST NEPHI 8:20.  And I also beheld a strait and narrow path, which came
  along by the rod of iron, even to the tree by which I stood; and it
  also led by the head of the fountain, unto a large and spacious field,
  as if it had been a world.

  1ST NEPHI 8:21.  And I saw numberless concourses of people, many of
  whom were pressing forward, that they might obtain the path which led
  unto the tree by which I stood.

  1ST NEPHI 8:22.  And it came to pass that they did come forth, and
  commence in the path which led to the tree.

  1ST NEPHI 8:23.  And it came to pass that there arose a mist of
  darkness; yea, even an exceedingly great mist of darkness, insomuch
  that they who had commenced in the path did lose their way, that they
  wandered off and were lost.

  1ST NEPHI 8:24.  And it came to pass that I beheld others pressing
  forward, and they came forth and caught hold of the end of the rod of
  iron; and they did press forward through the mist of darkness, clinging
  to the rod of iron, even until they did come forth and partake of the
  fruit of the tree.

  1ST NEPHI 8:25.  And after they had partaken of the fruit of the tree
  they did cast their eyes about as if they were ashamed.

  1ST NEPHI 8:26.  And I also cast my eyes round about, and beheld, on
  the other side of the river of water, a great and spacious building;
  and it stood as it were in the air, high above the earth.

  1ST NEPHI 8:27.  And it was filled with people, both old and young,
  both male and female; and their manner of dress was exceedingly fine;
  and they were in the attitude of mocking and pointing their fingers
  towards those who had come at and were partaking of the fruit.

  1ST NEPHI 8:28.  And after they had tasted of the fruit they were
  ashamed, because of those that were scoffing at them; and they fell
  away into forbidden paths and were lost.

  1ST NEPHI 8:29.  And now I, Nephi, do not speak all the words of my
  father.

  1ST NEPHI 8:30.  But, to be short in writing, behold, he saw other
  multitudes pressing forward; and they came and caught hold of the end
  of the rod of iron; and they did press their way forward, continually
  holding fast to the rod of iron, until they came forth and fell down
  and partook of the fruit of the tree.

  1ST NEPHI 8:31.  And he also saw other multitudes feeling their way
  towards that great and spacious building.

  1ST NEPHI 8:32.  And it came to pass that many were drowned in the
  depths of the fountain; and many were lost from his view, wandering in
  strange roads.

  1ST NEPHI 8:33.  And great was the multitude that did enter into that
  strange building.  And after they did enter into that building they did
  point the finger of scorn at me and those that were partaking of the
  fruit also; but we heeded them not.

  1ST NEPHI 8:34.  These are the words of my father: For as many as
  heeded them, had fallen away.

  1ST NEPHI 8:35.  And Laman and Lemuel partook not of the fruit, said my
  father.

  1ST NEPHI 8:36.  And it came to pass after my father had spoken all the
  words of his dream or vision, which were many, he said unto us, because
  of these things which he saw in a vision, he exceedingly feared for
  Laman and Lemuel; yea, he feared lest they should be cast off from the
  presence of the Lord.

  1ST NEPHI 8:37.  And he did exhort them then with all the feeling of a
  tender parent, that they would hearken to his words, that perhaps the
  Lord would be merciful to them, and not cast them off; yea, my father
  did preach unto them.

  1ST NEPHI 8:38.  And after he had preached unto them, and also
  prophesied unto them of many things, he bade them to keep the
  commandments of the Lord; and he did cease speaking unto them.
  FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 9
  1ST NEPHI 9:1.  And all these things did my father see, and hear, and
  speak, as he dwelt in a tent, in the valley of Lemuel, and also a great
  many more things, which cannot be written upon these plates.

  1ST NEPHI 9:2.  And now, as I have spoken concerning these plates,
  behold they are not the plates upon which I make a full account of the
  history of my people; for the plates upon which I make a full account
  of my people I have given the name of Nephi; wherefore, they are called
  the plates of Nephi, after mine own name; and these plates also are
  called the plates of Nephi.

  1ST NEPHI 9:3.  Nevertheless, I have received a commandment of the Lord
  that I should make these plates, for the special purpose that there
  should be an account engraven of the ministry of my people.

  1ST NEPHI 9:4.  Upon the other plates should be engraven an account of
  the reign of the kings, and the wars and contentions of my people;
  wherefore these plates are for the more part of the ministry; and the
  other plates are for the more part of the reign of the kings and the
  wars and contentions of my people.

  1ST NEPHI 9:5.  Wherefore, the Lord hath commanded me to make these
  plates for a wise purpose in him, which purpose I know not.

  1ST NEPHI 9:6.  But the Lord knoweth all things from the beginning;
  wherefore, he prepareth a way to accomplish all his works among the
  children of men; for behold, he hath all power unto the fulfilling of
  all his words.  And thus it is.  Amen.

  FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 10
  1ST NEPHI 10:1.  And now I, Nephi, proceed to give an account upon
  these plates of my proceedings, and my reign and ministry; wherefore,
  to proceed with mine account, I must speak somewhat of the things of my
  father, and also of my brethren.

  1ST NEPHI 10:2.  For behold, it came to pass after my father had made
  an end of speaking the words of his dream, and also of exhorting them
  to all diligence, he spake unto them concerning the Jews--
  1ST NEPHI 10:3.  That after they should be destroyed, even that great
  city Jerusalem, and many be carried away captive into Babylon,
  according to the own due time of the Lord, they should return again,
  yea, even be brought back out of captivity; and after they should be
  brought back out of captivity they should possess again the land of
  their inheritance.

  1ST NEPHI 10:4.  Yea, even six hundred years from the time that my
  father left Jerusalem, a prophet would the Lord God raise up among the
  Jews--even a Messiah, or, in other words, a Savior of the world.

  1ST NEPHI 10:5.  And he also spake concerning the prophets, how great a
  number had testified of these things, concerning this Messiah, of whom
  he had spoken, or this Redeemer of the world.

  1ST NEPHI 10:6.  Wherefore, all mankind were in a lost and in a fallen
  state, and ever would be save they should rely on this Redeemer.

  1ST NEPHI 10:7.  And he spake also concerning a prophet who should come
  before the Messiah, to prepare the way of the Lord--

  1ST NEPHI 10:8.  Yea, even he should go forth and cry in the
  wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, and make his paths
  straight; for there standeth one among you whom ye know not; and he is
  mightier than I, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.  And
  much spake my father concerning this thing.

  1ST NEPHI 10:9.  And my father said he should baptize in Bethabara,
  beyond Jordan; and he also said he should baptize with water; even that
  he should baptize the Messiah with water.

  1ST NEPHI 10:10.  And after he had baptized the Messiah with water, he
  should behold and bear record that he had baptized the Lamb of God, who
  should take away the sins of the world.

  1ST NEPHI 10:11.  And it came to pass after my father had spoken these
  words he spake unto my brethren concerning the gospel which should be
  preached among the Jews, and also concerning the dwindling of the Jews
  in unbelief.  And after they had slain the Messiah, who should come,
  and after he had been slain he should rise from the dead, and should
  make himself manifest, by the Holy Ghost, unto the Gentiles.

  1ST NEPHI 10:12.  Yea, even my father spake much concerning the
  Gentiles, and also concerning the house of Israel, that they should be
  compared like unto an olive-tree, whose branches should be broken off
  and should be scattered upon all the face of the earth.

  1ST NEPHI 10:13.  Wherefore, he said it must needs be that we should be
  led with one accord into the land of promise, unto the fulfilling of
  the word of the Lord, that we should be scattered upon all the face of
  the earth.

  1ST NEPHI 10:14.  And after the house of Israel should be scattered
  they should be gathered together again; or, in fine, after the Gentiles
  had received the fulness of the Gospel, the natural branches of the
  olive-tree, or the remnants of the house of Israel, should be grafted
  in, or come to the knowledge of the true Messiah, their Lord and their
  Redeemer.

  1ST NEPHI 10:15.  And after this manner of language did my father
  prophesy and speak unto my brethren, and also many more things which I
  do not write in this book; for I have written as many of them as were
  expedient for me in mine other book.

  1ST NEPHI 10:16.  And all these things, of which I have spoken, were
  done as my father dwelt in a tent, in the valley of Lemuel.

  1ST NEPHI 10:17.  And it came to pass after I, Nephi, having heard all
  the words of my father, concerning the things which he saw in a vision,
  and also the things which he spake by the power of the Holy Ghost,
  which power he received by faith on the Son of God--and the Son of God
  was the Messiah who should come--I, Nephi, was desirous also that I
  might see, and hear, and know of these things, by the power of the Holy
  Ghost, which is the gift of God unto all those who diligently seek him,
  as well in times of old as in the time that he should manifest himself
  unto the children of men.

  1ST NEPHI 10:18.  For he is the same yesterday, to-day, and forever;
  and the way is prepared for all men from the foundation of the world,
  if it so be that they repent and come unto him.

  1ST NEPHI 10:19.  For he that diligently seeketh shall find; and the
  mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them, by the power of the Holy
  Ghost, as well in these times as in times of old, and as well in times
  of old as in times to come; wherefore, the course of the Lord is one
  eternal round.

  1ST NEPHI 10:20.  Therefore remember, O man, for all thy doings thou
  shalt be brought into judgment.

  1ST NEPHI 10:21.  Wherefore, if ye have sought to do wickedly in the
  days of your probation, then ye are found unclean before the
  judgment-seat of God; and no unclean thing can dwell with God;
  wherefore, ye must be cast off forever.

  1ST NEPHI 10:22.  And the Holy Ghost giveth authority that I should
  speak these things, and deny them not.

  FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 11
  1ST NEPHI 11:1.  For it came to pass after I had desired to know the
  things that my father had seen, and believing that the Lord was able to
  make them known unto me, as I sat pondering in mine heart I was caught
  away in the Spirit of the Lord, yea, into an exceedingly high mountain,
  which I never had before seen, and upon which I never had before set my
  foot.

  1ST NEPHI 11:2.  And the Spirit said unto me: Behold, what desirest
  thou?

  1ST NEPHI 11:3.  And I said: I desire to behold the things which my
  father saw.

  1ST NEPHI 11:4.  And the Spirit said unto me: Believest thou that thy
  father saw the tree of which he hath spoken?

  1ST NEPHI 11:5.  And I said: Yea, thou knowest that I believe all the
  words of my father.

  1ST NEPHI 11:6.  And when I had spoken these words, the Spirit cried
  with a loud voice, saying: Hosanna to the Lord, the most high God; for
  he is God over all the earth, yea, even above all.  And blessed art
  thou, Nephi, because thou believest in the Son of the most high God;
  wherefore, thou shalt behold the things which thou hast desired.

  1ST NEPHI 11:7.  And behold this thing shall be given unto thee for a
  sign, that after thou hast beheld the tree which bore the fruit which
  thy father tasted, thou shalt also behold a man descending out of
  heaven, and him shall ye witness; and after ye have witnessed him ye
  shall bear record that it is the Son of God.

  1ST NEPHI 11:8.  And it came to pass that the Spirit said unto me:
  Look!  And I looked and beheld a tree; and it was like unto the tree
  which my father had seen; and the beauty thereof was far beyond, yea,
  exceeding of all beauty; and the whiteness thereof did exceed the
  whiteness of the driven snow.

  1ST NEPHI 11:9.  And it came to pass after I had seen the tree, I said
  unto the Spirit: I behold thou hast shown unto me the tree which is
  precious above all.
  1ST NEPHI 11:10.  And he said unto me: What desirest thou?

  1ST NEPHI 11:11.  And I said unto him: To know the interpretation
  thereof--for I spake unto him as a man speaketh; for I beheld that he
  was in the form of a man; yet nevertheless, I knew that it was the
  Spirit of the Lord; and he spake unto me as a man speaketh with
  another.

  1ST NEPHI 11:12.  And it came to pass that he said unto me: Look!  And
  I looked as if to look upon him, and I saw him not; for he had gone
  from before my presence.

  1ST NEPHI 11:13.  And it came to pass that I looked and beheld the
  great city of Jerusalem, and also other cities.  And I beheld the city
  of Nazareth; and in the city of Nazareth I beheld a virgin, and she was
  exceedingly fair and white.

  1ST NEPHI 11:14.  And it came to pass that I saw the heavens open; and
  an angel came down and stood before me; and he said unto me: Nephi,
  what beholdest thou?

  1ST NEPHI 11:15.  And I said unto him: A virgin, most beautiful and
  fair above all other virgins.

  1ST NEPHI 11:16.  And he said unto me: Knowest thou the condescension
  of God?

  1ST NEPHI 11:17.  And I said unto him: I know that he loveth his
  children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things.

  1ST NEPHI 11:18.  And he said unto me: Behold, the virgin whom thou
  seest is the mother of the Son of God, after the manner of the flesh.

  1ST NEPHI 11:19.  And it came to pass that I beheld that she was
  carried away in the Spirit; and after she had been carried away in the
  Spirit for the space of a time the angel spake unto me, saying: Look!

  1ST NEPHI 11:20.  And I looked and beheld the virgin again, bearing a
  child in her arms.
  1ST NEPHI 11:21.  And the angel said unto me: Behold the Lamb of God,
  yea, even the Son of the Eternal Father!  Knowest thou the meaning of
  the tree which thy father saw?

  1ST NEPHI 11:22.  And I answered him, saying: Yea, it is the love of
  God, which sheddeth itself abroad in the hearts of the children of men;
  wherefore, it is the most desirable above all things.

  1ST NEPHI 11:23.  And he spake unto me, saying: Yea, and the most
  joyous to the soul.

  1ST NEPHI 11:24.  And after he had said these words, he said unto me:
  Look!  And I looked, and I beheld the Son of God going forth among the
  children of men; and I saw many fall down at his feet and worship him.

  1ST NEPHI 11:25.  And it came to pass that I beheld that the rod of
  iron, which my father had seen, was the word of God, which led to the
  fountain of living waters, or to the tree of life; which waters are a
  representation of the love of God; and I also beheld that the tree of
  life was a representation of the love of God.

  1ST NEPHI 11:26.  And the angel said unto me again: Look and behold the
  condescension of God!

  1ST NEPHI 11:27.  And I looked and beheld the Redeemer of the world, of
  whom my father had spoken; and I also beheld the prophet who should
  prepare the way before him.  And the Lamb of God went forth and was
  baptized of him; and after he was baptized, I beheld the heavens open,
  and the Holy Ghost come down out of heaven and abide upon him in the
  form of a dove.

  1ST NEPHI 11:28.  And I beheld that he went forth ministering unto the
  people, in power and great glory; and the multitudes were gathered
  together to hear him; and I beheld that they cast him out from among
  them.

  1ST NEPHI 11:29.  And I also beheld twelve others following him.  And
  it came to pass that they were carried away in the Spirit from before
  my face, and I saw them not.
  1ST NEPHI 11:30.  And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me
  again, saying: Look! And I looked, and I beheld the heavens open again,
  and I saw angels descending upon the children of men; and they did
  minister unto them.

  1ST NEPHI 11:31.  And he spake unto me again, saying: Look!  And I
  looked, and I beheld the Lamb of God going forth among the children of
  men.  And I beheld multitudes of people who were sick, and who were
  afflicted with all manner of diseases, and with devils and unclean
  spirits; and the angel spake and showed all these things unto me.  And
  they were healed by the power of the Lamb of God; and the devils and
  the unclean spirits were cast out.

  1ST NEPHI 11:32.  And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me
  again, saying: Look! And I looked and beheld the Lamb of God, that he
  was taken by the people; yea, the Son of the everlasting God was judged
  of the world; and I saw and bear record.

  1ST NEPHI 11:33.  And I, Nephi, saw that he was lifted up upon the
  cross and slain for the sins of the world.

  1ST NEPHI 11:34.  And after he was slain I saw the multitudes of the
  earth, that they were gathered together to fight against the apostles
  of the Lamb; for thus were the twelve called by the angel of the Lord.

  1ST NEPHI 11:35.  And the multitude of the earth was gathered together;
  and I beheld that they were in a large and spacious building, like unto
  the building which my father saw.  And the angel of the Lord spake unto
  me again, saying: Behold the world and the wisdom thereof; yea, behold
  the house of Israel hath gathered together to fight against the twelve
  apostles of the Lamb.

  1ST NEPHI 11:36.  And it came to pass that I saw and bear record, that
  the great and spacious building was the pride of the world; and it
  fell, and the fall thereof was exceedingly great.  And the angel of the
  Lord spake unto me again, saying: Thus shall be the destruction of all
  nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, that shall fight against the
  twelve apostles of the Lamb.

  FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 12
  1ST NEPHI 12:1.  And it came to pass that the angel said unto me: Look,
  and behold thy seed, and also the seed of thy brethren.  And I looked
  and beheld the land of promise; and I beheld multitudes of people, yea,
  even as it were in number as many as the sand of the sea.

  1ST NEPHI 12:2.  And it came to pass that I beheld multitudes gathered
  together to battle, one against the other; and I beheld wars, and
  rumors of wars, and great slaughters with the sword among my people.

  1ST NEPHI 12:3.  And it came to pass that I beheld many generations
  pass away, after the manner of wars and contentions in the land; and I
  beheld many cities, yea, even that I did not number them.

  1ST NEPHI 12:4.  And it came to pass that I saw a mist of darkness on
  the face of the land of promise; and I saw lightnings, and I heard
  thunderings, and earthquakes, and all manner of tumultuous noises; and
  I saw the earth and the rocks, that they rent; and I saw mountains
  tumbling into pieces; and I saw the plains of the earth, that they were
  broken up; and I saw many cities that they were sunk; and I saw many
  that they were burned with fire; and I saw many that did tumble to the
  earth, because of the quaking thereof.

  1ST NEPHI 12:5.  And it came to pass after I saw these things, I saw
  the vapor of darkness, that it passed from off the face of the earth;
  and behold, I saw multitudes who had not fallen because of the great
  and terrible judgments of the Lord.

  1ST NEPHI 12:6.  And I saw the heavens open, and the Lamb of God
  descending out of heaven; and he came down and showed himself unto
  them.

  1ST NEPHI 12:7.  And I also saw and bear record that the Holy Ghost
  fell upon twelve others; and they were ordained of God, and chosen.

  1ST NEPHI 12:8.  And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the twelve
  disciples of the Lamb, who are chosen to minister unto thy seed.

  1ST NEPHI 12:9.  And he said unto me: Thou rememberest the twelve
  apostles of the Lamb? Behold they are they who shall judge the twelve
  tribes of Israel; wherefore, the twelve ministers of thy seed shall be
  judged of them; for ye are of the house of Israel.

  1ST NEPHI 12:10.  And these twelve ministers whom thou beholdest shall
  judge thy seed. And, behold, they are righteous forever; for because of
  their faith in the Lamb of God their garments are made white in his
  blood.

  1ST NEPHI 12:11.  And the angel said unto me: Look!  And I looked, and
  beheld three generations pass away in righteousness; and their garments
  were white even like unto the Lamb of God.  And the angel said unto me:
  These are made white in the blood of the Lamb, because of their faith
  in him.

  1ST NEPHI 12:12.  And I, Nephi, also saw many of the fourth generation
  who passed away in righteousness.

  1ST NEPHI 12:13.  And it came to pass that I saw the multitudes of the
  earth gathered together.

  1ST NEPHI 12:14.  And the angel said unto me: Behold thy seed, and also
  the seed of thy brethren.

  1ST NEPHI 12:15.  And it came to pass that I looked and beheld the
  people of my seed gathered together in multitudes against the seed of
  my brethren; and they were gathered together to battle.

  1ST NEPHI 12:16.  And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the
  fountain of filthy water which thy father saw; yea, even the river of
  which he spake; and the depths thereof are the depths of hell.

  1ST NEPHI 12:17.  And the mists of darkness are the temptations of the
  devil, which blindeth the eyes, and hardeneth the hearts of the
  children of men, and leadeth them away into broad roads, that they
  perish and are lost.

  1ST NEPHI 12:18.  And the large and spacious building, which thy father
  saw, is vain imaginations and the pride of the children of men.  And a
  great and a terrible gulf divideth them; yea, even the word of the
  justice of the Eternal God, and the Messiah who is the Lamb of God, of
  whom the Holy Ghost beareth record, from the beginning of the world
  until this time, and from this time henceforth and forever.

  1ST NEPHI 12:19.  And while the angel spake these words, I beheld and
  saw that the seed of my brethren did contend against my seed, according
  to the word of the angel; and because of the pride of my seed, and the
  temptations of the devil, I beheld that the seed of my brethren did
  overpower the people of my seed.

  1ST NEPHI 12:20.  And it came to pass that I beheld, and saw the people
  of the seed of my brethren that they had overcome my seed; and they
  went forth in multitudes upon the face of the land.

  1ST NEPHI 12:21.  And I saw them gathered together in multitudes; and I
  saw wars and rumors of wars among them; and in wars and rumors of wars
  I saw many generations pass away.

  1ST NEPHI 12:22.  And the angel said unto me: Behold these shall
  dwindle in unbelief.

  1ST NEPHI 12:23.  And it came to pass that I beheld, after they had
  dwindled in unbelief they became a dark, and loathsome, and a filthy
  people, full of idleness and all manner of abominations.

  FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 13
  1ST NEPHI 13:1.  And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me,
  saying: Look!  And I looked and beheld many nations and kingdoms.

  1ST NEPHI 13:2.  And the angel said unto me: What beholdest thou?  And
  I said: I behold many nations and kingdoms.

  1ST NEPHI 13:3.  And he said unto me: These are the nations and
  kingdoms of the Gentiles.

  1ST NEPHI 13:4.  And it came to pass that I saw among the nations of
  the Gentiles the formation of a great church.

  1ST NEPHI 13:5.  And the angel said unto me: Behold the formation of a
  church which is most abominable above all other churches, which slayeth
  the saints of God, yea, and tortureth them and bindeth them down, and
  yoketh them with a yoke of iron, and bringeth them down into captivity.

  1ST NEPHI 13:6.  And it came to pass that I beheld this great and
  abominable church; and I saw the devil that he was the founder of it.

  1ST NEPHI 13:7.  And I also saw gold, and silver, and silks, and
  scarlets, and fine-twined linen, and all manner of precious clothing;
  and I saw many harlots.

  1ST NEPHI 13:8.  And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the gold,
  and the silver, and the silks, and the scarlets, and the fine-twined
  linen, and the precious clothing, and the harlots, are the desires of
  this great and abominable church.

  1ST NEPHI 13:9.  And also for the praise of the world do they destroy
  the saints of God, and bring them down into captivity.

  1ST NEPHI 13:10.  And it came to pass that I looked and beheld many
  waters; and they divided the Gentiles from the seed of my brethren.

  1ST NEPHI 13:11.  And it came to pass that the angel said unto me:
  Behold the wrath of God is upon the seed of thy brethren.

  1ST NEPHI 13:12.  And I looked and beheld a man among the Gentiles, who
  was separated from the seed of my brethren by the many waters; and I
  beheld the Spirit of God, that it came down and wrought upon the man;
  and he went forth upon the many waters, even unto the seed of my
  brethren, who were in the promised land.

  1ST NEPHI 13:13.  And it came to pass that I beheld the Spirit of God,
  that it wrought upon other Gentiles; and they went forth out of
  captivity, upon the many waters.

  1ST NEPHI 13:14.  And it came to pass that I beheld many multitudes of
  the Gentiles upon the land of promise; and I beheld the wrath of God,
  that it was upon the seed of my brethren; and they were scattered
  before the Gentiles and were smitten.

  1ST NEPHI 13:15.  And I beheld the Spirit of the Lord, that it was upon
  the Gentiles, and they did prosper and obtain the land for their
  inheritance; and I beheld that they were white, and exceedingly fair
  and beautiful, like unto my people before they were slain.

  1ST NEPHI 13:16.  And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld that the
  Gentiles who had gone forth out of captivity did humble themselves
  before the Lord; and the power of the Lord was with them.

  1ST NEPHI 13:17.  And I beheld that their mother Gentiles were gathered
  together upon the waters, and upon the land also, to battle against
  them.

  1ST NEPHI 13:18.  And I beheld that the power of God was with them, and
  also that the wrath of God was upon all those that were gathered
  together against them to battle.

  1ST NEPHI 13:19.  And I, Nephi, beheld that the Gentiles that had gone
  out of captivity were delivered by the power of God out of the hands of
  all other nations.

  1ST NEPHI 13:20.  And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld that they
  did prosper in the land; and I beheld a book, and it was carried forth
  among them.

  1ST NEPHI 13:21.  And the angel said unto me: Knowest thou the meaning
  of the book?

  1ST NEPHI 13:22.  And I said unto him: I know not.

  1ST NEPHI 13:23.  And he said: Behold it proceedeth out of the mouth of
  a Jew.  And I, Nephi, beheld it; and he said unto me: The book that
  thou beholdest is a record of the Jews, which contains the covenants of
  the Lord, which he hath made unto the house of Israel; and it also
  containeth many of the prophecies of the holy prophets; and it is a
  record like unto the engravings which are upon the plates of brass,
  save there are not so many; nevertheless, they contain the covenants of
  the Lord, which he hath made unto the house of Israel; wherefore, they
  are of great worth unto the Gentiles.

  1ST NEPHI 13:24.  And the angel of the Lord said unto me: Thou hast
  beheld that the book proceeded forth from the mouth of a Jew; and when
  it proceeded forth from the mouth of a Jew it contained the fulness of
  the gospel of the Lord, of whom the twelve apostles bear record; and
  they bear record according to the truth which is in the Lamb of God.

  1ST NEPHI 13:25.  Wherefore, these things go forth from the Jews in
  purity unto the Gentiles, according to the truth which is in God.

  1ST NEPHI 13:26.  And after they go forth by the hand of the twelve
  apostles of the Lamb, from the Jews unto the Gentiles, thou seest the
  formation of a great and abominable church, which is most abominable
  above all other churches; for behold, they have taken away from the
  gospel of the Lamb many parts which are plain and most precious; and
  also many covenants of the Lord have they taken away.

  1ST NEPHI 13:27.  And all this have they done that they might pervert
  the right ways of the Lord, that they might blind the eyes and harden
  the hearts of the children of men.

  1ST NEPHI 13:28.  Wherefore, thou seest that after the book hath gone
  forth through the hands of the great and abominable church, that there
  are many plain and precious things taken away from the book, which is
  the book of the Lamb of God.

  1ST NEPHI 13:29.  And after these plain and precious things were taken
  away it goeth forth unto all the nations of the Gentiles; and after it
  goeth forth unto all the nations of the Gentiles, yea, even across the
  many waters which thou hast seen with the Gentiles which have gone
  forth out of captivity, thou seest--because of the many plain and
  precious things which have been taken out of the book, which were plain
  unto the understanding of the children of men, according to the
  plainness which is in the Lamb of God--because of these things which
  are taken away out of the gospel of the Lamb, an exceedingly great many
  do stumble, yea, insomuch that Satan hath great power over them.

  1ST NEPHI 13:30.  Nevertheless, thou beholdest that the Gentiles who
  have gone forth out of captivity, and have been lifted up by the power
  of God above all other nations, upon the face of the land which is
  choice above all other lands, which is the land that the Lord God hath
  covenanted with thy father that his seed should have for the land of
  their inheritance; wherefore, thou seest that the Lord God will not
  suffer that the Gentiles will utterly destroy the mixture of thy seed,
  which are among thy brethren.

  1ST NEPHI 13:31.  Neither will he suffer that the Gentiles shall
  destroy the seed of thy brethren.

  1ST NEPHI 13:32.  Neither will the Lord God suffer that the Gentiles
  shall forever remain in that awful state of blindness, which thou
  beholdest they are in, because of the plain and most precious parts of
  the gospel of the Lamb which have been kept back by that abominable
  church, whose formation thou hast seen.

  1ST NEPHI 13:33.  Wherefore saith the Lamb of God: I will be merciful
  unto the Gentiles, unto the visiting of the remnant of the house of
  Israel in great judgment.

  1ST NEPHI 13:34.  And it came to pass that the angel of the Lord spake
  unto me, saying: Behold, saith the Lamb of God, after I have visited
  the remnant of the house of Israel--and this remnant of whom I speak is
  the seed of thy father--wherefore, after I have visited them in
  judgment, and smitten them by the hand of the Gentiles, and after the
  Gentiles do stumble exceedingly, because of the most plain and precious
  parts of the gospel of the Lamb which have been kept back by that
  abominable church, which is the mother of harlots, saith the Lamb--I
  will be merciful unto the Gentiles in that day, insomuch that I will
  bring forth unto them, in mine own power, much of my gospel, which
  shall be plain and precious, saith the Lamb.

  1ST NEPHI 13:35.  For, behold, saith the Lamb: I will manifest myself
  unto thy seed, that they shall write many things which I shall minister
  unto them, which shall be plain and precious; and after thy seed shall
  be destroyed, and dwindle in unbelief, and also the seed of thy
  brethren, behold, these things shall be hid up, to come forth unto the
  Gentiles, by the gift and power of the Lamb.

  1ST NEPHI 13:36.  And in them shall be written my gospel, saith the
  Lamb, and my rock and my salvation.

  1ST NEPHI 13:37.  And blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my
  Zion at that day, for they shall have the gift and the power of the
  Holy Ghost; and if they endure unto the end they shall be lifted up at
  the last day, and shall be saved in the everlasting kingdom of the
  Lamb; and whoso shall publish peace, yea, tidings of great joy, how
  beautiful upon the mountains shall they be.

  1ST NEPHI 13:38.  And it came to pass that I beheld the remnant of the
  seed of my brethren, and also the book of the Lamb of God, which had
  proceeded forth from the mouth of the Jew, that it came forth from the
  Gentiles unto the remnant of the seed of my brethren.

  1ST NEPHI 13:39.  And after it had come forth unto them I beheld other
  books, which came forth by the power of the Lamb, from the Gentiles
  unto them, unto the convincing of the Gentiles and the remnant of the
  seed of my brethren, and also the Jews who were scattered upon all the
  face of the earth, that the records of the prophets and of the twelve
  apostles of the Lamb are true.

  1ST NEPHI 13:40.  And the angel spake unto me, saying: These last
  records, which thou hast seen among the Gentiles, shall establish the
  truth of the first, which are of the twelve apostles of the Lamb, and
  shall make known the plain and precious things which have been taken
  away from them; and shall make known to all kindreds, tongues, and
  people, that the Lamb of God is the Son of the Eternal Father, and the
  Savior of the world; and that all men must come unto him, or they
  cannot be saved.

  1ST NEPHI 13:41.  And they must come according to the words which shall
  be established by the mouth of the Lamb; and the words of the Lamb
  shall be made known in the records of thy seed, as well as in the
  records of the twelve apostles of the Lamb; wherefore they both shall
  be established in one; for there is one God and one Shepherd over all
  the earth.

  1ST NEPHI 13:42.  And the time cometh that he shall manifest himself
  unto all nations, both unto the Jews and also unto the Gentiles; and
  after he has manifested himself unto the Jews and also unto the
  Gentiles, then he shall manifest himself unto the Gentiles and also
  unto the Jews, and the last shall be first, and the first shall be
  last.

  FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 14
  1ST NEPHI 14:1.  And it shall come to pass, that if the Gentiles shall
  hearken unto the Lamb of God in that day that he shall manifest himself
  unto them in word, and also in power, in very deed, unto the taking
  away of their stumbling blocks--

  1ST NEPHI 14:2.  And harden not their hearts against the Lamb of God,
  they shall be numbered among the seed of thy father; yea, they shall be
  numbered among the house of Israel; and they shall be a blessed people
  upon the promised land forever; they shall be no more brought down into
  captivity; and the house of Israel shall no more be confounded.

  1ST NEPHI 14:3.  And that great pit, which hath been digged for them by
  that great and abominable church, which was founded by the devil and
  his children, that he might lead away the souls of men down to
  hell--yea, that great pit which hath been digged for the destruction of
  men shall be filled by those who digged it, unto their utter
  destruction, saith the Lamb of God; not the destruction of the soul,
  save it be the casting of it into that hell which hath no end.

  1ST NEPHI 14:4.  For behold, this is according to the captivity of the
  devil, and also according to the justice of God, upon all those who
  will work wickedness and abomination before him.

  1ST NEPHI 14:5.  And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me,
  Nephi, saying: Thou hast beheld that if the Gentiles repent it shall be
  well with them; and thou also knowest concerning the covenants of the
  Lord unto the house of Israel; and thou also hast heard that whoso
  repenteth not must perish.

  1ST NEPHI 14:6.  Therefore, wo be unto the Gentiles if it so be that
  they harden their hearts against the Lamb of God.

  1ST NEPHI 14:7.  For the time cometh, saith the Lamb of God, that I
  will work a great and a marvelous work among the children of men; a
  work which shall be everlasting, either on the one hand or on the
  other--either to the convincing of them unto peace and life eternal, or
  unto the deliverance of them to the hardness of their hearts and the
  blindness of their minds unto their being brought down into captivity,
  and also into destruction, both temporally and spiritually, according
  to the captivity of the devil, of which I have spoken.

  1ST NEPHI 14:8.  And it came to pass that when the angel had spoken
  these words, he said unto me: Rememberest thou the covenants of the
  Father unto the house of Israel?  I said unto him, Yea.

  1ST NEPHI 14:9.  And it came to pass that he said unto me: Look, and
  behold that great and abominable church, which is the mother of
  abominations, whose founder is the devil.

  1ST NEPHI 14:10.  And he said unto me: Behold there are save two
  churches only; the one is the church of the Lamb of God, and the other
  is the church of the devil; wherefore, whoso belongeth not to the
  church of the Lamb of God belongeth to that great church, which is the
  mother of abominations; and she is the whore of all the earth.

  1ST NEPHI 14:11.  And it came to pass that I looked and beheld the
  whore of all the earth, and she sat upon many waters; and she had
  dominion over all the earth, among all nations, kindreds, tongues, and
  people.
  1ST NEPHI 14:12.  And it came to pass that I beheld the church of the
  Lamb of God, and its numbers were few, because of the wickedness and
  abominations of the whore who sat upon many waters; nevertheless, I
  beheld that the church of the Lamb, who were the saints of God, were
  also upon all the face of the earth; and their dominions upon the face
  of the earth were small, because of the wickedness of the great whore
  whom I saw.

  1ST NEPHI 14:13.  And it came to pass that I beheld that the great
  mother of abominations did gather together multitudes upon the face of
  all the earth, among all the nations of the Gentiles, to fight against
  the Lamb of God.

  1ST NEPHI 14:14.  And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the power
  of the Lamb of God, that it descended upon the saints of the church of
  the Lamb, and upon the covenant people of the Lord, who were scattered
  upon all the face of the earth; and they were armed with righteousness
  and with the power of God in great glory.

  1ST NEPHI 14:15.  And it came to pass that I beheld that the wrath of
  God was poured out upon that great and abominable church, insomuch that
  there were wars and rumors of wars among all the nations and kindreds
  of the earth.

  1ST NEPHI 14:16.  And as there began to be wars and rumors of wars
  among all the nations which belonged to the mother of abominations, the
  angel spake unto me, saying: Behold, the wrath of God is upon the
  mother of harlots; and behold, thou seest all these things--

  1ST NEPHI 14:17.  And when the day cometh that the wrath of God is
  poured out upon the mother of harlots, which is the great and
  abominable church of all the earth, whose founder is the devil, then,
  at that day, the work of the Father shall commence, in preparing the
  way for the fulfilling of his covenants, which he hath made to his
  people who are of the house of Israel.

  1ST NEPHI 14:18.  And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me,
  saying: Look!

  1ST NEPHI 14:19.  And I looked and beheld a man, and he was dressed in
  a white robe.

  1ST NEPHI 14:20.  And the angel said unto me: Behold one of the twelve
  apostles of the Lamb.

  1ST NEPHI 14:21.  Behold, he shall see and write the remainder of these
  things; yea, and also many things which have been.

  1ST NEPHI 14:22.  And he shall also write concerning the end of the
  world.

  1ST NEPHI 14:23.  Wherefore, the things which he shall write are just
  and true; and behold they are written in the book which thou beheld
  proceeding out of the mouth of the Jew; and at the time they proceeded
  out of the mouth of the Jew, or, at the time the book proceeded out of
  the mouth of the Jew, the things which were written were plain and
  pure, and most precious and easy to the understanding of all men.

  1ST NEPHI 14:24.  And behold, the things which this apostle of the Lamb
  shall write are many things which thou hast seen; and behold, the
  remainder shalt thou see.

  1ST NEPHI 14:25.  But the things which thou shalt see hereafter thou
  shalt not write; for the Lord God hath ordained the apostle of the Lamb
  of God that he should write them.

  1ST NEPHI 14:26.  And also others who have been, to them hath he shown
  all things, and they have written them; and they are sealed up to come
  forth in their purity, according to the truth which is in the Lamb, in
  the own due time of the Lord, unto the house of Israel.

  1ST NEPHI 14:27.  And I, Nephi, heard and bear record, that the name of
  the apostle of the Lamb was John, according to the word of the angel.

  1ST NEPHI 14:28.  And behold, I, Nephi, am forbidden that I should
  write the remainder of the things which I saw and heard; wherefore the
  things which I have written sufficeth me; and I have written but a
  small part of the things which I saw.

  1ST NEPHI 14:29.  And I bear record that I saw the things which my
  father saw, and the angel of the Lord did make them known unto me.

  1ST NEPHI 14:30.  And now I make an end of speaking concerning the
  things which I saw while I was carried away in the spirit; and if all
  the things which I saw are not written, the things which I have written
  are true.  And thus it is.  Amen.

  FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 15
  1ST NEPHI 15:1.  And it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had been
  carried away in the spirit, and seen all these things, I returned to
  the tent of my father.

  1ST NEPHI 15:2.  And it came to pass that I beheld my brethren, and
  they were disputing one with another concerning the things which my
  father had spoken unto them.

  1ST NEPHI 15:3.  For he truly spake many great things unto them, which
  were hard to be understood, save a man should inquire of the Lord; and
  they being hard in their hearts, therefore they did not look unto the
  Lord as they ought.

  1ST NEPHI 15:4.  And now I, Nephi, was grieved because of the hardness
  of their hearts, and also, because of the things which I had seen, and
  knew they must unavoidably come to pass because of the great wickedness
  of the children of men.

  1ST NEPHI 15:5.  And it came to pass that I was overcome because of my
  afflictions, for I considered that mine afflictions were great above
  all, because of the destruction of my people, for I had beheld their
  fall.

  1ST NEPHI 15:6.  And it came to pass that after I had received strength
  I spake unto my brethren, desiring to know of them the cause of their
  disputations.

  1ST NEPHI 15:7.  And they said: Behold, we cannot understand the words
  which our father hath spoken concerning the natural branches of the
  olive-tree, and also concerning the Gentiles.

  1ST NEPHI 15:8.  And I said unto them: Have ye inquired of the Lord?

  1ST NEPHI 15:9.  And they said unto me: We have not; for the Lord
  maketh no such thing known unto us.

  1ST NEPHI 15:10.  Behold, I said unto them: How is it that ye do not
  keep the commandments of the Lord?  How is it that ye will perish,
  because of the hardness of your hearts?

  1ST NEPHI 15:11.  Do ye not remember the things which the Lord hath
  said?--If ye will not harden your hearts, and ask me in faith,
  believing that ye shall receive, with diligence in keeping my
  commandments, surely these things shall be made known unto you.

  1ST NEPHI 15:12.  Behold, I say unto you, that the house of Israel was
  compared unto an olive-tree, by the Spirit of the Lord which was in our
  father; and behold are we not broken off from the house of Israel, and
  are we not a branch of the house of Israel?

  1ST NEPHI 15:13.  And now, the thing which our father meaneth
  concerning the grafting in of the natural branches through the fulness
  of the Gentiles, is, that in the latter days, when our seed shall have
  dwindled in unbelief, yea, for the space of many years, and many
  generations after the Messiah shall be manifested in body unto the
  children of men, then shall the fulness of the gospel of the Messiah
  come unto the Gentiles, and from the Gentiles unto the remnant of our
  seed--

  1ST NEPHI 15:14.  And at that day shall the remnant of our seed know
  that they are of the house of Israel, and that they are the covenant
  people of the Lord; and then shall they know and come to the knowledge
  of their forefathers, and also to the knowledge of the gospel of their
  Redeemer, which was ministered unto their fathers by him; wherefore,
  they shall come to the knowledge of their Redeemer and the very points
  of his doctrine, that they may know how to come unto him and be saved.

  1ST NEPHI 15:15.  And then at that day will they not rejoice and give
  praise unto their everlasting God, their rock and their salvation?
  Yea, at that day, will they not receive the strength and nourishment
  from the true vine?  Yea, will they not come unto the true fold of God?
  1ST NEPHI 15:16.  Behold, I say unto you, Yea; they shall be remembered
  again among the house of Israel; they shall be grafted in, being a
  natural branch of the olive-tree, into the true olive-tree.

  1ST NEPHI 15:17.  And this is what our father meaneth; and he meaneth
  that it will not come to pass until after they are scattered by the
  Gentiles; and he meaneth that it shall come by way of the Gentiles,
  that the Lord may show his power unto the Gentiles, for the very cause
  that he shall be rejected of the Jews, or of the house of Israel.

  1ST NEPHI 15:18.  Wherefore, our father hath not spoken of our seed
  alone, but also of all the house of Israel, pointing to the covenant
  which should be fulfilled in the latter days; which covenant the Lord
  made to our father Abraham, saying: In thy seed shall all the kindreds
  of the earth be blessed.

  1ST NEPHI 15:19.  And it came to pass that I, Nephi, spake much unto
  them concerning these things; yea, I spake unto them concerning the
  restoration of the Jews in the latter days.
  1ST NEPHI 15:20.  And I did rehearse unto them the words of Isaiah, who
  spake concerning the restoration of the Jews, or of the house of
  Israel; and after they were restored they should no more be confounded,
  neither should they be scattered again.  And it came to pass that I did
  speak many words unto my brethren, that they were pacified and did
  humble themselves before the Lord.

  1ST NEPHI 15:21.  And it came to pass that they did speak unto me
  again, saying: What meaneth this thing which our father saw in a dream?
  What meaneth the tree which he saw?

  1ST NEPHI 15:22.  And I said unto them: it was a representation of the
  tree of life.

  1ST NEPHI 15:23.  And they said unto me: What meaneth the rod of iron
  which our father saw, that led to the tree?

  1ST NEPHI 15:24.  And I said unto them that it was the word of God; and
  whoso would hearken unto the word of God, and would hold fast unto it,
  they would never perish; neither could the temptations and the fiery
  darts of the adversary overpower them unto blindness, to lead them away
  to destruction.

  1ST NEPHI 15:25.  Wherefore, I, Nephi, did exhort them to give heed
  unto the word of the Lord; yea, I did exhort them with all the energies
  of my soul, and with all the faculty which I possessed, that they would
  give heed to the word of God and remember to keep his commandments
  always in all things.

  1ST NEPHI 15:26.  And they said unto me: What meaneth the river of
  water which our father saw?

  1ST NEPHI 15:27.  And I said unto them that the water which my father
  saw was filthiness; and so much was his mind swallowed up in other
  things that he beheld not the filthiness of the water.

  1ST NEPHI 15:28.  And I said unto them that it was an awful gulf, which
  separated the wicked from the tree of life, and also from the saints of
  God.
  1ST NEPHI 15:29.  And I said unto them that it was a representation of
  that awful hell, which the angel said unto me was prepared for the
  wicked.

  1ST NEPHI 15:30.  And I said unto them that our father also saw that
  the justice of God did also divide the wicked from the righteous; and
  the brightness thereof was like unto the brightness of a flaming fire,
  which ascendeth up unto God forever and ever, and hath no end.

  1ST NEPHI 15:31.  And they said unto me: Doth this thing mean the
  torment of the body in the days of probation, or doth it mean the final
  state of the soul after the death of the temporal body, or doth it
  speak of the things which are temporal?

  1ST NEPHI 15:32.  And it came to pass that I said unto them that it was
  a representation of things both temporal and spiritual; for the day
  should come that they must be judged of their works, yea, even the
  works which were done by the temporal body in their days of probation.

  1ST NEPHI 15:33.  Wherefore, if they should die in their wickedness
  they must be cast off also, as to the things which are spiritual, which
  are pertaining to righteousness; wherefore, they must be brought to
  stand before God, to be judged of their works; and if their works have
  been filthiness they must needs be filthy; and if they be filthy it
  must needs be that they cannot dwell in the kingdom of God; if so, the
  kingdom of God must be filthy also.

  1ST NEPHI 15:34.  But behold, I say unto you, the kingdom of God is not
  filthy, and there cannot any unclean thing enter into the kingdom of
  God; wherefore there must needs be a place of filthiness prepared for
  that which is filthy.

  1ST NEPHI 15:35.  And there is a place prepared, yea, even that awful
  hell of which I have spoken, and the devil is the preparator of it;
  wherefore the final state of the souls of men is to dwell in the
  kingdom of God, or to be cast out because of that justice of which I
  have spoken.

  1ST NEPHI 15:36.  Wherefore, the wicked are rejected from the
  righteous, and also from that tree of life, whose fruit is most
  precious and most desirable above all other fruits; yea, and it is the
  greatest of all the gifts of God. And thus I spake unto my brethren.
  Amen.

  FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 16
  1ST NEPHI 16:1.  And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had made
  an end of speaking to my brethren, behold they said unto me: Thou hast
  declared unto us hard things, more than we are able to bear.

  1ST NEPHI 16:2.  And it came to pass that I said unto them that I knew
  that I had spoken hard things against the wicked, according to the
  truth; and the righteous have I justified, and testified that they
  should be lifted up at the last day; wherefore, the guilty taketh the
  truth to be hard, for it cutteth them to the very center.

  1ST NEPHI 16:3.  And now my brethren, if ye were righteous and were
  willing to hearken to the truth, and give heed unto it, that ye might
  walk uprightly before God, then ye would not murmur because of the
  truth, and say: Thou speakest hard things against us.
  1ST NEPHI 16:4.  And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did exhort my
  brethren, with all diligence, to keep the commandments of the Lord.

  1ST NEPHI 16:5.  And it came to pass that they did humble themselves
  before the Lord; insomuch that I had joy and great hopes of them, that
  they would walk in the paths of righteousness.

  1ST NEPHI 16:6.  Now, all these things were said and done as my father
  dwelt in a tent in the valley which he called Lemuel.

  1ST NEPHI 16:7.  And it came to pass that I, Nephi, took one of the
  daughters of Ishmael to wife; and also, my brethren took of the
  daughters of Ishmael to wife; and also Zoram took the eldest daughter
  of Ishmael to wife.

  1ST NEPHI 16:8.  And thus my father had fulfilled all the commandments
  of the Lord which had been given unto him.  And also, I, Nephi, had
  been blessed of the Lord exceedingly.

  1ST NEPHI 16:9.  And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord spake
  unto my father by night, and commanded him that on the morrow he should
  take his journey into the wilderness.

  1ST NEPHI 16:10.  And it came to pass that as my father arose in the
  morning, and went forth to the tent door, to his great astonishment he
  beheld upon the ground a round ball of curious workmanship; and it was
  of fine brass. And within the ball were two spindles; and the one
  pointed the way whither we should go into the wilderness.

  1ST NEPHI 16:11.  And it came to pass that we did gather together
  whatsoever things we should carry into the wilderness, and all the
  remainder of our provisions which the Lord had given unto us; and we
  did take seed of every kind that we might carry into the wilderness.

  1ST NEPHI 16:12.  And it came to pass that we did take our tents and
  depart into the wilderness, across the river Laman.

  1ST NEPHI 16:13.  And it came to pass that we traveled for the space of
  four days, nearly a south-southeast direction, and we did pitch our
  tents again; and we did call the name of the place Shazer.

  1ST NEPHI 16:14.  And it came to pass that we did take our bows and our
  arrows, and go forth into the wilderness to slay food for our families;
  and after we had slain food for our families we did return again to our
  families in the wilderness, to the place of Shazer.  And we did go
  forth again in the wilderness, following the same direction, keeping in
  the most fertile parts of the wilderness, which were in the borders
  near the Red Sea.

  1ST NEPHI 16:15.  And it came to pass that we did travel for the space
  of many days, slaying food by the way, with our bows and our arrows and
  our stones and our slings.

  1ST NEPHI 16:16.  And we did follow the directions of the ball, which
  led us in the more fertile parts of the wilderness.

  1ST NEPHI 16:17.  And after we had traveled for the space of many days,
  we did pitch our tents for the space of a time, that we might again
  rest ourselves and obtain food for our families.
  1ST NEPHI 16:18.  And it came to pass that as I, Nephi, went forth to
  slay food, behold, I did break my bow, which was made of fine steel;
  and after I did break my bow, behold, my brethren were angry with me
  because of the loss of my bow, for we did obtain no food.

  1ST NEPHI 16:19.  And it came to pass that we did return without food
  to our families, and being much fatigued, because of their journeying,
  they did suffer much for the want of food.

  1ST NEPHI 16:20.  And it came to pass that Laman and Lemuel and the
  sons of Ishmael did begin to murmur exceedingly, because of their
  sufferings and afflictions in the wilderness; and also my father began
  to murmur against the Lord his God; yea, and they were all exceedingly
  sorrowful, even that they did murmur against the Lord.

  1ST NEPHI 16:21.  Now it came to pass that I, Nephi, having been
  afflicted with my brethren because of the loss of my bow, and their
  bows having lost their springs, it began to be exceedingly difficult,
  yea, insomuch that we could obtain no food.
  1ST NEPHI 16:22.  And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did speak much
  unto my brethren, because they had hardened their hearts again, even
  unto complaining against the Lord their God.

  1ST NEPHI 16:23.  And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did make out of
  wood a bow, and out of a straight stick, an arrow; wherefore, I did arm
  myself with a bow and an arrow, with a sling and with stones.  And I
  said unto my father: Whither shall I go to obtain food?

  1ST NEPHI 16:24.  And it came to pass that he did inquire of the Lord,
  for they had humbled themselves because of my words; for I did say many
  things unto them in the energy of my soul.

  1ST NEPHI 16:25.  And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord came
  unto my father; and he was truly chastened because of his murmuring
  against the Lord, insomuch that he was brought down into the depths of
  sorrow.

  1ST NEPHI 16:26.  And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord said
  unto him: Look upon the ball, and behold the things which are written.

  1ST NEPHI 16:27.  And it came to pass that when my father beheld the
  things which were written upon the ball, he did fear and tremble
  exceedingly, and also my brethren and the sons of Ishmael and our
  wives.

  1ST NEPHI 16:28.  And it came to pass that I, Nephi, beheld the
  pointers which were in the ball, that they did work according to the
  faith and diligence and heed which we did give unto them.

  1ST NEPHI 16:29.  And there was also written upon them a new writing,
  which was plain to be read, which did give us understanding concerning
  the ways of the Lord; and it was written and changed from time to time,
  according to the faith and diligence which we gave unto it.  And thus
  we see that by small means the Lord can bring about great things.

  1ST NEPHI 16:30.  And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did go forth up
  into the top of the mountain, according to the directions which were
  given upon the ball.
  1ST NEPHI 16:31.  And it came to pass that I did slay wild beasts,
  insomuch that I did obtain food for our families.

  1ST NEPHI 16:32.  And it came to pass that I did return to our tents,
  bearing the beasts which I had slain; and now when they beheld that I
  had obtained food, how great was their joy!  And it came to pass that
  they did humble themselves before the Lord, and did give thanks unto
  him.

  1ST NEPHI 16:33.  And it came to pass that we did again take our
  journey, traveling nearly the same course as in the beginning; and
  after we had traveled for the space of many days we did pitch our tents
  again, that we might tarry for the space of a time.

  1ST NEPHI 16:34.  And it came to pass that Ishmael died, and was buried
  in the place which was called Nahom.

  1ST NEPHI 16:35.  And it came to pass that the daughters of Ishmael did
  mourn exceedingly, because of the loss of their father, and because of
  their afflictions in the wilderness; and they did murmur against my
  father, because he had brought them out of the land of Jerusalem,
  saying: Our father is dead; yea, and we have wandered much in the
  wilderness, and we have suffered much affliction, hunger, thirst, and
  fatigue; and after all these sufferings we must perish in the
  wilderness with hunger.

  1ST NEPHI 16:36.  And thus they did murmur against my father, and also
  against me; and they were desirous to return again to Jerusalem.

  1ST NEPHI 16:37.  And Laman said unto Lemuel and also unto the sons of
  Ishmael: Behold, let us slay our father, and also our brother Nephi,
  who has taken it upon him to be our ruler and our teacher, who are his
  elder brethren.

  1ST NEPHI 16:38.  Now, he says that the Lord has talked with him, and
  also that angels have ministered unto him.  But behold, we know that he
  lies unto us; and he tells us these things, and he worketh many things
  by his cunning arts, that he may deceive our eyes, thinking, perhaps,
  that he may lead us away into some strange wilderness; and after he has
  led us away, he has thought to make himself a king and a ruler over us,
  that he may do with us according to his will and pleasure.  And after
  this manner did my brother Laman stir up their hearts to anger.

  1ST NEPHI 16:39.  And it came to pass that the Lord was with us, yea,
  even the voice of the Lord came and did speak many words unto them, and
  did chasten them exceedingly; and after they were chastened by the
  voice of the Lord they did turn away their anger, and did repent of
  their sins, insomuch that the Lord did bless us again with food, that
  we did not perish.

  FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 17
  1ST NEPHI 17:1.  And it came to pass that we did again take our journey
  in the wilderness; and we did travel nearly eastward from that time
  forth.  And we did travel and wade through much affliction in the
  wilderness; and our women did bear children in the wilderness.

  1ST NEPHI 17:2.  And so great were the blessings of the Lord upon us,
  that while we did live upon raw meat in the wilderness, our women did
  give plenty of suck for their children, and were strong, yea, even like
  unto the men; and they began to bear their journeyings without
  murmurings.

  1ST NEPHI 17:3.  And thus we see that the commandments of God must be
  fulfilled.  And if it so be that the children of men keep the
  commandments of God he doth nourish them, and strengthen them, and
  provide means whereby they can accomplish the thing which he has
  commanded them; wherefore, he did provide means for us while we did
  sojourn in the wilderness.

  1ST NEPHI 17:4.  And we did sojourn for the space of many years, yea,
  even eight years in the wilderness.

  1ST NEPHI 17:5.  And we did come to the land which we called Bountiful,
  because of its much fruit and also wild honey; and all these things
  were prepared of the Lord that we might not perish.  And we beheld the
  sea, which we called Irreantum, which, being interpreted, is many
  waters.

  1ST NEPHI 17:6.  And it came to pass that we did pitch our tents by the
  seashore; and notwithstanding we had suffered many afflictions and much
  difficulty, yea, even so much that we cannot write them all, we were
  exceedingly rejoiced when we came to the seashore; and we called the
  place Bountiful, because of its much fruit.

  1ST NEPHI 17:7.  And it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had been in
  the land of Bountiful for the space of many days, the voice of the Lord
  came unto me, saying: Arise, and get thee into the mountain.  And it
  came to pass that I arose and went up into the mountain, and cried unto
  the Lord.

  1ST NEPHI 17:8.  And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto me,
  saying: Thou shalt construct a ship, after the manner which I shall
  show thee, that I may carry thy people across these waters.

  1ST NEPHI 17:9.  And I said: Lord, whither shall I go that I may find
  ore to molten, that I may make tools to construct the ship after the
  manner which thou hast shown unto me?

  1ST NEPHI 17:10.  And it came to pass that the Lord told me whither I
  should go to find ore, that I might make tools.

  1ST NEPHI 17:11.  And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did make a bellows
  wherewith to blow the fire, of the skins of beasts; and after I had
  made a bellows, that I might have wherewith to blow the fire, I did
  smite two stones together that I might make fire.

  1ST NEPHI 17:12.  For the Lord had not hitherto suffered that we should
  make much fire, as we journeyed in the wilderness; for he said: I will
  make thy food become sweet, that ye cook it not;

  1ST NEPHI 17:13.  And I will also be your light in the wilderness; and
  I will prepare the way before you, if it so be that ye shall keep my
  commandments; wherefore, inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments ye
  shall be led towards the promised land; and ye shall know that it is by
  me that ye are led.

  1ST NEPHI 17:14.  Yea, and the Lord said also that: After ye have
  arrived in the promised land, ye shall know that I, the Lord, am God;
  and that I, the Lord, did deliver you from destruction; yea, that I did
  bring you out of the land of Jerusalem.

  1ST NEPHI 17:15.  Wherefore, I, Nephi, did strive to keep the
  commandments of the Lord, and I did exhort my brethren to faithfulness
  and diligence.

  1ST NEPHI 17:16.  And it came to pass that I did make tools of the ore
  which I did molten out of the rock.

  1ST NEPHI 17:17.  And when my brethren saw that I was about to build a
  ship, they began to murmur against me, saying: Our brother is a fool,
  for he thinketh that he can build a ship; yea, and he also thinketh
  that he can cross these great waters.

  1ST NEPHI 17:18.  And thus my brethren did complain against me, and
  were desirous that they might not labor, for they did not believe that
  I could build a ship; neither would they believe that I was instructed
  of the Lord.

  1ST NEPHI 17:19.  And now it came to pass that I, Nephi, was
  exceedingly sorrowful because of the hardness of their hearts; and now
  when they saw that I began to be sorrowful they were glad in their
  hearts, insomuch that they did rejoice over me, saying: We knew that ye
  could not construct a ship, for we knew that ye were lacking in
  judgment; wherefore, thou canst not accomplish so great a work.

  1ST NEPHI 17:20.  And thou art like unto our father, led away by the
  foolish imaginations of his heart; yea, he hath led us out of the land
  of Jerusalem, and we have wandered in the wilderness for these many
  years; and our women have toiled, being big with child; and they have
  borne children in the wilderness and suffered all things, save it were
  death; and it would have been better that they had died before they
  came out of Jerusalem than to have suffered these afflictions.

  1ST NEPHI 17:21.  Behold, these many years we have suffered in the
  wilderness, which time we might have enjoyed our possessions and the
  land of our inheritance; yea, and we might have been happy.

  1ST NEPHI 17:22.  And we know that the people who were in the land of
  Jerusalem were a righteous people; for they kept the statutes and
  judgments of the Lord, and all his commandments, according to the law
  of Moses; wherefore, we know that they are a righteous people; and our
  father hath judged them, and hath led us away because we would hearken
  unto his words; yea, and our brother is like unto him.  And after this
  manner of language did my brethren murmur and complain against us.

  1ST NEPHI 17:23.  And it came to pass that I, Nephi, spake unto them,
  saying: Do ye believe that our fathers, who were the children of
  Israel, would have been led away out of the hands of the Egyptians if
  they had not hearkened unto the words of the Lord?

  1ST NEPHI 17:24.  Yea, do ye suppose that they would have been led out
  of bondage, if the Lord had not commanded Moses that he should lead
  them out of bondage?

  1ST NEPHI 17:25.  Now ye know that the children of Israel were in
  bondage; and ye know that they were laden with tasks, which were
  grievous to be borne; wherefore, ye know that it must needs be a good
  thing for them, that they should be brought out of bondage.

  1ST NEPHI 17:26.  Now ye know that Moses was commanded of the Lord to
  do that great work; and ye know that by his word the waters of the Red
  Sea were divided hither and thither, and they passed through on dry
  ground.

  1ST NEPHI 17:27.  But ye know that the Egyptians were drowned in the
  Red Sea, who were the armies of Pharaoh.

  1ST NEPHI 17:28.  And ye also know that they were fed with manna in the
  wilderness.

  1ST NEPHI 17:29.  Yea, and ye also know that Moses, by his word
  according to the power of God which was in him, smote the rock, and
  there came forth water, that the children of Israel might quench their
  thirst.

  1ST NEPHI 17:30.  And notwithstanding they being led, the Lord their
  God, their Redeemer, going before them, leading them by day and giving
  light unto them by night, and doing all things for them which were
  expedient for man to receive, they hardened their hearts and blinded
  their minds, and reviled against Moses and against the true and living
  God.

  1ST NEPHI 17:31.  And it came to pass that according to his word he did
  destroy them; and according to his word he did lead them; and according
  to his word he did do all things for them; and there was not any thing
  done save it were by his word.

  1ST NEPHI 17:32.  And after they had crossed the river Jordan he did
  make them mighty unto the driving out of the children of the land, yea,
  unto the scattering them to destruction.

  1ST NEPHI 17:33.  And now, do ye suppose that the children of this
  land, who were in the land of promise, who were driven out by our
  fathers, do ye suppose that they were righteous?  Behold, I say unto
  you, Nay.

  1ST NEPHI 17:34.  Do ye suppose that our fathers would have been more
  choice than they if they had been righteous?  I say unto you, Nay.

  1ST NEPHI 17:35.  Behold, the Lord esteemeth all flesh in one; he that
  is righteous is favored of God.  But behold, this people had rejected
  every word of God, and they were ripe in iniquity; and the fulness of
  the wrath of God was upon them; and the Lord did curse the land against
  them, and bless it unto our fathers; yea, he did curse it against them
  unto their destruction, and he did bless it unto our fathers unto their
  obtaining power over it.

  1ST NEPHI 17:36.  Behold, the Lord hath created the earth that it
  should be inhabited; and he hath created his children that they should
  possess it.

  1ST NEPHI 17:37.  And he raiseth up a righteous nation, and destroyeth
  the nations of the wicked.

  1ST NEPHI 17:38.  And he leadeth away the righteous into precious
  lands, and the wicked he destroyeth, and curseth the land unto them for
  their sakes.

  1ST NEPHI 17:39.  He ruleth high in the heavens, for it is his throne,
  and this earth is his footstool.

  1ST NEPHI 17:40.  And he loveth those who will have him to be their
  God.  Behold, he loved our fathers, and he covenanted with them, yea,
  even Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and he remembered the covenants which
  he had made; wherefore, he did bring them out of the land of Egypt.

  1ST NEPHI 17:41.  And he did straiten them in the wilderness with his
  rod; for they hardened their hearts, even as ye have; and the Lord
  straitened them because of their iniquity.  He sent fiery flying
  serpents among them; and after they were bitten he prepared a way that
  they might be healed; and the labor which they had to perform was to
  look; and because of the simpleness of the way, or the easiness of it,
  there were many who perished.

  1ST NEPHI 17:42.  And they did harden their hearts from time to time,
  and they did revile against Moses, and also against God; nevertheless,
  ye know that they were led forth by his matchless power into the land
  of promise.

  1ST NEPHI 17:43.  And now, after all these things, the time has come
  that they have become wicked, yea, nearly unto ripeness; and I know not
  but they are at this day about to be destroyed; for I know that the day
  must surely come that they must be destroyed, save a few only, who
  shall be led away into captivity.

  1ST NEPHI 17:44.  Wherefore, the Lord commanded my father that he
  should depart into the wilderness; and the Jews also sought to take
  away his life; yea, and ye also have sought to take away his life;
  wherefore, ye are murderers in your hearts and ye are like unto them.

  1ST NEPHI 17:45.  Ye are swift to do iniquity but slow to remember the
  Lord your God. Ye have seen an angel, and he spake unto you; yea, ye
  have heard his voice from time to time; and he hath spoken unto you in
  a still small voice, but ye were past feeling, that ye could not feel
  his words; wherefore, he has spoken unto you like unto the voice of
  thunder, which did cause the earth to shake as if it were to divide
  asunder.

  1ST NEPHI 17:46.  And ye also know that by the power of his almighty
  word he can cause the earth that it shall pass away; yea, and ye know
  that by his word he can cause the rough places to be made smooth, and
  smooth places shall be broken up.  O, then, why is it, that ye can be
  so hard in your hearts?

  1ST NEPHI 17:47.  Behold, my soul is rent with anguish because of you,
  and my heart is pained; I fear lest ye shall be cast off forever.
  Behold, I am full of the Spirit of God, insomuch that my frame has no
  strength.

  1ST NEPHI 17:48.  And now it came to pass that when I had spoken these
  words, they were angry with me, and were desirous to throw me into the
  depths of the sea; and as they came forth to lay their hands upon me I
  spake unto them, saying: In the name of the Almighty God, I command you
  that ye touch me not, for I am filled with the power of God, even unto
  the consuming of my flesh; and whoso shall lay his hands upon me shall
  wither even as a dried reed; and he shall be as naught before the power
  of God, for God shall smite him.

  1ST NEPHI 17:49.  And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto them
  that they should murmur no more against their father; neither should
  they withhold their labor from me, for God had commanded me that I
  should build a ship.

  1ST NEPHI 17:50.  And I said unto them: If God had commanded me to do
  all things I could do them.  If he should command me that I should say
  unto this water, be thou earth, it should be earth; and if I should say
  it, it would be done.

  1ST NEPHI 17:51.  And now, if the Lord has such great power, and has
  wrought so many miracles among the children of men, how is it that he
  cannot instruct me, that I should build a ship?

  1ST NEPHI 17:52.  And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said many things
  unto my brethren, insomuch that they were confounded and could not
  contend against me; neither durst they lay their hands upon me nor
  touch me with their fingers, even for the space of many days.  Now they
  durst not do this lest they should wither before me, so powerful was
  the Spirit of God; and thus it had wrought upon them.

  1ST NEPHI 17:53.  And it came to pass that the Lord said unto me:
  Stretch forth thine hand again unto thy brethren, and they shall not
  wither before thee, but I will shock them, saith the Lord, and this
  will I do, that they may know that I am the Lord their God.

  1ST NEPHI 17:54.  And it came to pass that I stretched forth my hand
  unto my brethren, and they did not wither before me; but the Lord did
  shake them, even according to the word which he had spoken.

  1ST NEPHI 17:55.  And now, they said: We know of a surety that the Lord
  is with thee, for we know that it is the power of the Lord that has
  shaken us.  And they fell down before me, and were about to worship me,
  but I would not suffer them, saying: I am thy brother, yea, even thy
  younger brother; wherefore, worship the Lord thy God, and honor thy
  father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the
  Lord thy God shall give thee.

  FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 18
  1ST NEPHI 18:1.  And it came to pass that they did worship the Lord,
  and did go forth with me; and we did work timbers of curious
  workmanship.  And the Lord did show me from time to time after what
  manner I should work the timbers of the ship.

  1ST NEPHI 18:2.  Now I, Nephi, did not work the timbers after the
  manner which was learned by men, neither did I build the ship after the
  manner of men; but I did build it after the manner which the Lord had
  shown unto me; wherefore, it was not after the manner of men.

  1ST NEPHI 18:3.  And I, Nephi, did go into the mount oft, and I did
  pray oft unto the Lord; wherefore the Lord showed unto me great things.

  1ST NEPHI 18:4.  And it came to pass that after I had finished the
  ship, according to the word of the Lord, my brethren beheld that it was
  good, and that the workmanship thereof was exceedingly fine; wherefore,
  they did humble themselves again before the Lord.

  1ST NEPHI 18:5.  And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord came
  unto my father, that we should arise and go down into the ship.

  1ST NEPHI 18:6.  And it came to pass that on the morrow, after we had
  prepared all things, much fruits and meat from the wilderness, and
  honey in abundance, and provisions according to that which the Lord had
  commanded us, we did go down into the ship, with all our loading and
  our seeds, and whatsoever thing we had brought with us, every one
  according to his age; wherefore, we did all go down into the ship, with
  our wives and our children.

  1ST NEPHI 18:7.  And now, my father had begat two sons in the
  wilderness; the elder was called Jacob and the younger Joseph.

  1ST NEPHI 18:8.  And it came to pass after we had all gone down into
  the ship, and had taken with us our provisions and things which had
  been commanded us, we did put forth into the sea and were driven forth
  before the wind towards the promised land.

  1ST NEPHI 18:9.  And after we had been driven forth before the wind for
  the space of many days, behold, my brethren and the sons of Ishmael and
  also their wives began to make themselves merry, insomuch that they
  began to dance, and to sing, and to speak with much rudeness, yea, even
  that they did forget by what power they had been brought thither; yea,
  they were lifted up unto exceeding rudeness.

  1ST NEPHI 18:10.  And I, Nephi, began to fear exceedingly lest the Lord
  should be angry with us, and smite us because of our iniquity, that we
  should be swallowed up in the depths of the sea; wherefore, I, Nephi,
  began to speak to them with much soberness; but behold they were angry
  with me, saying: We will not that our younger brother shall be a ruler
  over us.

  1ST NEPHI 18:11.  And it came to pass that Laman and Lemuel did take me
  and bind me with cords, and they did treat me with much harshness;
  nevertheless, the Lord did suffer it that he might show forth his
  power, unto the fulfilling of his word which he had spoken concerning
  the wicked.

  1ST NEPHI 18:12.  And it came to pass that after they had bound me
  insomuch that I could not move, the compass, which had been prepared of
  the Lord, did cease to work.

  1ST NEPHI 18:13.  Wherefore, they knew not whither they should steer
  the ship, insomuch that there arose a great storm, yea, a great and
  terrible tempest, and we were driven back upon the waters for the space
  of three days; and they began to be frightened exceedingly lest they
  should be drowned in the sea; nevertheless they did not loose me.

  1ST NEPHI 18:14.  And on the fourth day, which we had been driven back,
  the tempest began to be exceedingly sore.

  1ST NEPHI 18:15.  And it came to pass that we were about to be
  swallowed up in the depths of the sea.  And after we had been driven
  back upon the waters for the space of four days, my brethren began to
  see that the judgments of God were upon them, and that they must perish
  save that they should repent of their iniquities; wherefore, they came
  unto me, and loosed the bands which were upon my wrists, and behold
  they had swollen exceedingly; and also mine ankles were much swollen,
  and great was the soreness thereof.

  1ST NEPHI 18:16.  Nevertheless, I did look unto my God, and I did
  praise him all the day long; and I did not murmur against the Lord
  because of mine afflictions.
  1ST NEPHI 18:17.  Now my father, Lehi, had said many things unto them,
  and also unto the sons of Ishmael; but, behold, they did breathe out
  much threatenings against anyone that should speak for me; and my
  parents being stricken in years, and having suffered much grief because
  of their children, they were brought down, yea, even upon their
  sick-beds.

  1ST NEPHI 18:18.  Because of their grief and much sorrow, and the
  iniquity of my brethren, they were brought near even to be carried out
  of this time to meet their God; yea, their grey hairs were about to be
  brought down to lie low in the dust; yea, even they were near to be
  cast with sorrow into a watery grave.

  1ST NEPHI 18:19.  And Jacob and Joseph also, being young, having need
  of much nourishment, were grieved because of the afflictions of their
  mother; and also my wife with her tears and prayers, and also my
  children, did not soften the hearts of my brethren that they would
  loose me.

  1ST NEPHI 18:20.  And there was nothing save it were the power of God,
  which threatened them with destruction, could soften their hearts;
  wherefore, when they saw that they were about to be swallowed up in the
  depths of the sea they repented of the thing which they had done,
  insomuch that they loosed me.

  1ST NEPHI 18:21.  And it came to pass after they had loosed me, behold,
  I took the compass, and it did work whither I desired it.  And it came
  to pass that I prayed unto the Lord; and after I had prayed the winds
  did cease, and the storm did cease, and there was a great calm.

  1ST NEPHI 18:22.  And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did guide the
  ship, that we sailed again towards the promised land.

  1ST NEPHI 18:23.  And it came to pass that after we had sailed for the
  space of many days we did arrive at the promised land; and we went
  forth upon the land, and did pitch our tents; and we did call it the
  promised land.

  1ST NEPHI 18:24.  And it came to pass that we did begin to till the
  earth, and we began to plant seeds; yea, we did put all our seeds into
  the earth, which we had brought from the land of Jerusalem.  And it
  came to pass that they did grow exceedingly; wherefore, we were blessed
  in abundance.

  1ST NEPHI 18:25.  And it came to pass that we did find upon the land of
  promise, as we journeyed in the wilderness, that there were beasts in
  the forests of every kind, both the cow and the ox, and the ass and the
  horse, and the goat and the wild goat, and all manner of wild animals,
  which were for the use of men.  And we did find all manner of ore, both
  of gold, and of silver, and of copper.

  FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 19
  1ST NEPHI 19:1.  And it came to pass that the Lord commanded me,
  wherefore I did make plates of ore that I might engraven upon them the
  record of my people. And upon the plates which I made I did engraven
  the record of my father, and also our journeyings in the wilderness,
  and the prophecies of my father; and also many of mine own prophecies
  have I engraven upon them.

  1ST NEPHI 19:2.  And I knew not at the time when I made them that I
  should be commanded of the Lord to make these plates; wherefore, the
  record of my father, and the genealogy of his fathers, and the more
  part of all our proceedings in the wilderness are engraven upon those
  first plates of which I have spoken; wherefore, the things which
  transpired before I made these plates are, of a truth, more
  particularly made mention upon the first plates.

  1ST NEPHI 19:3.  And after I had made these plates by way of
  commandment, I, Nephi, received a commandment that the ministry and the
  prophecies, the more plain and precious parts of them, should be
  written upon these plates; and that the things which were written
  should be kept for the instruction of my people, who should possess the
  land, and also for other wise purposes, which purposes are known unto
  the Lord.

  1ST NEPHI 19:4.  Wherefore, I, Nephi, did make a record upon the other
  plates, which gives an account, or which gives a greater account of the
  wars and contentions and destructions of my people.  And this have I
  done, and commanded my people what they should do after I was gone; and
  that these plates should be handed down from one generation to another,
  or from one prophet to another, until further commandments of the Lord.

  1ST NEPHI 19:5.  And an account of my making these plates shall be
  given hereafter; and then, behold, I proceed according to that which I
  have spoken; and this I do that the more sacred things may be kept for
  the knowledge of my people.

  1ST NEPHI 19:6.  Nevertheless, I do not write anything upon plates save
  it be that I think it be sacred.  And now, if I do err, even did they
  err of old; not that I would excuse myself because of other men, but
  because of the weakness which is in me, according to the flesh, I would
  excuse myself.

  1ST NEPHI 19:7.  For the things which some men esteem to be of great
  worth, both to the body and soul, others set at naught and trample
  under their feet.  Yea, even the very God of Israel do men trample
  under their feet; I say, trample under their feet but I would speak in
  other words--they set him at naught, and hearken not to the voice of
  his counsels.
  1ST NEPHI 19:8.  And behold he cometh, according to the words of the
  angel, in six hundred years from the time my father left Jerusalem.

  1ST NEPHI 19:9.  And the world, because of their iniquity, shall judge
  him to be a thing of naught; wherefore they scourge him, and he
  suffereth it; and they smite him, and he suffereth it.  Yea, they spit
  upon him, and he suffereth it, because of his loving kindness and his
  long-suffering towards the children of men.

  1ST NEPHI 19:10.  And the God of our fathers, who were led out of
  Egypt, out of bondage, and also were preserved in the wilderness by
  him, yea, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,
  yieldeth himself, according to the words of the angel, as a man, into
  the hands of wicked men, to be lifted up, according to the words of
  Zenock, and to be crucified, according to the words of Neum, and to be
  buried in a sepulchre, according to the words of Zenos, which he spake
  concerning the three days of darkness, which should be a sign given of
  his death unto those who should inhabit the isles of the sea, more
  especially given unto those who are of the house of Israel.
  1ST NEPHI 19:11.  For thus spake the prophet: The Lord God surely shall
  visit all the house of Israel at that day, some with his voice, because
  of their righteousness, unto their great joy and salvation, and others
  with the thunderings and the lightnings of his power, by tempest, by
  fire, and by smoke, and vapor of darkness, and by the opening of the
  earth, and by mountains which shall be carried up.

  1ST NEPHI 19:12.  And all these things must surely come, saith the
  prophet Zenos.  And the rocks of the earth must rend; and because of
  the groanings of the earth, many of the kings of the isles of the sea
  shall be wrought upon by the Spirit of God, to exclaim: The God of
  nature suffers.

  1ST NEPHI 19:13.  And as for those who are at Jerusalem, saith the
  prophet, they shall be scourged by all people, because they crucify the
  God of Israel, and turn their hearts aside, rejecting signs and
  wonders, and the power and glory of the God of Israel.

  1ST NEPHI 19:14.  And because they turn their hearts aside, saith the
  prophet, and have despised the Holy One of Israel, they shall wander in
  the flesh, and perish, and become a hiss and a byword, and be hated
  among all nations.

  1ST NEPHI 19:15.  Nevertheless, when that day cometh, saith the
  prophet, that they no more turn aside their hearts against the Holy One
  of Israel, then will he remember the covenants which he made to their
  fathers.

  1ST NEPHI 19:16.  Yea, then will he remember the isles of the sea; yea,
  and all the people who are of the house of Israel, will I gather in,
  saith the Lord, according to the words of the prophet Zenos, from the
  four quarters of the earth.

  1ST NEPHI 19:17.  Yea, and all the earth shall see the salvation of the
  Lord, saith the prophet; every nation, kindred, tongue and people shall
  be blessed.

  1ST NEPHI 19:18.  And I, Nephi, have written these things unto my
  people, that perhaps I might persuade them that they would remember the
  Lord their Redeemer.

  1ST NEPHI 19:19.  Wherefore, I speak unto all the house of Israel, if
  it so be that they should obtain these things.

  1ST NEPHI 19:20.  For behold, I have workings in the spirit, which doth
  weary me even that all my joints are weak, for those who are at
  Jerusalem; for had not the Lord been merciful, to show unto me
  concerning them, even as he had prophets of old, I should have perished
  also.

  1ST NEPHI 19:21.  And he surely did show unto the prophets of old all
  things concerning them; and also he did show unto many concerning us;
  wherefore, it must needs be that we know concerning them for they are
  written upon the plates of brass.

  1ST NEPHI 19:22.  Now it came to pass that I, Nephi, did teach my
  brethren these things; and it came to pass that I did read many things
  to them, which were engraven upon the plates of brass, that they might
  know concerning the doings of the Lord in other lands, among people of
  old.

  1ST NEPHI 19:23.  And I did read many things unto them which were
  written in the books of Moses; but that I might more fully persuade
  them to believe in the Lord their Redeemer I did read unto them that
  which was written by the prophet Isaiah; for I did liken all scriptures
  unto us, that it might be for our profit and learning.

  1ST NEPHI 19:24.  Wherefore I spake unto them, saying: Hear ye the
  words of the prophet, ye who are a remnant of the house of Israel, a
  branch who have been broken off; hear ye the words of the prophet,
  which were written unto all the house of Israel, and liken them unto
  yourselves, that ye may have hope as well as your brethren from whom ye
  have been broken off; for after this manner has the prophet written.

  FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 20
  1ST NEPHI 20:1.  Hearken and hear this, O house of Jacob, who are
  called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of
  Judah, or out of the waters of baptism, who swear by the name of the
  Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, yet they swear not in
  truth nor in righteousness.

  1ST NEPHI 20:2.  Nevertheless, they call themselves of the holy city,
  but they do not stay themselves upon the God of Israel, who is the Lord
  of Hosts; yea, the Lord of Hosts is his name.

  1ST NEPHI 20:3.  Behold, I have declared the former things from the
  beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them.  I
  did show them suddenly.

  1ST NEPHI 20:4.  And I did it because I knew that thou art obstinate,
  and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

  1ST NEPHI 20:5.  And I have even from the beginning declared to thee;
  before it came to pass I showed them thee; and I showed them for fear
  lest thou shouldst say--mine idol hath done them, and my graven image,
  and my molten image hath commanded them.

  1ST NEPHI 20:6.  Thou hast seen and heard all this; and will ye not
  declare them?  And that I have showed thee new things from this time,
  even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.

  1ST NEPHI 20:7.  They are created now, and not from the beginning, even
  before the day when thou heardest them not they were declared unto
  thee, lest thou shouldst say--Behold I knew them.

  1ST NEPHI 20:8.  Yea, and thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not;
  yea, from that time thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou
  wouldst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from
  the womb.

  1ST NEPHI 20:9.  Nevertheless, for my name's sake will I defer mine
  anger, and for my praise will I refrain from thee, that I cut thee not
  off.

  1ST NEPHI 20:10.  For, behold, I have refined thee, I have chosen thee
  in the furnace of affliction.

  1ST NEPHI 20:11.  For mine own sake, yea, for mine own sake will I do
  this, for I will not suffer my name to be polluted, and I will not give
  my glory unto another.

  1ST NEPHI 20:12.  Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called, for I
  am he; I am the first, and I am also the last.

  1ST NEPHI 20:13.  Mine hand hath also laid the foundation of the earth,
  and my right hand hath spanned the heavens.  I call unto them and they
  stand up together.

  1ST NEPHI 20:14.  All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; who among them
  hath declared these things unto them?  The Lord hath loved him; yea,
  and he will fulfill his word which he hath declared by them; and he
  will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall come upon the
  Chaldeans.

  1ST NEPHI 20:15.  Also, saith the Lord; I the Lord, yea, I have spoken;
  yea, I have called him to declare, I have brought him, and he shall
  make his way prosperous.

  1ST NEPHI 20:16.  Come ye near unto me; I have not spoken in secret;
  from the beginning, from the time that it was declared have I spoken;
  and the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

  1ST NEPHI 20:17.  And thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One
  of Israel; I have sent him, the Lord thy God who teacheth thee to
  profit, who leadeth thee by the way thou shouldst go, hath done it.

  1ST NEPHI 20:18.  O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments--then
  had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of
  the sea.

  1ST NEPHI 20:19.  Thy seed also had been as the sand; the offspring of
  thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut
  off nor destroyed from before me.

  1ST NEPHI 20:20.  Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans,
  with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter to the end of the
  earth; say ye: The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

  1ST NEPHI 20:21.  And they thirsted not; he led them through the
  deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he
  clave the rock also and the waters gushed out.

  1ST NEPHI 20:22.  And notwithstanding he hath done all this, and
  greater also, there is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.

  FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 21
  1ST NEPHI 21:1.  And again: Hearken, O ye house of Israel, all ye that
  are broken off and are driven out because of the wickedness of the
  pastors of my people; yea, all ye that are broken off, that are
  scattered abroad, who are of my people, O house of Israel.  Listen, O
  isles, unto me, and hearken ye people from far; the Lord hath called me
  from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my
  name.

  1ST NEPHI 21:2.  And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the
  shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his
  quiver hath he hid me;

  1ST NEPHI 21:3.  And said unto me: Thou art my servant, O Israel, in
  whom I will be glorified.

  1ST NEPHI 21:4.  Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my
  strength for naught and in vain; surely my judgment is with the Lord,
  and my work with my God.

  1ST NEPHI 21:5.  And now, saith the Lord--that formed me from the womb
  that I should be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him--though
  Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the
  Lord, and my God shall be my strength.

  1ST NEPHI 21:6.  And he said: It is a light thing that thou shouldst be
  my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the
  preserved of Israel.  I will also give thee for a light to the
  Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the ends of the earth.

  1ST NEPHI 21:7.  Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy
  One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to
  servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall
  worship, because of the Lord that is faithful.
  1ST NEPHI 21:8.  Thus saith the Lord: In an acceptable time have I
  heard thee, O isles of the sea, and in a day of salvation have I helped
  thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee my servant for a covenant
  of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate
  heritages;

  1ST NEPHI 21:9.  That thou mayest say to the prisoners: Go forth; to
  them that sit in darkness: Show yourselves.  They shall feed in the
  ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

  1ST NEPHI 21:10.  They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the
  heat nor the sun smite them; for he that hath mercy on them shall lead
  them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

  1ST NEPHI 21:11.  And I will make all my mountains a way, and my
  highways shall be exalted.

  1ST NEPHI 21:12.  And then, O house of Israel, behold, these shall come
  from far; and lo, these from the north and from the west; and these
  from the land of Sinim.

  1ST NEPHI 21:13.  Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; for the feet
  of those who are in the east shall be established; and break forth into
  singing, O mountains; for they shall be smitten no more; for the Lord
  hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.

  1ST NEPHI 21:14.  But, behold, Zion hath said: The Lord hath forsaken
  me, and my Lord hath forgotten me--but he will show that he hath not.

  1ST NEPHI 21:15.  For can a woman forget her sucking child, that she
  should not have compassion on the son of her womb?  Yea, they may
  forget, yet will I not forget thee, O house of Israel.

  1ST NEPHI 21:16.  Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my
  hands; thy walls are continually before me.

  1ST NEPHI 21:17.  Thy children shall make haste against thy destroyers;
  and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

  1ST NEPHI 21:18.  Lift up thine eyes round about and behold; all these
  gather themselves together, and they shall come to thee.  And as I
  live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as
  with an ornament, and bind them on even as a bride.

  1ST NEPHI 21:19.  For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land
  of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the
  inhabitants; and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

  1ST NEPHI 21:20.  The children whom thou shalt have, after thou hast
  lost the first, shall again in thine ears say: The place is too strait
  for me; give place to me that I may dwell.

  1ST NEPHI 21:21.  Then shalt thou say in thine heart: Who hath begotten
  me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive,
  and removing to and fro?  And who hath brought up these?  Behold, I was
  left alone; these, where have they been?

  1ST NEPHI 21:22.  Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will lift up mine
  hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people; and they
  shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried
  upon their shoulders.

  1ST NEPHI 21:23.  And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their
  queens thy nursing mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their face
  towards the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt
  know that I am the Lord; for they shall not be ashamed that wait for
  me.

  1ST NEPHI 21:24.  For shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the
  lawful captives delivered?

  1ST NEPHI 21:25.  But thus saith the Lord, even the captives of the
  mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be
  delivered; for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I
  will save thy children.

  1ST NEPHI 21:26.  And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own
  flesh; they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet wine;
  and all flesh shall know that I, the Lord, am thy Savior and thy
  Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

  FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 22
  1ST NEPHI 22:1.  And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had read
  these things which were engraven upon the plates of brass, my brethren
  came unto me and said unto me: What meaneth these things which ye have
  read?  Behold, are they to be understood according to things which are
  spiritual, which shall come to pass according to the spirit and not the
  flesh?

  1ST NEPHI 22:2.  And I, Nephi, said unto them: Behold they were
  manifest unto the prophet by the voice of the Spirit; for by the Spirit
  are all things made known unto the prophets, which shall come upon the
  children of men according to the flesh.

  1ST NEPHI 22:3.  Wherefore, the things of which I have read are things
  pertaining to things both temporal and spiritual; for it appears that
  the house of Israel, sooner or later, will be scattered upon all the
  face of the earth, and also among all nations.

  1ST NEPHI 22:4.  And behold, there are many who are already lost from
  the knowledge of those who are at Jerusalem.  Yea, the more part of all
  the tribes have been led away; and they are scattered to and fro upon
  the isles of the sea; and whither they are none of us knoweth, save
  that we know that they have been led away.

  1ST NEPHI 22:5.  And since they have been led away, these things have
  been prophesied concerning them, and also concerning all those who
  shall hereafter be scattered and be confounded, because of the Holy One
  of Israel; for against him will they harden their hearts; wherefore,
  they shall be scattered among all nations and shall be hated of all
  men.

  1ST NEPHI 22:6.  Nevertheless, after they shall be nursed by the
  Gentiles, and the Lord has lifted up his hand upon the Gentiles and set
  them up for a standard, and their children have been carried in their
  arms, and their daughters have been carried upon their shoulders,
  behold these things of which are spoken are temporal; for thus are the
  covenants of the Lord with our fathers; and it meaneth us in the days
  to come, and also all our brethren who are of the house of Israel.
  1ST NEPHI 22:7.  And it meaneth that the time cometh that after all the
  house of Israel have been scattered and confounded, that the Lord God
  will raise up a mighty nation among the Gentiles, yea, even upon the
  face of this land; and by them shall our seed be scattered.

  1ST NEPHI 22:8.  And after our seed is scattered the Lord God will
  proceed to do a marvelous work among the Gentiles, which shall be of
  great worth unto our seed; wherefore, it is likened unto their being
  nourished by the Gentiles and being carried in their arms and upon
  their shoulders.

  1ST NEPHI 22:9.  And it shall also be of worth unto the Gentiles; and
  not only unto the Gentiles but unto all the house of Israel, unto the
  making known of the covenants of the Father of heaven unto Abraham,
  saying: In thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

  1ST NEPHI 22:10.  And I would, my brethren, that ye should know that
  all the kindreds of the earth cannot be blessed unless he shall make
  bare his arm in the eyes of the nations.
  1ST NEPHI 22:11.  Wherefore, the Lord God will proceed to make bare his
  arm in the eyes of all the nations, in bringing about his covenants and
  his gospel unto those who are of the house of Israel.

  1ST NEPHI 22:12.  Wherefore, he will bring them again out of captivity,
  and they shall be gathered together to the lands of their inheritance;
  and they shall be brought out of obscurity and out of darkness; and
  they shall know that the Lord is their Savior and their Redeemer, the
  Mighty One of Israel.

  1ST NEPHI 22:13.  And the blood of that great and abominable church,
  which is the whore of all the earth, shall turn upon their own heads;
  for they shall war among themselves, and the sword of their own hands
  shall fall upon their own heads, and they shall be drunken with their
  own blood.

  1ST NEPHI 22:14.  And every nation which shall war against thee, O
  house of Israel, shall be turned one against another, and they shall
  fall into the pit which they digged to ensnare the people of the Lord.
  And all that fight against Zion shall be destroyed, and that great
  whore, who hath perverted the right ways of the Lord, yea, that great
  and abominable church, shall tumble to the dust and great shall be the
  fall of it.

  1ST NEPHI 22:15.  For behold, saith the prophet, the time cometh
  speedily that Satan shall have no more power over the hearts of the
  children of men; for the day soon cometh that all the proud and they
  who do wickedly shall be as stubble; and the day cometh that they must
  be burned.

  1ST NEPHI 22:16.  For the time soon cometh that the fulness of the
  wrath of God shall be poured out upon all the children of men; for he
  will not suffer that the wicked shall destroy the righteous.

  1ST NEPHI 22:17.  Wherefore, he will preserve the righteous by his
  power, even if it so be that the fulness of his wrath must come, and
  the righteous be preserved, even unto the destruction of their enemies
  by fire. Wherefore, the righteous need not fear; for thus saith the
  prophet, they shall be saved, even if it so be as by fire.
  1ST NEPHI 22:18.  Behold, my brethren, I say unto you, that these
  things must shortly come; yea, even blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke
  must come; and it must needs be upon the face of this earth; and it
  cometh unto men according to the flesh if it so be that they will
  harden their hearts against the Holy One of Israel.

  1ST NEPHI 22:19.  For behold, the righteous shall not perish; for the
  time surely must come that all they who fight against Zion shall be cut
  off.

  1ST NEPHI 22:20.  And the Lord will surely prepare a way for his
  people, unto the fulfilling of the words of Moses, which he spake,
  saying: A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you, like unto
  me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
  And it shall come to pass that all those who will not hear that prophet
  shall be cut off from among the people.

  1ST NEPHI 22:21.  And now I, Nephi, declare unto you, that this prophet
  of whom Moses spake was the Holy One of Israel; wherefore, he shall
  execute judgment in righteousness.

  1ST NEPHI 22:22.  And the righteous need not fear, for they are those
  who shall not be confounded.  But it is the kingdom of the devil, which
  shall be built up among the children of men, which kingdom is
  established among them which are in the flesh--

  1ST NEPHI 22:23.  For the time speedily shall come that all churches
  which are built up to get gain, and all those who are built up to get
  power over the flesh, and those who are built up to become popular in
  the eyes of the world, and those who seek the lusts of the flesh and
  the things of the world, and to do all manner of iniquity; yea, in
  fine, all those who belong to the kingdom of the devil are they who
  need fear, and tremble, and quake; they are those who must be brought
  low in the dust; they are those who must be consumed as stubble; and
  this is according to the words of the prophet.

  1ST NEPHI 22:24.  And the time cometh speedily that the righteous must
  be led up as calves of the stall, and the Holy One of Israel must reign
  in dominion, and might, and power, and great glory.
  1ST NEPHI 22:25.  And he gathereth his children from the four quarters
  of the earth; and he numbereth his sheep, and they know him; and there
  shall be one fold and one shepherd; and he shall feed his sheep, and in
  him they shall find pasture.

  1ST NEPHI 22:26.  And because of the righteousness of his people, Satan
  has no power; wherefore, he cannot be loosed for the space of many
  years; for he hath no power over the hearts of the people, for they
  dwell in righteousness, and the Holy One of Israel reigneth.

  1ST NEPHI 22:27.  And now behold, I, Nephi, say unto you that all these
  things must come according to the flesh.

  1ST NEPHI 22:28.  But, behold, all nations, kindreds, tongues, and
  people shall dwell safely in the Holy One of Israel if it so be that
  they will repent.

  1ST NEPHI 22:29.  And now I, Nephi, make an end; for I durst not speak
  further as yet concerning these things.
  1ST NEPHI 22:30.  Wherefore, my brethren, I would that ye should
  consider that the things which have been written upon the plates of
  brass are true; and they testify that a man must be obedient to the
  commandments of God.

  1ST NEPHI 22:31.  Wherefore, ye need not suppose that I and my father
  are the only ones that have testified, and also taught them.
  Wherefore, if ye shall be obedient to the commandments, and endure to
  the end, ye shall be saved at the last day.  And thus it is.  Amen.



                       THE SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI
    An account of the death of Lehi.  Nephi's brethren rebel against him.
  The Lord warns Nephi to depart into the wilderness.  His journeyings in
  the wilderness, and so forth.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 1
  2ND NEPHI 1:1.  And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had made
  an end of teaching my brethren, our father, Lehi, also spake many
  things unto them, and rehearsed unto them, how great things the Lord
  had done for them in bringing them out of the land of Jerusalem.

  2ND NEPHI 1:2.  And he spake unto them concerning their rebellions upon
  the waters, and the mercies of God in sparing their lives, that they
  were not swallowed up in the sea.

  2ND NEPHI 1:3.  And he also spake unto them concerning the land of
  promise, which they had obtained--how merciful the Lord had been in
  warning us that we should flee out of the land of Jerusalem.

  2ND NEPHI 1:4.  For, behold, said he, I have seen a vision, in which I
  know that Jerusalem is destroyed; and had we remained in Jerusalem we
  should also have perished.

  2ND NEPHI 1:5.  But, said he, notwithstanding our afflictions, we have
  obtained a land of promise, a land which is choice above all other
  lands; a land which the Lord God hath covenanted with me should be a
  land for the inheritance of my seed.  Yea, the Lord hath covenanted
  this land unto me, and to my children forever, and also all those who
  should be led out of other countries by the hand of the Lord.

  2ND NEPHI 1:6.  Wherefore, I, Lehi, prophesy according to the workings
  of the Spirit which is in me, that there shall none come into this land
  save they shall be brought by the hand of the Lord.

  2ND NEPHI 1:7.  Wherefore, this land is consecrated unto him whom he
  shall bring.  And if it so be that they shall serve him according to
  the commandments which he hath given, it shall be a land of liberty
  unto them; wherefore, they shall never be brought down into captivity;
  if so, it shall be because of iniquity; for if iniquity shall abound
  cursed shall be the land for their sakes, but unto the righteous it
  shall be blessed forever.

  2ND NEPHI 1:8.  And behold, it is wisdom that this land should be kept
  as yet from the knowledge of other nations; for behold, many nations
  would overrun the land, that there would be no place for an
  inheritance.

  2ND NEPHI 1:9.  Wherefore, I, Lehi, have obtained a promise, that
  inasmuch as those whom the Lord God shall bring out of the land of
  Jerusalem shall keep his commandments, they shall prosper upon the face
  of this land; and they shall be kept from all other nations, that they
  may possess this land unto themselves.  And if it so be that they shall
  keep his commandments they shall be blessed upon the face of this land,
  and there shall be none to molest them, nor to take away the land of
  their inheritance; and they shall dwell safely forever.

  2ND NEPHI 1:10.  But behold, when the time cometh that they shall
  dwindle in unbelief, after they have received so great blessings from
  the hand of the Lord--having a knowledge of the creation of the earth,
  and all men, knowing the great and marvelous works of the Lord from the
  creation of the world; having power given them to do all things by
  faith; having all the commandments from the beginning, and having been
  brought by his infinite goodness into this precious land of
  promise--behold, I say, if the day shall come that they will reject the
  Holy One of Israel, the true Messiah, their Redeemer and their God,
  behold, the judgments of him that is just shall rest upon them.

  2ND NEPHI 1:11.  Yea, he will bring other nations unto them, and he
  will give unto them power, and he will take away from them the lands of
  their possessions, and he will cause them to be scattered and smitten.

  2ND NEPHI 1:12.  Yea, as one generation passeth to another there shall
  be bloodsheds, and great visitations among them; wherefore, my sons, I
  would that ye would remember; yea, I would that ye would hearken unto
  my words.

  2ND NEPHI 1:13.  O that ye would awake; awake from a deep sleep, yea,
  even from the sleep of hell, and shake off the awful chains by which ye
  are bound, which are the chains which bind the children of men, that
  they are carried away captive down to the eternal gulf of misery and
  woe.

  2ND NEPHI 1:14.  Awake!  and arise from the dust, and hear the words of
  a trembling parent, whose limbs ye must soon lay down in the cold and
  silent grave, from whence no traveler can return; a few more days and I
  go the way of all the earth.

  2ND NEPHI 1:15.  But behold, the Lord hath redeemed my soul from hell;
  I have beheld his glory, and I am encircled about eternally in the arms
  of his love.

  2ND NEPHI 1:16.  And I desire that ye should remember to observe the
  statutes and the judgments of the Lord; behold, this hath been the
  anxiety of my soul from the beginning.

  2ND NEPHI 1:17.  My heart hath been weighed down with sorrow from time
  to time, for I have feared, lest for the hardness of your hearts the
  Lord your God should come out in the fulness of his wrath upon you,
  that ye be cut off and destroyed forever;

  2ND NEPHI 1:18.  Or, that a cursing should come upon you for the space
  of many generations; and ye are visited by sword, and by famine, and
  are hated, and are led according to the will and captivity of the
  devil.

  2ND NEPHI 1:19.  O my sons, that these things might not come upon you,
  but that ye might be a choice and a favored people of the Lord.  But
  behold, his will be done; for his ways are righteousness forever.

  2ND NEPHI 1:20.  And he hath said that: Inasmuch as ye shall keep my
  commandments ye shall prosper in the land; but inasmuch as ye will not
  keep my commandments ye shall be cut off from my presence.

  2ND NEPHI 1:21.  And now that my soul might have joy in you, and that
  my heart might leave this world with gladness because of you, that I
  might not be brought down with grief and sorrow to the grave, arise
  from the dust, my sons, and be men, and be determined in one mind and
  in one heart, united in all things, that ye may not come down into
  captivity;

  2ND NEPHI 1:22.  That ye may not be cursed with a sore cursing; and
  also, that ye may not incur the displeasure of a just God upon you,
  unto the destruction, yea, the eternal destruction of both soul and
  body.

  2ND NEPHI 1:23.  Awake, my sons; put on the armor of righteousness.
  Shake off the chains with which ye are bound, and come forth out of
  obscurity, and arise from the dust.

  2ND NEPHI 1:24.  Rebel no more against your brother, whose views have
  been glorious, and who hath kept the commandments from the time that we
  left Jerusalem; and who hath been an instrument in the hands of God, in
  bringing us forth into the land of promise; for were it not for him, we
  must have perished with hunger in the wilderness; nevertheless, ye
  sought to take away his life; yea, and he hath suffered much sorrow
  because of you.

  2ND NEPHI 1:25.  And I exceedingly fear and tremble because of you,
  lest he shall suffer again; for behold, ye have accused him that he
  sought power and authority over you; but I know that he hath not sought
  for power nor authority over you, but he hath sought the glory of God,
  and your own eternal welfare.

  2ND NEPHI 1:26.  And ye have murmured because he hath been plain unto
  you.  Ye say that he hath used sharpness; ye say that he hath been
  angry with you; but behold, his sharpness was the sharpness of the
  power of the word of God, which was in him; and that which ye call
  anger was the truth, according to that which is in God, which he could
  not restrain, manifesting boldly concerning your iniquities.

  2ND NEPHI 1:27.  And it must needs be that the power of God must be
  with him, even unto his commanding you that ye must obey.  But behold,
  it was not he, but it was the Spirit of the Lord which was in him,
  which opened his mouth to utterance that he could not shut it.

  2ND NEPHI 1:28.  And now my son, Laman, and also Lemuel and Sam, and
  also my sons who are the sons of Ishmael, behold, if ye will hearken
  unto the voice of Nephi ye shall not perish.  And if ye will hearken
  unto him I leave unto you a blessing, yea, even my first blessing.

  2ND NEPHI 1:29.  But if ye will not hearken unto him I take away my
  first blessing, yea, even my blessing, and it shall rest upon him.

  2ND NEPHI 1:30.  And now Zoram, I speak unto you: Behold, thou art the
  servant of Laban; nevertheless, thou hast been brought out of the land
  of Jerusalem, and I know that thou art a true friend unto my son,
  Nephi, forever.
  2ND NEPHI 1:31.  Wherefore, because thou hast been faithful thy seed
  shall be blessed with his seed, that they dwell in prosperity long upon
  the face of this land; and nothing, save it shall be iniquity among
  them, shall harm or disturb their prosperity upon the face of this land
  forever.

  2ND NEPHI 1:32.  Wherefore, if ye shall keep the commandments of the
  Lord, the Lord hath consecrated this land for the security of thy seed
  with the seed of my son.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 2
  2ND NEPHI 2:1.  And now, Jacob, I speak unto you: Thou art my
  first-born in the days of my tribulation in the wilderness.  And
  behold, in thy childhood thou hast suffered afflictions and much
  sorrow, because of the rudeness of thy brethren.

  2ND NEPHI 2:2.  Nevertheless, Jacob, my first-born in the wilderness,
  thou knowest the greatness of God; and he shall consecrate thine
  afflictions for thy gain.
  2ND NEPHI 2:3.  Wherefore, thy soul shall be blessed, and thou shalt
  dwell safely with thy brother, Nephi; and thy days shall be spent in
  the service of thy God.  Wherefore, I know that thou art redeemed,
  because of the righteousness of thy Redeemer; for thou hast beheld that
  in the fulness of time he cometh to bring salvation unto men.

  2ND NEPHI 2:4.  And thou hast beheld in thy youth his glory; wherefore,
  thou art blessed even as they unto whom he shall minister in the flesh;
  for the Spirit is the same, yesterday, today, and forever.  And the way
  is prepared from the fall of man, and salvation is free.

  2ND NEPHI 2:5.  And men are instructed sufficiently that they know good
  from evil. And the law is given unto men.  And by the law no flesh is
  justified; or, by the law men are cut off.  Yea, by the temporal law
  they were cut off; and also, by the spiritual law they perish from that
  which is good, and become miserable forever.

  2ND NEPHI 2:6.  Wherefore, redemption cometh in and through the Holy
  Messiah; for he is full of grace and truth.
  2ND NEPHI 2:7.  Behold, he offereth himself a sacrifice for sin, to
  answer the ends of the law, unto all those who have a broken heart and
  a contrite spirit; and unto none else can the ends of the law be
  answered.

  2ND NEPHI 2:8.  Wherefore, how great the importance to make these
  things known unto the inhabitants of the earth, that they may know that
  there is no flesh that can dwell in the presence of God, save it be
  through the merits, and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah, who
  layeth down his life according to the flesh, and taketh it again by the
  power of the Spirit, that he may bring to pass the resurrection of the
  dead, being the first that should rise.

  2ND NEPHI 2:9.  Wherefore, he is the first-fruits unto God, inasmuch as
  he shall make intercession for all the children of men; and they that
  believe in him shall be saved.

  2ND NEPHI 2:10.  And because of the intercession for all, all men come
  unto God; wherefore, they stand in the presence of him to be judged of
  him according to the truth and holiness which is in him.  Wherefore,
  the ends of the law which the Holy One hath given, unto the inflicting
  of the punishment which is affixed, which punishment that is affixed is
  in opposition to that of the happiness which is affixed, to answer the
  ends of the atonement--

  2ND NEPHI 2:11.  For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in
  all things.  If not so, my first-born in the wilderness, righteousness
  could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor
  misery, neither good nor bad.  Wherefore, all things must needs be a
  compound in one; wherefore, if it should be one body it must needs
  remain as dead, having no life neither death, nor corruption nor
  incorruption, happiness nor misery, neither sense nor insensibility.

  2ND NEPHI 2:12.  Wherefore, it must needs have been created for a thing
  of naught; wherefore there would have been no purpose in the end of its
  creation. Wherefore, this thing must needs destroy the wisdom of God
  and his eternal purposes, and also the power, and the mercy, and the
  justice of God.

  2ND NEPHI 2:13.  And if ye shall say there is no law, ye shall also say
  there is no sin.  If ye shall say there is no sin, ye shall also say
  there is no righteousness.  And if there be no righteousness there be
  no happiness. And if there be no righteousness nor happiness there be
  no punishment nor misery.  And if these things are not there is no God.
  And if there is no God we are not, neither the earth; for there could
  have been no creation of things, neither to act nor to be acted upon;
  wherefore, all things must have vanished away.

  2ND NEPHI 2:14.  And now, my sons, I speak unto you these things for
  your profit and learning; for there is a God, and he hath created all
  things, both the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them
  are, both things to act and things to be acted upon.

  2ND NEPHI 2:15.  And to bring about his eternal purposes in the end of
  man, after he had created our first parents, and the beasts of the
  field and the fowls of the air, and in fine, all things which are
  created, it must needs be that there was an opposition; even the
  forbidden fruit in opposition to the tree of life; the one being sweet
  and the other bitter.
  2ND NEPHI 2:16.  Wherefore, the Lord God gave unto man that he should
  act for himself. Wherefore, man could not act for himself save it
  should be that he was enticed by the one or the other.

  2ND NEPHI 2:17.  And I, Lehi, according to the things which I have
  read, must needs suppose that an angel of God, according to that which
  is written, had fallen from heaven; wherefore, he became a devil,
  having sought that which was evil before God.

  2ND NEPHI 2:18.  And because he had fallen from heaven, and had become
  miserable forever, he sought also the misery of all mankind.
  Wherefore, he said unto Eve, yea, even that old serpent, who is the
  devil, who is the father of all lies, wherefore he said: Partake of the
  forbidden fruit, and ye shall not die, but ye shall be as God, knowing
  good and evil.

  2ND NEPHI 2:19.  And after Adam and Eve had partaken of the forbidden
  fruit they were driven out of the garden of Eden, to till the earth.

  2ND NEPHI 2:20.  And they have brought forth children; yea, even the
  family of all the earth.

  2ND NEPHI 2:21.  And the days of the children of men were prolonged,
  according to the will of God, that they might repent while in the
  flesh; wherefore, their state became a state of probation, and their
  time was lengthened, according to the commandments which the Lord God
  gave unto the children of men.  For he gave commandment that all men
  must repent; for he showed unto all men that they were lost, because of
  the transgression of their parents.

  2ND NEPHI 2:22.  And now, behold, if Adam had not transgressed he would
  not have fallen, but he would have remained in the garden of Eden.  And
  all things which were created must have remained in the same state in
  which they were after they were created; and they must have remained
  forever, and had no end.

  2ND NEPHI 2:23.  And they would have had no children; wherefore they
  would have remained in a state of innocence, having no joy, for they
  knew no misery; doing no good, for they knew no sin.
  2ND NEPHI 2:24.  But behold, all things have been done in the wisdom of
  him who knoweth all things.

  2ND NEPHI 2:25.  Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they
  might have joy.

  2ND NEPHI 2:26.  And the Messiah cometh in the fulness of time, that he
  may redeem the children of men from the fall.  And because that they
  are redeemed from the fall they have become free forever, knowing good
  from evil; to act for themselves and not to be acted upon, save it be
  by the punishment of the law at the great and last day, according to
  the commandments which God hath given.

  2ND NEPHI 2:27.  Wherefore, men are free according to the flesh; and
  all things are given them which are expedient unto man.  And they are
  free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of
  all men, or to choose captivity and death, according to the captivity
  and power of the devil; for he seeketh that all men might be miserable
  like unto himself.
  2ND NEPHI 2:28.  And now, my sons, I would that ye should look to the
  great Mediator, and hearken unto his great commandments; and be
  faithful unto his words, and choose eternal life, according to the will
  of his Holy Spirit;

  2ND NEPHI 2:29.  And not choose eternal death, according to the will of
  the flesh and the evil which is therein, which giveth the spirit of the
  devil power to captivate, to bring you down to hell, that he may reign
  over you in his own kingdom.

  2ND NEPHI 2:30.  I have spoken these few words unto you all, my sons,
  in the last days of my probation; and I have chosen the good part,
  according to the words of the prophet.  And I have none other object
  save it be the everlasting welfare of your souls.  Amen.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 3
  2ND NEPHI 3:1.  And now I speak unto you, Joseph, my last-born.  Thou
  wast born in the wilderness of mine afflictions; yea, in the days of my
  greatest sorrow did thy mother bear thee.
  2ND NEPHI 3:2.  And may the Lord consecrate also unto thee this land,
  which is a most precious land, for thine inheritance and the
  inheritance of thy seed with thy brethren, for thy security forever, if
  it so be that ye shall keep the commandments of the Holy One of Israel.

  2ND NEPHI 3:3.  And now, Joseph, my last-born, whom I have brought out
  of the wilderness of mine afflictions, may the Lord bless thee forever,
  for thy seed shall not utterly be destroyed.

  2ND NEPHI 3:4.  For behold, thou art the fruit of my loins; and I am a
  descendant of Joseph who was carried captive into Egypt.  And great
  were the covenants of the Lord which he made unto Joseph.

  2ND NEPHI 3:5.  Wherefore, Joseph truly saw our day.  And he obtained a
  promise of the Lord, that out of the fruit of his loins the Lord God
  would raise up a righteous branch unto the house of Israel; not the
  Messiah, but a branch which was to be broken off, nevertheless, to be
  remembered in the covenants of the Lord that the Messiah should be made
  manifest unto them in the latter days, in the spirit of power, unto the
  bringing of them out of darkness unto light--yea, out of hidden
  darkness and out of captivity unto freedom.

  2ND NEPHI 3:6.  For Joseph truly testified, saying: A seer shall the
  Lord my God raise up, who shall be a choice seer unto the fruit of my
  loins.

  2ND NEPHI 3:7.  Yea, Joseph truly said: Thus saith the Lord unto me: A
  choice seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and he shall
  be esteemed highly among the fruit of thy loins.  And unto him will I
  give commandment that he shall do a work for the fruit of thy loins,
  his brethren, which shall be of great worth unto them, even to the
  bringing of them to the knowledge of the covenants which I have made
  with thy fathers.

  2ND NEPHI 3:8.  And I will give unto him a commandment that he shall do
  none other work, save the work which I shall command him.  And I will
  make him great in mine eyes; for he shall do my work.

  2ND NEPHI 3:9.  And he shall be great like unto Moses, whom I have said
  I would raise up unto you, to deliver my people, O house of Israel.

  2ND NEPHI 3:10.  And Moses will I raise up, to deliver thy people out
  of the land of Egypt.

  2ND NEPHI 3:11.  But a seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy
  loins; and unto him will I give power to bring forth my word unto the
  seed of thy loins--and not to the bringing forth my word only, saith
  the Lord, but to the convincing them of my word, which shall have
  already gone forth among them.

  2ND NEPHI 3:12.  Wherefore, the fruit of thy loins shall write; and the
  fruit of the loins of Judah shall write; and that which shall be
  written by the fruit of thy loins, and also that which shall be written
  by the fruit of the loins of Judah, shall grow together, unto the
  confounding of false doctrines and laying down of contentions, and
  establishing peace among the fruit of thy loins, and bringing them to
  the knowledge of their fathers in the latter days, and also to the
  knowledge of my covenants, saith the Lord.

  2ND NEPHI 3:13.  And out of weakness he shall be made strong, in that
  day when my work shall commence among all my people, unto the restoring
  thee, O house of Israel, saith the Lord.

  2ND NEPHI 3:14.  And thus prophesied Joseph, saying: Behold, that seer
  will the Lord bless; and they that seek to destroy him shall be
  confounded; for this promise, which I have obtained of the Lord, of the
  fruit of my loins, shall be fulfilled.  Behold, I am sure of the
  fulfilling of this promise;

  2ND NEPHI 3:15.  And his name shall be called after me; and it shall be
  after the name of his father.  And he shall be like unto me; for the
  thing, which the Lord shall bring forth by his hand, by the power of
  the Lord shall bring my people unto salvation.

  2ND NEPHI 3:16.  Yea, thus prophesied Joseph: I am sure of this thing,
  even as I am sure of the promise of Moses; for the Lord hath said unto
  me, I will preserve thy seed forever.

  2ND NEPHI 3:17.  And the Lord hath said: I will raise up a Moses; and I
  will give power unto him in a rod; and I will give judgment unto him in
  writing. Yet I will not loose his tongue, that he shall speak much, for
  I will not make him mighty in speaking.  But I will write unto him my
  law, by the finger of mine own hand; and I will make a spokesman for
  him.

  2ND NEPHI 3:18.  And the Lord said unto me also: I will raise up unto
  the fruit of thy loins; and I will make for him a spokesman.  And I,
  behold, I will give unto him that he shall write the writing of the
  fruit of thy loins, unto the fruit of thy loins; and the spokesman of
  thy loins shall declare it.

  2ND NEPHI 3:19.  And the words which he shall write shall be the words
  which are expedient in my wisdom should go forth unto the fruit of thy
  loins.  And it shall be as if the fruit of thy loins had cried unto
  them from the dust; for I know their faith.

  2ND NEPHI 3:20.  And they shall cry from the dust; yea, even repentance
  unto their brethren, even after many generations have gone by them.
  And it shall come to pass that their cry shall go, even according to
  the simpleness of their words.

  2ND NEPHI 3:21.  Because of their faith their words shall proceed forth
  out of my mouth unto their brethren who are the fruit of thy loins; and
  the weakness of their words will I make strong in their faith, unto the
  remembering of my covenant which I made unto thy fathers.

  2ND NEPHI 3:22.  And now, behold, my son Joseph, after this manner did
  my father of old prophesy.

  2ND NEPHI 3:23.  Wherefore, because of this covenant thou art blessed;
  for thy seed shall not be destroyed, for they shall hearken unto the
  words of the book.

  2ND NEPHI 3:24.  And there shall rise up one mighty among them, who
  shall do much good, both in word and in deed, being an instrument in
  the hands of God, with exceeding faith, to work mighty wonders, and do
  that thing which is great in the sight of God, unto the bringing to
  pass much restoration unto the house of Israel, and unto the seed of
  thy brethren.
  2ND NEPHI 3:25.  And now, blessed art thou, Joseph.  Behold, thou art
  little; wherefore hearken unto the words of thy brother, Nephi, and it
  shall be done unto thee even according to the words which I have
  spoken.  Remember the words of thy dying father.  Amen.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 4
  2ND NEPHI 4:1.  And now, I, Nephi, speak concerning the prophecies of
  which my father hath spoken, concerning Joseph, who was carried into
  Egypt.

  2ND NEPHI 4:2.  For behold, he truly prophesied concerning all his
  seed.  And the prophecies which he wrote, there are not many greater.
  And he prophesied concerning us, and our future generations; and they
  are written upon the plates of brass.

  2ND NEPHI 4:3.  Wherefore, after my father had made an end of speaking
  concerning the prophecies of Joseph, he called the children of Laman,
  his sons, and his daughters, and said unto them: Behold, my sons, and
  my daughters, who are the sons and the daughters of my first-born, I
  would that ye should give ear unto my words.

  2ND NEPHI 4:4.  For the Lord God hath said that: Inasmuch as ye shall
  keep my commandments ye shall prosper in the land; and inasmuch as ye
  will not keep my commandments ye shall be cut off from my presence.

  2ND NEPHI 4:5.  But behold, my sons and my daughters, I cannot go down
  to my grave save I should leave a blessing upon you; for behold, I know
  that if ye are brought up in the way ye should go ye will not depart
  from it.

  2ND NEPHI 4:6.  Wherefore, if ye are cursed, behold, I leave my
  blessing upon you, that the cursing may be taken from you and be
  answered upon the heads of your parents.

  2ND NEPHI 4:7.  Wherefore, because of my blessing the Lord God will not
  suffer that ye shall perish; wherefore, he will be merciful unto you
  and unto your seed forever.

  2ND NEPHI 4:8.  And it came to pass that after my father had made an
  end of speaking to the sons and daughters of Laman, he caused the sons
  and daughters of Lemuel to be brought before him.

  2ND NEPHI 4:9.  And he spake unto them, saying: Behold, my sons and my
  daughters, who are the sons and the daughters of my second son; behold
  I leave unto you the same blessing which I left unto the sons and
  daughters of Laman; wherefore, thou shalt not utterly be destroyed; but
  in the end thy seed shall be blessed.

  2ND NEPHI 4:10.  And it came to pass that when my father had made an
  end of speaking unto them, behold, he spake unto the sons of Ishmael,
  yea, and even all his household.

  2ND NEPHI 4:11.  And after he had made an end of speaking unto them, he
  spake unto Sam, saying: Blessed art thou, and thy seed; for thou shall
  inherit the land like unto thy brother Nephi.  And thy seed shall be
  numbered with his seed; and thou shalt be even like unto thy brother,
  and thy seed like unto his seed; and thou shalt be blessed in all thy
  days.

  2ND NEPHI 4:12.  And it came to pass after my father, Lehi, had spoken
  unto all his household, according to the feelings of his heart and the
  Spirit of the Lord which was in him, he waxed old.  And it came to pass
  that he died, and was buried.

  2ND NEPHI 4:13.  And it came to pass that not many days after his
  death, Laman and Lemuel and the sons of Ishmael were angry with me
  because of the admonitions of the Lord.

  2ND NEPHI 4:14.  For I, Nephi, was constrained to speak unto them,
  according to his word; for I had spoken many things unto them, and also
  my father, before his death; many of which sayings are written upon
  mine other plates; for a more history part are written upon mine other
  plates.

  2ND NEPHI 4:15.  And upon these I write the things of my soul, and many
  of the scriptures which are engraven upon the plates of brass.  For my
  soul delighteth in the scriptures, and my heart pondereth them, and
  writeth them for the learning and the profit of my children.

  2ND NEPHI 4:16.  Behold, my soul delighteth in the things of the Lord;
  and my heart pondereth continually upon the things which I have seen
  and heard.

  2ND NEPHI 4:17.  Nevertheless, notwithstanding the great goodness of
  the Lord, in showing me his great and marvelous works, my heart
  exclaimeth: O wretched man that I am!  Yea, my heart sorroweth because
  of my flesh; my soul grieveth because of mine iniquities.

  2ND NEPHI 4:18.  I am encompassed about, because of the temptations and
  the sins which do so easily beset me.

  2ND NEPHI 4:19.  And when I desire to rejoice, my heart groaneth
  because of my sins; nevertheless, I know in whom I have trusted.

  2ND NEPHI 4:20.  My God hath been my support; he hath led me through
  mine afflictions in the wilderness; and he hath preserved me upon the
  waters of the great deep.

  2ND NEPHI 4:21.  He hath filled me with his love, even unto the
  consuming of my flesh.

  2ND NEPHI 4:22.  He hath confounded mine enemies, unto the causing of
  them to quake before me.

  2ND NEPHI 4:23.  Behold, he hath heard my cry by day, and he hath given
  me knowledge by visions in the nighttime.

  2ND NEPHI 4:24.  And by day have I waxed bold in mighty prayer before
  him; yea, my voice have I sent up on high; and angels came down and
  ministered unto me.

  2ND NEPHI 4:25.  And upon the wings of his Spirit hath my body been
  carried away upon exceedingly high mountains.  And mine eyes have
  beheld great things, yea, even too great for man; therefore I was
  bidden that I should not write them.

  2ND NEPHI 4:26.  O then, if I have seen so great things, if the Lord in
  his condescension unto the children of men hath visited men in so much
  mercy, why should my heart weep and my soul linger in the valley of
  sorrow, and my flesh waste away, and my strength slacken, because of
  mine afflictions?

  2ND NEPHI 4:27.  And why should I yield to sin, because of my flesh?
  Yea, why should I give way to temptations, that the evil one have place
  in my heart to destroy my peace and afflict my soul?  Why am I angry
  because of mine enemy?

  2ND NEPHI 4:28.  Awake, my soul!  No longer droop in sin.  Rejoice, O
  my heart, and give place no more for the enemy of my soul.

  2ND NEPHI 4:29.  Do not anger again because of mine enemies.  Do not
  slacken my strength because of mine afflictions.

  2ND NEPHI 4:30.  Rejoice, O my heart, and cry unto the Lord, and say: O
  Lord, I will praise thee forever; yea, my soul will rejoice in thee, my
  God, and the rock of my salvation.

  2ND NEPHI 4:31.  O Lord, wilt thou redeem my soul?  Wilt thou deliver
  me out of the hands of mine enemies?  Wilt thou make me that I may
  shake at the appearance of sin?

  2ND NEPHI 4:32.  May the gates of hell be shut continually before me,
  because that my heart is broken and my spirit is contrite!  O Lord,
  wilt thou not shut the gates of thy righteousness before me, that I may
  walk in the path of the low valley, that I may be strict in the plain
  road!

  2ND NEPHI 4:33.  O Lord, wilt thou encircle me around in the robe of
  thy righteousness!  O Lord, wilt thou make a way for mine escape before
  mine enemies!  Wilt thou make my path straight before me!  Wilt thou
  not place a stumbling block in my way--but that thou wouldst clear my
  way before me, and hedge not up my way, but the ways of mine enemy.

  2ND NEPHI 4:34.  O Lord, I have trusted in thee, and I will trust in
  thee forever.  I will not put my trust in the arm of flesh; for I know
  that cursed is he that putteth his trust in the arm of flesh.  Yea,
  cursed is he that putteth his trust in man or maketh flesh his arm.

  2ND NEPHI 4:35.  Yea, I know that God will give liberally to him that
  asketh.  Yea, my God will give me, if I ask not amiss; therefore I will
  lift up my voice unto thee; yea, I will cry unto thee, my God, the rock
  of my righteousness.  Behold, my voice shall forever ascend up unto
  thee, my rock and mine everlasting God.  Amen.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 5
  2ND NEPHI 5:1.  Behold, it came to pass that I, Nephi, did cry much
  unto the Lord my God, because of the anger of my brethren.

  2ND NEPHI 5:2.  But behold, their anger did increase against me,
  insomuch that they did seek to take away my life.

  2ND NEPHI 5:3.  Yea, they did murmur against me, saying: Our younger
  brother thinks to rule over us; and we have had much trial because of
  him; wherefore, now let us slay him, that we may not be afflicted more
  because of his words. For behold, we will not have him to be our ruler;
  for it belongs unto us, who are the elder brethren, to rule over this
  people.

  2ND NEPHI 5:4.  Now I do not write upon these plates all the words
  which they murmured against me.  But it sufficeth me to say, that they
  did seek to take away my life.

  2ND NEPHI 5:5.  And it came to pass that the Lord did warn me, that I,
  Nephi, should depart from them and flee into the wilderness, and all
  those who would go with me.

  2ND NEPHI 5:6.  Wherefore, it came to pass that I, Nephi, did take my
  family, and also Zoram and his family, and Sam, mine elder brother and
  his family, and Jacob and Joseph, my younger brethren, and also my
  sisters, and all those who would go with me.  And all those who would
  go with me were those who believed in the warnings and the revelations
  of God; wherefore, they did hearken unto my words.

  2ND NEPHI 5:7.  And we did take our tents and whatsoever things were
  possible for us, and did journey in the wilderness for the space of
  many days.  And after we had journeyed for the space of many days we
  did pitch our tents.

  2ND NEPHI 5:8.  And my people would that we should call the name of the
  place Nephi; wherefore, we did call it Nephi.

  2ND NEPHI 5:9.  And all those who were with me did take upon them to
  call themselves the people of Nephi.

  2ND NEPHI 5:10.  And we did observe to keep the judgments, and the
  statutes, and the commandments of the Lord in all things according to
  the law of Moses.

  2ND NEPHI 5:11.  And the Lord was with us; and we did prosper
  exceedingly; for we did sow seed, and we did reap again in abundance.
  And we began to raise flocks, and herds, and animals of every kind.

  2ND NEPHI 5:12.  And I, Nephi, had also brought the records which were
  engraven upon the plates of brass; and also the ball, or compass, which
  was prepared for my father by the hand of the Lord, according to that
  which is written.

  2ND NEPHI 5:13.  And it came to pass that we began to prosper
  exceedingly, and to multiply in the land.
  2ND NEPHI 5:14.  And I, Nephi, did take the sword of Laban, and after
  the manner of it did make many swords, lest by any means the people who
  were now called Lamanites should come upon us and destroy us; for I
  knew their hatred towards me and my children and those who were called
  my people.

  2ND NEPHI 5:15.  And I did teach my people to build buildings, and to
  work in all manner of wood, and of iron, and of copper, and of brass,
  and of steel, and of gold, and of silver, and of precious ores, which
  were in great abundance.

  2ND NEPHI 5:16.  And I, Nephi, did build a temple; and I did construct
  it after the manner of the temple of Solomon save it were not built of
  so many precious things; for they were not to be found upon the land,
  wherefore, it could not be built like unto Solomon's temple.  But the
  manner of the construction was like unto the temple of Solomon; and the
  workmanship thereof was exceedingly fine.

  2ND NEPHI 5:17.  And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did cause my people
  to be industrious, and to labor with their hands.

  2ND NEPHI 5:18.  And it came to pass that they would that I should be
  their king.  But I, Nephi, was desirous that they should have no king;
  nevertheless, I did for them according to that which was in my power.

  2ND NEPHI 5:19.  And behold, the words of the Lord had been fulfilled
  unto my brethren, which he spake concerning them, that I should be
  their ruler and their teacher.  Wherefore, I had been their ruler and
  their teacher, according to the commandments of the Lord, until the
  time they sought to take away my life.

  2ND NEPHI 5:20.  Wherefore, the word of the Lord was fulfilled which he
  spake unto me, saying that: Inasmuch as they will not hearken unto thy
  words they shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord.  And behold,
  they were cut off from his presence.

  2ND NEPHI 5:21.  And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea,
  even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity.  For behold, they had
  hardened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto a
  flint; wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and
  delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the Lord
  God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them.

  2ND NEPHI 5:22.  And thus saith the Lord God: I will cause that they
  shall be loathsome unto thy people, save they shall repent of their
  iniquities.

  2ND NEPHI 5:23.  And cursed shall be the seed of him that mixeth with
  their seed; for they shall be cursed even with the same cursing.  And
  the Lord spake it, and it was done.

  2ND NEPHI 5:24.  And because of their cursing which was upon them they
  did become an idle people, full of mischief and subtlety, and did seek
  in the wilderness for beasts of prey.

  2ND NEPHI 5:25.  And the Lord God said unto me: They shall be a scourge
  unto thy seed, to stir them up in remembrance of me; and inasmuch as
  they will not remember me, and hearken unto my words, they shall
  scourge them even unto destruction.
  2ND NEPHI 5:26.  And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did consecrate
  Jacob and Joseph, that they should be priests and teachers over the
  land of my people.

  2ND NEPHI 5:27.  And it came to pass that we lived after the manner of
  happiness.

  2ND NEPHI 5:28.  And thirty years had passed away from the time we left
  Jerusalem.

  2ND NEPHI 5:29.  And I, Nephi, had kept the records upon my plates,
  which I had made, of my people thus far.

  2ND NEPHI 5:30.  And it came to pass that the Lord God said unto me:
  Make other plates; and thou shalt engraven many things upon them which
  are good in my sight, for the profit of thy people.

  2ND NEPHI 5:31.  Wherefore, I, Nephi, to be obedient to the
  commandments of the Lord, went and made these plates upon which I have
  engraven these things.

  2ND NEPHI 5:32.  And I engraved that which is pleasing unto God.  And
  if my people are pleased with the things of God they will be pleased
  with mine engravings which are upon these plates.

  2ND NEPHI 5:33.  And if my people desire to know the more particular
  part of the history of my people they must search mine other plates.

  2ND NEPHI 5:34.  And it sufficeth me to say that forty years had passed
  away, and we had already had wars and contentions with our brethren.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 6
  2ND NEPHI 6:1.  The words of Jacob, the brother of Nephi, which he
  spake unto the people of Nephi:

  2ND NEPHI 6:2.  Behold, my beloved brethren, I, Jacob, having been
  called of God, and ordained after the manner of his holy order, and
  having been consecrated by my brother Nephi, unto whom ye look as a
  king or a protector, and on whom ye depend for safety, behold ye know
  that I have spoken unto you exceedingly many things.

  2ND NEPHI 6:3.  Nevertheless, I speak unto you again; for I am desirous
  for the welfare of your souls.  Yea, mine anxiety is great for you; and
  ye yourselves know that it ever has been.  For I have exhorted you with
  all diligence; and I have taught you the words of my father; and I have
  spoken unto you concerning all things which are written, from the
  creation of the world.

  2ND NEPHI 6:4.  And now, behold, I would speak unto you concerning
  things which are, and which are to come; wherefore, I will read you the
  words of Isaiah. And they are the words which my brother has desired
  that I should speak unto you.  And I speak unto you for your sakes,
  that ye may learn and glorify the name of your God.

  2ND NEPHI 6:5.  And now, the words which I shall read are they which
  Isaiah spake concerning all the house of Israel; wherefore, they may be
  likened unto you, for ye are of the house of Israel.  And there are
  many things which have been spoken by Isaiah which may be likened unto
  you, because ye are of the house of Israel.
  2ND NEPHI 6:6.  And now these are the words: Thus saith the Lord God:
  Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my
  standard to the people; and they shall bring thy sons in their arms,
  and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

  2ND NEPHI 6:7.  And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their
  queens thy nursing mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their
  faces towards the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou
  shalt know that I am the Lord; for they shall not be ashamed that wait
  for me.

  2ND NEPHI 6:8.  And now I, Jacob, would speak somewhat concerning these
  words.  For behold, the Lord has shown me that those who were at
  Jerusalem, from whence we came, have been slain and carried away
  captive.

  2ND NEPHI 6:9.  Nevertheless, the Lord has shown unto me that they
  should return again.  And he also has shown unto me that the Lord God,
  the Holy One of Israel, should manifest himself unto them in the flesh;
  and after he should manifest himself they should scourge him and
  crucify him, according to the words of the angel who spake it unto me.

  2ND NEPHI 6:10.  And after they have hardened their hearts and
  stiffened their necks against the Holy One of Israel, behold the
  judgments of the Holy One of Israel shall come upon them.  And the day
  cometh that they shall be smitten and afflicted.

  2ND NEPHI 6:11.  Wherefore, after they are driven to and fro, for thus
  saith the angel, many shall be afflicted in the flesh, and shall not be
  suffered to perish, because of the prayers of the faithful; they shall
  be scattered, and smitten, and hated; nevertheless, the Lord will be
  merciful unto them, that when they shall come to the knowledge of their
  Redeemer, they shall be gathered together again to the lands of their
  inheritance.

  2ND NEPHI 6:12.  And blessed are the Gentiles, they of whom the prophet
  has written; for behold, if it so be that they shall repent and fight
  not against Zion, and do not unite themselves to that great and
  abominable church, they shall be saved; for the Lord God will fulfil
  his covenants which he has made unto his children; and for this cause
  the prophet has written these things.

  2ND NEPHI 6:13.  Wherefore, they that fight against Zion and the
  covenant people of the Lord shall lick up the dust of their feet; and
  the people of the Lord shall not be ashamed.  For the people of the
  Lord are they who wait for him; for they still wait for the coming of
  the Messiah.

  2ND NEPHI 6:14.  And behold, according to the words of the prophet, the
  Messiah will set himself again the second time to recover them;
  wherefore, he will manifest himself unto them in power and great glory,
  unto the destruction of their enemies, when that day cometh when they
  shall believe in him; and none will he destroy that believe in him.

  2ND NEPHI 6:15.  And they that believe not in him shall be destroyed,
  both by fire, and by tempest, and by earthquakes, and by bloodsheds,
  and by pestilence, and by famine.  And they shall know that the Lord is
  God, the Holy One of Israel.

  2ND NEPHI 6:16.  For shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the
  lawful captive delivered?

  2ND NEPHI 6:17.  But thus saith the Lord: Even the captives of the
  mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be
  delivered; for the Mighty God shall deliver his covenant people.  For
  thus saith the Lord: I will contend with them that contendeth with
  thee--

  2ND NEPHI 6:18.  And I will feed them that oppress thee, with their own
  flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet
  wine; and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Savior and thy
  Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 7
  2ND NEPHI 7:1.  Yea, for thus saith the Lord: Have I put thee away, or
  have I cast thee off forever?  For thus saith the Lord: Where is the
  bill of your mother's divorcement?  To whom have I put thee away, or to
  which of my creditors have I sold you?  Yea, to whom have I sold you?
  Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your
  transgressions is your mother put away.

  2ND NEPHI 7:2.  Wherefore, when I came, there was no man; when I
  called, yea, there was none to answer.  O house of Israel, is my hand
  shortened at all that it cannot redeem, or have I no power to deliver?
  Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make their rivers a wilderness
  and their fish to stink because the waters are dried up, and they die
  because of thirst.

  2ND NEPHI 7:3.  I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make
  sackcloth their covering.

  2ND NEPHI 7:4.  The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned,
  that I should know how to speak a word in season unto thee, O house of
  Israel.  When ye are weary he waketh morning by morning.  He waketh
  mine ear to hear as the learned.

  2ND NEPHI 7:5.  The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not
  rebellious, neither turned away back.

  2ND NEPHI 7:6.  I gave my back to the smiter, and my cheeks to them
  that plucked off the hair.  I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

  2ND NEPHI 7:7.  For the Lord God will help me, therefore shall I not be
  confounded. Therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that
  I shall not be ashamed.

  2ND NEPHI 7:8.  And the Lord is near, and he justifieth me.  Who will
  contend with me? Let us stand together.  Who is mine adversary?  Let
  him come near me, and I will smite him with the strength of my mouth.

  2ND NEPHI 7:9.  For the Lord God will help me.  And all they who shall
  condemn me, behold, all they shall wax old as a garment, and the moth
  shall eat them up.

  2ND NEPHI 7:10.  Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth
  the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness and hath no light?

  2ND NEPHI 7:11.  Behold all ye that kindle fire, that compass
  yourselves about with sparks, walk in the light of your fire and in the
  sparks which ye have kindled.  This shall ye have of mine hand--ye
  shall lie down in sorrow.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 8
  2ND NEPHI 8:1.  Hearken unto me, ye that follow after righteousness.
  Look unto the rock from whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit
  from whence ye are digged.

  2ND NEPHI 8:2.  Look unto Abraham, your father, and unto Sarah, she
  that bare you; for I called him alone, and blessed him.

  2ND NEPHI 8:3.  For the Lord shall comfort Zion, he will comfort all
  her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her
  desert like the garden of the Lord.  Joy and gladness shall be found
  therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

  2ND NEPHI 8:4.  Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my
  nation; for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to
  rest for a light for the people.

  2ND NEPHI 8:5.  My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth,
  and mine arm shall judge the people.  The isles shall wait upon me, and
  on mine arm shall they trust.

  2ND NEPHI 8:6.  Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the
  earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the
  earth shall wax old like a garment; and they that dwell therein shall
  die in like manner. But my salvation shall be forever, and my
  righteousness shall not be abolished.

  2ND NEPHI 8:7.  Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people
  in whose heart I have written my law, fear ye not the reproach of men,
  neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

  2ND NEPHI 8:8.  For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the
  worm shall eat them like wool.  But my righteousness shall be forever,
  and my salvation from generation to generation.

  2ND NEPHI 8:9.  Awake, awake!  Put on strength, O arm of the Lord;
  awake as in the ancient days.  Art thou not he that hath cut Rahab, and
  wounded the dragon?

  2ND NEPHI 8:10.  Art thou not he who hath dried the sea, the waters of
  the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the
  ransomed to pass over?

  2ND NEPHI 8:11.  Therefore, the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and
  come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy and holiness shall be
  upon their heads; and they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and
  mourning shall flee away.

  2ND NEPHI 8:12.  I am he; yea, I am he that comforteth you.  Behold,
  who art thou, that thou shouldst be afraid of man, who shall die, and
  of the son of man, who shall be made like unto grass?

  2ND NEPHI 8:13.  And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched
  forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth, and hast
  feared continually every day, because of the fury of the oppressor, as
  if he were ready to destroy?  And where is the fury of the oppressor?

  2ND NEPHI 8:14.  The captive exile hasteneth, that he may be loosed,
  and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

  2ND NEPHI 8:15.  But I am the Lord thy God, whose waves roared; the
  Lord of Hosts is my name.

  2ND NEPHI 8:16.  And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered
  thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens and lay
  the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion: Behold, thou art my
  people.

  2ND NEPHI 8:17.  Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk
  at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury--thou hast drunken the
  dregs of the cup of trembling wrung out--

  2ND NEPHI 8:18.  And none to guide her among all the sons she hath
  brought forth; neither that taketh her by the hand, of all the sons she
  hath brought up.

  2ND NEPHI 8:19.  These two sons are come unto thee, who shall be sorry
  for thee--thy desolation and destruction, and the famine and the
  sword--and by whom shall I comfort thee?

  2ND NEPHI 8:20.  Thy sons have fainted, save these two; they lie at the
  head of all the streets; as a wild bull in a net, they are full of the
  fury of the Lord, the rebuke of thy God.

  2ND NEPHI 8:21.  Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken,
  and not with wine:

  2ND NEPHI 8:22.  Thus saith thy Lord, the Lord and thy God pleadeth the
  cause of his people; behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of
  trembling, the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it
  again.

  2ND NEPHI 8:23.  But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict
  thee; who have said to thy soul: Bow down, that we may go over--and
  thou hast laid thy body as the ground and as the street to them that
  went over.

  2ND NEPHI 8:24.  Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy
  beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth there
  shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

  2ND NEPHI 8:25.  Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, O
  Jerusalem; loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter
  of Zion.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 9
  2ND NEPHI 9:1.  And now, my beloved brethren, I have read these things
  that ye might know concerning the covenants of the Lord that he has
  covenanted with all the house of Israel--

  2ND NEPHI 9:2.  That he has spoken unto the Jews, by the mouth of his
  holy prophets, even from the beginning down, from generation to
  generation, until the time comes that they shall be restored to the
  true church and fold of God; when they shall be gathered home to the
  lands of their inheritance, and shall be established in all their lands
  of promise.

  2ND NEPHI 9:3.  Behold, my beloved brethren, I speak unto you these
  things that ye may rejoice, and lift up your heads forever, because of
  the blessings which the Lord God shall bestow upon your children.

  2ND NEPHI 9:4.  For I know that ye have searched much, many of you, to
  know of things to come; wherefore I know that ye know that our flesh
  must waste away and die; nevertheless, in our bodies we shall see God.

  2ND NEPHI 9:5.  Yea, I know that ye know that in the body he shall show
  himself unto those at Jerusalem, from whence we came; for it is
  expedient that it should be among them; for it behooveth the great
  Creator that he suffereth himself to become subject unto man in the
  flesh, and die for all men, that all men might become subject unto him.

  2ND NEPHI 9:6.  For as death hath passed upon all men, to fulfil the
  merciful plan of the great Creator, there must needs be a power of
  resurrection, and the resurrection must needs come unto man by reason
  of the fall; and the fall came by reason of transgression; and because
  man became fallen they were cut off from the presence of the Lord.

  2ND NEPHI 9:7.  Wherefore, it must needs be an infinite atonement--save
  it should be an infinite atonement this corruption could not put on
  incorruption. Wherefore, the first judgment which came upon man must
  needs have remained to an endless duration.  And if so, this flesh must
  have laid down to rot and to crumble to its mother earth, to rise no
  more.

  2ND NEPHI 9:8.  O the wisdom of God, his mercy and grace!  For behold,
  if the flesh should rise no more our spirits must become subject to
  that angel who fell from before the presence of the Eternal God, and
  became the devil, to rise no more.

  2ND NEPHI 9:9.  And our spirits must have become like unto him, and we
  become devils, angels to a devil, to be shut out from the presence of
  our God, and to remain with the father of lies, in misery, like unto
  himself; yea, to that being who beguiled our first parents, who
  transformeth himself nigh unto an angel of light, and stirreth up the
  children of men unto secret combinations of murder and all manner of
  secret works of darkness.

  2ND NEPHI 9:10.  O how great the goodness of our God, who prepareth a
  way for our escape from the grasp of this awful monster; yea, that
  monster, death and hell, which I call the death of the body, and also
  the death of the spirit.

  2ND NEPHI 9:11.  And because of the way of deliverance of our God, the
  Holy One of Israel, this death, of which I have spoken, which is the
  temporal, shall deliver up its dead; which death is the grave.

  2ND NEPHI 9:12.  And this death of which I have spoken, which is the
  spiritual death, shall deliver up its dead; which spiritual death is
  hell; wherefore, death and hell must deliver up their dead, and hell
  must deliver up its captive spirits, and the grave must deliver up its
  captive bodies, and the bodies and the spirits of men will be restored
  one to the other; and it is by the power of the resurrection of the
  Holy One of Israel.

  2ND NEPHI 9:13.  O how great the plan of our God!  For on the other
  hand, the paradise of God must deliver up the spirits of the righteous,
  and the grave deliver up the body of the righteous; and the spirit and
  the body is restored to itself again, and all men become incorruptible,
  and immortal, and they are living souls, having a perfect knowledge
  like unto us in the flesh, save it be that our knowledge shall be
  perfect.

  2ND NEPHI 9:14.  Wherefore, we shall have a perfect knowledge of all
  our guilt, and our uncleanness, and our nakedness; and the righteous
  shall have a perfect knowledge of their enjoyment, and their
  righteousness, being clothed with purity, yea, even with the robe of
  righteousness.

  2ND NEPHI 9:15.  And it shall come to pass that when all men shall have
  passed from this first death unto life, insomuch as they have become
  immortal, they must appear before the judgment-seat of the Holy One of
  Israel; and then cometh the judgment, and then must they be judged
  according to the holy judgment of God.

  2ND NEPHI 9:16.  And assuredly, as the Lord liveth, for the Lord God
  hath spoken it, and it is his eternal word, which cannot pass away,
  that they who are righteous shall be righteous still, and they who are
  filthy shall be filthy still; wherefore, they who are filthy are the
  devil and his angels; and they shall go away into everlasting fire;
  prepared for them; and their torment is as a lake of fire and
  brimstone, whose flame ascendeth up forever and ever and has no end.

  2ND NEPHI 9:17.  O the greatness and the justice of our God!  For he
  executeth all his words, and they have gone forth out of his mouth, and
  his law must be fulfilled.

  2ND NEPHI 9:18.  But, behold, the righteous, the saints of the Holy One
  of Israel, they who have believed in the Holy One of Israel, they who
  have endured the crosses of the world, and despised the shame of it,
  they shall inherit the kingdom of God, which was prepared for them from
  the foundation of the world, and their joy shall be full forever.

  2ND NEPHI 9:19.  O the greatness of the mercy of our God, the Holy One
  of Israel!  For he delivereth his saints from that awful monster the
  devil, and death, and hell, and that lake of fire and brimstone, which
  is endless torment.

  2ND NEPHI 9:20.  O how great the holiness of our God!  For he knoweth
  all things, and there is not anything save he knows it.

  2ND NEPHI 9:21.  And he cometh into the world that he may save all men
  if they will hearken unto his voice; for behold, he suffereth the pains
  of all men, yea, the pains of every living creature, both men, women,
  and children, who belong to the family of Adam.

  2ND NEPHI 9:22.  And he suffereth this that the resurrection might pass
  upon all men, that all might stand before him at the great and judgment
  day.

  2ND NEPHI 9:23.  And he commandeth all men that they must repent, and
  be baptized in his name, having perfect faith in the Holy One of
  Israel, or they cannot be saved in the kingdom of God.

  2ND NEPHI 9:24.  And if they will not repent and believe in his name,
  and be baptized in his name, and endure to the end, they must be
  damned; for the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has spoken it.

  2ND NEPHI 9:25.  Wherefore, he has given a law; and where there is no
  law given there is no punishment; and where there is no punishment
  there is no condemnation; and where there is no condemnation the
  mercies of the Holy One of Israel have claim upon them, because of the
  atonement; for they are delivered by the power of him.

  2ND NEPHI 9:26.  For the atonement satisfieth the demands of his
  justice upon all those who have not the law given to them, that they
  are delivered from that awful monster, death and hell, and the devil,
  and the lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment; and they
  are restored to that God who gave them breath, which is the Holy One of
  Israel.

  2ND NEPHI 9:27.  But wo unto him that has the law given, yea, that has
  all the commandments of God, like unto us, and that transgresseth them,
  and that wasteth the days of his probation, for awful is his state!

  2ND NEPHI 9:28.  O that cunning plan of the evil one!  O the vainness,
  and the frailties, and the foolishness of men!  When they are learned
  they think they are wise, and they hearken not unto the counsel of God,
  for they set it aside, supposing they know of themselves, wherefore,
  their wisdom is foolishness and it profiteth them not.  And they shall
  perish.

  2ND NEPHI 9:29.  But to be learned is good if they hearken unto the
  counsels of God.

  2ND NEPHI 9:30.  But wo unto the rich, who are rich as to the things of
  the world. For because they are rich they despise the poor, and they
  persecute the meek, and their hearts are upon their treasures;
  wherefore, their treasure is their God.  And behold, their treasure
  shall perish with them also.

  2ND NEPHI 9:31.  And wo unto the deaf that will not hear; for they
  shall perish.

  2ND NEPHI 9:32.  Wo unto the blind that will not see; for they shall
  perish also.

  2ND NEPHI 9:33.  Wo unto the uncircumcised of heart, for a knowledge of
  their iniquities shall smite them at the last day.

  2ND NEPHI 9:34.  Wo unto the liar, for he shall be thrust down to hell.

  2ND NEPHI 9:35.  Wo unto the murderer who deliberately killeth, for he
  shall die.

  2ND NEPHI 9:36.  Wo unto them who commit whoredoms, for they shall be
  thrust down to hell.

  2ND NEPHI 9:37.  Yea, wo unto those that worship idols, for the devil
  of all devils delighteth in them.

  2ND NEPHI 9:38.  And, in fine, wo unto all those who die in their sins;
  for they shall return to God, and behold his face, and remain in their
  sins.

  2ND NEPHI 9:39.  O, my beloved brethren, remember the awfulness in
  transgressing against that Holy God, and also the awfulness of yielding
  to the enticings of that cunning one.  Remember, to be carnally-minded
  is death, and to be spiritually-minded is life eternal.

  2ND NEPHI 9:40.  O, my beloved brethren, give ear to my words.
  Remember the greatness of the Holy One of Israel.  Do not say that I
  have spoken hard things against you; for if ye do, ye will revile
  against the truth; for I have spoken the words of your Maker.  I know
  that the words of truth are hard against all uncleanness; but the
  righteous fear them not, for they love the truth and are not shaken.

  2ND NEPHI 9:41.  O then, my beloved brethren, come unto the Lord, the
  Holy One. Remember that his paths are righteous.  Behold, the way for
  man is narrow, but it lieth in a straight course before him, and the
  keeper of the gate is the Holy One of Israel; and he employeth no
  servant there; and there is none other way save it be by the gate; for
  he cannot be deceived, for the Lord God is his name.

  2ND NEPHI 9:42.  And whoso knocketh, to him will he open; and the wise,
  and the learned, and they that are rich, who are puffed up because of
  their learning, and their wisdom, and their riches--yea, they are they
  whom he despiseth; and save they shall cast these things away, and
  consider themselves fools before God, and come down in the depths of
  humility, he will not open unto them.

  2ND NEPHI 9:43.  But the things of the wise and the prudent shall be
  hid from them forever--yea, that happiness which is prepared for the
  saints.

  2ND NEPHI 9:44.  O, my beloved brethren, remember my words.  Behold, I
  take off my garments, and I shake them before you; I pray the God of my
  salvation that he view me with his all-searching eye; wherefore, ye
  shall know at the last day, when all men shall be judged of their
  works, that the God of Israel did witness that I shook your iniquities
  from my soul, and that I stand with brightness before him, and am rid
  of your blood.

  2ND NEPHI 9:45.  O, my beloved brethren, turn away from your sins;
  shake off the chains of him that would bind you fast; come unto that
  God who is the rock of your salvation.

  2ND NEPHI 9:46.  Prepare your souls for that glorious day when justice
  shall be administered unto the righteous, even the day of judgment,
  that ye may not shrink with awful fear; that ye may not remember your
  awful guilt in perfectness, and be constrained to exclaim: Holy, holy
  are thy judgments, O Lord God Almighty--but I know my guilt; I
  transgressed thy law, and my transgressions are mine; and the devil
  hath obtained me, that I am a prey to his awful misery.

  2ND NEPHI 9:47.  But behold, my brethren, is it expedient that I should
  awake you to an awful reality of these things?  Would I harrow up your
  souls if your minds were pure?  Would I be plain unto you according to
  the plainness of the truth if ye were freed from sin?

  2ND NEPHI 9:48.  Behold, if ye were holy I would speak unto you of
  holiness; but as ye are not holy, and ye look upon me as a teacher, it
  must needs be expedient that I teach you the consequences of sin.

  2ND NEPHI 9:49.  Behold, my soul abhorreth sin, and my heart delighteth
  in righteousness; and I will praise the holy name of my God.

  2ND NEPHI 9:50.  Come, my brethren, every one that thirsteth, come ye
  to the waters; and he that hath no money, come buy and eat; yea, come
  buy wine and milk without money and without price.

  2ND NEPHI 9:51.  Wherefore, do not spend money for that which is of no
  worth, nor your labor for that which cannot satisfy.  Hearken
  diligently unto me, and remember the words which I have spoken; and
  come unto the Holy One of Israel, and feast upon that which perisheth
  not, neither can be corrupted, and let your soul delight in fatness.

  2ND NEPHI 9:52.  Behold, my beloved brethren, remember the words of
  your God; pray unto him continually by day, and give thanks unto his
  holy name by night. Let your hearts rejoice.

  2ND NEPHI 9:53.  And behold how great the covenants of the Lord, and
  how great his condescensions unto the children of men; and because of
  his greatness, and his grace and mercy, he has promised unto us that
  our seed shall not utterly be destroyed, according to the flesh, but
  that he would preserve them; and in future generations they shall
  become a righteous branch unto the house of Israel.

  2ND NEPHI 9:54.  And now, my brethren, I would speak unto you more; but
  on the morrow I will declare unto you the remainder of my words.  Amen.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 10
  2ND NEPHI 10:1.  And now I, Jacob, speak unto you again, my beloved
  brethren, concerning this righteous branch of which I have spoken.

  2ND NEPHI 10:2.  For behold, the promises which we have obtained are
  promises unto us according to the flesh; wherefore, as it has been
  shown unto me that many of our children shall perish in the flesh
  because of unbelief, nevertheless, God will be merciful unto many; and
  our children shall be restored, that they may come to that which will
  give them the true knowledge of their Redeemer.

  2ND NEPHI 10:3.  Wherefore, as I said unto you, it must needs be
  expedient that Christ--for in the last night the angel spake unto me
  that this should be his name--should come among the Jews, among those
  who are the more wicked part of the world; and they shall crucify
  him--for thus it behooveth our God, and there is none other nation on
  earth that would crucify their God.
  2ND NEPHI 10:4.  For should the mighty miracles be wrought among other
  nations they would repent, and know that he be their God.

  2ND NEPHI 10:5.  But because of priestcrafts and iniquities, they at
  Jerusalem will stiffen their necks against him, that he be crucified.

  2ND NEPHI 10:6.  Wherefore, because of their iniquities, destructions,
  famines, pestilences, and bloodshed shall come upon them; and they who
  shall not be destroyed shall be scattered among all nations.

  2ND NEPHI 10:7.  But behold, thus saith the Lord God: When the day
  cometh that they shall believe in me, that I am Christ, then have I
  covenanted with their fathers that they shall be restored in the flesh,
  upon the earth, unto the lands of their inheritance.

  2ND NEPHI 10:8.  And it shall come to pass that they shall be gathered
  in from their long dispersion, from the isles of the sea, and from the
  four parts of the earth; and the nations of the Gentiles shall be great
  in the eyes of me, saith God, in carrying them forth to the lands of
  their inheritance.

  2ND NEPHI 10:9.  Yea, the kings of the Gentiles shall be nursing
  fathers unto them, and their queens shall become nursing mothers;
  wherefore, the promises of the Lord are great unto the Gentiles, for he
  hath spoken it, and who can dispute?

  2ND NEPHI 10:10.  But behold, this land, said God, shall be a land of
  thine inheritance, and the Gentiles shall be blessed upon the land.

  2ND NEPHI 10:11.  And this land shall be a land of liberty unto the
  Gentiles, and there shall be no kings upon the land, who shall raise up
  unto the Gentiles.

  2ND NEPHI 10:12.  And I will fortify this land against all other
  nations.

  2ND NEPHI 10:13.  And he that fighteth against Zion shall perish, saith
  God.

  2ND NEPHI 10:14.  For he that raiseth up a king against me shall
  perish, for I, the Lord, the king of heaven, will be their king, and I
  will be a light unto them forever, that hear my words.

  2ND NEPHI 10:15.  Wherefore, for this cause, that my covenants may be
  fulfilled which I have made unto the children of men, that I will do
  unto them while they are in the flesh, I must needs destroy the secret
  works of darkness, and of murders, and of abominations.

  2ND NEPHI 10:16.  Wherefore, he that fighteth against Zion, both Jew
  and Gentile, both bond and free, both male and female, shall perish;
  for they are they who are the whore of all the earth; for they who are
  not for me are against me, saith our God.

  2ND NEPHI 10:17.  For I will fulfil my promises which I have made unto
  the children of men, that I will do unto them while they are in the
  flesh--

  2ND NEPHI 10:18.  Wherefore, my beloved brethren, thus saith our God: I
  will afflict thy seed by the hand of the Gentiles; nevertheless, I will
  soften the hearts of the Gentiles, that they shall be like unto a
  father to them; wherefore, the Gentiles shall be blessed and numbered
  among the house of Israel.

  2ND NEPHI 10:19.  Wherefore, I will consecrate this land unto thy seed,
  and them who shall be numbered among thy seed, forever, for the land of
  their inheritance; for it is a choice land, saith God unto me, above
  all other lands, wherefore I will have all men that dwell thereon that
  they shall worship me, saith God.

  2ND NEPHI 10:20.  And now, my beloved brethren, seeing that our
  merciful God has given us so great knowledge concerning these things,
  let us remember him, and lay aside our sins, and not hang down our
  heads, for we are not cast off; nevertheless, we have been driven out
  of the land of our inheritance; but we have been led to a better land,
  for the Lord has made the sea our path, and we are upon an isle of the
  sea.

  2ND NEPHI 10:21.  But great are the promises of the Lord unto them who
  are upon the isles of the sea; wherefore as it says isles, there must
  needs be more than this, and they are inhabited also by our brethren.

  2ND NEPHI 10:22.  For behold, the Lord God has led away from time to
  time from the house of Israel, according to his will and pleasure.  And
  now behold, the Lord remembereth all them who have been broken off,
  wherefore he remembereth us also.

  2ND NEPHI 10:23.  Therefore, cheer up your hearts, and remember that ye
  are free to act for yourselves--to choose the way of everlasting death
  or the way of eternal life.

  2ND NEPHI 10:24.  Wherefore, my beloved brethren, reconcile yourselves
  to the will of God, and not to the will of the devil and the flesh; and
  remember, after ye are reconciled unto God, that it is only in and
  through the grace of God that ye are saved.

  2ND NEPHI 10:25.  Wherefore, may God raise you from death by the power
  of the resurrection, and also from everlasting death by the power of
  the atonement, that ye may be received into the eternal kingdom of God,
  that ye may praise him through grace divine.  Amen.
  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 11
  2ND NEPHI 11:1.  And now, Jacob spake many more things to my people at
  that time; nevertheless only these things have I caused to be written,
  for the things which I have written sufficeth me.

  2ND NEPHI 11:2.  And now I, Nephi, write more of the words of Isaiah,
  for my soul delighteth in his words.  For I will liken his words unto
  my people, and I will send them forth unto all my children, for he
  verily saw my Redeemer, even as I have seen him.

  2ND NEPHI 11:3.  And my brother, Jacob, also has seen him as I have
  seen him; wherefore, I will send their words forth unto my children to
  prove unto them that my words are true.  Wherefore, by the words of
  three, God hath said, I will establish my word.  Nevertheless, God
  sendeth more witnesses, and he proveth all his words.

  2ND NEPHI 11:4.  Behold, my soul delighteth in proving unto my people
  the truth of the coming of Christ; for, for this end hath the law of
  Moses been given; and all things which have been given of God from the
  beginning of the world, unto man, are the typifying of him.

  2ND NEPHI 11:5.  And also my soul delighteth in the covenants of the
  Lord which he hath made to our fathers; yea, my soul delighteth in his
  grace, and in his justice, and power, and mercy in the great and
  eternal plan of deliverance from death.

  2ND NEPHI 11:6.  And my soul delighteth in proving unto my people that
  save Christ should come all men must perish.

  2ND NEPHI 11:7.  For if there be no Christ there be no God; and if
  there be no God we are not, for there could have been no creation.  But
  there is a God, and he is Christ, and he cometh in the fulness of his
  own time.

  2ND NEPHI 11:8.  And now I write some of the words of Isaiah, that
  whoso of my people shall see these words may lift up their hearts and
  rejoice for all men. Now these are the words, and ye may liken them
  unto you and unto all men.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 12
  2ND NEPHI 12:1.  The word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw concerning
  Judah and Jerusalem:

  2ND NEPHI 12:2.  And it shall come to pass in the last days, when the
  mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the
  mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall
  flow unto it.

  2ND NEPHI 12:3.  And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us
  go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob;
  and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths; for
  out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from
  Jerusalem.

  2ND NEPHI 12:4.  And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke
  many people: and they shall beat their swords into plow-shares, and
  their spears into pruning-hooks--nation shall not lift up sword against
  nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

  2ND NEPHI 12:5.  O house of Jacob, come ye and let us walk in the light
  of the Lord; yea, come, for ye have all gone astray, every one to his
  wicked ways.

  2ND NEPHI 12:6.  Therefore, O Lord, thou hast forsaken thy people, the
  house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and hearken
  unto soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in
  the children of strangers.

  2ND NEPHI 12:7.  Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is
  there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses,
  neither is there any end of their chariots.

  2ND NEPHI 12:8.  Their land is also full of idols; they worship the
  work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.

  2ND NEPHI 12:9.  And the mean man boweth not down, and the great man
  humbleth himself not, therefore, forgive him not.

  2ND NEPHI 12:10.  O ye wicked ones, enter into the rock, and hide thee
  in the dust, for the fear of the Lord and the glory of his majesty
  shall smite thee.

  2ND NEPHI 12:11.  And it shall come to pass that the lofty looks of man
  shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and
  the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

  2ND NEPHI 12:12.  For the day of the Lord of Hosts soon cometh upon all
  nations, yea, upon every one; yea, upon the proud and lofty, and upon
  every one who is lifted up, and he shall be brought low.

  2ND NEPHI 12:13.  Yea, and the day of the Lord shall come upon all the
  cedars of Lebanon, for they are high and lifted up; and upon all the
  oaks of Bashan;

  2ND NEPHI 12:14.  And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the
  hills, and upon all the nations which are lifted up, and upon every
  people;

  2ND NEPHI 12:15.  And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced
  wall;

  2ND NEPHI 12:16.  And upon all the ships of the sea, and upon all the
  ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

  2ND NEPHI 12:17.  And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the
  haughtiness of men shall be made low; and the Lord alone shall be
  exalted in that day.

  2ND NEPHI 12:18.  And the idols he shall utterly abolish.

  2ND NEPHI 12:19.  And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and
  into the caves of the earth, for the fear of the Lord shall come upon
  them and the glory of his majesty shall smite them, when he ariseth to
  shake terribly the earth.

  2ND NEPHI 12:20.  In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and
  his idols of gold, which he hath made for himself to worship, to the
  moles and to the bats;

  2ND NEPHI 12:21.  To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops
  of the ragged rocks, for the fear of the Lord shall come upon them and
  the majesty of his glory shall smite them, when he ariseth to shake
  terribly the earth.

  2ND NEPHI 12:22.  Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils;
  for wherein is he to be accounted of?

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 13
  2ND NEPHI 13:1.  For behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, doth take
  away from Jerusalem, and from Judah, the stay and the staff, the whole
  staff of bread, and the whole stay of water--

  2ND NEPHI 13:2.  The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the
  prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient;

  2ND NEPHI 13:3.  The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the
  counselor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

  2ND NEPHI 13:4.  And I will give children unto them to be their
  princes, and babes shall rule over them.

  2ND NEPHI 13:5.  And the people shall be oppressed, every one by
  another, and every one by his neighbor; the child shall behave himself
  proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honorable.

  2ND NEPHI 13:6.  When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house
  of his father, and shall say: Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler,
  and let not this ruin come under thy hand--

  2ND NEPHI 13:7.  In that day shall he swear, saying: I will not be a
  healer; for in my house there is neither bread nor clothing; make me
  not a ruler of the people.

  2ND NEPHI 13:8.  For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen, because
  their tongues and their doings have been against the Lord, to provoke
  the eyes of his glory.

  2ND NEPHI 13:9.  The show of their countenance doth witness against
  them, and doth declare their sin to be even as Sodom, and they cannot
  hide it.  Wo unto their souls, for they have rewarded evil unto
  themselves!

  2ND NEPHI 13:10.  Say unto the righteous that it is well with them; for
  they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

  2ND NEPHI 13:11.  Wo unto the wicked, for they shall perish; for the
  reward of their hands shall be upon them!

  2ND NEPHI 13:12.  And my people, children are their oppressors, and
  women rule over them.  O my people, they who lead thee cause thee to
  err and destroy the way of thy paths.

  2ND NEPHI 13:13.  The Lord standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge
  the people.

  2ND NEPHI 13:14.  The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients
  of his people and the princes thereof; for ye have eaten up the
  vineyard and the spoil of the poor in your houses.

  2ND NEPHI 13:15.  What mean ye?  Ye beat my people to pieces, and grind
  the faces of the poor, saith the Lord God of Hosts.

  2ND NEPHI 13:16.  Moreover, the Lord saith: Because the daughters of
  Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched-forth necks and wanton eyes,
  walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet--

  2ND NEPHI 13:17.  Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown
  of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their
  secret parts.

  2ND NEPHI 13:18.  In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of
  their tinkling ornaments, and cauls, and round tires like the moon;

  2ND NEPHI 13:19.  The chains and the bracelets, and the mufflers;

  2ND NEPHI 13:20.  The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the
  headbands, and the tablets, and the ear-rings;

  2ND NEPHI 13:21.  The rings, and nose jewels;
  2ND NEPHI 13:22.  The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and
  the wimples, and the crisping-pins;

  2ND NEPHI 13:23.  The glasses, and the fine linen, and hoods, and the
  veils.

  2ND NEPHI 13:24.  And it shall come to pass, instead of sweet smell
  there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle, a rent; and instead of
  well set hair, baldness; and instead of a stomacher, a girding of
  sackcloth; burning instead of beauty.

  2ND NEPHI 13:25.  Thy men shall fall by the sword and thy mighty in the
  war.

  2ND NEPHI 13:26.  And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall
  be desolate, and shall sit upon the ground.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 14
  2ND NEPHI 14:1.  And in that day, seven women shall take hold of one
  man, saying: We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel; only
  let us be called by thy name to take away our reproach.

  2ND NEPHI 14:2.  In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful
  and glorious; the fruit of the earth excellent and comely to them that
  are escaped of Israel.

  2ND NEPHI 14:3.  And it shall come to pass, they that are left in Zion
  and remain in Jerusalem shall be called holy, every one that is written
  among the living in Jerusalem--

  2ND NEPHI 14:4.  When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the
  daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from
  the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of
  burning.

  2ND NEPHI 14:5.  And the Lord will create upon every dwelling-place of
  mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the
  shining of a flaming fire by night; for upon all the glory of Zion
  shall be a defence.
  2ND NEPHI 14:6.  And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the
  daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and a covert from
  storm and from rain.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 15
  2ND NEPHI 15:1.  And then will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my
  beloved, touching his vineyard.  My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a
  very fruitful hill.

  2ND NEPHI 15:2.  And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof,
  and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst
  of it, and also made a wine-press therein; and he looked that it should
  bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

  2ND NEPHI 15:3.  And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah,
  judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

  2ND NEPHI 15:4.  What could have been done more to my vineyard that I
  have not done in it?  Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring
  forth grapes it brought forth wild grapes.

  2ND NEPHI 15:5.  And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my
  vineyard--I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up;
  and I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down;

  2ND NEPHI 15:6.  And I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor
  digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns; I will also command
  the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

  2ND NEPHI 15:7.  For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of
  Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant; and he looked for
  judgment, and behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry.

  2ND NEPHI 15:8.  Wo unto them that join house to house, till there can
  be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

  2ND NEPHI 15:9.  In mine ears, said the Lord of Hosts, of a truth many
  houses shall be desolate, and great and fair cities without inhabitant.

  2ND NEPHI 15:10.  Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and
  the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.

  2ND NEPHI 15:11.  Wo unto them that rise up early in the morning, that
  they may follow strong drink, that continue until night, and wine
  inflame them!

  2ND NEPHI 15:12.  And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and
  wine are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of the Lord,
  neither consider the operation of his hands.

  2ND NEPHI 15:13.  Therefore, my people are gone into captivity, because
  they have no knowledge; and their honorable men are famished, and their
  multitude dried up with thirst.

  2ND NEPHI 15:14.  Therefore, hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her
  mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their
  pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

  2ND NEPHI 15:15.  And the mean man shall be brought down, and the
  mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be
  humbled.

  2ND NEPHI 15:16.  But the Lord of Hosts shall be exalted in judgment,
  and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

  2ND NEPHI 15:17.  Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the
  waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

  2ND NEPHI 15:18.  Wo unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity,
  and sin as it were with a cart rope;

  2ND NEPHI 15:19.  That say: Let him make speed, hasten his work, that
  we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh
  and come, that we may know it.

  2ND NEPHI 15:20.  Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil, that
  put darkness for light, and light for darkness, that put bitter for
  sweet, and sweet for bitter!

  2ND NEPHI 15:21.  Wo unto the wise in their own eyes and prudent in
  their own sight!

  2ND NEPHI 15:22.  Wo unto the mighty to drink wine, and men of strength
  to mingle strong drink;

  2ND NEPHI 15:23.  Who justify the wicked for reward, and take away the
  righteousness of the righteous from him!

  2ND NEPHI 15:24.  Therefore, as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the
  flame consumeth the chaff, their root shall be rottenness, and their
  blossoms shall go up as dust; because they have cast away the law of
  the Lord of Hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

  2ND NEPHI 15:25.  Therefore, is the anger of the Lord kindled against
  his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath
  smitten them; and the hills did tremble, and their carcasses were torn
  in the midst of the streets.  For all this his anger is not turned
  away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  2ND NEPHI 15:26.  And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from
  far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth; and behold,
  they shall come with speed swiftly; none shall be weary nor stumble
  among them.

  2ND NEPHI 15:27.  None shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the
  girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be
  broken;

  2ND NEPHI 15:28.  Whose arrows shall be sharp, and all their bows bent,
  and their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels
  like a whirlwind, their roaring like a lion.

  2ND NEPHI 15:29.  They shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall
  roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry away safe, and none
  shall deliver.

  2ND NEPHI 15:30.  And in that day they shall roar against them like the
  roaring of the sea; and if they look unto the land, behold, darkness
  and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 16
  2ND NEPHI 16:1.  In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw also the Lord
  sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the
  temple.

  2ND NEPHI 16:2.  Above it stood the seraphim; each one had six wings;
  with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and
  with twain he did fly.

  2ND NEPHI 16:3.  And one cried unto another, and said: Holy, holy,
  holy, is the Lord of Hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.

  2ND NEPHI 16:4.  And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him
  that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

  2ND NEPHI 16:5.  Then said I: Wo is unto me!  for I am undone; because
  I am a man of unclean lips; and I dwell in the midst of a people of
  unclean lips; for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts.

  2ND NEPHI 16:6.  Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live
  coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar;

  2ND NEPHI 16:7.  And he laid it upon my mouth, and said: Lo, this has
  touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

  2ND NEPHI 16:8.  Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: Whom shall
  I send, and who will go for us?  Then I said: Here am I; send me.

  2ND NEPHI 16:9.  And he said: Go and tell this people--Hear ye indeed,
  but they understood not; and see ye indeed, but they perceived not.

  2ND NEPHI 16:10.  Make the heart of this people fat, and make their
  ears heavy, and shut their eyes--lest they see with their eyes, and
  hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted
  and be healed.

  2ND NEPHI 16:11.  Then said I: Lord, how long?  And he said: Until the
  cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and
  the land be utterly desolate;
  2ND NEPHI 16:12.  And the Lord have removed men far away, for there
  shall be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.

  2ND NEPHI 16:13.  But yet there shall be a tenth, and they shall
  return, and shall be eaten, as a teil-tree, and as an oak whose
  substance is in them when they cast their leaves; so the holy seed
  shall be the substance thereof.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 17
  2ND NEPHI 17:1.  And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of
  Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin, king of Syria,
  and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem
  to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

  2ND NEPHI 17:2.  And it was told the house of David, saying: Syria is
  confederate with Ephraim.  And his heart was moved, and the heart of
  his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.

  2ND NEPHI 17:3.  Then said the Lord unto Isaiah: Go forth now to meet
  Ahaz, thou and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the
  upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;

  2ND NEPHI 17:4.  And say unto him: Take heed, and be quiet; fear not,
  neither be faint-hearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands,
  for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

  2ND NEPHI 17:5.  Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have
  taken evil counsel against thee, saying:

  2ND NEPHI 17:6.  Let us go up against Judah and vex it, and let us make
  a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, yea, the
  son of Tabeal.

  2ND NEPHI 17:7.  Thus saith the Lord God: It shall not stand, neither
  shall it come to pass.

  2ND NEPHI 17:8.  For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of
  Damascus, Rezin; and within three score and five years shall Ephraim be
  broken that it be not a people.
  2ND NEPHI 17:9.  And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of
  Samaria is Remaliah's son.  If ye will not believe surely ye shall not
  be established.

  2ND NEPHI 17:10.  Moreover, the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying:

  2ND NEPHI 17:11.  Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in
  the depths, or in the heights above.

  2ND NEPHI 17:12.  But Ahaz said: I will not ask, neither will I tempt
  the Lord.

  2ND NEPHI 17:13.  And he said: Hear ye now, O house of David; is it a
  small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

  2ND NEPHI 17:14.  Therefore, the Lord himself shall give you a
  sign--Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and shall bear a son, and shall
  call his name Immanuel.

  2ND NEPHI 17:15.  Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to
  refuse the evil and to choose the good.

  2ND NEPHI 17:16.  For before the child shall know to refuse the evil
  and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of
  both her kings.

  2ND NEPHI 17:17.  The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people,
  and upon thy father's house, days that have not come from the day that
  Ephraim departed from Judah, the king of Assyria.

  2ND NEPHI 17:18.  And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord
  shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of Egypt, and for
  the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

  2ND NEPHI 17:19.  And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in
  the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all
  thorns, and upon all bushes.

  2ND NEPHI 17:20.  In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor
  that is hired, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the
  head, and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.

  2ND NEPHI 17:21.  And it shall come to pass in that day, a man shall
  nourish a young cow and two sheep;

  2ND NEPHI 17:22.  And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk
  they shall give he shall eat butter; for butter and honey shall every
  one eat that is left in the land.

  2ND NEPHI 17:23.  And it shall come to pass in that day, every place
  shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings,
  which shall be for briers and thorns.

  2ND NEPHI 17:24.  With arrows and with bows shall men come thither,
  because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

  2ND NEPHI 17:25.  And all hills that shall be digged with the mattock,
  there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns; but it
  shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and the treading of lesser
  cattle.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 18
  2ND NEPHI 18:1.  Moreover, the word of the Lord said unto me: Take thee
  a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen, concerning
  Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

  2ND NEPHI 18:2.  And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah
  the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

  2ND NEPHI 18:3.  And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived and
  bare a son. Then said the Lord to me: Call his name,
  Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

  2ND NEPHI 18:4.  For behold, the child shall not have knowledge to cry,
  My father, and my mother, before the riches of Damascus and the spoil
  of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.

  2ND NEPHI 18:5.  The Lord spake also unto me again, saying:

  2ND NEPHI 18:6.  Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of
  Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

  2ND NEPHI 18:7.  Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them
  the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria and
  all his glory; and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over
  all his banks.

  2ND NEPHI 18:8.  And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and
  go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his
  wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.

  2ND NEPHI 18:9.  Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be
  broken in pieces; and give ear all ye of far countries; gird
  yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye
  shall be broken in pieces.

  2ND NEPHI 18:10.  Take counsel together, and it shall come to naught;
  speak the word, and it shall not stand; for God is with us.

  2ND NEPHI 18:11.  For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and
  instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:

  2ND NEPHI 18:12.  Say ye not, A confederacy, to all to whom this people
  shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

  2ND NEPHI 18:13.  Sanctify the Lord of Hosts himself, and let him be
  your fear, and let him be your dread.

  2ND NEPHI 18:14.  And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of
  stumbling, and for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for
  a gin and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

  2ND NEPHI 18:15.  And many among them shall stumble and fall, and be
  broken, and be snared, and be taken.

  2ND NEPHI 18:16.  Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my
  disciples.

  2ND NEPHI 18:17.  And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face
  from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

  2ND NEPHI 18:18.  Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given
  me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of Hosts,
  which dwelleth in Mount Zion.

  2ND NEPHI 18:19.  And when they shall say unto you: Seek unto them that
  have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep and mutter--should
  not a people seek unto their God for the living to hear from the dead?

  2ND NEPHI 18:20.  To the law and to the testimony; and if they speak
  not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

  2ND NEPHI 18:21.  And they shall pass through it hardly bestead and
  hungry; and it shall come to pass that when they shall be hungry, they
  shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look
  upward.

  2ND NEPHI 18:22.  And they shall look unto the earth and behold
  trouble, and darkness, dimness of anguish, and shall be driven to
  darkness.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 19
  2ND NEPHI 19:1.  Nevertheless, the dimness shall not be such as was in
  her vexation, when at first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun,
  and the land of Naphtali, and afterwards did more grievously afflict by
  the way of the Red Sea beyond Jordan in Galilee of the nations.

  2ND NEPHI 19:2.  The people that walked in darkness have seen a great
  light; they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them
  hath the light shined.

  2ND NEPHI 19:3.  Thou hast multiplied the nation, and increased the
  joy--they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men
  rejoice when they divide the spoil.

  2ND NEPHI 19:4.  For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the
  staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor.

  2ND NEPHI 19:5.  For every battle of the warrior is with confused
  noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and
  fuel of fire.

  2ND NEPHI 19:6.  For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given;
  and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be
  called, Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father,
  The Prince of Peace.

  2ND NEPHI 19:7.  Of the increase of government and peace there is no
  end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom to order it, and to
  establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth, even
  forever.  The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform this.

  2ND NEPHI 19:8.  The Lord sent his word unto Jacob and it hath lighted
  upon Israel.

  2ND NEPHI 19:9.  And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the
  inhabitants of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart:

  2ND NEPHI 19:10.  The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with
  hewn stones; the sycamores are cut down, but we will change them into
  cedars.

  2ND NEPHI 19:11.  Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of
  Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;

  2ND NEPHI 19:12.  The Syrians before and the Philistines behind; and
  they shall devour Israel with open mouth.  For all this his anger is
  not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  2ND NEPHI 19:13.  For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth
  them, neither do they seek the Lord of Hosts.

  2ND NEPHI 19:14.  Therefore will the Lord cut off from Israel head and
  tail, branch and rush in one day.

  2ND NEPHI 19:15.  The ancient, he is the head; and the prophet that
  teacheth lies, he is the tail.

  2ND NEPHI 19:16.  For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and
  they that are led of them are destroyed.

  2ND NEPHI 19:17.  Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young
  men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows; for every
  one of them is a hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh
  folly.  For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is
  stretched out still.

  2ND NEPHI 19:18.  For wickedness burneth as the fire; it shall devour
  the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forests,
  and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.

  2ND NEPHI 19:19.  Through the wrath of the Lord of Hosts is the land
  darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire; no man shall
  spare his brother.

  2ND NEPHI 19:20.  And he shall snatch on the right hand and be hungry;
  and he shall eat on the left hand and they shall not be satisfied; they
  shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm--

  2ND NEPHI 19:21.  Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; they
  together shall be against Judah.  For all this his anger is not turned
  away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 20
  2ND NEPHI 20:1.  Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and
  that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

  2ND NEPHI 20:2.  To turn away the needy from judgment, and to take away
  the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey,
  and that they may rob the fatherless!

  2ND NEPHI 20:3.  And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in
  the desolation which shall come from far?  to whom will ye flee for
  help?  and where will ye leave your glory?

  2ND NEPHI 20:4.  Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners,
  and they shall fall under the slain.  For all this his anger is not
  turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  2ND NEPHI 20:5.  O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in
  their hand is their indignation.

  2ND NEPHI 20:6.  I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and
  against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge to take the
  spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of
  the streets.

  2ND NEPHI 20:7.  Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart
  think so; but in his heart it is to destroy and cut off nations not a
  few.

  2ND NEPHI 20:8.  For he saith: Are not my princes altogether kings?

  2ND NEPHI 20:9.  Is not Calno as Carchemish?  Is not Hamath as Arpad?
  Is not Samaria as Damascus?

  2ND NEPHI 20:10.  As my hand hath founded the kingdoms of the idols,
  and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

  2ND NEPHI 20:11.  Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her
  idols, so do to Jerusalem and to her idols?

  2ND NEPHI 20:12.  Wherefore it shall come to pass that when the Lord
  hath performed his whole work upon Mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I
  will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and
  the glory of his high looks.

  2ND NEPHI 20:13.  For he saith: By the strength of my hand and by my
  wisdom I have done these things; for I am prudent; and I have moved the
  borders of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put
  down the inhabitants like a valiant man;

  2ND NEPHI 20:14.  And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the
  people; and as one gathereth eggs that are left have I gathered all the
  earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or
  peeped.

  2ND NEPHI 20:15.  Shall the ax boast itself against him that heweth
  therewith?  Shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it?
  As if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as
  if the staff should lift up itself as if it were no wood!

  2ND NEPHI 20:16.  Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, send
  among his fat ones, leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a
  burning like the burning of a fire.

  2ND NEPHI 20:17.  And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his
  Holy One for a flame, and shall burn and shall devour his thorns and
  his briers in one day;

  2ND NEPHI 20:18.  And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his
  fruitful field, both soul and body; and they shall be as when a
  standard-bearer fainteth.

  2ND NEPHI 20:19.  And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few,
  that a child may write them.

  2ND NEPHI 20:20.  And it shall come to pass in that day, that the
  remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall
  no more again stay upon him that smote them, but shall stay upon the
  Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

  2ND NEPHI 20:21.  The remnant shall return, yea, even the remnant of
  Jacob, unto the mighty God.

  2ND NEPHI 20:22.  For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the
  sea, yet a remnant of them shall return; the consumption decreed shall
  overflow with righteousness.

  2ND NEPHI 20:23.  For the Lord God of Hosts shall make a consumption,
  even determined in all the land.

  2ND NEPHI 20:24.  Therefore, thus saith the Lord God of Hosts: O my
  people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian; he shall
  smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after
  the manner of Egypt.

  2ND NEPHI 20:25.  For yet a very little while, and the indignation
  shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.
  2ND NEPHI 20:26.  And the Lord of Hosts shall stir up a scourge for him
  according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and as his
  rod was upon the sea so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.

  2ND NEPHI 20:27.  And it shall come to pass in that day that his burden
  shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy
  neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

  2ND NEPHI 20:28.  He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at
  Michmash he hath laid up his carriages.

  2ND NEPHI 20:29.  They are gone over the passage; they have taken up
  their lodging at Geba; Ramath is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

  2ND NEPHI 20:30.  Lift up the voice, O daughter of Gallim; cause it to
  be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.

  2ND NEPHI 20:31.  Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather
  themselves to flee.
  2ND NEPHI 20:32.  As yet shall he remain at Nob that day; he shall
  shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of
  Jerusalem.

  2ND NEPHI 20:33.  Behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts shall lop the
  bough with terror; and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down; and
  the haughty shall be humbled.

  2ND NEPHI 20:34.  And he shall cut down the thickets of the forests
  with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 21
  2ND NEPHI 21:1.  And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of
  Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.

  2ND NEPHI 21:2.  And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the
  spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might,
  the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

  2ND NEPHI 21:3.  And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear
  of the Lord; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes,
  neither reprove after the hearing of his ears.

  2ND NEPHI 21:4.  But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and
  reprove with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the
  earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall
  he slay the wicked.

  2ND NEPHI 21:5.  And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins,
  and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

  2ND NEPHI 21:6.  The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the
  leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion
  and fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

  2ND NEPHI 21:7.  And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones
  shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

  2ND NEPHI 21:8.  And the suckling child shall play on the hole of the
  asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den.

  2ND NEPHI 21:9.  They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy
  mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as
  the waters cover the sea.

  2ND NEPHI 21:10.  And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which
  shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek;
  and his rest shall be glorious.

  2ND NEPHI 21:11.  And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord
  shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his
  people which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from
  Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from
  Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

  2ND NEPHI 21:12.  And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and
  shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the
  dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

  2ND NEPHI 21:13.  The envy of Ephraim also shall depart, and the
  adversaries of Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not envy Judah,
  and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

  2ND NEPHI 21:14.  But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the
  Philistines towards the west; they shall spoil them of the east
  together; they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the
  children of Ammon shall obey them.

  2ND NEPHI 21:15.  And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the
  Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind he shall shake his hand over the
  river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over
  dry shod.

  2ND NEPHI 21:16.  And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his
  people which shall be left, from Assyria, like as it was to Israel in
  the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 22
  2ND NEPHI 22:1.  And in that day thou shalt say: O Lord, I will praise
  thee; though thou wast angry with me thine anger is turned away, and
  thou comfortedst me.

  2ND NEPHI 22:2.  Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be
  afraid; for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also has
  become my salvation.

  2ND NEPHI 22:3.  Therefore, with joy shall ye draw water out of the
  wells of salvation.

  2ND NEPHI 22:4.  And in that day shall ye say: Praise the Lord, call
  upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that
  his name is exalted.

  2ND NEPHI 22:5.  Sing unto the Lord; for he hath done excellent things;
  this is known in all the earth.

  2ND NEPHI 22:6.  Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great
  is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 23
  2ND NEPHI 23:1.  The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz
  did see.

  2ND NEPHI 23:2.  Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the
  voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the
  nobles.

  2ND NEPHI 23:3.  I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also
  called my mighty ones, for mine anger is not upon them that rejoice in
  my highness.

  2ND NEPHI 23:4.  The noise of the multitude in the mountains like as of
  a great people, a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered
  together, the Lord of Hosts mustereth the hosts of the battle.

  2ND NEPHI 23:5.  They come from a far country, from the end of heaven,
  yea, the Lord, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole
  land.

  2ND NEPHI 23:6.  Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall
  come as a destruction from the Almighty.

  2ND NEPHI 23:7.  Therefore shall all hands be faint, every man's heart
  shall melt;

  2ND NEPHI 23:8.  And they shall be afraid; pangs and sorrows shall take
  hold of them; they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be
  as flames.

  2ND NEPHI 23:9.  Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with
  wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate; and he shall destroy
  the sinners thereof out of it.

  2ND NEPHI 23:10.  For the stars of heaven and the constellations
  thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in his
  going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

  2ND NEPHI 23:11.  And I will punish the world for evil, and the wicked
  for their iniquity; I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease,
  and will lay down the haughtiness of the terrible.

  2ND NEPHI 23:12.  I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even
  a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

  2ND NEPHI 23:13.  Therefore, I will shake the heavens, and the earth
  shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of Hosts, and
  in the day of his fierce anger.

  2ND NEPHI 23:14.  And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep
  that no man taketh up; and they shall every man turn to his own people,
  and flee every one into his own land.

  2ND NEPHI 23:15.  Every one that is proud shall be thrust through; yea,
  and every one that is joined to the wicked shall fall by the sword.

  2ND NEPHI 23:16.  Their children, also shall be dashed to pieces before
  their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled and their wives ravished.

  2ND NEPHI 23:17.  Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which
  shall not regard silver and gold, nor shall they delight in it.

  2ND NEPHI 23:18.  Their bows shall also dash the young men to pieces,
  and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall
  not spare children.

  2ND NEPHI 23:19.  And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the
  Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and
  Gomorrah.

  2ND NEPHI 23:20.  It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be
  dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch
  tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

  2ND NEPHI 23:21.  But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and
  their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell
  there, and satyrs shall dance there.

  2ND NEPHI 23:22.  And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their
  desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces; and her time is
  near to come, and her day shall not be prolonged.  For I will destroy
  her speedily; yea, for I will be merciful unto my people, but the
  wicked shall perish.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 24
  2ND NEPHI 24:1.  For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet
  choose Israel, and set them in their own land; and the strangers shall
  be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

  2ND NEPHI 24:2.  And the people shall take them and bring them to their
  place; yea, from far unto the ends of the earth; and they shall return
  to their lands of promise.  And the house of Israel shall possess them,
  and the land of the Lord shall be for servants and handmaids; and they
  shall take them captives unto whom they were captives; and they shall
  rule over their oppressors.

  2ND NEPHI 24:3.  And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord
  shall give thee rest, from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the
  hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve.

  2ND NEPHI 24:4.  And it shall come to pass in that day, that thou shalt
  take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say: How hath the
  oppressor ceased, the golden city ceased!

  2ND NEPHI 24:5.  The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, the
  scepters of the rulers.

  2ND NEPHI 24:6.  He who smote the people in wrath with a continual
  stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none
  hindereth.

  2ND NEPHI 24:7.  The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet; they break
  forth into singing.

  2ND NEPHI 24:8.  Yea, the fir-trees rejoice at thee, and also the
  cedars of Lebanon, saying: Since thou art laid down no feller is come
  up against us.

  2ND NEPHI 24:9.  Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at
  thy coming; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones
  of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the
  nations.

  2ND NEPHI 24:10.  All they shall speak and say unto thee: Art thou also
  become weak as we?  Art thou become like unto us?

  2ND NEPHI 24:11.  Thy pomp is brought down to the grave; the noise of
  thy viols is not heard; the worm is spread under thee, and the worms
  cover thee.

  2ND NEPHI 24:12.  How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of
  the morning!  Art thou cut down to the ground, which did weaken the
  nations!

  2ND NEPHI 24:13.  For thou hast said in thy heart: I will ascend into
  heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will sit also
  upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north;

  2ND NEPHI 24:14.  I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will
  be like the Most High.
  2ND NEPHI 24:15.  Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides
  of the pit.

  2ND NEPHI 24:16.  They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and
  shall consider thee, and shall say: Is this the man that made the earth
  to tremble, that did shake kingdoms?

  2ND NEPHI 24:17.  And made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the
  cities thereof, and opened not the house of his prisoners?

  2ND NEPHI 24:18.  All the kings of the nations, yea, all of them, lie
  in glory, every one of them in his own house.

  2ND NEPHI 24:19.  But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable
  branch, and the remnant of those that are slain, thrust through with a
  sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcass trodden
  under feet.

  2ND NEPHI 24:20.  Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because
  thou hast destroyed thy land and slain thy people; the seed of
  evil-doers shall never be renowned.

  2ND NEPHI 24:21.  Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquities
  of their fathers, that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill
  the face of the world with cities.

  2ND NEPHI 24:22.  For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of
  Hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and
  nephew, saith the Lord.

  2ND NEPHI 24:23.  I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and
  pools of water; and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction,
  saith the Lord of Hosts.

  2ND NEPHI 24:24.  The Lord of Hosts hath sworn, saying: Surely as I
  have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so
  shall it stand--

  2ND NEPHI 24:25.  That I will bring the Assyrian in my land, and upon
  my mountains tread him under foot; then shall his yoke depart from off
  them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.

  2ND NEPHI 24:26.  This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole
  earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all nations.

  2ND NEPHI 24:27.  For the Lord of Hosts hath purposed, and who shall
  disannul?  And his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

  2ND NEPHI 24:28.  In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.

  2ND NEPHI 24:29.  Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of
  him that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent's root shall come
  forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

  2ND NEPHI 24:30.  And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the
  needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine,
  and he shall slay thy remnant.

  2ND NEPHI 24:31.  Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art
  dissolved; for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall
  be alone in his appointed times.

  2ND NEPHI 24:32.  What shall then answer the messengers of the nations?
  That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust
  in it.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 25
  2ND NEPHI 25:1.  Now I, Nephi, do speak somewhat concerning the words
  which I have written, which have been spoken by the mouth of Isaiah.
  For behold, Isaiah spake many things which were hard for many of my
  people to understand; for they know not concerning the manner of
  prophesying among the Jews.

  2ND NEPHI 25:2.  For I, Nephi, have not taught them many things
  concerning the manner of the Jews; for their works were works of
  darkness, and their doings were doings of abominations.

  2ND NEPHI 25:3.  Wherefore, I write unto my people, unto all those that
  shall receive hereafter these things which I write, that they may know
  the judgments of God, that they come upon all nations, according to the
  word which he hath spoken.

  2ND NEPHI 25:4.  Wherefore, hearken, O my people, which are of the
  house of Israel, and give ear unto my words; for because the words of
  Isaiah are not plain unto you, nevertheless they are plain unto all
  those that are filled with the spirit of prophecy.  But I give unto you
  a prophecy, according to the spirit which is in me; wherefore I shall
  prophesy according to the plainness which hath been with me from the
  time that I came out from Jerusalem with my father; for behold, my soul
  delighteth in plainness unto my people, that they may learn.

  2ND NEPHI 25:5.  Yea, and my soul delighteth in the words of Isaiah,
  for I came out from Jerusalem, and mine eyes hath beheld the things of
  the Jews, and I know that the Jews do understand the things of the
  prophets, and there is none other people that understand the things
  which were spoken unto the Jews like unto them, save it be that they
  are taught after the manner of the things of the Jews.

  2ND NEPHI 25:6.  But behold, I, Nephi, have not taught my children
  after the manner of the Jews; but behold, I, of myself, have dwelt at
  Jerusalem, wherefore I know concerning the regions round about; and I
  have made mention unto my children concerning the judgments of God,
  which hath come to pass among the Jews, unto my children, according to
  all that which Isaiah hath spoken, and I do not write them.

  2ND NEPHI 25:7.  But behold, I proceed with mine own prophecy,
  according to my plainness; in the which I know that no man can err;
  nevertheless, in the days that the prophecies of Isaiah shall be
  fulfilled men shall know of a surety, at the times when they shall come
  to pass.

  2ND NEPHI 25:8.  Wherefore, they are of worth unto the children of men,
  and he that supposeth that they are not, unto them will I speak
  particularly, and confine the words unto mine own people; for I know
  that they shall be of great worth unto them in the last days; for in
  that day shall they understand them; wherefore, for their good have I
  written them.

  2ND NEPHI 25:9.  And as one generation hath been destroyed among the
  Jews because of iniquity, even so have they been destroyed from
  generation to generation according to their iniquities; and never hath
  any of them been destroyed save it were foretold them by the prophets
  of the Lord.

  2ND NEPHI 25:10.  Wherefore, it hath been told them concerning the
  destruction which should come upon them, immediately after my father
  left Jerusalem; nevertheless, they hardened their hearts; and according
  to my prophecy they have been destroyed, save it be those which are
  carried away captive into Babylon.

  2ND NEPHI 25:11.  And now this I speak because of the spirit which is
  in me.  And notwithstanding they have been carried away they shall
  return again, and possess the land of Jerusalem; wherefore, they shall
  be restored again to the land of their inheritance.

  2ND NEPHI 25:12.  But, behold, they shall have wars, and rumors of
  wars; and when the day cometh that the Only Begotten of the Father,
  yea, even the Father of heaven and of earth, shall manifest himself
  unto them in the flesh, behold, they will reject him, because of their
  iniquities, and the hardness of their hearts, and the stiffness of
  their necks.

  2ND NEPHI 25:13.  Behold, they will crucify him; and after he is laid
  in a sepulchre for the space of three days he shall rise from the dead,
  with healing in his wings; and all those who shall believe on his name
  shall be saved in the kingdom of God.  Wherefore, my soul delighteth to
  prophesy concerning him, for I have seen his day, and my heart doth
  magnify his holy name.

  2ND NEPHI 25:14.  And behold it shall come to pass that after the
  Messiah hath risen from the dead, and hath manifested himself unto his
  people, unto as many as will believe on his name, behold, Jerusalem
  shall be destroyed again; for wo unto them that fight against God and
  the people of his church.

  2ND NEPHI 25:15.  Wherefore, the Jews shall be scattered among all
  nations; yea, and also Babylon shall be destroyed; wherefore, the Jews
  shall be scattered by other nations.

  2ND NEPHI 25:16.  And after they have been scattered, and the Lord God
  hath scourged them by other nations for the space of many generations,
  yea, even down from generation to generation until they shall be
  persuaded to believe in Christ, the Son of God, and the atonement,
  which is infinite for all mankind--and when that day shall come that
  they shall believe in Christ, and worship the Father in his name, with
  pure hearts and clean hands, and look not forward any more for another
  Messiah, then, at that time, the day will come that it must needs be
  expedient that they should believe these things.

  2ND NEPHI 25:17.  And the Lord will set his hand again the second time
  to restore his people from their lost and fallen state.  Wherefore, he
  will proceed to do a marvelous work and a wonder among the children of
  men.

  2ND NEPHI 25:18.  Wherefore, he shall bring forth his words unto them,
  which words shall judge them at the last day, for they shall be given
  them for the purpose of convincing them of the true Messiah, who was
  rejected by them; and unto the convincing of them that they need not
  look forward any more for a Messiah to come, for there should not any
  come, save it should be a false Messiah which should deceive the
  people; for there is save one Messiah spoken of by the prophets, and
  that Messiah is he who should be rejected of the Jews.

  2ND NEPHI 25:19.  For according to the words of the prophets, the
  Messiah cometh in six hundred years from the time that my father left
  Jerusalem; and according to the words of the prophets, and also the
  word of the angel of God, his name shall be Jesus Christ, the Son of
  God.

  2ND NEPHI 25:20.  And now, my brethren, I have spoken plainly that ye
  cannot err.  And as the Lord God liveth that brought Israel up out of
  the land of Egypt, and gave unto Moses power that he should heal the
  nations after they had been bitten by the poisonous serpents, if they
  would cast their eyes unto the serpent which he did raise up before
  them, and also gave him power that he should smite the rock and the
  water should come forth; yea, behold I say unto you, that as these
  things are true, and as the Lord God liveth, there is none other name
  given under heaven save it be this Jesus Christ, of which I have
  spoken, whereby man can be saved.
  2ND NEPHI 25:21.  Wherefore, for this cause hath the Lord God promised
  unto me that these things which I write shall be kept and preserved,
  and handed down unto my seed, from generation to generation, that the
  promise may be fulfilled unto Joseph, that his seed should never perish
  as long as the earth should stand.

  2ND NEPHI 25:22.  Wherefore, these things shall go from generation to
  generation as long as the earth shall stand; and they shall go
  according to the will and pleasure of God; and the nations who shall
  possess them shall be judged of them according to the words which are
  written.

  2ND NEPHI 25:23.  For we labor diligently to write, to persuade our
  children, and also our brethren, to believe in Christ, and to be
  reconciled to God; for we know that it is by grace that we are saved,
  after all we can do.

  2ND NEPHI 25:24.  And, notwithstanding we believe in Christ, we keep
  the law of Moses, and look forward with steadfastness unto Christ,
  until the law shall be fulfilled.

  2ND NEPHI 25:25.  For, for this end was the law given; wherefore the
  law hath become dead unto us, and we are made alive in Christ because
  of our faith; yet we keep the law because of the commandments.

  2ND NEPHI 25:26.  And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we
  preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our
  prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for
  a remission of their sins.

  2ND NEPHI 25:27.  Wherefore, we speak concerning the law that our
  children may know the deadness of the law; and they, by knowing the
  deadness of the law, may look forward unto that life which is in
  Christ, and know for what end the law was given.  And after the law is
  fulfilled in Christ, that they need not harden their hearts against him
  when the law ought to be done away.

  2ND NEPHI 25:28.  And now behold, my people, ye are a stiffnecked
  people; wherefore, I have spoken plainly unto you, that ye cannot
  misunderstand.  And the words which I have spoken shall stand as a
  testimony against you; for they are sufficient to teach any man the
  right way; for the right way is to believe in Christ and deny him not;
  for by denying him ye also deny the prophets and the law.

  2ND NEPHI 25:29.  And now behold, I say unto you that the right way is
  to believe in Christ, and deny him not; and Christ is the Holy One of
  Israel; wherefore ye must bow down before him, and worship him with all
  your might, mind, and strength, and your whole soul; and if ye do this
  ye shall in nowise be cast out.

  2ND NEPHI 25:30.  And, inasmuch as it shall be expedient, ye must keep
  the performances and ordinances of God until the law shall be fulfilled
  which was given unto Moses.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 26
  2ND NEPHI 26:1.  And after Christ shall have risen from the dead he
  shall show himself unto you, my children, and my beloved brethren; and
  the words which he shall speak unto you shall be the law which ye shall
  do.
  2ND NEPHI 26:2.  For behold, I say unto you that I have beheld that
  many generations shall pass away, and there shall be great wars and
  contentions among my people.

  2ND NEPHI 26:3.  And after the Messiah shall come there shall be signs
  given unto my people of his birth, and also of his death and
  resurrection; and great and terrible shall that day be unto the wicked,
  for they shall perish; and they perish because they cast out the
  prophets, and the saints, and stone them, and slay them; wherefore the
  cry of the blood of the saints shall ascend up to God from the ground
  against them.

  2ND NEPHI 26:4.  Wherefore, all those who are proud, and that do
  wickedly, the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of
  Hosts, for they shall be as stubble.

  2ND NEPHI 26:5.  And they that kill the prophets, and the saints, the
  depths of the earth shall swallow them up, saith the Lord of Hosts; and
  mountains shall cover them, and whirlwinds shall carry them away, and
  buildings shall fall upon them and crush them to pieces and grind them
  to powder.

  2ND NEPHI 26:6.  And they shall be visited with thunderings, and
  lightnings, and earthquakes, and all manner of destructions, for the
  fire of the anger of the Lord shall be kindled against them, and they
  shall be as stubble, and the day that cometh shall consume them, saith
  the Lord of Hosts.

  2ND NEPHI 26:7.  O the pain, and the anguish of my soul for the loss of
  the slain of my people!  For I, Nephi, have seen it, and it well nigh
  consumeth me before the presence of the Lord; but I must cry unto my
  God: Thy ways are just.

  2ND NEPHI 26:8.  But behold, the righteous that hearken unto the words
  of the prophets, and destroy them not, but look forward unto Christ
  with steadfastness for the signs which are given, notwithstanding all
  persecution--behold, they are they which shall not perish.

  2ND NEPHI 26:9.  But the Son of righteousness shall appear unto them;
  and he shall heal them, and they shall have peace with him, until three
  generations shall have passed away, and many of the fourth generation
  shall have passed away in righteousness.

  2ND NEPHI 26:10.  And when these things have passed away a speedy
  destruction cometh unto my people; for, notwithstanding the pains of my
  soul, I have seen it; wherefore, I know that it shall come to pass; and
  they sell themselves for naught; for, for the reward of their pride and
  their foolishness they shall reap destruction; for because they yield
  unto the devil and choose works of darkness rather than light,
  therefore they must go down to hell.

  2ND NEPHI 26:11.  For the Spirit of the Lord will not always strive
  with man.  And when the Spirit ceaseth to strive with man then cometh
  speedy destruction, and this grieveth my soul.

  2ND NEPHI 26:12.  And as I spake concerning the convincing of the Jews,
  that Jesus is the very Christ, it must needs be that the Gentiles be
  convinced also that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God;

  2ND NEPHI 26:13.  And that he manifesteth himself unto all those who
  believe in him, by the power of the Holy Ghost; yea, unto every nation,
  kindred, tongue, and people, working mighty miracles, signs, and
  wonders, among the children of men according to their faith.

  2ND NEPHI 26:14.  But behold, I prophesy unto you concerning the last
  days; concerning the days when the Lord God shall bring these things
  forth unto the children of men.

  2ND NEPHI 26:15.  After my seed and the seed of my brethren shall have
  dwindled in unbelief, and shall have been smitten by the Gentiles; yea,
  after the Lord God shall have camped against them round about, and
  shall have laid siege against them with a mount, and raised forts
  against them; and after they shall have been brought down low in the
  dust, even that they are not, yet the words of the righteous shall be
  written, and the prayers of the faithful shall be heard, and all those
  who have dwindled in unbelief shall not be forgotten.

  2ND NEPHI 26:16.  For those who shall be destroyed shall speak unto
  them out of the ground, and their speech shall be low out of the dust,
  and their voice shall be as one that hath a familiar spirit; for the
  Lord God will give unto him power, that he may whisper concerning them,
  even as it were out of the ground; and their speech shall whisper out
  of the dust.

  2ND NEPHI 26:17.  For thus saith the Lord God: They shall write the
  things which shall be done among them, and they shall be written and
  sealed up in a book, and those who have dwindled in unbelief shall not
  have them, for they seek to destroy the things of God.

  2ND NEPHI 26:18.  Wherefore, as those who have been destroyed have been
  destroyed speedily; and the multitude of their terrible ones shall be
  as chaff that passeth away--yea, thus saith the Lord God: It shall be
  at an instant, suddenly--

  2ND NEPHI 26:19.  And it shall come to pass, that those who have
  dwindled in unbelief shall be smitten by the hand of the Gentiles.

  2ND NEPHI 26:20.  And the Gentiles are lifted up in the pride of their
  eyes, and have stumbled, because of the greatness of their stumbling
  block, that they have built up many churches; nevertheless, they put
  down the power and miracles of God, and preach up unto themselves their
  own wisdom and their own learning, that they may get gain and grind
  upon the face of the poor.

  2ND NEPHI 26:21.  And there are many churches built up which cause
  envyings, and strifes, and malice.

  2ND NEPHI 26:22.  And there are also secret combinations, even as in
  times of old, according to the combinations of the devil, for he is the
  founder of all these things; yea, the founder of murder, and works of
  darkness; yea, and he leadeth them by the neck with a flaxen cord,
  until he bindeth them with his strong cords forever.

  2ND NEPHI 26:23.  For behold, my beloved brethren, I say unto you that
  the Lord God worketh not in darkness.

  2ND NEPHI 26:24.  He doeth not anything save it be for the benefit of
  the world; for he loveth the world, even that he layeth down his own
  life that he may draw all men unto him.  Wherefore, he commandeth none
  that they shall not partake of his salvation.

  2ND NEPHI 26:25.  Behold, doth he cry unto any, saying: Depart from me?
  Behold, I say unto you, Nay; but he saith: Come unto me all ye ends of
  the earth, buy milk and honey, without money and without price.

  2ND NEPHI 26:26.  Behold, hath he commanded any that they should depart
  out of the synagogues, or out of the houses of worship?  Behold, I say
  unto you, Nay.

  2ND NEPHI 26:27.  Hath he commanded any that they should not partake of
  his salvation? Behold I say unto you, Nay; but he hath given it free
  for all men; and he hath commanded his people that they should persuade
  all men to repentance.

  2ND NEPHI 26:28.  Behold, hath the Lord commanded any that they should
  not partake of his goodness?  Behold I say unto you, Nay; but all men
  are privileged the one like unto the other, and none are forbidden.

  2ND NEPHI 26:29.  He commandeth that there shall be no priestcrafts;
  for, behold priestcrafts are that men preach and set themselves up for
  a light unto the world, that they may get gain and praise of the world;
  but they seek not the welfare of Zion.

  2ND NEPHI 26:30.  Behold, the Lord hath forbidden this thing;
  wherefore, the Lord God hath given a commandment that all men should
  have charity, which charity is love, and except they should have
  charity they were nothing. Wherefore, if they should have charity they
  would not suffer the laborer in Zion to perish.

  2ND NEPHI 26:31.  But the laborer in Zion shall labor for Zion; for if
  they labor for money they shall perish.

  2ND NEPHI 26:32.  And again, the Lord God hath commanded that men
  should not murder; that they should not lie; that they should not
  steal; that they should not take the name of the Lord their God in
  vain; that they should not envy; that they should not have malice; that
  they should not contend one with another; that they should not commit
  whoredoms; and that they should do none of these things; for whoso
  doeth them shall perish.
  2ND NEPHI 26:33.  For none of these iniquities come of the Lord; for he
  doeth that which is good among the children of men; and he doeth
  nothing save it be plain unto the children of men; and he inviteth them
  all to come unto him and partake of his goodness; and he denieth none
  that come unto him, black and white, bond and free, male and female;
  and he remembereth the heathen; and all are alike unto God, both Jew
  and Gentile.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 27
  2ND NEPHI 27:1.  But, behold, in the last days, or in the days of the
  Gentiles--yea, behold all the nations of the Gentiles and also the
  Jews, both those who shall come upon this land and those who shall be
  upon other lands, yea, even upon all the lands of the earth, behold,
  they will be drunken with iniquity and all manner of abominations--

  2ND NEPHI 27:2.  And when that day shall come they shall be visited of
  the Lord of Hosts, with thunder and with earthquake, and with a great
  noise, and with storm, and with tempest, and with the flame of
  devouring fire.
  2ND NEPHI 27:3.  And all the nations that fight against Zion, and that
  distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision; yea, it shall be
  unto them, even as unto a hungry man which dreameth, and behold he
  eateth but he awaketh and his soul is empty; or like unto a thirsty man
  which dreameth, and behold he drinketh but he awaketh and behold he is
  faint, and his soul hath appetite; yea, even so shall the multitude of
  all the nations be that fight against Mount Zion.

  2ND NEPHI 27:4.  For behold, all ye that doeth iniquity, stay
  yourselves and wonder, for ye shall cry out, and cry; yea, ye shall be
  drunken but not with wine, ye shall stagger but not with strong drink.

  2ND NEPHI 27:5.  For behold, the Lord hath poured out upon you the
  spirit of deep sleep.  For behold, ye have closed your eyes, and ye
  have rejected the prophets; and your rulers, and the seers hath he
  covered because of your iniquity.

  2ND NEPHI 27:6.  And it shall come to pass that the Lord God shall
  bring forth unto you the words of a book, and they shall be the words
  of them which have slumbered.

  2ND NEPHI 27:7.  And behold the book shall be sealed; and in the book
  shall be a revelation from God, from the beginning of the world to the
  ending thereof.

  2ND NEPHI 27:8.  Wherefore, because of the things which are sealed up,
  the things which are sealed shall not be delivered in the day of the
  wickedness and abominations of the people.  Wherefore the book shall be
  kept from them.

  2ND NEPHI 27:9.  But the book shall be delivered unto a man, and he
  shall deliver the words of the book, which are the words of those who
  have slumbered in the dust, and he shall deliver these words unto
  another;

  2ND NEPHI 27:10.  But the words which are sealed he shall not deliver,
  neither shall he deliver the book.  For the book shall be sealed by the
  power of God, and the revelation which was sealed shall be kept in the
  book until the own due time of the Lord, that they may come forth; for
  behold, they reveal all things from the foundation of the world unto
  the end thereof.

  2ND NEPHI 27:11.  And the day cometh that the words of the book which
  were sealed shall be read upon the house tops; and they shall be read
  by the power of Christ; and all things shall be revealed unto the
  children of men which ever have been among the children of men, and
  which ever will be even unto the end of the earth.

  2ND NEPHI 27:12.  Wherefore, at that day when the book shall be
  delivered unto the man of whom I have spoken, the book shall be hid
  from the eyes of the world, that the eyes of none shall behold it save
  it be that three witnesses shall behold it, by the power of God,
  besides him to whom the book shall be delivered; and they shall testify
  to the truth of the book and the things therein.

  2ND NEPHI 27:13.  And there is none other which shall view it, save it
  be a few according to the will of God, to bear testimony of his word
  unto the children of men; for the Lord God hath said that the words of
  the faithful should speak as if it were from the dead.
  2ND NEPHI 27:14.  Wherefore, the Lord God will proceed to bring forth
  the words of the book; and in the mouth of as many witnesses as seemeth
  him good will he establish his word; and wo be unto him that rejecteth
  the word of God!

  2ND NEPHI 27:15.  But behold, it shall come to pass that the Lord God
  shall say unto him to whom he shall deliver the book: Take these words
  which are not sealed and deliver them to another, that he may show them
  unto the learned, saying: Read this, I pray thee.  And the learned
  shall say: Bring hither the book, and I will read them.

  2ND NEPHI 27:16.  And now, because of the glory of the world and to get
  gain will they say this, and not for the glory of God.

  2ND NEPHI 27:17.  And the man shall say: I cannot bring the book, for
  it is sealed.

  2ND NEPHI 27:18.  Then shall the learned say: I cannot read it.

  2ND NEPHI 27:19.  Wherefore it shall come to pass, that the Lord God
  will deliver again the book and the words thereof to him that is not
  learned; and the man that is not learned shall say: I am not learned.

  2ND NEPHI 27:20.  Then shall the Lord God say unto him: The learned
  shall not read them, for they have rejected them, and I am able to do
  mine own work; wherefore thou shalt read the words which I shall give
  unto thee.

  2ND NEPHI 27:21.  Touch not the things which are sealed, for I will
  bring them forth in mine own due time; for I will show unto the
  children of men that I am able to do mine own work.

  2ND NEPHI 27:22.  Wherefore, when thou hast read the words which I have
  commanded thee, and obtained the witnesses which I have promised unto
  thee, then shalt thou seal up the book again, and hide it up unto me,
  that I may preserve the words which thou hast not read, until I shall
  see fit in mine own wisdom to reveal all things unto the children of
  men.

  2ND NEPHI 27:23.  For behold, I am God; and I am a God of miracles; and
  I will show unto the world that I am the same yesterday, today, and
  forever; and I work not among the children of men save it be according
  to their faith.

  2ND NEPHI 27:24.  And again it shall come to pass that the Lord shall
  say unto him that shall read the words that shall be delivered him:

  2ND NEPHI 27:25.  Forasmuch as this people draw near unto me with their
  mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their hearts
  far from me, and their fear towards me is taught by the precepts of
  men--

  2ND NEPHI 27:26.  Therefore, I will proceed to do a marvelous work
  among this people, yea, a marvelous work and a wonder, for the wisdom
  of their wise and learned shall perish, and the understanding of their
  prudent shall be hid.

  2ND NEPHI 27:27.  And wo unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel
  from the Lord! And their works are in the dark; and they say: Who seeth
  us, and who knoweth us?  And they also say: Surely, your turning of
  things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay.  But behold,
  I will show unto them, saith the Lord of Hosts, that I know all their
  works.  For shall the work say of him that made it, he made me not?  Or
  shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, he had no
  understanding?

  2ND NEPHI 27:28.  But behold, saith the Lord of Hosts: I will show unto
  the children of men that it is yet a very little while and Lebanon
  shall be turned into a fruitful field; and the fruitful field shall be
  esteemed as a forest.

  2ND NEPHI 27:29.  And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the
  book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of
  darkness.

  2ND NEPHI 27:30.  And the meek also shall increase, and their joy shall
  be in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of
  Israel.

  2ND NEPHI 27:31.  For assuredly as the Lord liveth they shall see that
  the terrible one is brought to naught, and the scorner is consumed, and
  all that watch for iniquity are cut off;

  2ND NEPHI 27:32.  And they that make a man an offender for a word, and
  lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just
  for a thing of naught.

  2ND NEPHI 27:33.  Therefore, thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham,
  concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither
  shall his face now wax pale.

  2ND NEPHI 27:34.  But when he seeth his children, the work of my hands,
  in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy
  One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.

  2ND NEPHI 27:35.  They also that erred in spirit shall come to
  understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 28
  2ND NEPHI 28:1.  And now, behold, my brethren, I have spoken unto you,
  according as the Spirit hath constrained me; wherefore, I know that
  they must surely come to pass.

  2ND NEPHI 28:2.  And the things which shall be written out of the book
  shall be of great worth unto the children of men, and especially unto
  our seed, which is a remnant of the house of Israel.

  2ND NEPHI 28:3.  For it shall come to pass in that day that the
  churches which are built up, and not unto the Lord, when the one shall
  say unto the other: Behold, I, I am the Lord's; and the others shall
  say: I, I am the Lord's; and thus shall every one say that hath built
  up churches, and not unto the Lord--

  2ND NEPHI 28:4.  And they shall contend one with another; and their
  priests shall contend one with another, and they shall teach with their
  learning, and deny the Holy Ghost, which giveth utterance.

  2ND NEPHI 28:5.  And they deny the power of God, the Holy One of
  Israel; and they say unto the people: Hearken unto us, and hear ye our
  precept; for behold there is no God today, for the Lord and the
  Redeemer hath done his work, and he hath given his power unto men;

  2ND NEPHI 28:6.  Behold, hearken ye unto my precept; if they shall say
  there is a miracle wrought by the hand of the Lord, believe it not; for
  this day he is not a God of miracles; he hath done his work.

  2ND NEPHI 28:7.  Yea, and there shall be many which shall say: Eat,
  drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die; and it shall be well with us.

  2ND NEPHI 28:8.  And there shall also be many which shall say: Eat,
  drink, and be merry; nevertheless, fear God--he will justify in
  committing a little sin; yea, lie a little, take the advantage of one
  because of his words, dig a pit for thy neighbor; there is no harm in
  this; and do all these things, for tomorrow we die; and if it so be
  that we are guilty, God will beat us with a few stripes, and at last we
  shall be saved in the kingdom of God.

  2ND NEPHI 28:9.  Yea, and there shall be many which shall teach after
  this manner, false and vain and foolish doctrines, and shall be puffed
  up in their hearts, and shall seek deep to hide their counsels from the
  Lord; and their works shall be in the dark.

  2ND NEPHI 28:10.  And the blood of the saints shall cry from the ground
  against them.

  2ND NEPHI 28:11.  Yea, they have all gone out of the way; they have
  become corrupted.

  2ND NEPHI 28:12.  Because of pride, and because of false teachers, and
  false doctrine, their churches have become corrupted, and their
  churches are lifted up; because of pride they are puffed up.

  2ND NEPHI 28:13.  They rob the poor because of their fine sanctuaries;
  they rob the poor because of their fine clothing; and they persecute
  the meek and the poor in heart, because in their pride they are puffed
  up.

  2ND NEPHI 28:14.  They wear stiff necks and high heads; yea, and
  because of pride, and wickedness, and abominations, and whoredoms, they
  have all gone astray save it be a few, who are the humble followers of
  Christ; nevertheless, they are led, that in many instances they do err
  because they are taught by the precepts of men.

  2ND NEPHI 28:15.  O the wise, and the learned, and the rich, that are
  puffed up in the pride of their hearts, and all those who preach false
  doctrines, and all those who commit whoredoms, and pervert the right
  way of the Lord, wo, wo, wo be unto them, saith the Lord God Almighty,
  for they shall be thrust down to hell!

  2ND NEPHI 28:16.  Wo unto them that turn aside the just for a thing of
  naught and revile against that which is good, and say that it is of no
  worth!  For the day shall come that the Lord God will speedily visit
  the inhabitants of the earth; and in that day that they are fully ripe
  in iniquity they shall perish.

  2ND NEPHI 28:17.  But behold, if the inhabitants of the earth shall
  repent of their wickedness and abominations they shall not be
  destroyed, saith the Lord of Hosts.

  2ND NEPHI 28:18.  But behold, that great and abominable church, the
  whore of all the earth, must tumble to the earth, and great must be the
  fall thereof.

  2ND NEPHI 28:19.  For the kingdom of the devil must shake, and they
  which belong to it must needs be stirred up unto repentance, or the
  devil will grasp them with his everlasting chains, and they be stirred
  up to anger, and perish;

  2ND NEPHI 28:20.  For behold, at that day shall he rage in the hearts
  of the children of men, and stir them up to anger against that which is
  good.

  2ND NEPHI 28:21.  And others will he pacify, and lull them away into
  carnal security, that they will say: All is well in Zion; yea, Zion
  prospereth, all is well--and thus the devil cheateth their souls, and
  leadeth them away carefully down to hell.

  2ND NEPHI 28:22.  And behold, others he flattereth away, and telleth
  them there is no hell; and he saith unto them: I am no devil, for there
  is none--and thus he whispereth in their ears, until he grasps them
  with his awful chains, from whence there is no deliverance.

  2ND NEPHI 28:23.  Yea, they are grasped with death, and hell; and
  death, and hell, and the devil, and all that have been seized therewith
  must stand before the throne of God, and be judged according to their
  works, from whence they must go into the place prepared for them, even
  a lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment.

  2ND NEPHI 28:24.  Therefore, wo be unto him that is at ease in Zion!

  2ND NEPHI 28:25.  Wo be unto him that crieth: All is well!

  2ND NEPHI 28:26.  Yea, wo be unto him that hearkeneth unto the precepts
  of men, and denieth the power of God, and the gift of the Holy Ghost!

  2ND NEPHI 28:27.  Yea, wo be unto him that saith: We have received, and
  we need no more!

  2ND NEPHI 28:28.  And in fine, wo unto all those who tremble, and are
  angry because of the truth of God!  For behold, he that is built upon
  the rock receiveth it with gladness; and he that is built upon a sandy
  foundation trembleth lest he shall fall.

  2ND NEPHI 28:29.  Wo be unto him that shall say: We have received the
  word of God, and we need no more of the word of God, for we have
  enough!

  2ND NEPHI 28:30.  For behold, thus saith the Lord God: I will give unto
  the children of men line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little
  and there a little; and blessed are those who hearken unto my precepts,
  and lend an ear unto my counsel, for they shall learn wisdom; for unto
  him that receiveth I will give more; and from them that shall say, We
  have enough, from them shall be taken away even that which they have.

  2ND NEPHI 28:31.  Cursed is he that putteth his trust in man, or maketh
  flesh his arm, or shall hearken unto the precepts of men, save their
  precepts shall be given by the power of the Holy Ghost.

  2ND NEPHI 28:32.  Wo be unto the Gentiles, saith the Lord God of Hosts!
  For notwithstanding I shall lengthen out mine arm unto them from day to
  day, they will deny me; nevertheless, I will be merciful unto them,
  saith the Lord God, if they will repent and come unto me; for mine arm
  is lengthened out all the day long, saith the Lord God of Hosts.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 29
  2ND NEPHI 29:1.  But behold, there shall be many--at that day when I
  shall proceed to do a marvelous work among them, that I may remember my
  covenants which I have made unto the children of men, that I may set my
  hand again the second time to recover my people, which are of the house
  of Israel;

  2ND NEPHI 29:2.  And also, that I may remember the promises which I
  have made unto thee, Nephi, and also unto thy father, that I would
  remember your seed; and that the words of your seed should proceed
  forth out of my mouth unto your seed; and my words shall hiss forth
  unto the ends of the earth, for a standard unto my people, which are of
  the house of Israel;

  2ND NEPHI 29:3.  And because my words shall hiss forth--many of the
  Gentiles shall say: A Bible!  A Bible!  We have got a Bible, and there
  cannot be any more Bible.

  2ND NEPHI 29:4.  But thus saith the Lord God: O fools, they shall have
  a Bible; and it shall proceed forth from the Jews, mine ancient
  covenant people.  And what thank they the Jews for the Bible which they
  receive from them? Yea, what do the Gentiles mean?  Do they remember
  the travails, and the labors, and the pains of the Jews, and their
  diligence unto me, in bringing forth salvation unto the Gentiles?

  2ND NEPHI 29:5.  O ye Gentiles, have ye remembered the Jews, mine
  ancient covenant people?  Nay; but ye have cursed them, and have hated
  them, and have not sought to recover them.  But behold, I will return
  all these things upon your own heads; for I the Lord have not forgotten
  my people.

  2ND NEPHI 29:6.  Thou fool, that shall say: A Bible, we have got a
  Bible, and we need no more Bible.  Have ye obtained a Bible save it
  were by the Jews?

  2ND NEPHI 29:7.  Know ye not that there are more nations than one?
  Know ye not that I, the Lord your God, have created all men, and that I
  remember those who are upon the isles of the sea; and that I rule in
  the heavens above and in the earth beneath; and I bring forth my word
  unto the children of men, yea, even upon all the nations of the earth?

  2ND NEPHI 29:8.  Wherefore murmur ye, because that ye shall receive
  more of my word? Know ye not that the testimony of two nations is a
  witness unto you that I am God, that I remember one nation like unto
  another?  Wherefore, I speak the same words unto one nation like unto
  another.  And when the two nations shall run together the testimony of
  the two nations shall run together also.

  2ND NEPHI 29:9.  And I do this that I may prove unto many that I am the
  same yesterday, today, and forever; and that I speak forth my words
  according to mine own pleasure.  And because that I have spoken one
  word ye need not suppose that I cannot speak another; for my work is
  not yet finished; neither shall it be until the end of man, neither
  from that time henceforth and forever.

  2ND NEPHI 29:10.  Wherefore, because that ye have a Bible ye need not
  suppose that it contains all my words; neither need ye suppose that I
  have not caused more to be written.

  2ND NEPHI 29:11.  For I command all men, both in the east and in the
  west, and in the north, and in the south, and in the islands of the
  sea, that they shall write the words which I speak unto them; for out
  of the books which shall be written I will judge the world, every man
  according to their works, according to that which is written.

  2ND NEPHI 29:12.  For behold, I shall speak unto the Jews and they
  shall write it; and I shall also speak unto the Nephites and they shall
  write it; and I shall also speak unto the other tribes of the house of
  Israel, which I have led away, and they shall write it; and I shall
  also speak unto all nations of the earth and they shall write it.

  2ND NEPHI 29:13.  And it shall come to pass that the Jews shall have
  the words of the Nephites, and the Nephites shall have the words of the
  Jews; and the Nephites and the Jews shall have the words of the lost
  tribes of Israel; and the lost tribes of Israel shall have the words of
  the Nephites and the Jews.

  2ND NEPHI 29:14.  And it shall come to pass that my people, which are
  of the house of Israel, shall be gathered home unto the lands of their
  possessions; and my word also shall be gathered in one.  And I will
  show unto them that fight against my word and against my people, who
  are of the house of Israel, that I am God, and that I covenanted with
  Abraham that I would remember his seed forever.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 30
  2ND NEPHI 30:1.  And now behold, my beloved brethren, I would speak
  unto you; for I, Nephi, would not suffer that ye should suppose that ye
  are more righteous than the Gentiles shall be.  For behold, except ye
  shall keep the commandments of God ye shall all likewise perish; and
  because of the words which have been spoken ye need not suppose that
  the Gentiles are utterly destroyed.

  2ND NEPHI 30:2.  For behold, I say unto you that as many of the
  Gentiles as will repent are the covenant people of the Lord; and as
  many of the Jews as will not repent shall be cast off; for the Lord
  covenanteth with none save it be with them that repent and believe in
  his Son, who is the Holy One of Israel.

  2ND NEPHI 30:3.  And now, I would prophesy somewhat more concerning the
  Jews and the Gentiles.  For after the book of which I have spoken shall
  come forth, and be written unto the Gentiles, and sealed up again unto
  the Lord, there shall be many which shall believe the words which are
  written; and they shall carry them forth unto the remnant of our seed.

  2ND NEPHI 30:4.  And then shall the remnant of our seed know concerning
  us, how that we came out from Jerusalem, and that they are descendants
  of the Jews.

  2ND NEPHI 30:5.  And the gospel of Jesus Christ shall be declared among
  them; wherefore, they shall be restored unto the knowledge of their
  fathers, and also to the knowledge of Jesus Christ, which was had among
  their fathers.

  2ND NEPHI 30:6.  And then shall they rejoice; for they shall know that
  it is a blessing unto them from the hand of God; and their scales of
  darkness shall begin to fall from their eyes; and many generations
  shall not pass away among them, save they shall be a pure and
  delightsome people.

  2ND NEPHI 30:7.  And it shall come to pass that the Jews which are
  scattered also shall begin to believe in Christ; and they shall begin
  to gather in upon the face of the land; and as many as shall believe in
  Christ shall also become a delightsome people.

  2ND NEPHI 30:8.  And it shall come to pass that the Lord God shall
  commence his work among all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, to
  bring about the restoration of his people upon the earth.

  2ND NEPHI 30:9.  And with righteousness shall the Lord God judge the
  poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth.  And he shall
  smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his
  lips shall he slay the wicked.

  2ND NEPHI 30:10.  For the time speedily cometh that the Lord God shall
  cause a great division among the people, and the wicked will he
  destroy; and he will spare his people, yea, even if it so be that he
  must destroy the wicked by fire.

  2ND NEPHI 30:11.  And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins,
  and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

  2ND NEPHI 30:12.  And then shall the wolf dwell with the lamb; and the
  leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf, and the young lion,
  and the fatling, together; and a little child shall lead them.

  2ND NEPHI 30:13.  And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones
  shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

  2ND NEPHI 30:14.  And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the
  asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den.

  2ND NEPHI 30:15.  They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy
  mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as
  the waters cover the sea.

  2ND NEPHI 30:16.  Wherefore, the things of all nations shall be made
  known; yea, all things shall be made known unto the children of men.

  2ND NEPHI 30:17.  There is nothing which is secret save it shall be
  revealed; there is no work of darkness save it shall be made manifest
  in the light; and there is nothing which is sealed upon the earth save
  it shall be loosed.

  2ND NEPHI 30:18.  Wherefore, all things which have been revealed unto
  the children of men shall at that day be revealed; and Satan shall have
  power over the hearts of the children of men no more, for a long time.
  And now, my beloved brethren, I make an end of my sayings.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 31
  2ND NEPHI 31:1.  And now I, Nephi, make an end of my prophesying unto
  you, my beloved brethren.  And I cannot write but a few things, which I
  know must surely come to pass; neither can I write but a few of the
  words of my brother Jacob.

  2ND NEPHI 31:2.  Wherefore, the things which I have written sufficeth
  me, save it be a few words which I must speak concerning the doctrine
  of Christ; wherefore, I shall speak unto you plainly, according to the
  plainness of my prophesying.

  2ND NEPHI 31:3.  For my soul delighteth in plainness; for after this
  manner doth the Lord God work among the children of men.  For the Lord
  God giveth light unto the understanding; for he speaketh unto men
  according to their language, unto their understanding.

  2ND NEPHI 31:4.  Wherefore, I would that ye should remember that I have
  spoken unto you concerning that prophet which the Lord showed unto me,
  that should baptize the Lamb of God, which should take away the sins of
  the world.

  2ND NEPHI 31:5.  And now, if the Lamb of God, he being holy, should
  have need to be baptized by water, to fulfil all righteousness, O then,
  how much more need have we, being unholy, to be baptized, yea, even by
  water!

  2ND NEPHI 31:6.  And now, I would ask of you, my beloved brethren,
  wherein the Lamb of God did fulfil all righteousness in being baptized
  by water?

  2ND NEPHI 31:7.  Know ye not that he was holy?  But notwithstanding he
  being holy, he showeth unto the children of men that, according to the
  flesh he humbleth himself before the Father, and witnesseth unto the
  Father that he would be obedient unto him in keeping his commandments.

  2ND NEPHI 31:8.  Wherefore, after he was baptized with water the Holy
  Ghost descended upon him in the form of a dove.

  2ND NEPHI 31:9.  And again, it showeth unto the children of men the
  straightness of the path, and the narrowness of the gate, by which they
  should enter, he having set the example before them.

  2ND NEPHI 31:10.  And he said unto the children of men: Follow thou me.
  Wherefore, my beloved brethren, can we follow Jesus save we shall be
  willing to keep the commandments of the Father?

  2ND NEPHI 31:11.  And the Father said: Repent ye, repent ye, and be
  baptized in the name of my Beloved Son.

  2ND NEPHI 31:12.  And also, the voice of the Son came unto me, saying:
  He that is baptized in my name, to him will the Father give the Holy
  Ghost, like unto me; wherefore, follow me, and do the things which ye
  have seen me do.

  2ND NEPHI 31:13.  Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I know that if ye
  shall follow the Son, with full purpose of heart, acting no hypocrisy
  and no deception before God, but with real intent, repenting of your
  sins, witnessing unto the Father that ye are willing to take upon you
  the name of Christ, by baptism--yea, by following your Lord and your
  Savior down into the water, according to his word, behold, then shall
  ye receive the Holy Ghost; yea, then cometh the baptism of fire and of
  the Holy Ghost; and then can ye speak with the tongue of angels, and
  shout praises unto the Holy One of Israel.

  2ND NEPHI 31:14.  But, behold, my beloved brethren, thus came the voice
  of the Son unto me, saying: After ye have repented of your sins, and
  witnessed unto the Father that ye are willing to keep my commandments,
  by the baptism of water, and have received the baptism of fire and of
  the Holy Ghost, and can speak with a new tongue, yea, even with the
  tongue of angels, and after this should deny me, it would have been
  better for you that ye had not known me.

  2ND NEPHI 31:15.  And I heard a voice from the Father, saying: Yea, the
  words of my Beloved are true and faithful.  He that endureth to the
  end, the same shall be saved.

  2ND NEPHI 31:16.  And now, my beloved brethren, I know by this that
  unless a man shall endure to the end, in following the example of the
  Son of the living God, he cannot be saved.

  2ND NEPHI 31:17.  Wherefore, do the things which I have told you I have
  seen that your Lord and your Redeemer should do; for, for this cause
  have they been shown unto me, that ye might know the gate by which ye
  should enter.  For the gate by which ye should enter is repentance and
  baptism by water; and then cometh a remission of your sins by fire and
  by the Holy Ghost.

  2ND NEPHI 31:18.  And then are ye in this strait and narrow path which
  leads to eternal life; yea, ye have entered in by the gate; ye have
  done according to the commandments of the Father and the Son; and ye
  have received the Holy Ghost, which witnesses of the Father and the
  Son, unto the fulfilling of the promise which he hath made, that if ye
  entered in by the way ye should receive.

  2ND NEPHI 31:19.  And now, my beloved brethren, after ye have gotten
  into this strait and narrow path, I would ask if all is done?  Behold,
  I say unto you, Nay; for ye have not come thus far save it were by the
  word of Christ with unshaken faith in him, relying wholly upon the
  merits of him who is mighty to save.

  2ND NEPHI 31:20.  Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness
  in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and
  of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the
  word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father:
  Ye shall have eternal life.

  2ND NEPHI 31:21.  And now, behold, my beloved brethren, this is the
  way; and there is none other way nor name given under heaven whereby
  man can be saved in the kingdom of God.  And now, behold, this is the
  doctrine of Christ, and the only and true doctrine of the Father, and
  of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, which is one God, without end.
  Amen.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 32
  2ND NEPHI 32:1.  And now, behold, my beloved brethren, I suppose that
  ye ponder somewhat in your hearts concerning that which ye should do
  after ye have entered in by the way.  But, behold, why do ye ponder
  these things in your hearts?

  2ND NEPHI 32:2.  Do ye not remember that I said unto you that after ye
  had received the Holy Ghost ye could speak with the tongue of angels?
  And now, how could ye speak with the tongue of angels save it were by
  the Holy Ghost?

  2ND NEPHI 32:3.  Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost;
  wherefore, they speak the words of Christ.  Wherefore, I said unto you,
  feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will
  tell you all things what ye should do.

  2ND NEPHI 32:4.  Wherefore, now after I have spoken these words, if ye
  cannot understand them it will be because ye ask not, neither do ye
  knock; wherefore, ye are not brought into the light, but must perish in
  the dark.

  2ND NEPHI 32:5.  For behold, again I say unto you that if ye will enter
  in by the way, and receive the Holy Ghost, it will show unto you all
  things what ye should do.

  2ND NEPHI 32:6.  Behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and there will
  be no more doctrine given until after he shall manifest himself unto
  you in the flesh.  And when he shall manifest himself unto you in the
  flesh, the things which he shall say unto you shall ye observe to do.

  2ND NEPHI 32:7.  And now I, Nephi, cannot say more; the Spirit stoppeth
  mine utterance, and I am left to mourn because of the unbelief, and the
  wickedness, and the ignorance, and the stiffneckedness of men; for they
  will not search knowledge, nor understand great knowledge, when it is
  given unto them in plainness, even as plain as word can be.

  2ND NEPHI 32:8.  And now, my beloved brethren, I perceive that ye
  ponder still in your hearts; and it grieveth me that I must speak
  concerning this thing.  For if ye would hearken unto the Spirit which
  teacheth a man to pray ye would know that ye must pray; for the evil
  spirit teacheth not a man to pray, but teacheth him that he must not
  pray.

  2ND NEPHI 32:9.  But behold, I say unto you that ye must pray always,
  and not faint; that ye must not perform any thing unto the Lord save in
  the first place ye shall pray unto the Father in the name of Christ,
  that he will consecrate thy performance unto thee, that thy performance
  may be for the welfare of thy soul.

  SECOND BOOK OF NEPHI CHAPTER 33
  2ND NEPHI 33:1.  And now I, Nephi, cannot write all the things which
  were taught among my people; neither am I mighty in writing, like unto
  speaking; for when a man speaketh by the power of the Holy Ghost the
  power of the Holy Ghost carrieth it unto the hearts of the children of
  men.

  2ND NEPHI 33:2.  But behold, there are many that harden their hearts
  against the Holy Spirit, that it hath no place in them; wherefore, they
  cast many things away which are written and esteem them as things of
  naught.

  2ND NEPHI 33:3.  But I, Nephi, have written what I have written, and I
  esteem it as of great worth, and especially unto my people.  For I pray
  continually for them by day, and mine eyes water my pillow by night,
  because of them; and I cry unto my God in faith, and I know that he
  will hear my cry.

  2ND NEPHI 33:4.  And I know that the Lord God will consecrate my
  prayers for the gain of my people.  And the words which I have written
  in weakness will be made strong unto them; for it persuadeth them to do
  good; it maketh known unto them of their fathers; and it speaketh of
  Jesus, and persuadeth them to believe in him, and to endure to the end,
  which is life eternal.

  2ND NEPHI 33:5.  And it speaketh harshly against sin, according to the
  plainness of the truth; wherefore, no man will be angry at the words
  which I have written save he shall be of the spirit of the devil.

  2ND NEPHI 33:6.  I glory in plainness; I glory in truth; I glory in my
  Jesus, for he hath redeemed my soul from hell.

  2ND NEPHI 33:7.  I have charity for my people, and great faith in
  Christ that I shall meet many souls spotless at his judgment-seat.

  2ND NEPHI 33:8.  I have charity for the Jew--I say Jew, because I mean
  them from whence I came.

  2ND NEPHI 33:9.  I also have charity for the Gentiles.  But behold, for
  none of these can I hope except they shall be reconciled unto Christ,
  and enter into the narrow gate, and walk in the strait path which leads
  to life, and continue in the path until the end of the day of
  probation.

  2ND NEPHI 33:10.  And now, my beloved brethren, and also Jew, and all
  ye ends of the earth, hearken unto these words and believe in Christ;
  and if ye believe not in these words believe in Christ.  And if ye
  shall believe in Christ ye will believe in these words, for they are
  the words of Christ, and he hath given them unto me; and they teach all
  men that they should do good.

  2ND NEPHI 33:11.  And if they are not the words of Christ, judge
  ye--for Christ will show unto you, with power and great glory, that
  they are his words, at the last day; and you and I shall stand face to
  face before his bar; and ye shall know that I have been commanded of
  him to write these things, notwithstanding my weakness.

  2ND NEPHI 33:12.  And I pray the Father in the name of Christ that many
  of us, if not all, may be saved in his kingdom at that great and last
  day.

  2ND NEPHI 33:13.  And now, my beloved brethren, all those who are of
  the house of Israel, and all ye ends of the earth, I speak unto you as
  the voice of one crying from the dust: Farewell until that great day
  shall come.
  2ND NEPHI 33:14.  And you that will not partake of the goodness of God,
  and respect the words of the Jews, and also my words, and the words
  which shall proceed forth out of the mouth of the Lamb of God, behold,
  I bid you an everlasting farewell, for these words shall condemn you at
  the last day.

  2ND NEPHI 33:15.  For what I seal on earth, shall be brought against
  you at the judgment bar; for thus hath the Lord commanded me, and I
  must obey. Amen.


                THE BOOK OF JACOB THE BROTHER OF NEPHI
   The words of his preaching unto his brethren.  He confoundeth a man
  who seeketh to overthrow the doctrine of Christ.  A few words
  concerning the history of the people of Nephi.

  BOOK OF JACOB CHAPTER 1
  JACOB 1:1.  For behold, it came to pass that fifty and five years had
  passed away from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem; wherefore, Nephi
  gave me, Jacob, a commandment concerning the small plates, upon which
  these things are engraven.

  JACOB 1:2.  And he gave me, Jacob, a commandment that I should write
  upon these plates a few of the things which I consider to be most
  precious; that I should not touch, save it were lightly, concerning the
  history of this people which are called the people of Nephi.

  JACOB 1:3.  For he said that the history of his people should be
  engraven upon his other plates, and that I should preserve these plates
  and hand them down unto my seed, from generation to generation.

  JACOB 1:4.  And if there were preaching which was sacred, or revelation
  which was great, or prophesying, that I should engraven the heads of
  them upon these plates, and touch upon them as much as it were
  possible, for Christ's sake, and for the sake of our people.

  JACOB 1:5.  For because of faith and great anxiety, it truly had been
  made manifest unto us concerning our people, what things should happen
  unto them.
  JACOB 1:6.  And we also had many revelations, and the spirit of much
  prophecy; wherefore, we knew of Christ and his kingdom, which should
  come.

  JACOB 1:7.  Wherefore we labored diligently among our people, that we
  might persuade them to come unto Christ, and partake of the goodness of
  God, that they might enter into his rest, lest by any means he should
  swear in his wrath they should not enter in, as in the provocation in
  the days of temptation while the children of Israel were in the
  wilderness.

  JACOB 1:8.  Wherefore, we would to God that we could persuade all men
  not to rebel against God, to provoke him to anger, but that all men
  would believe in Christ, and view his death, and suffer his cross and
  bear the shame of the world; wherefore, I, Jacob, take it upon me to
  fulfil the commandment of my brother Nephi.

  JACOB 1:9.  Now Nephi began to be old, and he saw that he must soon
  die; wherefore, he anointed a man to be a king and a ruler over his
  people now, according to the reigns of the kings.

  JACOB 1:10.  The people having loved Nephi exceedingly, he having been
  a great protector for them, having wielded the sword of Laban in their
  defence, and having labored in all his days for their welfare--

  JACOB 1:11.  Wherefore, the people were desirous to retain in
  remembrance his name.  And whoso should reign in his stead were called
  by the people, second Nephi, third Nephi, and so forth, according to
  the reigns of the kings; and thus they were called by the people, let
  them be of whatever name they would.

  JACOB 1:12.  And it came to pass that Nephi died.

  JACOB 1:13.  Now the people which were not Lamanites were Nephites;
  nevertheless, they were called Nephites, Jacobites, Josephites,
  Zoramites, Lamanites, Lemuelites, and Ishmaelites.

  JACOB 1:14.  But I, Jacob, shall not hereafter distinguish them by
  these names, but I shall call them Lamanites that seek to destroy the
  people of Nephi, and those who are friendly to Nephi I shall call
  Nephites, or the people of Nephi, according to the reigns of the kings.

  JACOB 1:15.  And now it came to pass that the people of Nephi, under
  the reign of the second king, began to grow hard in their hearts, and
  indulge themselves somewhat in wicked practices, such as like unto
  David of old desiring many wives and concubines, and also Solomon, his
  son.

  JACOB 1:16.  Yea, and they also began to search much gold and silver,
  and began to be lifted up somewhat in pride.

  JACOB 1:17.  Wherefore I, Jacob, gave unto them these words as I taught
  them in the temple, having first obtained mine errand from the Lord.

  JACOB 1:18.  For I, Jacob, and my brother Joseph had been consecrated
  priests and teachers of this people, by the hand of Nephi.

  JACOB 1:19.  And we did magnify our office unto the Lord, taking upon
  us the responsibility, answering the sins of the people upon our own
  heads if we did not teach them the word of God with all diligence;
  wherefore, by laboring with our might their blood might not come upon
  our garments; otherwise their blood would come upon our garments, and
  we would not be found spotless at the last day.

  BOOK OF JACOB CHAPTER 2
  JACOB 2:1.  The words which Jacob, the brother of Nephi, spake unto the
  people of Nephi, after the death of Nephi:

  JACOB 2:2.  Now, my beloved brethren, I, Jacob, according to the
  responsibility which I am under to God, to magnify mine office with
  soberness, and that I might rid my garments of your sins, I come up
  into the temple this day that I might declare unto you the word of God.

  JACOB 2:3.  And ye yourselves know that I have hitherto been diligent
  in the office of my calling; but I this day am weighed down with much
  more desire and anxiety for the welfare of your souls than I have
  hitherto been.

  JACOB 2:4.  For behold, as yet, ye have been obedient unto the word of
  the Lord, which I have given unto you.

  JACOB 2:5.  But behold, hearken ye unto me, and know that by the help
  of the all-powerful Creator of heaven and earth I can tell you
  concerning your thoughts, how that ye are beginning to labor in sin,
  which sin appeareth very abominable unto me, yea, and abominable unto
  God.

  JACOB 2:6.  Yea, it grieveth my soul and causeth me to shrink with
  shame before the presence of my Maker, that I must testify unto you
  concerning the wickedness of your hearts.

  JACOB 2:7.  And also it grieveth me that I must use so much boldness of
  speech concerning you, before your wives and your children, many of
  whose feelings are exceedingly tender and chaste and delicate before
  God, which thing is pleasing unto God;

  JACOB 2:8.  And it supposeth me that they have come up hither to hear
  the pleasing word of God, yea, the word which healeth the wounded soul.

  JACOB 2:9.  Wherefore, it burdeneth my soul that I should be
  constrained, because of the strict commandment which I have received
  from God, to admonish you according to your crimes, to enlarge the
  wounds of those who are already wounded, instead of consoling and
  healing their wounds; and those who have not been wounded, instead of
  feasting upon the pleasing word of God have daggers placed to pierce
  their souls and wound their delicate minds.

  JACOB 2:10.  But, notwithstanding the greatness of the task, I must do
  according to the strict commands of God, and tell you concerning your
  wickedness and abominations, in the presence of the pure in heart, and
  the broken heart, and under the glance of the piercing eye of the
  Almighty God.

  JACOB 2:11.  Wherefore, I must tell you the truth according to the
  plainness of the word of God.  For behold, as I inquired of the Lord,
  thus came the word unto me, saying:  Jacob, get thou up into the temple
  on the morrow, and declare the word which I shall give thee unto this
  people.

  JACOB 2:12.  And now behold, my brethren, this is the word which I
  declare unto you, that many of you have begun to search for gold, and
  for silver, and for all manner of precious ores, in the which this
  land, which is a land of promise unto you and to your seed, doth abound
  most plentifully.

  JACOB 2:13.  And the hand of providence hath smiled upon you most
  pleasingly, that you have obtained many riches; and because some of you
  have obtained more abundantly than that of your brethren ye are lifted
  up in the pride of your hearts, and wear stiff necks and high heads
  because of the costliness of your apparel, and persecute your brethren
  because ye suppose that ye are better than they.

  JACOB 2:14.  And now, my brethren, do ye suppose that God justifieth
  you in this thing?  Behold, I say unto you, Nay.  But he condemneth
  you, and if ye persist in these things his judgments must speedily come
  unto you.

  JACOB 2:15.  O that he would show you that he can pierce you, and with
  one glance of his eye he can smite you to the dust!
  JACOB 2:16.  O that he would rid you from this iniquity and
  abomination.  And, O that ye would listen unto the word of his
  commands, and let not this pride of your hearts destroy your souls!

  JACOB 2:17.  Think of your brethren like unto yourselves, and be
  familiar with all and free with your substance, that they may be rich
  like unto you.

  JACOB 2:18.  But before ye seek for riches, seek ye for the kingdom of
  God.

  JACOB 2:19.  And after ye have obtained a hope in Christ ye shall
  obtain riches, if ye seek them; and ye will seek them for the intent to
  do good--to clothe the naked, and to feed the hungry, and to liberate
  the captive, and administer relief to the sick and the afflicted.

  JACOB 2:20.  And now, my brethren, I have spoken unto you concerning
  pride; and those of you which have afflicted your neighbor, and
  persecuted him because ye were proud in your hearts, of the things
  which God hath given you, what say ye of it?

  JACOB 2:21.  Do ye not suppose that such things are abominable unto him
  who created all flesh?  And the one being is as precious in his sight
  as the other.  And all flesh is of the dust; and for the selfsame end
  hath he created them, that they should keep his commandments and
  glorify him forever.

  JACOB 2:22.  And now I make an end of speaking unto you concerning this
  pride. And were it not that I must speak unto you concerning a grosser
  crime, my heart would rejoice exceedingly because of you.

  JACOB 2:23.  But the word of God burdens me because of your grosser
  crimes.  For behold, thus saith the Lord: This people begin to wax in
  iniquity; they understand not the scriptures, for they seek to excuse
  themselves in committing whoredoms, because of the things which were
  written concerning David, and Solomon his son.

  JACOB 2:24.  Behold, David and Solomon truly had many wives and
  concubines, which thing was abominable before me, saith the Lord.
  JACOB 2:25.  Wherefore, thus saith the Lord, I have led this people
  forth out of the land of Jerusalem, by the power of mine arm, that I
  might raise up unto me a righteous branch from the fruit of the loins
  of Joseph.

  JACOB 2:26.  Wherefore, I the Lord God will not suffer that this people
  shall do like unto them of old.

  JACOB 2:27.  Wherefore, my brethren, hear me, and hearken to the word
  of the Lord: For there shall not any man among you have save it be one
  wife; and concubines he shall have none;

  JACOB 2:28.  For I, the Lord God, delight in the chastity of women.
  And whoredoms are an abomination before me; thus saith the Lord of
  Hosts.

  JACOB 2:29.  Wherefore, this people shall keep my commandments, saith
  the Lord of Hosts, or cursed be the land for their sakes.

  JACOB 2:30.  For if I will, saith the Lord of Hosts, raise up seed unto
  me, I will command my people; otherwise they shall hearken unto these
  things.

  JACOB 2:31.  For behold, I, the Lord, have seen the sorrow, and heard
  the mourning of the daughters of my people in the land of Jerusalem,
  yea, and in all the lands of my people, because of the wickedness and
  abominations of their husbands.

  JACOB 2:32.  And I will not suffer, saith the Lord of Hosts, that the
  cries of the fair daughters of this people, which I have led out of the
  land of Jerusalem, shall come up unto me against the men of my people,
  saith the Lord of Hosts.

  JACOB 2:33.  For they shall not lead away captive the daughters of my
  people because of their tenderness, save I shall visit them with a sore
  curse, even unto destruction; for they shall not commit whoredoms, like
  unto them of old, saith the Lord of Hosts.

  JACOB 2:34.  And now behold, my brethren, ye know that these
  commandments were given to our father, Lehi; wherefore, ye have known
  them before; and ye have come unto great condemnation; for ye have done
  these things which ye ought not to have done.

  JACOB 2:35.  Behold, ye have done greater iniquities than the
  Lamanites, our brethren.  Ye have broken the hearts of your tender
  wives, and lost the confidence of your children, because of your bad
  examples before them; and the sobbings of their hearts ascend up to God
  against you.  And because of the strictness of the word of God, which
  cometh down against you, many hearts died, pierced with deep wounds.

  BOOK OF JACOB CHAPTER 3
  JACOB 3:1.  But behold, I, Jacob, would speak unto you that are pure in
  heart. Look unto God with firmness of mind, and pray unto him with
  exceeding faith, and he will console you in your afflictions, and he
  will plead your cause, and send down justice upon those who seek your
  destruction.

  JACOB 3:2.  O all ye that are pure in heart, lift up your heads and
  receive the pleasing word of God, and feast upon his love; for ye may,
  if your minds are firm, forever.

  JACOB 3:3.  But, wo, wo, unto you that are not pure in heart, that are
  filthy this day before God; for except ye repent the land is cursed for
  your sakes; and the Lamanites, which are not filthy like unto you,
  nevertheless they are cursed with a sore cursing, shall scourge you
  even unto destruction.

  JACOB 3:4.  And the time speedily cometh, that except ye repent they
  shall possess the land of your inheritance, and the Lord God will lead
  away the righteous out from among you.

  JACOB 3:5.  Behold, the Lamanites your brethren, whom ye hate because
  of their filthiness and the cursing which hath come upon their skins,
  are more righteous than you; for they have not forgotten the
  commandment of the Lord, which was given unto our father--that they
  should have save it were one wife, and concubines they should have
  none, and there should not be whoredoms committed among them.

  JACOB 3:6.  And now, this commandment they observe to keep; wherefore,
  because of this observance, in keeping this commandment, the Lord God
  will not destroy them, but will be merciful unto them; and one day they
  shall become a blessed people.

  JACOB 3:7.  Behold, their husbands love their wives, and their wives
  love their husbands; and their husbands and their wives love their
  children; and their unbelief and their hatred towards you is because of
  the iniquity of their fathers; wherefore, how much better are you than
  they, in the sight of your great Creator?

  JACOB 3:8.  O my brethren, I fear that unless ye shall repent of your
  sins that their skins will be whiter than yours, when ye shall be
  brought with them before the throne of God.

  JACOB 3:9.  Wherefore, a commandment I give unto you, which is the word
  of God, that ye revile no more against them because of the darkness of
  their skins; neither shall ye revile against them because of their
  filthiness; but ye shall remember your own filthiness, and remember
  that their filthiness came because of their fathers.

  JACOB 3:10.  Wherefore, ye shall remember your children, how that ye
  have grieved their hearts because of the example that ye have set
  before them; and also, remember that ye may, because of your
  filthiness, bring your children unto destruction, and their sins be
  heaped upon your heads at the last day.

  JACOB 3:11.  O my brethren, hearken unto my words; arouse the faculties
  of your souls; shake yourselves that ye may awake from the slumber of
  death; and loose yourselves from the pains of hell that ye may not
  become angels to the devil, to be cast into that lake of fire and
  brimstone which is the second death.

  JACOB 3:12.  And now I, Jacob, spake many more things unto the people
  of Nephi, warning them against fornication and lasciviousness, and
  every kind of sin, telling them the awful consequences of them.

  JACOB 3:13.  And a hundredth part of the proceedings of this people,
  which now began to be numerous, cannot be written upon these plates;
  but many of their proceedings are written upon the larger plates, and
  their wars, and their contentions, and the reigns of their kings.
  JACOB 3:14.  These plates are called the plates of Jacob, and they were
  made by the hand of Nephi.  And I make an end of speaking these words.

  BOOK OF JACOB CHAPTER 4
  JACOB 4:1.  Now behold, it came to pass that I, Jacob, having
  ministered much unto my people in word, (and I cannot write but a
  little of my words, because of the difficulty of engraving our words
  upon plates) and we know that the things which we write upon plates
  must remain;

  JACOB 4:2.  But whatsoever things we write upon anything save it be
  upon plates must perish and vanish away; but we can write a few words
  upon plates, which will give our children, and also our beloved
  brethren, a small degree of knowledge concerning us, or concerning
  their fathers--

  JACOB 4:3.  Now in this thing we do rejoice; and we labor diligently to
  engraven these words upon plates, hoping that our beloved brethren and
  our children will receive them with thankful hearts, and look upon them
  that they may learn with joy and not with sorrow, neither with
  contempt, concerning their first parents.

  JACOB 4:4.  For, for this intent have we written these things, that
  they may know that we knew of Christ, and we had a hope of his glory
  many hundred years before his coming; and not only we ourselves had a
  hope of his glory, but also all the holy prophets which were before us.

  JACOB 4:5.  Behold, they believed in Christ and worshiped the Father in
  his name, and also we worship the Father in his name.  And for this
  intent we keep the law of Moses, it pointing our souls to him; and for
  this cause it is sanctified unto us for righteousness, even as it was
  accounted unto Abraham in the wilderness to be obedient unto the
  commands of God in offering up his son Isaac, which is a similitude of
  God and his Only Begotten Son.

  JACOB 4:6.  Wherefore, we search the prophets, and we have many
  revelations and the spirit of prophecy; and having all these witnesses
  we obtain a hope, and our faith becometh unshaken, insomuch that we
  truly can command in the name of Jesus and the very trees obey us, or
  the mountains, or the waves of the sea.

  JACOB 4:7.  Nevertheless, the Lord God showeth us our weakness that we
  may know that it is by his grace, and his great condescensions unto the
  children of men, that we have power to do these things.

  JACOB 4:8.  Behold, great and marvelous are the works of the Lord.  How
  unsearchable are the depths of the mysteries of him; and it is
  impossible that man should find out all his ways.  And no man knoweth
  of his ways save it be revealed unto him; wherefore, brethren, despise
  not the revelations of God.

  JACOB 4:9.  For behold, by the power of his word man came upon the face
  of the earth, which earth was created by the power of his word.
  Wherefore, if God being able to speak and the world was, and to speak
  and man was created, O then, why not able to command the earth, or the
  workmanship of his hands upon the face of it, according to his will and
  pleasure?

  JACOB 4:10.  Wherefore, brethren, seek not to counsel the Lord, but to
  take counsel from his hand.  For behold, ye yourselves know that he
  counseleth in wisdom, and in justice, and in great mercy, over all his
  works.

  JACOB 4:11.  Wherefore, beloved brethren, be reconciled unto him
  through the atonement of Christ, his Only Begotten Son, and ye may
  obtain a resurrection, according to the power of the resurrection which
  is in Christ, and be presented as the first-fruits of Christ unto God,
  having faith, and obtained a good hope of glory in him before he
  manifesteth himself in the flesh.

  JACOB 4:12.  And now, beloved, marvel not that I tell you these things;
  for why not speak of the atonement of Christ, and attain to a perfect
  knowledge of him, as to attain to the knowledge of a resurrection and
  the world to come?

  JACOB 4:13.  Behold, my brethren, he that prophesieth, let him prophesy
  to the understanding of men; for the Spirit speaketh the truth and
  lieth not. Wherefore, it speaketh of things as they really are, and of
  things as they really will be; wherefore, these things are manifested
  unto us plainly, for the salvation of our souls.  But behold, we are
  not witnesses alone in these things; for God also spake them unto
  prophets of old.

  JACOB 4:14.  But behold, the Jews were a stiffnecked people; and they
  despised the words of plainness, and killed the prophets, and sought
  for things that they could not understand.  Wherefore, because of their
  blindness, which blindness came by looking beyond the mark, they must
  needs fall; for God hath taken away his plainness from them, and
  delivered unto them many things which they cannot understand, because
  they desired it.  And because they desired it God hath done it, that
  they may stumble.

  JACOB 4:15.  And now I, Jacob, am led on by the Spirit unto
  prophesying; for I perceive by the workings of the Spirit which is in
  me, that by the stumbling of the Jews they will reject the stone upon
  which they might build and have safe foundation.

  JACOB 4:16.  But behold, according to the scriptures, this stone shall
  become the great, and the last, and the only sure foundation, upon
  which the Jews can build.

  JACOB 4:17.  And now, my beloved, how is it possible that these, after
  having rejected the sure foundation, can ever build upon it, that it
  may become the head of their corner?

  JACOB 4:18.  Behold, my beloved brethren, I will unfold this mystery
  unto you; if I do not, by any means, get shaken from my firmness in the
  Spirit, and stumble because of my over anxiety for you.

  BOOK OF JACOB CHAPTER 5
  JACOB 5:1.  Behold, my brethren, do ye not remember to have read the
  words of the prophet Zenos, which he spake unto the house of Israel,
  saying:

  JACOB 5:2.  Hearken, O ye house of Israel, and hear the words of me, a
  prophet of the Lord.

  JACOB 5:3.  For behold, thus saith the Lord, I will liken thee, O house
  of Israel, like unto a tame olive-tree, which a man took and nourished
  in his vineyard; and it grew, and waxed old, and began to decay.

  JACOB 5:4.  And it came to pass that the master of the vineyard went
  forth, and he saw that his olive-tree began to decay; and he said: I
  will prune it, and dig about it, and nourish it, that perhaps it may
  shoot forth young and tender branches, and it perish not.

  JACOB 5:5.  And it came to pass that he pruned it, and digged about it,
  and nourished it according to his word.

  JACOB 5:6.  And it came to pass that after many days it began to put
  forth somewhat a little, young and tender branches; but behold, the
  main top thereof began to perish.

  JACOB 5:7.  And it came to pass that the master of the vineyard saw it,
  and he said unto his servant: It grieveth me that I should lose this
  tree; wherefore, go and pluck the branches from a wild olive-tree, and
  bring them hither unto me; and we will pluck off those main branches
  which are beginning to wither away, and we will cast them into the fire
  that they may be burned.
  JACOB 5:8.  And behold, saith the Lord of the vineyard, I take away
  many of these young and tender branches, and I will graft them
  whithersoever I will; and it mattereth not that if it so be that the
  root of this tree will perish, I may preserve the fruit thereof unto
  myself; wherefore, I will take these young and tender branches, and I
  will graft them whithersoever I will.

  JACOB 5:9.  Take thou the branches of the wild olive-tree, and graft
  them in, in the stead thereof; and these which I have plucked off I
  will cast into the fire and burn them, that they may not cumber the
  ground of my vineyard.

  JACOB 5:10.  And it came to pass that the servant of the Lord of the
  vineyard did according to the word of the Lord of the vineyard, and
  grafted in the branches of the wild olive-tree.

  JACOB 5:11.  And the Lord of the vineyard caused that it should be
  digged about, and pruned, and nourished, saying unto his servant: It
  grieveth me that I should lose this tree; wherefore, that perhaps I
  might preserve the roots thereof that they perish not, that I might
  preserve them unto myself, I have done this thing.

  JACOB 5:12.  Wherefore, go thy way; watch the tree, and nourish it,
  according to my words.

  JACOB 5:13.  And these will I place in the nethermost part of my
  vineyard, whithersoever I will, it mattereth not unto thee; and I do it
  that I may preserve unto myself the natural branches of the tree; and
  also, that I may lay up fruit thereof against the season, unto myself;
  for it grieveth me that I should lose this tree and the fruit thereof.

  JACOB 5:14.  And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard went his
  way, and hid the natural branches of the tame olive-tree in the
  nethermost parts of the vineyard, some in one and some in another,
  according to his will and pleasure.

  JACOB 5:15.  And it came to pass that a long time passed away, and the
  Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant: Come, let us go down into
  the vineyard, that we may labor in the vineyard.
  JACOB 5:16.  And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard, and
  also the servant, went down into the vineyard to labor.  And it came to
  pass that the servant said unto his master: Behold, look here; behold
  the tree.

  JACOB 5:17.  And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard looked
  and beheld the tree in the which the wild olive branches had been
  grafted; and it had sprung forth and begun to bear fruit.  And he
  beheld that it was good; and the fruit thereof was like unto the
  natural fruit.

  JACOB 5:18.  And he said unto the servant: Behold, the branches of the
  wild tree have taken hold of the moisture of the root thereof, that the
  root thereof hath brought forth much strength; and because of the much
  strength of the root thereof the wild branches have brought forth tame
  fruit.  Now, if we had not grafted in these branches, the tree thereof
  would have perished.  And now, behold, I shall lay up much fruit, which
  the tree thereof hath brought forth; and the fruit thereof I shall lay
  up against the season, unto mine own self.
  JACOB 5:19.  And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said
  unto the servant: Come, let us go to the nethermost part of the
  vineyard, and behold if the natural branches of the tree have not
  brought forth much fruit also, that I may lay up of the fruit thereof
  against the season, unto mine own self.

  JACOB 5:20.  And it came to pass that they went forth whither the
  master had hid the natural branches of the tree, and he said unto the
  servant: Behold these; and he beheld the first that it had brought
  forth much fruit; and he beheld also that it was good.  And he said
  unto the servant: Take of the fruit thereof, and lay it up against the
  season, that I may preserve it unto mine own self; for behold, said he,
  this long time have I nourished it, and it hath brought forth much
  fruit.

  JACOB 5:21.  And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master:
  How comest thou hither to plant this tree, or this branch of the tree?
  For behold, it was the poorest spot in all the land of thy vineyard.

  JACOB 5:22.  And the Lord of the vineyard said unto him: Counsel me
  not; I knew that it was a poor spot of ground; wherefore, I said unto
  thee, I have nourished it this long time, and thou beholdest that it
  hath brought forth much fruit.

  JACOB 5:23.  And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said
  unto his servant: Look hither; behold I have planted another branch of
  the tree also; and thou knowest that this spot of ground was poorer
  than the first.  But, behold the tree.  I have nourished it this long
  time, and it hath brought forth much fruit; therefore, gather it, and
  lay it up against the season, that I may preserve it unto mine own
  self.

  JACOB 5:24.  And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said
  again unto his servant: Look hither, and behold another branch also,
  which I have planted; behold that I have nourished it also, and it hath
  brought forth fruit.

  JACOB 5:25.  And he said unto the servant: Look hither and behold the
  last. Behold, this have I planted in a good spot of ground; and I have
  nourished it this long time, and only a part of the tree hath brought
  forth tame fruit, and the other part of the tree hath brought forth
  wild fruit; behold, I have nourished this tree like unto the others.

  JACOB 5:26.  And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said
  unto the servant: Pluck off the branches that have not brought forth
  good fruit, and cast them into the fire.

  JACOB 5:27.  But behold, the servant said unto him: Let us prune it,
  and dig about it, and nourish it a little longer, that perhaps it may
  bring forth good fruit unto thee, that thou canst lay it up against the
  season.

  JACOB 5:28.  And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard and the
  servant of the Lord of the vineyard did nourish all the fruit of the
  vineyard.

  JACOB 5:29.  And it came to pass that a long time had passed away, and
  the Lord of the vineyard said unto his servant: Come, let us go down
  into the vineyard, that we may labor again in the vineyard.  For
  behold, the time draweth near, and the end soon cometh; wherefore, I
  must lay up fruit against the season, unto mine own self.

  JACOB 5:30.  And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard and the
  servant went down into the vineyard; and they came to the tree whose
  natural branches had been broken off, and the wild branches had been
  grafted in; and behold all sorts of fruit did cumber the tree.

  JACOB 5:31.  And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard did
  taste of the fruit, every sort according to its number.  And the Lord
  of the vineyard said: Behold, this long time have we nourished this
  tree, and I have laid up unto myself against the season much fruit.

  JACOB 5:32.  But behold, this time it hath brought forth much fruit,
  and there is none of it which is good.  And behold, there are all kinds
  of bad fruit; and it profiteth me nothing, notwithstanding all our
  labor; and now it grieveth me that I should lose this tree.

  JACOB 5:33.  And the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: What
  shall we do unto the tree, that I may preserve again good fruit thereof
  unto mine own self?

  JACOB 5:34.  And the servant said unto his master: Behold, because thou
  didst graft in the branches of the wild olive-tree they have nourished
  the roots, that they are alive and they have not perished; wherefore
  thou beholdest that they are yet good.

  JACOB 5:35.  And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said
  unto his servant: The tree profiteth me nothing, and the roots thereof
  profit me nothing so long as it shall bring forth evil fruit.

  JACOB 5:36.  Nevertheless, I know that the roots are good, and for mine
  own purpose I have preserved them; and because of their much strength
  they have hitherto brought forth, from the wild branches, good fruit.

  JACOB 5:37.  But behold, the wild branches have grown and have overrun
  the roots thereof; and because that the wild branches have overcome the
  roots thereof it hath brought forth much evil fruit; and because that
  it hath brought forth so much evil fruit thou beholdest that it
  beginneth to perish; and it will soon become ripened, that it may be
  cast into the fire, except we should do something for it to preserve
  it.

  JACOB 5:38.  And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said
  unto his servant: Let us go down into the nethermost parts of the
  vineyard, and behold if the natural branches have also brought forth
  evil fruit.

  JACOB 5:39.  And it came to pass that they went down into the
  nethermost parts of the vineyard.  And it came to pass that they beheld
  that the fruit of the natural branches had become corrupt also; yea,
  the first and the second and also the last; and they had all become
  corrupt.

  JACOB 5:40.  And the wild fruit of the last had overcome that part of
  the tree which brought forth good fruit, even that the branch had
  withered away and died.

  JACOB 5:41.  And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard wept,
  and said unto the servant: What could I have done more for my vineyard?
  JACOB 5:42.  Behold, I knew that all the fruit of the vineyard, save it
  were these, had become corrupted.  And now these which have once
  brought forth good fruit have also become corrupted; and now all the
  trees of my vineyard are good for nothing save it be to be hewn down
  and cast into the fire.

  JACOB 5:43.  And behold this last, whose branch hath withered away, I
  did plant in a good spot of ground; yea, even that which was choice
  unto me above all other parts of the land of my vineyard.

  JACOB 5:44.  And thou beheldest that I also cut down that which
  cumbered this spot of ground, that I might plant this tree in the stead
  thereof.

  JACOB 5:45.  And thou beheldest that a part thereof brought forth good
  fruit, and a part thereof brought forth wild fruit; and because I
  plucked not the branches thereof and cast them into the fire, behold,
  they have overcome the good branch that it hath withered away.

  JACOB 5:46.  And now, behold, notwithstanding all the care which we
  have taken of my vineyard, the trees thereof have become corrupted,
  that they bring forth no good fruit; and these I had hoped to preserve,
  to have laid up fruit thereof against the season, unto mine own self.
  But, behold, they have become like unto the wild olive-tree, and they
  are of no worth but to be hewn down and cast into the fire; and it
  grieveth me that I should lose them.

  JACOB 5:47.  But what could I have done more in my vineyard?  Have I
  slackened mine hand, that I have not nourished it, Nay, I have
  nourished it, and I have digged about it, and I have pruned it, and I
  have dunged it; and I have stretched forth mine hand almost all the day
  long, and the end draweth nigh.  And it grieveth me that I should hew
  down all the trees of my vineyard, and cast them into the fire that
  they should be burned.  Who is it that has corrupted my vineyard?

  JACOB 5:48.  And it came to pass that the servant said unto his master:
  Is it not the loftiness of thy vineyard--have not the branches thereof
  overcome the roots which are good?  And because the branches have
  overcome the roots thereof, behold they grew faster than the strength
  of the roots, taking strength unto themselves.  Behold, I say, is not
  this the cause that the trees of thy vineyard have become corrupted?

  JACOB 5:49.  And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard said
  unto the servant: Let us go to and hew down the trees of the vineyard
  and cast them into the fire, that they shall not cumber the ground of
  my vineyard, for I have done all.  What could I have done more for my
  vineyard?

  JACOB 5:50.  But, behold, the servant said unto the Lord of the
  vineyard: Spare it a little longer.

  JACOB 5:51.  And the Lord said: Yea, I will spare it a little longer,
  for it grieveth me that I should lose the trees of my vineyard.

  JACOB 5:52.  Wherefore, let us take of the branches of these which I
  have planted in the nethermost parts of my vineyard, and let us graft
  them into the tree from whence they came; and let us pluck from the
  tree those branches whose fruit is most bitter, and graft in the
  natural branches of the tree in the stead thereof.
  JACOB 5:53.  And this will I do that the tree may not perish, that,
  perhaps, I may preserve unto myself the roots thereof for mine own
  purpose.

  JACOB 5:54.  And, behold, the roots of the natural branches of the tree
  which I planted whithersoever I would are yet alive; wherefore, that I
  may preserve them also for mine own purpose, I will take of the
  branches of this tree, and I will graft them in unto them.  Yea, I will
  graft in unto them the branches of their mother tree, that I may
  preserve the roots also unto mine own self, that when they shall be
  sufficiently strong perhaps they may bring forth good fruit unto me,
  and I may yet have glory in the fruit of my vineyard.

  JACOB 5:55.  And it came to pass that they took from the natural tree
  which had become wild, and grafted in unto the natural trees, which
  also had become wild.

  JACOB 5:56.  And they also took of the natural trees which had become
  wild, and grafted into their mother tree.
  JACOB 5:57.  And the Lord of the vineyard said unto the servant: Pluck
  not the wild branches from the trees, save it be those which are most
  bitter; and in them ye shall graft according to that which I have said.

  JACOB 5:58.  And we will nourish again the trees of the vineyard, and
  we will trim up the branches thereof; and we will pluck from the trees
  those branches which are ripened, that must perish, and cast them into
  the fire.

  JACOB 5:59.  And this I do that, perhaps, the roots thereof may take
  strength because of their goodness; and because of the change of the
  branches, that the good may overcome the evil.

  JACOB 5:60.  And because that I have preserved the natural branches and
  the roots thereof, and that I have grafted in the natural branches
  again into their mother tree, and have preserved the roots of their
  mother tree, that, perhaps, the trees of my vineyard may bring forth
  again good fruit; and that I may have joy again in the fruit of my
  vineyard, and, perhaps, that I may rejoice exceedingly that I have
  preserved the roots and the branches of the first fruit--

  JACOB 5:61.  Wherefore, go to, and call servants, that we may labor
  diligently with our might in the vineyard, that we may prepare the way,
  that I may bring forth again the natural fruit, which natural fruit is
  good and the most precious above all other fruit.

  JACOB 5:62.  Wherefore, let us go to and labor with our might this last
  time, for behold the end draweth nigh, and this is for the last time
  that I shall prune my vineyard.

  JACOB 5:63.  Graft in the branches; begin at the last that they may be
  first, and that the first may be last, and dig about the trees, both
  old and young, the first and the last; and the last and the first, that
  all may be nourished once again for the last time.

  JACOB 5:64.  Wherefore, dig about them, and prune them, and dung them
  once more, for the last time, for the end draweth nigh.  And if it be
  so that these last grafts shall grow, and bring forth the natural
  fruit, then shall ye prepare the way for them, that they may grow.
  JACOB 5:65.  And as they begin to grow ye shall clear away the branches
  which bring forth bitter fruit, according to the strength of the good
  and the size thereof; and ye shall not clear away the bad thereof all
  at once, lest the roots thereof should be too strong for the graft, and
  the graft thereof shall perish, and I lose the trees of my vineyard.

  JACOB 5:66.  For it grieveth me that I should lose the trees of my
  vineyard; wherefore ye shall clear away the bad according as the good
  shall grow, that the root and the top may be equal in strength, until
  the good shall overcome the bad, and the bad be hewn down and cast into
  the fire, that they cumber not the ground of my vineyard; and thus will
  I sweep away the bad out of my vineyard.

  JACOB 5:67.  And the branches of the natural tree will I graft in again
  into the natural tree;

  JACOB 5:68.  And the branches of the natural tree will I graft into the
  natural branches of the tree; and thus will I bring them together
  again, that they shall bring forth the natural fruit, and they shall be
  one.

  JACOB 5:69.  And the bad shall be cast away, yea, even out of all the
  land of my vineyard; for behold, only this once will I prune my
  vineyard.

  JACOB 5:70.  And it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard sent his
  servant; and the servant went and did as the Lord had commanded him,
  and brought other servants; and they were few.

  JACOB 5:71.  And the Lord of the vineyard said unto them: Go to, and
  labor in the vineyard, with your might.  For behold, this is the last
  time that I shall nourish my vineyard; for the end is nigh at hand, and
  the season speedily cometh; and if ye labor with your might with me ye
  shall have joy in the fruit which I shall lay up unto myself against
  the time which will soon come.

  JACOB 5:72.  And it came to pass that the servants did go and labor
  with their mights; and the Lord of the vineyard labored also with them;
  and they did obey the commandments of the Lord of the vineyard in all
  things.

  JACOB 5:73.  And there began to be the natural fruit again in the
  vineyard; and the natural branches began to grow and thrive
  exceedingly; and the wild branches began to be plucked off and to be
  cast away; and they did keep the root and the top thereof equal,
  according to the strength thereof.

  JACOB 5:74.  And thus they labored, with all diligence, according to
  the commandments of the Lord of the vineyard, even until the bad had
  been cast away out of the vineyard, and the Lord had preserved unto
  himself that the trees had become again the natural fruit; and they
  became like unto one body; and the fruits were equal; and the Lord of
  the vineyard had preserved unto himself the natural fruit, which was
  most precious unto him from the beginning.

  JACOB 5:75.  And it came to pass that when the Lord of the vineyard saw
  that his fruit was good, and that his vineyard was no more corrupt, he
  called up his servants, and said unto them: Behold, for this last time
  have we nourished my vineyard; and thou beholdest that I have done
  according to my will; and I have preserved the natural fruit, that it
  is good, even like as it was in the beginning.  And blessed art thou;
  for because ye have been diligent in laboring with me in my vineyard,
  and have kept my commandments, and have brought unto me again the
  natural fruit, that my vineyard is no more corrupted, and the bad is
  cast away, behold ye shall have joy with me because of the fruit of my
  vineyard.

  JACOB 5:76.  For behold, for a long time will I lay up of the fruit of
  my vineyard unto mine own self against the season, which speedily
  cometh; and for the last time have I nourished my vineyard, and pruned
  it, and dug about it, and dunged it; wherefore I will lay up unto mine
  own self of the fruit, for a long time, according to that which I have
  spoken.

  JACOB 5:77.  And when the time cometh that evil fruit shall again come
  into my vineyard, then will I cause the good and the bad to be
  gathered; and the good will I preserve unto myself, and the bad will I
  cast away into its own place.  And then cometh the season and the end;
  and my vineyard will I cause to be burned with fire.
  BOOK OF JACOB CHAPTER 6
  JACOB 6:1.  And now, behold, my brethren, as I said unto you that I
  would prophesy, behold, this is my prophecy--that the things which this
  prophet Zenos spake, concerning the house of Israel, in the which he
  likened them unto a tame olive-tree, must surely come to pass.

  JACOB 6:2.  And the day that he shall set his hand again the second
  time to recover his people, is the day, yea, even the last time, that
  the servants of the Lord shall go forth in his power, to nourish and
  prune his vineyard; and after that the end soon cometh.

  JACOB 6:3.  And how blessed are they who have labored diligently in his
  vineyard; and how cursed are they who shall be cast out into their own
  place!  And the world shall be burned with fire.

  JACOB 6:4.  And how merciful is our God unto us, for he remembereth the
  house of Israel, both roots and branches; and he stretches forth his
  hands unto them all the day long; and they are a stiffnecked and a
  gainsaying people; but as many as will not harden their hearts shall be
  saved in the kingdom of God.

  JACOB 6:5.  Wherefore, my beloved brethren, I beseech of you in words
  of soberness that ye would repent, and come with full purpose of heart,
  and cleave unto God as he cleaveth unto you.  And while his arm of
  mercy is extended towards you in the light of the day, harden not your
  hearts.

  JACOB 6:6.  Yea, today, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your
  hearts; for why will ye die?

  JACOB 6:7.  For behold, after ye have been nourished by the good word
  of God all the day long, will ye bring forth evil fruit, that ye must
  be hewn down and cast into the fire?

  JACOB 6:8.  Behold, will ye reject these words?  Will ye reject the
  words of the prophets; and will ye reject all the words which have been
  spoken concerning Christ, after so many have spoken concerning him; and
  deny the good word of Christ, and the power of God, and the gift of the
  Holy Ghost, and quench the Holy Spirit, and make a mock of the great
  plan of redemption, which hath been laid for you?

  JACOB 6:9.  Know ye not that if ye will do these things, that the power
  of the redemption and the resurrection, which is in Christ, will bring
  you to stand with shame and awful guilt before the bar of God?

  JACOB 6:10.  And according to the power of justice, for justice cannot
  be denied, ye must go away into that lake of fire and brimstone, whose
  flames are unquenchable, and whose smoke ascendeth up forever and ever,
  which lake of fire and brimstone is endless torment.

  JACOB 6:11.  O then, my beloved brethren, repent ye, and enter in at
  the strait gate, and continue in the way which is narrow, until ye
  shall obtain eternal life.

  JACOB 6:12.  O be wise; what can I say more?

  JACOB 6:13.  Finally, I bid you farewell, until I shall meet you before
  the pleasing bar of God, which bar striketh the wicked with awful dread
  and fear.  Amen.
  BOOK OF JACOB CHAPTER 7
  JACOB 7:1.  And now it came to pass after some years had passed away,
  there came a man among the people of Nephi, whose name was Sherem.

  JACOB 7:2.  And it came to pass that he began to preach among the
  people, and to declare unto them that there should be no Christ.  And
  he preached many things which were flattering unto the people; and this
  he did that he might overthrow the doctrine of Christ.

  JACOB 7:3.  And he labored diligently that he might lead away the
  hearts of the people, insomuch that he did lead away many hearts; and
  he knowing that I, Jacob, had faith in Christ who should come, he
  sought much opportunity that he might come unto me.

  JACOB 7:4.  And he was learned, that he had a perfect knowledge of the
  language of the people; wherefore, he could use much flattery, and much
  power of speech, according to the power of the devil.

  JACOB 7:5.  And he had hope to shake me from the faith, notwithstanding
  the many revelations and the many things which I had seen concerning
  these things; for I truly had seen angels, and they had ministered unto
  me.  And also, I had heard the voice of the Lord speaking unto me in
  very word, from time to time; wherefore, I could not be shaken.

  JACOB 7:6.  And it came to pass that he came unto me, and on this wise
  did he speak unto me, saying: Brother Jacob, I have sought much
  opportunity that I might speak unto you; for I have heard and also know
  that thou goest about much, preaching that which ye call the gospel, or
  the doctrine of Christ.

  JACOB 7:7.  And ye have led away much of this people that they pervert
  the right way of God, and keep not the law of Moses which is the right
  way; and convert the law of Moses into the worship of a being which ye
  say shall come many hundred years hence.  And now behold, I, Sherem,
  declare unto you that this is blasphemy; for no man knoweth of such
  things; for he cannot tell of things to come.  And after this manner
  did Sherem contend against me.

  JACOB 7:8.  But behold, the Lord God poured in his Spirit into my soul,
  insomuch that I did confound him in all his words.

  JACOB 7:9.  And I said unto him: Deniest thou the Christ who shall
  come?  And he said: If there should be a Christ, I would not deny him;
  but I know that there is no Christ, neither has been, nor ever will be.

  JACOB 7:10.  And I said unto him: Believest thou the scriptures?  And
  he said, Yea.

  JACOB 7:11.  And I said unto him: Then ye do not understand them; for
  they truly testify of Christ.  Behold, I say unto you that none of the
  prophets have written, nor prophesied, save they have spoken concerning
  this Christ.

  JACOB 7:12.  And this is not all--it has been made manifest unto me,
  for I have heard and seen; and it also has been made manifest unto me
  by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, I know if there should be no
  atonement made all mankind must be lost.

  JACOB 7:13.  And it came to pass that he said unto me: Show me a sign
  by this power of the Holy Ghost, in the which ye know so much.

  JACOB 7:14.  And I said unto him: What am I that I should tempt God to
  show unto thee a sign in the thing which thou knowest to be true?  Yet
  thou wilt deny it, because thou art of the devil.  Nevertheless, not my
  will be done; but if God shall smite thee, let that be a sign unto thee
  that he has power, both in heaven and in earth; and also, that Christ
  shall come. And thy will, O Lord, be done, and not mine.

  JACOB 7:15.  And it came to pass that when I, Jacob, had spoken these
  words, the power of the Lord came upon him, insomuch that he fell to
  the earth.  And it came to pass that he was nourished for the space of
  many days.

  JACOB 7:16.  And it came to pass that he said unto the people: Gather
  together on the morrow, for I shall die; wherefore, I desire to speak
  unto the people before I shall die.

  JACOB 7:17.  And it came to pass that on the morrow the multitude were
  gathered together; and he spake plainly unto them and denied the things
  which he had taught them, and confessed the Christ, and the power of
  the Holy Ghost, and the ministering of angels.

  JACOB 7:18.  And he spake plainly unto them, that he had been deceived
  by the power of the devil.  And he spake of hell, and of eternity, and
  of eternal punishment.

  JACOB 7:19.  And he said: I fear lest I have committed the unpardonable
  sin, for I have lied unto God; for I denied the Christ, and said that I
  believed the scriptures; and they truly testify of him.  And because I
  have thus lied unto God I greatly fear lest my case shall be awful; but
  I confess unto God.

  JACOB 7:20.  And it came to pass that when he had said these words he
  could say no more, and he gave up the ghost.

  JACOB 7:21.  And when the multitude had witnessed that he spake these
  things as he was about to give up the ghost, they were astonished
  exceedingly; insomuch that the power of God came down upon them, and
  they were overcome that they fell to the earth.
  JACOB 7:22.  Now, this thing was pleasing unto me, Jacob, for I had
  requested it of my Father who was in heaven; for he had heard my cry
  and answered my prayer.

  JACOB 7:23.  And it came to pass that peace and the love of God was
  restored again among the people; and they searched the scriptures, and
  hearkened no more to the words of this wicked man.

  JACOB 7:24.  And it came to pass that many means were devised to
  reclaim and restore the Lamanites to the knowledge of the truth; but it
  all was vain, for they delighted in wars and bloodshed, and they had an
  eternal hatred against us, their brethren.  And they sought by the
  power of their arms to destroy us continually.

  JACOB 7:25.  Wherefore, the people of Nephi did fortify against them
  with their arms, and with all their might, trusting in the God and rock
  of their salvation; wherefore, they became as yet, conquerors of their
  enemies.

  JACOB 7:26.  And it came to pass that I, Jacob, began to be old; and
  the record of this people being kept on the other plates of Nephi,
  wherefore, I conclude this record, declaring that I have written
  according to the best of my knowledge, by saying that the time passed
  away with us, and also our lives passed away like as it were unto us a
  dream, we being a lonesome and a solemn people, wanderers, cast out
  from Jerusalem, born in tribulation, in a wilderness, and hated of our
  brethren, which caused wars and contentions; wherefore, we did mourn
  out our days.

  JACOB 7:27.  And I, Jacob, saw that I must soon go down to my grave;
  wherefore, I said unto my son Enos: Take these plates.  And I told him
  the things which my brother Nephi had commanded me, and he promised
  obedience unto the commands.  And I make an end of my writing upon
  these plates, which writing has been small; and to the reader I bid
  farewell, hoping that many of my brethren may read my words.  Brethren,
  adieu.



                        THE BOOK OF ENOS

  ENOS 1.  Behold, it came to pass that I, Enos, knowing my father that
  he was a just man--for he taught me in his language, and also in the
  nurture and admonition of the Lord--and blessed be the name of my God
  for it--

  ENOS 2.  And I will tell you of the wrestle which I had before God,
  before I received a remission of my sins.

  ENOS 3.  Behold, I went to hunt beasts in the forests; and the words
  which I had often heard my father speak concerning eternal life, and
  the joy of the saints, sunk deep into my heart.

  ENOS 4.  And my soul hungered; and I kneeled down before my Maker, and
  I cried unto him in mighty prayer and supplication for mine own soul;
  and all the day long did I cry unto him; yea, and when the night came I
  did still raise my voice high that it reached the heavens.

  ENOS 5.  And there came a voice unto me, saying: Enos, thy sins are
  forgiven thee, and thou shalt be blessed.

  ENOS 6.  And I, Enos, knew that God could not lie; wherefore, my guilt
  was swept away.

  ENOS 7.  And I said: Lord, how is it done?

  ENOS 8.  And he said unto me: Because of thy faith in Christ, whom thou
  hast never before heard nor seen.  And many years pass away before he
  shall manifest himself in the flesh; wherefore, go to, thy faith hath
  made thee whole.

  ENOS 9.  Now, it came to pass that when I had heard these words I began
  to feel a desire for the welfare of my brethren, the Nephites;
  wherefore, I did pour out my whole soul unto God for them.

  ENOS 10.  And while I was thus struggling in the spirit, behold, the
  voice of the Lord came into my mind again, saying: I will visit thy
  brethren according to their diligence in keeping my commandments.  I
  have given unto them this land, and it is a holy land; and I curse it
  not save it be for the cause of iniquity; wherefore, I will visit thy
  brethren according as I have said; and their transgressions will I
  bring down with sorrow upon their own heads.

  ENOS 11.  And after I, Enos, had heard these words, my faith began to
  be unshaken in the Lord; and I prayed unto him with many long
  strugglings for my brethren, the Lamanites.

  ENOS 12.  And it came to pass that after I had prayed and labored with
  all diligence, the Lord said unto me: I will grant unto thee according
  to thy desires, because of thy faith.

  ENOS 13.  And now behold, this was the desire which I desired of
  him--that if it should so be, that my people, the Nephites, should fall
  into transgression, and by any means be destroyed, and the Lamanites
  should not be destroyed, that the Lord God would preserve a record of
  my people, the Nephites; even if it so be by the power of his holy arm,
  that it might be brought forth at some future day unto the Lamanites,
  that, perhaps, they might be brought unto salvation--

  ENOS 14.  For at the present our strugglings were vain in restoring
  them to the true faith.  And they swore in their wrath that, if it were
  possible, they would destroy our records and us, and also all the
  traditions of our fathers.

  ENOS 15.  Wherefore, I knowing that the Lord God was able to preserve
  our records, I cried unto him continually, for he had said unto me:
  Whatsoever thing ye shall ask in faith, believing that ye shall receive
  in the name of Christ, ye shall receive it.

  ENOS 16.  And I had faith, and I did cry unto God that he would
  preserve the records; and he covenanted with me that he would bring
  them forth unto the Lamanites in his own due time.

  ENOS 17.  And I, Enos, knew it would be according to the covenant which
  he had made; wherefore my soul did rest.

  ENOS 18.  And the Lord said unto me: Thy fathers have also required of
  me this thing; and it shall be done unto them according to their faith;
  for their faith was like unto thine.
  ENOS 19.  And now it came to pass that I, Enos, went about among the
  people of Nephi, prophesying of things to come, and testifying of the
  things which I had heard and seen.

  ENOS 20.  And I bear record that the people of Nephi did seek
  diligently to restore the Lamanites unto the true faith in God.  But
  our labors were vain; their hatred was fixed, and they were led by
  their evil nature that they became wild, and ferocious, and a
  bloodthirsty people, full of idolatry and filthiness; feeding upon
  beasts of prey; dwelling in tents, and wandering about in the
  wilderness with a short skin girdle about their loins and their heads
  shaven; and their skill was in the bow, and in the cimeter, and the ax.
  And many of them did eat nothing save it was raw meat; and they were
  continually seeking to destroy us.

  ENOS 21.  And it came to pass that the people of Nephi did till the
  land, and raise all manner of grain, and of fruit, and flocks of herds,
  and flocks of all manner of cattle of every kind, and goats, and wild
  goats, and also many horses.
  ENOS 22.  And there were exceedingly many prophets among us.  And the
  people were a stiffnecked people, hard to understand.

  ENOS 23.  And there was nothing save it was exceeding harshness,
  preaching and prophesying of wars, and contentions, and destructions,
  and continually reminding them of death, and the duration of eternity,
  and the judgments and the power of God, and all these things--stirring
  them up continually to keep them in the fear of the Lord.  I say there
  was nothing short of these things, and exceedingly great plainness of
  speech, would keep them from going down speedily to destruction.  And
  after this manner do I write concerning them.

  ENOS 24.  And I saw wars between the Nephites and Lamanites in the
  course of my days.

  ENOS 25.  And it came to pass that I began to be old, and an hundred
  and seventy and nine years had passed away from the time that our
  father Lehi left Jerusalem.

  ENOS 26.  And I saw that I must soon go down to my grave, having been
  wrought upon by the power of God that I must preach and prophesy unto
  this people, and declare the word according to the truth which is in
  Christ. And I have declared it in all my days, and have rejoiced in it
  above that of the world.

  ENOS 27.  And I soon go to the place of my rest, which is with my
  Redeemer; for I know that in him I shall rest.  And I rejoice in the
  day when my mortal shall put on immortality, and shall stand before
  him; then shall I see his face with pleasure, and he will say unto me:
  Come unto me, ye blessed, there is a place prepared for you in the
  mansions of my Father. Amen.



                            THE BOOK OF JAROM

  JAROM 1.  Now behold, I, Jarom, write a few words according to the
  commandment of my father, Enos, that our genealogy may be kept.

  JAROM 2.  And as these plates are small, and as these things are
  written for the intent of the benefit of our brethren the Lamanites,
  wherefore, it must needs be that I write a little; but I shall not
  write the things of my prophesying, nor of my revelations.  For what
  could I write more than my fathers have written?  For have not they
  revealed the plan of salvation? I say unto you, Yea; and this sufficeth
  me.

  JAROM 3.  Behold, it is expedient that much should be done among this
  people, because of the hardness of their hearts, and the deafness of
  their ears, and the blindness of their minds, and the stiffness of
  their necks; nevertheless, God is exceedingly merciful unto them, and
  has not as yet swept them off from the face of the land.

  JAROM 4.  And there are many among us who have many revelations, for
  they are not all stiffnecked.  And as many as are not stiffnecked and
  have faith, have communion with the Holy Spirit, which maketh manifest
  unto the children of men, according to their faith.

  JAROM 5.  And now, behold, two hundred years had passed away, and the
  people of Nephi had waxed strong in the land.  They observed to keep
  the law of Moses and the sabbath day holy unto the Lord.  And they
  profaned not; neither did they blaspheme.  And the laws of the land
  were exceedingly strict.

  JAROM 6.  And they were scattered upon much of the face of the land,
  and the Lamanites also.  And they were exceedingly more numerous than
  were they of the Nephites; and they loved murder and would drink the
  blood of beasts.

  JAROM 7.  And it came to pass that they came many times against us, the
  Nephites, to battle.  But our kings and our leaders were mighty men in
  the faith of the Lord; and they taught the people the ways of the Lord;
  wherefore, we withstood the Lamanites and swept them away out of our
  lands, and began to fortify our cities, or whatsoever place of our
  inheritance.

  JAROM 8.  And we multiplied exceedingly, and spread upon the face of
  the land, and became exceedingly rich in gold, and in silver, and in
  precious things, and in fine workmanship of wood, in buildings, and in
  machinery, and also in iron and copper, and brass and steel, making all
  manner of tools of every kind to till the ground, and weapons of
  war--yea, the sharp pointed arrow, and the quiver, and the dart, and
  the javelin, and all preparations for war.

  JAROM 9.  And thus being prepared to meet the Lamanites, they did not
  prosper against us.  But the word of the Lord was verified, which he
  spake unto our fathers, saying that: Inasmuch as ye will keep my
  commandments ye shall prosper in the land.

  JAROM 10.  And it came to pass that the prophets of the Lord did
  threaten the people of Nephi, according to the word of God, that if
  they did not keep the commandments, but should fall into transgression,
  they should be destroyed from off the face of the land.

  JAROM 11.  Wherefore, the prophets, and the priests, and the teachers,
  did labor diligently, exhorting with all long-suffering the people to
  diligence; teaching the law of Moses, and the intent for which it was
  given; persuading them to look forward unto the Messiah, and believe in
  him to come as though he already was.  And after this manner did they
  teach them.

  JAROM 12.  And it came to pass that by so doing they kept them from
  being destroyed upon the face of the land; for they did prick their
  hearts with the word, continually stirring them up unto repentance.

  JAROM 13.  And it came to pass that two hundred and thirty and eight
  years had passed away--after the manner of wars, and contentions, and
  dissensions, for the space of much of the time.

  JAROM 14.  And I, Jarom, do not write more, for the plates are small.
  But behold, my brethren, ye can go to the other plates of Nephi; for
  behold, upon them the records of our wars are engraven, according to
  the writings of the kings, or those which they caused to be written.

  JAROM 15.  And I deliver these plates into the hands of my son Omni,
  that they may be kept according to the commandments of my fathers.



                             THE BOOK OF OMNI

  OMNI 1.  Behold, it came to pass that I, Omni, being commanded by my
  father, Jarom, that I should write somewhat upon these plates, to
  preserve our genealogy--

  OMNI 2.  Wherefore, in my days, I would that ye should know that I
  fought much with the sword to preserve my people, the Nephites, from
  falling into the hands of their enemies, the Lamanites.  But behold, I
  of myself am a wicked man, and I have not kept the statutes and the
  commandments of the Lord as I ought to have done.

  OMNI 3.  And it came to pass that two hundred and seventy and six years
  had passed away, and we had many seasons of peace; and we had many
  seasons of serious war and bloodshed.  Yea, and in fine, two hundred
  and eighty and two years had passed away, and I had kept these plates
  according to the commandments of my fathers; and I conferred them upon
  my son Amaron.  And I make an end.

  OMNI 4.  And now I, Amaron, write the things whatsoever I write, which
  are few, in the book of my father.

  OMNI 5.  Behold, it came to pass that three hundred and twenty years
  had passed away, and the more wicked part of the Nephites were
  destroyed.

  OMNI 6.  For the Lord would not suffer, after he had led them out of
  the land of Jerusalem and kept and preserved them from falling into the
  hands of their enemies, yea, he would not suffer that the words should
  not be verified, which he spake unto our fathers, saying that: Inasmuch
  as ye will not keep my commandments ye shall not prosper in the land.

  OMNI 7.  Wherefore, the Lord did visit them in great judgment;
  nevertheless, he did spare the righteous that they should not perish,
  but did deliver them out of the hands of their enemies.

  OMNI 8.  And it came to pass that I did deliver the plates unto my
  brother Chemish.

  OMNI 9.  Now I, Chemish, write what few things I write, in the same
  book with my brother; for behold, I saw the last which he wrote, that
  he wrote it with his own hand; and he wrote it in the day that he
  delivered them unto me.  And after this manner we keep the records, for
  it is according to the commandments of our fathers.  And I make an end.

  OMNI 10.  Behold, I, Abinadom, am the son of Chemish.  Behold, it came
  to pass that I saw much war and contention between my people, the
  Nephites, and the Lamanites; and I, with my own sword, have taken the
  lives of many of the Lamanites in the defence of my brethren.

  OMNI 11.  And behold, the record of this people is engraven upon plates
  which is had by the kings, according to the generations; and I know of
  no revelation save that which has been written, neither prophecy;
  wherefore, that which is sufficient is written.  And I make an end.

  OMNI 12.  Behold, I am Amaleki, the son of Abinadom.  Behold, I will
  speak unto you somewhat concerning Mosiah, who was made king over the
  land of Zarahemla; for behold, he being warned of the Lord that he
  should flee out of the land of Nephi, and as many as would hearken unto
  the voice of the Lord should also depart out of the land with him, into
  the wilderness--

  OMNI 13.  And it came to pass that he did according as the Lord had
  commanded him.  And they departed out of the land into the wilderness,
  as many as would hearken unto the voice of the Lord; and they were led
  by many preachings and prophesyings.  And they were admonished
  continually by the word of God; and they were led by the power of his
  arm, through the wilderness, until they came down into the land which
  is called the land of Zarahemla.

  OMNI 14.  And they discovered a people, who were called the people of
  Zarahemla.  Now, there was great rejoicing among the people of
  Zarahemla; and also Zarahemla did rejoice exceedingly, because the Lord
  had sent the people of Mosiah with the plates of brass which contained
  the record of the Jews.

  OMNI 15.  Behold, it came to pass that Mosiah discovered that the
  people of Zarahemla came out from Jerusalem at the time that Zedekiah,
  king of Judah, was carried away captive into Babylon.

  OMNI 16.  And they journeyed in the wilderness, and were brought by the
  hand of the Lord across the great waters, into the land where Mosiah
  discovered them; and they had dwelt there from that time forth.

  OMNI 17.  And at the time that Mosiah discovered them, they had become
  exceedingly numerous.  Nevertheless, they had had many wars and serious
  contentions, and had fallen by the sword from time to time; and their
  language had become corrupted; and they had brought no records with
  them; and they denied the being of their Creator; and Mosiah, nor the
  people of Mosiah, could understand them.

  OMNI 18.  But it came to pass that Mosiah caused that they should be
  taught in his language.  And it came to pass that after they were
  taught in the language of Mosiah, Zarahemla gave a genealogy of his
  fathers, according to his memory; and they are written, but not in
  these plates.

  OMNI 19.  And it came to pass that the people of Zarahemla, and of
  Mosiah, did unite together; and Mosiah was appointed to be their king.

  OMNI 20.  And it came to pass in the days of Mosiah, there was a large
  stone brought unto him with engravings on it; and he did interpret the
  engravings by the gift and power of God.

  OMNI 21.  And they gave an account of one Coriantumr, and the slain of
  his people.  And Coriantumr was discovered by the people of Zarahemla;
  and he dwelt with them for the space of nine moons.

  OMNI 22.  It also spake a few words concerning his fathers.  And his
  first parents came out from the tower, at the time the Lord confounded
  the language of the people; and the severity of the Lord fell upon them
  according to his judgments, which are just; and their bones lay
  scattered in the land northward.

  OMNI 23.  Behold, I, Amaleki, was born in the days of Mosiah; and I
  have lived to see his death; and Benjamin, his son, reigneth in his
  stead.

  OMNI 24.  And behold, I have seen, in the days of king Benjamin, a
  serious war and much bloodshed between the Nephites and the Lamanites.
  But behold, the Nephites did obtain much advantage over them; yea,
  insomuch that king Benjamin did drive them out of the land of
  Zarahemla.

  OMNI 25.  And it came to pass that I began to be old; and, having no
  seed, and knowing king Benjamin to be a just man before the Lord,
  wherefore, I shall deliver up these plates unto him, exhorting all men
  to come unto God, the Holy One of Israel, and believe in prophesying,
  and in revelations, and in the ministering of angels, and in the gift
  of speaking with tongues, and in the gift of interpreting languages,
  and in all things which are good; for there is nothing which is good
  save it comes from the Lord; and that which is evil cometh from the
  devil.

  OMNI 26.  And now, my beloved brethren, I would that ye should come
  unto Christ, who is the Holy One of Israel, and partake of his
  salvation, and the power of his redemption.  Yea, come unto him, and
  offer your whole souls as an offering unto him, and continue in fasting
  and praying, and endure to the end; and as the Lord liveth ye will be
  saved.
  OMNI 27.  And now I would speak somewhat concerning a certain number
  who went up into the wilderness to return to the land of Nephi; for
  there was a large number who were desirous to possess the land of their
  inheritance.

  OMNI 28.  Wherefore, they went up into the wilderness.  And their
  leader being a strong and mighty man, and a stiffnecked man, wherefore
  he caused a contention among them; and they were all slain, save fifty,
  in the wilderness, and they returned again to the land of Zarahemla.

  OMNI 29.  And it came to pass that they also took others to a
  considerable number, and took their journey again into the wilderness.

  OMNI 30.  And I, Amaleki, had a brother, who also went with them; and I
  have not since known concerning them.  And I am about to lie down in my
  grave; and these plates are full.  And I make an end of my speaking.



                            THE WORDS OF MORMON

  WORDS OF MORMON 1.  And now I, Mormon, being about to deliver up the
  record which I have been making into the hands of my son Moroni, behold
  I have witnessed almost all the destruction of my people, the Nephites.

  WORDS OF MORMON 2.  And it is many hundred years after the coming of
  Christ that I deliver these records into the hands of my son; and it
  supposeth me that he will witness the entire destruction of my people.
  But may God grant that he may survive them, that he may write somewhat
  concerning them, and somewhat concerning Christ, that perhaps some day
  it may profit them.

  WORDS OF MORMON 3.  And now, I speak somewhat concerning that which I
  have written; for after I had made an abridgment from the plates of
  Nephi, down to the reign of this king Benjamin, of whom Amaleki spake,
  I searched among the records which had been delivered into my hands,
  and I found these plates, which contained this small account of the
  prophets, from Jacob down to the reign of this king Benjamin, and also
  many of the words of Nephi.
  WORDS OF MORMON 4.  And the things which are upon these plates pleasing
  me, because of the prophecies of the coming of Christ; and my fathers
  knowing that many of them have been fulfilled; yea, and I also know
  that as many things as have been prophesied concerning us down to this
  day have been fulfilled, and as many as go beyond this day must surely
  come to pass--

  WORDS OF MORMON 5.  Wherefore, I chose these things, to finish my
  record upon them, which remainder of my record I shall take from the
  plates of Nephi; and I cannot write the hundredth part of the things of
  my people.

  WORDS OF MORMON 6.  But behold, I shall take these plates, which
  contain these prophesyings and revelations, and put them with the
  remainder of my record, for they are choice unto me; and I know they
  will be choice unto my brethren.

  WORDS OF MORMON 7.  And I do this for a wise purpose; for thus it
  whispereth me, according to the workings of the Spirit of the Lord
  which is in me.  And now, I do not know all things; but the Lord
  knoweth all things which are to come; wherefore, he worketh in me to do
  according to his will.

  WORDS OF MORMON 8.  And my prayer to God is concerning my brethren,
  that they may once again come to the knowledge of God, yea, the
  redemption of Christ; that they may once again be a delightsome people.

  WORDS OF MORMON 9.  And now I, Mormon, proceed to finish out my record,
  which I take from the plates of Nephi; and I make it according to the
  knowledge and the understanding which God has given me.

  WORDS OF MORMON 10.  Wherefore, it came to pass that after Amaleki had
  delivered up these plates into the hands of king Benjamin, he took them
  and put them with the other plates, which contained records which had
  been handed down by the kings, from generation to generation until the
  days of king Benjamin.

  WORDS OF MORMON 11.  And they were handed down from king Benjamin, from
  generation to generation until they have fallen into my hands.  And I,
  Mormon, pray to God that they may be preserved from this time
  henceforth.  And I know that they will be preserved; for there are
  great things written upon them, out of which my people and their
  brethren shall be judged at the great and last day, according to the
  word of God which is written.

  WORDS OF MORMON 12.  And now, concerning this king Benjamin--he had
  somewhat of contentions among his own people.

  WORDS OF MORMON 13.  And it came to pass also that the armies of the
  Lamanites came down out of the land of Nephi, to battle against his
  people.  But behold, king Benjamin gathered together his armies, and he
  did stand against them; and he did fight with the strength of his own
  arm, with the sword of Laban.

  WORDS OF MORMON 14.  And in the strength of the Lord they did contend
  against their enemies, until they had slain many thousands of the
  Lamanites.  And it came to pass that they did contend against the
  Lamanites until they had driven them out of all the lands of their
  inheritance.
  WORDS OF MORMON 15.  And it came to pass that after there had been
  false Christs, and their mouths had been shut, and they punished
  according to their crimes;

  WORDS OF MORMON 16.  And after there had been false prophets, and false
  preachers and teachers among the people, and all these having been
  punished according to their crimes; and after there having been much
  contention and many dissensions away unto the Lamanites, behold, it
  came to pass that king Benjamin, with the assistance of the holy
  prophets who were among his people--

  WORDS OF MORMON 17.  For behold, king Benjamin was a holy man, and he
  did reign over his people in righteousness; and there were many holy
  men in the land, and they did speak the word of God with power and with
  authority; and they did use much sharpness because of the
  stiffneckedness of the people--

  WORDS OF MORMON 18.  Wherefore, with the help of these, king Benjamin,
  by laboring with all the might of his body and the faculty of his whole
  soul, and also the prophets, did once more establish peace in the land.


                               THE BOOK OF MOSIAH
  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 1
  MOSIAH 1:1.  And now here was no more contention in all the land of
  Zarahemla, among all the people who belonged to king Benjamin, so that
  king Benjamin had continual peace all the remainder of his days.

  MOSIAH 1:2.  And it came to pass that he had three sons; and he called
  their names Mosiah, and Helorum, and Helaman.  And he caused that they
  should be taught in all the language of his fathers, that thereby they
  might become men of understanding; and that they might know concerning
  the prophecies which had been spoken by the mouths of their fathers,
  which were delivered them by the hand of the Lord.

  MOSIAH 1:3.  And he also taught them concerning the records which were
  engraven on the plates of brass, saying: My sons, I would that ye
  should remember that were it not for these plates, which contain these
  records and these commandments, we must have suffered in ignorance,
  even at this present time, not knowing the mysteries of God.

  MOSIAH 1:4.  For it were not possible that our father, Lehi, could have
  remembered all these things, to have taught them to his children,
  except it were for the help of these plates; for he having been taught
  in the language of the Egyptians therefore he could read these
  engravings, and teach them to his children, that thereby they could
  teach them to their children, and so fulfilling the commandments of
  God, even down to this present time.

  MOSIAH 1:5.  I say unto you, my sons, were it not for these things,
  which have been kept and preserved by the hand of God, that we might
  read and understand of his mysteries, and have his commandments always
  before our eyes, that even our fathers would have dwindled in unbelief,
  and we should have been like unto our brethren, the Lamanites, who know
  nothing concerning these things, or even do not believe them when they
  are taught them, because of the traditions of their fathers, which are
  not correct.

  MOSIAH 1:6.  O my sons, I would that ye should remember that these
  sayings are true, and also that these records are true.  And behold,
  also the plates of Nephi, which contain the records and the sayings of
  our fathers from the time they left Jerusalem until now, and they are
  true; and we can know of their surety because we have them before our
  eyes.

  MOSIAH 1:7.  And now, my sons, I would that ye should remember to
  search them diligently, that ye may profit thereby; and I would that ye
  should keep the commandments of God, that ye may prosper in the land
  according to the promises which the Lord made unto our fathers.

  MOSIAH 1:8.  And many more things did king Benjamin teach his sons,
  which are not written in this book.

  MOSIAH 1:9.  And it came to pass that after king Benjamin had made an
  end of teaching his sons, that he waxed old, and he saw that he must
  very soon go the way of all the earth; therefore, he thought it
  expedient that he should confer the kingdom upon one of his sons.

  MOSIAH 1:10.  Therefore, he had Mosiah brought before him; and these
  are the words which he spake unto him, saying: My son, I would that ye
  should make a proclamation throughout all this land among all this
  people, or the people of Zarahemla, and the people of Mosiah who dwell
  in the land, that thereby they may be gathered together; for on the
  morrow I shall proclaim unto this my people out of mine own mouth that
  thou art a king and a ruler over this people, whom the Lord our God
  hath given us.

  MOSIAH 1:11.  And moreover, I shall give this people a name, that
  thereby they may be distinguished above all the people which the Lord
  God hath brought out of the land of Jerusalem; and this I do because
  they have been a diligent people in keeping the commandments of the
  Lord.

  MOSIAH 1:12.  And I give unto them a name that never shall be blotted
  out, except it be through transgression.

  MOSIAH 1:13.  Yea, and moreover I say unto you, that if this highly
  favored people of the Lord should fall into transgression, and become a
  wicked and an adulterous people, that the Lord will deliver them up,
  that thereby they become weak like unto their brethren; and he will no
  more preserve them by his matchless and marvelous power, as he has
  hitherto preserved our fathers.

  MOSIAH 1:14.  For I say unto you, that if he had not extended his arm
  in the preservation of our fathers they must have fallen into the hands
  of the Lamanites, and become victims to their hatred.

  MOSIAH 1:15.  And it came to pass that after king Benjamin had made an
  end of these sayings to his son, that he gave him charge concerning all
  the affairs of the kingdom.

  MOSIAH 1:16.  And moreover, he also gave him charge concerning the
  records which were engraven on the plates of brass; and also the plates
  of Nephi; and also, the sword of Laban, and the ball or director, which
  led our fathers through the wilderness, which was prepared by the hand
  of the Lord that thereby they might be led, every one according to the
  heed and diligence which they gave unto him.

  MOSIAH 1:17.  Therefore, as they were unfaithful they did not prosper
  nor progress in their journey, but were driven back, and incurred the
  displeasure of God upon them; and therefore they were smitten with
  famine and sore afflictions, to stir them up in remembrance of their
  duty.

  MOSIAH 1:18.  And now, it came to pass that Mosiah went and did as his
  father had commanded him, and proclaimed unto all the people who were
  in the land of Zarahemla that thereby they might gather themselves
  together, to go up to the temple to hear the words which his father
  should speak unto them.

  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 2
  MOSIAH 2:1.  And it came to pass that after Mosiah had done as his
  father had commanded him, and had made a proclamation throughout all
  the land, that the people gathered themselves together throughout all
  the land, that they might go up to the temple to hear the words which
  king Benjamin should speak unto them.

  MOSIAH 2:2.  And there were a great number, even so many that they did
  not number them; for they had multiplied exceedingly and waxed great in
  the land.

  MOSIAH 2:3.  And they also took of the firstlings of their flocks, that
  they might offer sacrifice and burnt offerings according to the law of
  Moses;

  MOSIAH 2:4.  And also that they might give thanks to the Lord their
  God, who had brought them out of the land of Jerusalem, and who had
  delivered them out of the hands of their enemies, and had appointed
  just men to be their teachers, and also a just man to be their king,
  who had established peace in the land of Zarahemla, and who had taught
  them to keep the commandments of God, that they might rejoice and be
  filled with love towards God and all men.

  MOSIAH 2:5.  And it came to pass that when they came up to the temple,
  they pitched their tents round about, every man according to his
  family, consisting of his wife, and his sons, and his daughters, and
  their sons, and their daughters, from the eldest down to the youngest,
  every family being separate one from another.

  MOSIAH 2:6.  And they pitched their tents round about the temple, every
  man having his tent with the door thereof towards the temple, that
  thereby they might remain in their tents and hear the words which king
  Benjamin should speak unto them;

  MOSIAH 2:7.  For the multitude being so great that king Benjamin could
  not teach them all within the walls of the temple, therefore he caused
  a tower to be erected, that thereby his people might hear the words
  which he should speak unto them.

  MOSIAH 2:8.  And it came to pass that he began to speak to his people
  from the tower; and they could not all hear his words because of the
  greatness of the multitude; therefore he caused that the words which he
  spake should be written and sent forth among those that were not under
  the sound of his voice, that they might also receive his words.

  MOSIAH 2:9.  And these are the words which he spake and caused to be
  written, saying: My brethren, all ye that have assembled yourselves
  together, you that can hear my words which I shall speak unto you this
  day; for I have not commanded you to come up hither to trifle with the
  words which I shall speak, but that you should hearken unto me, and
  open your ears that ye may hear, and your hearts that ye may
  understand, and your minds that the mysteries of God may be unfolded to
  your view.

  MOSIAH 2:10.  I have not commanded you to come up hither that ye should
  fear me, or that ye should think that I of myself am more than a mortal
  man.

  MOSIAH 2:11.  But I am like as yourselves, subject to all manner of
  infirmities in body and mind; yet I have been chosen by this people,
  and consecrated by my father, and was suffered by the hand of the Lord
  that I should be a ruler and a king over this people; and have been
  kept and preserved by his matchless power, to serve you with all the
  might, mind and strength which the Lord hath granted unto me.

  MOSIAH 2:12.  I say unto you that as I have been suffered to spend my
  days in your service, even up to this time, and have not sought gold
  nor silver nor any manner of riches of you;

  MOSIAH 2:13.  Neither have I suffered that ye should be confined in
  dungeons, nor that ye should make slaves one of another, nor that ye
  should murder, or plunder, or steal, or commit adultery; nor even have
  I suffered that ye should commit any manner of wickedness, and have
  taught you that ye should keep the commandments of the Lord, in all
  things which he hath commanded you--

  MOSIAH 2:14.  And even I, myself, have labored with mine own hands that
  I might serve you, and that ye should not be laden with taxes, and that
  there should nothing come upon you which was grievous to be borne--and
  of all these things which I have spoken, ye yourselves are witnesses
  this day.

  MOSIAH 2:15.  Yet, my brethren, I have not done these things that I
  might boast, neither do I tell these things that thereby I might accuse
  you; but I tell you these things that ye may know that I can answer a
  clear conscience before God this day.

  MOSIAH 2:16.  Behold, I say unto you that because I said unto you that
  I had spent my days in your service, I do not desire to boast, for I
  have only been in the service of God.

  MOSIAH 2:17.  And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn
  wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your
  fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.

  MOSIAH 2:18.  Behold, ye have called me your king; and if I, whom ye
  call your king, do labor to serve you, then ought not ye to labor to
  serve one another?

  MOSIAH 2:19.  And behold also, if I, whom ye call your king, who has
  spent his days in your service, and yet has been in the service of God,
  do merit any thanks from you, O how you ought to thank your heavenly
  King!

  MOSIAH 2:20.  I say unto you, my brethren, that if you should render
  all the thanks and praise which your whole soul has power to possess,
  to that God who has created you, and has kept and preserved you, and
  has caused that ye should rejoice, and has granted that ye should live
  in peace one with another--
  MOSIAH 2:21.  I say unto you that if ye should serve him who has
  created you from the beginning, and is preserving you from day to day,
  by lending you breath, that ye may live and move and do according to
  your own will, and even supporting you from one moment to another--I
  say, if ye should serve him with all your whole souls yet ye would be
  unprofitable servants.

  MOSIAH 2:22.  And behold, all that he requires of you is to keep his
  commandments; and he has promised you that if ye would keep his
  commandments ye should prosper in the land; and he never doth vary from
  that which he hath said; therefore, if ye do keep his commandments he
  doth bless you and prosper you.

  MOSIAH 2:23.  And now, in the first place, he hath created you, and
  granted unto you your lives, for which ye are indebted unto him.

  MOSIAH 2:24.  And secondly, he doth require that ye should do as he
  hath commanded you; for which if ye do, he doth immediately bless you;
  and therefore he hath paid you.  And ye are still indebted unto him,
  and are, and will be, forever and ever; therefore, of what have ye to
  boast?

  MOSIAH 2:25.  And now I ask, can ye say aught of yourselves?  I answer
  you, Nay. Ye cannot say that ye are even as much as the dust of the
  earth; yet ye were created of the dust of the earth; but behold, it
  belongeth to him who created you.

  MOSIAH 2:26.  And I, even I, whom ye call your king, am no better than
  ye yourselves are; for I am also of the dust.  And ye behold that I am
  old, and am about to yield up this mortal frame to its mother earth.

  MOSIAH 2:27.  Therefore, as I said unto you that I had served you,
  walking with a clear conscience before God, even so I at this time have
  caused that ye should assemble yourselves together, that I might be
  found blameless, and that your blood should not come upon me, when I
  shall stand to be judged of God of the things whereof he hath commanded
  me concerning you.

  MOSIAH 2:28.  I say unto you that I have caused that ye should assemble
  yourselves together that I might rid my garments of your blood, at this
  period of time when I am about to go down to my grave, that I might go
  down in peace, and my immortal spirit may join the choirs above in
  singing the praises of a just God.

  MOSIAH 2:29.  And moreover, I say unto you that I have caused that ye
  should assemble yourselves together, that I might declare unto you that
  I can no longer be your teacher, nor your king;

  MOSIAH 2:30.  For even at this time, my whole frame doth tremble
  exceedingly while attempting to speak unto you; but the Lord God doth
  support me, and hath suffered me that I should speak unto you, and hath
  commanded me that I should declare unto you this day, that my son
  Mosiah is a king and a ruler over you.

  MOSIAH 2:31.  And now, my brethren, I would that ye should do as ye
  have hitherto done.  As ye have kept my commandments, and also the
  commandments of my father, and have prospered, and have been kept from
  falling into the hands of your enemies, even so if ye shall keep the
  commandments of my son, or the commandments of God which shall be
  delivered unto you by him, ye shall prosper in the land, and your
  enemies shall have no power over you.

  MOSIAH 2:32.  But, O my people, beware lest there shall arise
  contentions among you, and ye list to obey the evil spirit, which was
  spoken of by my father Mosiah.

  MOSIAH 2:33.  For behold, there is a wo pronounced upon him who listeth
  to obey that spirit; for if he listeth to obey him, and remaineth and
  dieth in his sins, the same drinketh damnation to his own soul; for he
  receiveth for his wages an everlasting punishment, having transgressed
  the law of God contrary to his own knowledge.

  MOSIAH 2:34.  I say unto you, that there are not any among you, except
  it be your little children that have not been taught concerning these
  things, but what knoweth that ye are eternally indebted to your
  heavenly Father, to render to him all that you have and are; and also
  have been taught concerning the records which contain the prophecies
  which have been spoken by the holy prophets, even down to the time our
  father, Lehi, left Jerusalem;
  MOSIAH 2:35.  And also, all that has been spoken by our fathers until
  now.  And behold, also, they spake that which was commanded them of the
  Lord; therefore, they are just and true.

  MOSIAH 2:36.  And now, I say unto you, my brethren, that after ye have
  known and have been taught all these things, if ye should transgress
  and go contrary to that which has been spoken, that ye do withdraw
  yourselves from the Spirit of the Lord, that it may have no place in
  you to guide you in wisdom's paths that ye may be blessed, prospered,
  and preserved--

  MOSIAH 2:37.  I say unto you, that the man that doeth this, the same
  cometh out in open rebellion against God; therefore he listeth to obey
  the evil spirit, and becometh an enemy to all righteousness; therefore,
  the Lord has no place in him, for he dwelleth not in unholy temples.

  MOSIAH 2:38.  Therefore if that man repenteth not, and remaineth and
  dieth an enemy to God, the demands of divine justice do awaken his
  immortal soul to a lively sense of his own guilt, which doth cause him
  to shrink from the presence of the Lord, and doth fill his breast with
  guilt, and pain, and anguish, which is like an unquenchable fire, whose
  flame ascendeth up forever and ever.

  MOSIAH 2:39.  And now I say unto you, that mercy hath no claim on that
  man; therefore his final doom is to endure a never-ending torment.

  MOSIAH 2:40.  O, all ye old men, and also ye young men, and you little
  children who can understand my words, for I have spoken plainly unto
  you that ye might understand, I pray that ye should awake to a
  remembrance of the awful situation of those that have fallen into
  transgression.

  MOSIAH 2:41.  And moreover, I would desire that ye should consider on
  the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God.
  For behold, they are blessed in all things, both temporal and
  spiritual; and if they hold out faithful to the end they are received
  into heaven, that thereby they may dwell with God in a state of
  never-ending happiness.  O remember, remember that these things are
  true; for the Lord God hath spoken it.
  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 3
  MOSIAH 3:1.  And again my brethren, I would call your attention, for I
  have somewhat more to speak unto you; for behold, I have things to tell
  you concerning that which is to come.

  MOSIAH 3:2.  And the things which I shall tell you are made known unto
  me by an angel from God.  And he said unto me: Awake; and I awoke, and
  behold he stood before me.

  MOSIAH 3:3.  And he said unto me: Awake, and hear the words which I
  shall tell thee; for behold, I am come to declare unto you the glad
  tidings of great joy.

  MOSIAH 3:4.  For the Lord hath heard thy prayers, and hath judged of
  thy righteousness, and hath sent me to declare unto thee that thou
  mayest rejoice; and that thou mayest declare unto thy people, that they
  may also be filled with joy.

  MOSIAH 3:5.  For behold, the time cometh, and is not far distant, that
  with power, the Lord Omnipotent who reigneth, who was, and is from all
  eternity to all eternity, shall come down from heaven among the
  children of men, and shall dwell in a tabernacle of clay, and shall go
  forth amongst men, working mighty miracles, such as healing the sick,
  raising the dead, causing the lame to walk, the blind to receive their
  sight, and the deaf to hear, and curing all manner of diseases.

  MOSIAH 3:6.  And he shall cast out devils, or the evil spirits which
  dwell in the hearts of the children of men.

  MOSIAH 3:7.  And lo, he shall suffer temptations, and pain of body,
  hunger, thirst, and fatigue, even more than man can suffer, except it
  be unto death; for behold, blood cometh from every pore, so great shall
  be his anguish for the wickedness and the abominations of his people.

  MOSIAH 3:8.  And he shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the
  Father of heaven and earth, the Creator of all things from the
  beginning; and his mother shall be called Mary.

  MOSIAH 3:9.  And lo, he cometh unto his own, that salvation might come
  unto the children of men even through faith on his name; and even after
  all this they shall consider him a man, and say that he hath a devil,
  and shall scourge him, and shall crucify him.

  MOSIAH 3:10.  And he shall rise the third day from the dead; and
  behold, he standeth to judge the world; and behold, all these things
  are done that a righteous judgment might come upon the children of men.

  MOSIAH 3:11.  For behold, and also his blood atoneth for the sins of
  those who have fallen by the transgression of Adam, who have died not
  knowing the will of God concerning them, or who have ignorantly sinned.

  MOSIAH 3:12.  But wo, wo unto him who knoweth that he rebelleth against
  God!  For salvation cometh to none such except it be through repentance
  and faith on the Lord Jesus Christ.

  MOSIAH 3:13.  And the Lord God hath sent his holy prophets among all
  the children of men, to declare these things to every kindred, nation,
  and tongue, that thereby whosoever should believe that Christ should
  come, the same might receive remission of their sins, and rejoice with
  exceedingly great joy, even as though he had already come among them.

  MOSIAH 3:14.  Yet the Lord God saw that his people were a stiffnecked
  people, and he appointed unto them a law, even the law of Moses.

  MOSIAH 3:15.  And many signs, and wonders, and types, and shadows
  showed he unto them, concerning his coming; and also holy prophets
  spake unto them concerning his coming; and yet they hardened their
  hearts, and understood not that the law of Moses availeth nothing
  except it were through the atonement of his blood.

  MOSIAH 3:16.  And even if it were possible that little children could
  sin they could not be saved; but I say unto you they are blessed; for
  behold, as in Adam, or by nature, they fall, even so the blood of
  Christ atoneth for their sins.

  MOSIAH 3:17.  And moreover, I say unto you, that there shall be no
  other name given nor any other way nor means whereby salvation can come
  unto the children of men, only in and through the name of Christ, the
  Lord Omnipotent.
  MOSIAH 3:18.  For behold he judgeth, and his judgment is just; and the
  infant perisheth not that dieth in his infancy; but men drink damnation
  to their own souls except they humble themselves and become as little
  children, and believe that salvation was, and is, and is to come, in
  and through the atoning blood of Christ, the Lord Omnipotent.

  MOSIAH 3:19.  For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from
  the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to
  the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and
  becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh
  as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to
  submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even
  as a child doth submit to his father.

  MOSIAH 3:20.  And moreover, I say unto you, that the time shall come
  when the knowledge of the Savior shall spread throughout every nation,
  kindred, tongue, and people.

  MOSIAH 3:21.  And behold, when that time cometh, none shall be found
  blameless before God, except it be little children, only through
  repentance and faith on the name of the Lord God Omnipotent.

  MOSIAH 3:22.  And even at this time, when thou shalt have taught thy
  people the things which the Lord thy God hath commanded thee, even then
  are they found no more blameless in the sight of God, only according to
  the words which I have spoken unto thee.

  MOSIAH 3:23.  And now I have spoken the words which the Lord God hath
  commanded me.

  MOSIAH 3:24.  And thus saith the Lord: They shall stand as a bright
  testimony against this people, at the judgment day; whereof they shall
  be judged, every man according to his works, whether they be good, or
  whether they be evil.

  MOSIAH 3:25.  And if they be evil they are consigned to an awful view
  of their own guilt and abominations, which doth cause them to shrink
  from the presence of the Lord into a state of misery and endless
  torment, from whence they can no more return; therefore they have drunk
  damnation to their own souls.

  MOSIAH 3:26.  Therefore, they have drunk out of the cup of the wrath of
  God, which justice could no more deny unto them than it could deny that
  Adam should fall because of his partaking of the forbidden fruit;
  therefore, mercy could have claim on them no more forever.

  MOSIAH 3:27.  And their torment is as a lake of fire and brimstone,
  whose flames are unquenchable, and whose smoke ascendeth up forever and
  ever.  Thus hath the Lord commanded me.  Amen.

  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 4
  MOSIAH 4:1.  And now, it came to pass that when king Benjamin had made
  an end of speaking the words which had been delivered unto him by the
  angel of the Lord, that he cast his eyes round about on the multitude,
  and behold they had fallen to the earth, for the fear of the Lord had
  come upon them.

  MOSIAH 4:2.  And they had viewed themselves in their own carnal state,
  even less than the dust of the earth.  And they all cried aloud with
  one voice, saying: O have mercy, and apply the atoning blood of Christ
  that we may receive forgiveness of our sins, and our hearts may be
  purified; for we believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who created
  heaven and earth, and all things; who shall come down among the
  children of men.

  MOSIAH 4:3.  And it came to pass that after they had spoken these words
  the Spirit of the Lord came upon them, and they were filled with joy,
  having received a remission of their sins, and having peace of
  conscience, because of the exceeding faith which they had in Jesus
  Christ who should come, according to the words which king Benjamin had
  spoken unto them.

  MOSIAH 4:4.  And king Benjamin again opened his mouth and began to
  speak unto them, saying: My friends and my brethren, my kindred and my
  people, I would again call your attention, that ye may hear and
  understand the remainder of my words which I shall speak unto you.

  MOSIAH 4:5.  For behold, if the knowledge of the goodness of God at
  this time has awakened you to a sense of your nothingness, and your
  worthless and fallen state--

  MOSIAH 4:6.  I say unto you, if ye have come to a knowledge of the
  goodness of God, and his matchless power, and his wisdom, and his
  patience, and his long-suffering towards the children of men; and also,
  the atonement which has been prepared from the foundation of the world,
  that thereby salvation might come to him that should put his trust in
  the Lord, and should be diligent in keeping his commandments, and
  continue in the faith even unto the end of his life, I mean the life of
  the mortal body--

  MOSIAH 4:7.  I say, that this is the man who receiveth salvation,
  through the atonement which was prepared from the foundation of the
  world for all mankind, which ever were since the fall of Adam, or who
  are, or who ever shall be, even unto the end of the world.

  MOSIAH 4:8.  And this is the means whereby salvation cometh.  And there
  is none other salvation save this which hath been spoken of; neither
  are there any conditions whereby man can be saved except the conditions
  which I have told you.
  MOSIAH 4:9.  Believe in God; believe that he is, and that he created
  all things, both in heaven and in earth; believe that he has all
  wisdom, and all power, both in heaven and in earth; believe that man
  doth not comprehend all the things which the Lord can comprehend.

  MOSIAH 4:10.  And again, believe that ye must repent of your sins and
  forsake them, and humble yourselves before God; and ask in sincerity of
  heart that he would forgive you; and now, if you believe all these
  things see that ye do them.

  MOSIAH 4:11.  And again I say unto you as I have said before, that as
  ye have come to the knowledge of the glory of God, or if ye have known
  of his goodness and have tasted of his love, and have received a
  remission of your sins, which causeth such exceedingly great joy in
  your souls, even so I would that ye should remember, and always retain
  in remembrance, the greatness of God, and your own nothingness, and his
  goodness and long-suffering towards you, unworthy creatures, and humble
  yourselves even in the depths of humility, calling on the name of the
  Lord daily, and standing steadfastly in the faith of that which is to
  come, which was spoken by the mouth of the angel.

  MOSIAH 4:12.  And behold, I say unto you that if ye do this ye shall
  always rejoice, and be filled with the love of God, and always retain a
  remission of your sins; and ye shall grow in the knowledge of the glory
  of him that created you, or in the knowledge of that which is just and
  true.

  MOSIAH 4:13.  And ye will not have a mind to injure one another, but to
  live peaceably, and to render to every man according to that which is
  his due.

  MOSIAH 4:14.  And ye will not suffer your children that they go hungry,
  or naked; neither will ye suffer that they transgress the laws of God,
  and fight and quarrel one with another, and serve the devil, who is the
  master of sin, or who is the evil spirit which hath been spoken of by
  our fathers, he being an enemy to all righteousness.

  MOSIAH 4:15.  But ye will teach them to walk in the ways of truth and
  soberness; ye will teach them to love one another, and to serve one
  another.

  MOSIAH 4:16.  And also, ye yourselves will succor those that stand in
  need of your succor; ye will administer of your substance unto him that
  standeth in need; and ye will not suffer that the beggar putteth up his
  petition to you in vain, and turn him out to perish.

  MOSIAH 4:17.  Perhaps thou shalt say: The man has brought upon himself
  his misery; therefore I will stay my hand, and will not give unto him
  of my food, nor impart unto him of my substance that he may not suffer,
  for his punishments are just--

  MOSIAH 4:18.  But I say unto you, O man, whosoever doeth this the same
  hath great cause to repent; and except he repenteth of that which he
  hath done he perisheth forever, and hath no interest in the kingdom of
  God.

  MOSIAH 4:19.  For behold, are we not all beggars?  Do we not all depend
  upon the same Being, even God, for all the substance which we have, for
  both food and raiment, and for gold, and for silver, and for all the
  riches which we have of every kind?

  MOSIAH 4:20.  And behold, even at this time, ye have been calling on
  his name, and begging for a remission of your sins.  And has he
  suffered that ye have begged in vain?  Nay; he has poured out his
  Spirit upon you, and has caused that your hearts should be filled with
  joy, and has caused that your mouths should be stopped that ye could
  not find utterance, so exceedingly great was your joy.

  MOSIAH 4:21.  And now, if God, who has created you, on whom you are
  dependent for your lives and for all that ye have and are, doth grant
  unto you whatsoever ye ask that is right, in faith, believing that ye
  shall receive, O then, how ye ought to impart of the substance that ye
  have one to another.

  MOSIAH 4:22.  And if ye judge the man who putteth up his petition to
  you for your substance that he perish not, and condemn him, how much
  more just will be your condemnation for withholding your substance,
  which doth not belong to you but to God, to whom also your life
  belongeth; and yet ye put up no petition, nor repent of the thing which
  thou hast done.

  MOSIAH 4:23.  I say unto you, wo be unto that man, for his substance
  shall perish with him; and now, I say these things unto those who are
  rich as pertaining to the things of this world.

  MOSIAH 4:24.  And again, I say unto the poor, ye who have not and yet
  have sufficient, that ye remain from day to day; I mean all you who
  deny the beggar, because ye have not; I would that ye say in your
  hearts that: I give not because I have not, but if I had I would give.

  MOSIAH 4:25.  And now, if ye say this in your hearts ye remain
  guiltless, otherwise ye are condemned; and your condemnation is just
  for ye covet that which ye have not received.

  MOSIAH 4:26.  And now, for the sake of these things which I have spoken
  unto you--that is, for the sake of retaining a remission of your sins
  from day to day, that ye may walk guiltless before God--I would that ye
  should impart of your substance to the poor, every man according to
  that which he hath, such as feeding the hungry, clothing the naked,
  visiting the sick and administering to their relief, both spiritually
  and temporally, according to their wants.

  MOSIAH 4:27.  And see that all these things are done in wisdom and
  order; for it is not requisite that a man should run faster than he has
  strength.  And again, it is expedient that he should be diligent, that
  thereby he might win the prize; therefore, all things must be done in
  order.

  MOSIAH 4:28.  And I would that ye should remember, that whosoever among
  you borroweth of his neighbor should return the thing that he
  borroweth, according as he doth agree, or else thou shalt commit sin;
  and perhaps thou shalt cause thy neighbor to commit sin also.

  MOSIAH 4:29.  And finally, I cannot tell you all the things whereby ye
  may commit sin; for there are divers ways and means, even so many that
  I cannot number them.

  MOSIAH 4:30.  But this much I can tell you, that if ye do not watch
  yourselves, and your thoughts, and your words, and your deeds, and
  observe the commandments of God, and continue in the faith of what ye
  have heard concerning the coming of our Lord, even unto the end of your
  lives, ye must perish.  And now, O man, remember, and perish not.

  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 5
  MOSIAH 5:1.  And now, it came to pass that when king Benjamin had thus
  spoken to his people, he sent among them, desiring to know of his
  people if they believed the words which he had spoken unto them.

  MOSIAH 5:2.  And they all cried with one voice, saying: Yea, we believe
  all the words which thou hast spoken unto us; and also, we know of
  their surety and truth, because of the Spirit of the Lord Omnipotent,
  which has wrought a mighty change in us, or in our hearts, that we have
  no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually.

  MOSIAH 5:3.  And we, ourselves, also, through the infinite goodness of
  God, and the manifestations of his Spirit, have great views of that
  which is to come; and were it expedient, we could prophesy of all
  things.

  MOSIAH 5:4.  And it is the faith which we have had on the things which
  our king has spoken unto us that has brought us to this great
  knowledge, whereby we do rejoice with such exceedingly great joy.

  MOSIAH 5:5.  And we are willing to enter into a covenant with our God
  to do his will, and to be obedient to his commandments in all things
  that he shall command us, all the remainder of our days, that we may
  not bring upon ourselves a never-ending torment, as has been spoken by
  the angel, that we may not drink out of the cup of the wrath of God.

  MOSIAH 5:6.  And now, these are the words which king Benjamin desired
  of them; and therefore he said unto them: Ye have spoken the words that
  I desired; and the covenant which ye have made is a righteous covenant.

  MOSIAH 5:7.  And now, because of the covenant which ye have made ye
  shall be called the children of Christ, his sons, and his daughters;
  for behold, this day he hath spiritually begotten you; for ye say that
  your hearts are changed through faith on his name; therefore, ye are
  born of him and have become his sons and his daughters.

  MOSIAH 5:8.  And under this head ye are made free, and there is no
  other head whereby ye can be made free.  There is no other name given
  whereby salvation cometh; therefore, I would that ye should take upon
  you the name of Christ, all you that have entered into the covenant
  with God that ye should be obedient unto the end of your lives.

  MOSIAH 5:9.  And it shall come to pass that whosoever doeth this shall
  be found at the right hand of God, for he shall know the name by which
  he is called; for he shall be called by the name of Christ.

  MOSIAH 5:10.  And now it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall not
  take upon him the name of Christ must be called by some other name;
  therefore, he findeth himself on the left hand of God.

  MOSIAH 5:11.  And I would that ye should remember also, that this is
  the name that I said I should give unto you that never should be
  blotted out, except it be through transgression; therefore, take heed
  that ye do not transgress, that the name be not blotted out of your
  hearts.

  MOSIAH 5:12.  I say unto you, I would that ye should remember to retain
  the name written always in your hearts, that ye are not found on the
  left hand of God, but that ye hear and know the voice by which ye shall
  be called, and also, the name by which he shall call you.

  MOSIAH 5:13.  For how knoweth a man the master whom he has not served,
  and who is a stranger unto him, and is far from the thoughts and
  intents of his heart?

  MOSIAH 5:14.  And again, doth a man take an ass which belongeth to his
  neighbor, and keep him?  I say unto you, Nay; he will not even suffer
  that he shall feed among his flocks, but will drive him away, and cast
  him out.  I say unto you, that even so shall it be among you if ye know
  not the name by which ye are called.

  MOSIAH 5:15.  Therefore, I would that ye should be steadfast and
  immovable, always abounding in good works, that Christ, the Lord God
  Omnipotent, may seal you his, that you may be brought to heaven, that
  ye may have everlasting salvation and eternal life, through the wisdom,
  and power, and justice, and mercy of him who created all things, in
  heaven and in earth, who is God above all.  Amen.

  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 6
  MOSIAH 6:1.  And now, king Benjamin thought it was expedient, after
  having finished speaking to the people, that he should take the names
  of all those who had entered into a covenant with God to keep his
  commandments.

  MOSIAH 6:2.  And it came to pass that there was not one soul, except it
  were little children, but who had entered into the covenant and had
  taken upon them the name of Christ.

  MOSIAH 6:3.  And again, it came to pass that when king Benjamin had
  made an end of all these things, and had consecrated his son Mosiah to
  be a ruler and a king over his people, and had given him all the
  charges concerning the kingdom, and also had appointed priests to teach
  the people, that thereby they might hear and know the commandments of
  God, and to stir them up in remembrance of the oath which they had
  made, he dismissed the multitude, and they returned, every one,
  according to their families, to their own houses.
  MOSIAH 6:4.  And Mosiah began to reign in his father's stead.  And he
  began to reign in the thirtieth year of his age, making in the whole,
  about four hundred and seventy-six years from the time that Lehi left
  Jerusalem.

  MOSIAH 6:5.  And king Benjamin lived three years and he died.

  MOSIAH 6:6.  And it came to pass that king Mosiah did walk in the ways
  of the Lord, and did observe his judgments and his statutes, and did
  keep his commandments in all things whatsoever he commanded him.

  MOSIAH 6:7.  And king Mosiah did cause his people that they should till
  the earth. And he also, himself, did till the earth, that thereby he
  might not become burdensome to his people, that he might do according
  to that which his father had done in all things.  And there was no
  contention among all his people for the space of three years.

  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 7
  MOSIAH 7:1.  And now, it came to pass that after king Mosiah had had
  continual peace for the space of three years, he was desirous to know
  concerning the people who went up to dwell in the land of Lehi-Nephi,
  or in the city of Lehi-Nephi; for his people had heard nothing from
  them from the time they left the land of Zarahemla; therefore, they
  wearied him with their teasings.

  MOSIAH 7:2.  And it came to pass that king Mosiah granted that sixteen
  of their strong men might go up to the land of Lehi-Nephi to inquire
  concerning their brethren.

  MOSIAH 7:3.  And it came to pass that on the morrow they started to go
  up, having with them one Ammon, he being a strong and mighty man, and a
  descendant of Zarahemla; and he was also their leader.

  MOSIAH 7:4.  And now, they knew not the course they should travel in
  the wilderness to go up to the land of Lehi-Nephi; therefore they
  wandered many days in the wilderness, even forty days did they wander.

  MOSIAH 7:5.  And when they had wandered forty days they came to a hill,
  which is north of the land of Shilom, and there they pitched their
  tents.

  MOSIAH 7:6.  And Ammon took three of his brethren, and their names were
  Amaleki, Helem, and Hem, and they went down into the land of Nephi.

  MOSIAH 7:7.  And behold, they met the king of the people who were in
  the land of Nephi, and in the land of Shilom; and they were surrounded
  by the king's guard, and were taken, and were bound, and were committed
  to prison.

  MOSIAH 7:8.  And it came to pass when they had been in prison two days
  they were again brought before the king, and their bands were loosed;
  and they stood before the king, and were permitted, or rather
  commanded, that they should answer the questions which he should ask
  them.

  MOSIAH 7:9.  And he said unto them: Behold, I am Limhi, the son of
  Noah, who was the son of Zeniff, who came up out of the land of
  Zarahemla to inherit this land, which was the land of their fathers,
  who was made a king by the voice of the people.
  MOSIAH 7:10.  And now, I desire to know the cause whereby ye were so
  bold as to come near the walls of the city, when I, myself, was with my
  guards without the gate?

  MOSIAH 7:11.  And now, for this cause have I suffered that ye should be
  preserved, that I might inquire of you, or else I should have caused
  that my guards should have put you to death.  Ye are permitted to
  speak.

  MOSIAH 7:12.  And now, when Ammon saw that he was permitted to speak,
  he went forth and bowed himself before the king; and rising again he
  said: O king, I am very thankful before God this day that I am yet
  alive, and am permitted to speak; and I will endeavor to speak with
  boldness;

  MOSIAH 7:13.  For I am assured that if ye had known me ye would not
  have suffered that I should have worn these bands.  For I am Ammon, and
  am a descendant of Zarahemla, and have come up out of the land of
  Zarahemla to inquire concerning our brethren, whom Zeniff brought up
  out of that land.

  MOSIAH 7:14.  And now, it came to pass that after Limhi had heard the
  words of Ammon, he was exceedingly glad, and said: Now, I know of a
  surety that my brethren who were in the land of Zarahemla are yet
  alive.  And now, I will rejoice; and on the morrow I will cause that my
  people shall rejoice also.

  MOSIAH 7:15.  For behold, we are in bondage to the Lamanites, and are
  taxed with a tax which is grievous to be borne.  And now, behold, our
  brethren will deliver us out of our bondage, or out of the hands of the
  Lamanites, and we will be their slaves; for it is better that we be
  slaves to the Nephites than to pay tribute to the king of the
  Lamanites.

  MOSIAH 7:16.  And now, king Limhi commanded his guards that they should
  no more bind Ammon nor his brethren, but caused that they should go to
  the hill which was north of Shilom, and bring their brethren into the
  city, that thereby they might eat, and drink, and rest themselves from
  the labors of their journey; for they had suffered many things; they
  had suffered hunger, thirst, and fatigue.

  MOSIAH 7:17.  And now, it came to pass on the morrow that king Limhi
  sent a proclamation among all his people, that thereby they might
  gather themselves together to the temple to hear the words which he
  should speak unto them.

  MOSIAH 7:18.  And it came to pass that when they had gathered
  themselves together that he spake unto them in this wise, saying: O ye,
  my people, lift up your heads and be comforted; for behold, the time is
  at hand, or is not far distant, when we shall no longer be in
  subjection to our enemies, notwithstanding our many strugglings, which
  have been in vain; yet I trust there remaineth an effectual struggle to
  be made.

  MOSIAH 7:19.  Therefore, lift up your heads, and rejoice, and put your
  trust in God, in that God who was the God of Abraham, and Isaac, and
  Jacob; and also, that God who brought the children of Israel out of the
  land of Egypt, and caused that they should walk through the Red Sea on
  dry ground, and fed them with manna that they might not perish in the
  wilderness; and many more things did he do for them.

  MOSIAH 7:20.  And again, that same God has brought our fathers out of
  the land of Jerusalem, and has kept and preserved his people even until
  now; and behold, it is because of our iniquities and abominations that
  he has brought us into bondage.

  MOSIAH 7:21.  And ye all are witnesses this day, that Zeniff, who was
  made king over this people, he being over-zealous to inherit the land
  of his fathers, therefore being deceived by the cunning and craftiness
  of king Laman, who having entered into a treaty with king Zeniff, and
  having yielded up into his hands the possessions of a part of the land,
  or even the city of Lehi-Nephi, and the city of Shilom; and the land
  round about--

  MOSIAH 7:22.  And all this he did, for the sole purpose of bringing
  this people into subjection or into bondage.  And behold, we at this
  time do pay tribute to the king of the Lamanites, to the amount of one
  half of our corn, and our barley, and even all our grain of every kind,
  and one half of the increase of our flocks and our herds; and even one
  half of all we have or possess the king of the Lamanites doth exact of
  us, or our lives.

  MOSIAH 7:23.  And now, is not this grievous to be borne?  And is not
  this, our affliction, great?  Now behold, how great reason we have to
  mourn.

  MOSIAH 7:24.  Yea, I say unto you, great are the reasons which we have
  to mourn; for behold how many of our brethren have been slain, and
  their blood has been spilt in vain, and all because of iniquity.

  MOSIAH 7:25.  For if this people had not fallen into transgression the
  Lord would not have suffered that this great evil should come upon
  them.  But behold, they would not hearken unto his words; but there
  arose contentions among them, even so much that they did shed blood
  among themselves.

  MOSIAH 7:26.  And a prophet of the Lord have they slain; yea, a chosen
  man of God, who told them of their wickedness and abominations, and
  prophesied of many things which are to come, yea, even the coming of
  Christ.

  MOSIAH 7:27.  And because he said unto them that Christ was the God,
  the Father of all things, and said that he should take upon him the
  image of man, and it should be the image after which man was created in
  the beginning; or in other words, he said that man was created after
  the image of God, and that God should come down among the children of
  men, and take upon him flesh and blood, and go forth upon the face of
  the earth--

  MOSIAH 7:28.  And now, because he said this, they did put him to death;
  and many more things did they do which brought down the wrath of God
  upon them. Therefore, who wondereth that they are in bondage, and that
  they are smitten with sore afflictions?

  MOSIAH 7:29.  For behold, the Lord hath said: I will not succor my
  people in the day of their transgression; but I will hedge up their
  ways that they prosper not; and their doings shall be as a stumbling
  block before them.

  MOSIAH 7:30.  And again, he saith: If my people shall sow filthiness
  they shall reap the chaff thereof in the whirlwind; and the effect
  thereof is poison.

  MOSIAH 7:31.  And again he saith: If my people shall sow filthiness
  they shall reap the east wind, which bringeth immediate destruction.

  MOSIAH 7:32.  And now, behold, the promise of the Lord is fulfilled,
  and ye are smitten and afflicted.

  MOSIAH 7:33.  But if ye will turn to the Lord with full purpose of
  heart, and put your trust in him, and serve him with all diligence of
  mind, if ye do this, he will, according to his own will and pleasure,
  deliver you out of bondage.

  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 8
  MOSIAH 8:1.  And it came to pass that after king Limhi had made an end
  of speaking to his people, for he spake many things unto them and only
  a few of them have I written in this book, he told his people all the
  things concerning their brethren who were in the land of Zarahemla.
  MOSIAH 8:2.  And he caused that Ammon should stand up before the
  multitude, and rehearse unto them all that had happened unto their
  brethren from the time that Zeniff went up out of the land even until
  the time that he himself came up out of the land.

  MOSIAH 8:3.  And he also rehearsed unto them the last words which king
  Benjamin had taught them, and explained them to the people of king
  Limhi, so that they might understand all the words which he spake.

  MOSIAH 8:4.  And it came to pass that after he had done all this, that
  king Limhi dismissed the multitude, and caused that they should return
  every one unto his own house.

  MOSIAH 8:5.  And it came to pass that he caused that the plates which
  contained the record of his people from the time that they left the
  land of Zarahemla, should be brought before Ammon, that he might read
  them.

  MOSIAH 8:6.  Now, as soon as Ammon had read the record, the king
  inquired of him to know if he could interpret languages, and Ammon told
  him that he could not.

  MOSIAH 8:7.  And the king said unto him: Being grieved for the
  afflictions of my people, I caused that forty and three of my people
  should take a journey into the wilderness, that thereby they might find
  the land of Zarahemla, that we might appeal unto our brethren to
  deliver us out of bondage.

  MOSIAH 8:8.  And they were lost in the wilderness for the space of many
  days, yet they were diligent, and found not the land of Zarahemla but
  returned to this land, having traveled in a land among many waters,
  having discovered a land which was covered with bones of men, and of
  beasts, and was also covered with ruins of buildings of every kind,
  having discovered a land which had been peopled with a people who were
  as numerous as the hosts of Israel.

  MOSIAH 8:9.  And for a testimony that the things that they had said are
  true they have brought twenty-four plates which are filled with
  engravings, and they are of pure gold.
  MOSIAH 8:10.  And behold, also, they have brought breastplates, which
  are large, and they are of brass and of copper, and are perfectly
  sound.

  MOSIAH 8:11.  And again, they have brought swords, the hilts thereof
  have perished, and the blades thereof were cankered with rust; and
  there is no one in the land that is able to interpret the language or
  the engravings that are on the plates.  Therefore I said unto thee:
  Canst thou translate?

  MOSIAH 8:12.  And I say unto thee again: Knowest thou of any one that
  can translate?  For I am desirous that these records should be
  translated into our language; for, perhaps, they will give us a
  knowledge of a remnant of the people who have been destroyed, from
  whence these records came; or, perhaps, they will give us a knowledge
  of this very people who have been destroyed; and I am desirous to know
  the cause of their destruction.

  MOSIAH 8:13.  Now Ammon said unto him: I can assuredly tell thee, O
  king, of a man that can translate the records; for he has wherewith
  that he can look, and translate all records that are of ancient date;
  and it is a gift from God.  And the things are called interpreters, and
  no man can look in them except he be commanded, lest he should look for
  that he ought not and he should perish.  And whosoever is commanded to
  look in them, the same is called seer.

  MOSIAH 8:14.  And behold, the king of the people who are in the land of
  Zarahemla is the man that is commanded to do these things, and who has
  this high gift from God.

  MOSIAH 8:15.  And the king said that a seer is greater than a prophet.

  MOSIAH 8:16.  And Ammon said that a seer is a revelator and a prophet
  also; and a gift which is greater can no man have, except he should
  possess the power of God, which no man can; yet a man may have great
  power given him from God.

  MOSIAH 8:17.  But a seer can know of things which are past, and also of
  things which are to come, and by them shall all things be revealed, or,
  rather, shall secret things be made manifest, and hidden things shall
  come to light, and things which are not known shall be made known by
  them, and also things shall be made known by them which otherwise could
  not be known.

  MOSIAH 8:18.  Thus God has provided a means that man, through faith,
  might work mighty miracles; therefore he becometh a great benefit to
  his fellow beings.

  MOSIAH 8:19.  And now, when Ammon had made an end of speaking these
  words the king rejoiced exceedingly, and gave thanks to God, saying:
  Doubtless a great mystery is contained within these plates, and these
  interpreters were doubtless prepared for the purpose of unfolding all
  such mysteries to the children of men.

  MOSIAH 8:20.  O how marvelous are the works of the Lord, and how long
  doth he suffer with his people; yea, and how blind and impenetrable are
  the understandings of the children of men; for they will not seek
  wisdom, neither do they desire that she should rule over them!

  MOSIAH 8:21.  Yea, they are as a wild flock which fleeth from the
  shepherd, and scattereth, and are driven, and are devoured by the
  beasts of the forest.

  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 9
  MOSIAH 9:1.  I, Zeniff, having been taught in all the language of the
  Nephites, and having had a knowledge of the land of Nephi, or of the
  land of our fathers' first inheritance, and having been sent as a spy
  among the Lamanites that I might spy out their forces, that our army
  might come upon them and destroy them--but when I saw that which was
  good among them I was desirous that they should not be destroyed.

  MOSIAH 9:2.  Therefore, I contended with my brethren in the wilderness
  for I would that our ruler should make a treaty with them; but he being
  an austere and a bloodthirsty man commanded that I should be slain; but
  I was rescued by the shedding of much blood; for father fought against
  father, and brother against brother, until the greater number of our
  army was destroyed in the wilderness; and we returned, those of us that
  were spared, to the land of Zarahemla, to relate that tale to their
  wives and their children.
  MOSIAH 9:3.  And yet, I being over-zealous to inherit the land of our
  fathers, collected as many as were desirous to go up to possess the
  land, and started again on our journey into the wilderness to go up to
  the land; but we were smitten with famine and sore afflictions; for we
  were slow to remember the Lord our God.

  MOSIAH 9:4.  Nevertheless, after many days' wandering in the wilderness
  we pitched our tents in the place where our brethren were slain, which
  was near to the land of our fathers.

  MOSIAH 9:5.  And it came to pass that I went again with four of my men
  into the city, in unto the king, that I might know of the disposition
  of the king, and that I might know if I might go in with my people and
  possess the land in peace.

  MOSIAH 9:6.  And I went in unto the king, and he covenanted with me
  that I might possess the land of Lehi-Nephi, and the land of Shilom.

  MOSIAH 9:7.  And he also commanded that his people should depart out of
  the land, and I and my people went into the land that we might possess
  it.

  MOSIAH 9:8.  And we began to build buildings, and to repair the walls
  of the city, yea, even the walls of the city of Lehi-Nephi, and the
  city of Shilom.

  MOSIAH 9:9.  And we began to till the ground, yea, even with all manner
  of seeds, with seeds of corn, and of wheat, and of barley, and with
  neas, and with sheum, and with seeds of all manner of fruits; and we
  did begin to multiply and prosper in the land.

  MOSIAH 9:10.  Now it was the cunning and the craftiness of king Laman,
  to bring my people into bondage, that he yielded up the land that we
  might possess it.

  MOSIAH 9:11.  Therefore it came to pass, that after we had dwelt in the
  land for the space of twelve years that king Laman began to grow
  uneasy, lest by any means my people should wax strong in the land, and
  that they could not overpower them and bring them into bondage.
  MOSIAH 9:12.  Now they were a lazy and an idolatrous people; therefore
  they were desirous to bring us into bondage, that they might glut
  themselves with the labors of our hands; yea, that they might feast
  themselves upon the flocks of our fields.

  MOSIAH 9:13.  Therefore it came to pass that king Laman began to stir
  up his people that they should contend with my people; therefore there
  began to be wars and contentions in the land.

  MOSIAH 9:14.  For, in the thirteenth year of my reign in the land of
  Nephi, away on the south of the land of Shilom, when my people were
  watering and feeding their flocks, and tilling their lands, a numerous
  host of Lamanites came upon them and began to slay them, and to take
  off their flocks, and the corn of their fields.

  MOSIAH 9:15.  Yea, and it came to pass that they fled, all that were
  not overtaken, even into the city of Nephi, and did call upon me for
  protection.

  MOSIAH 9:16.  And it came to pass that I did arm them with bows, and
  with arrows, with swords, and with cimeters, and with clubs, and with
  slings, and with all manner of weapons which we could invent, and I and
  my people did go forth against the Lamanites to battle.

  MOSIAH 9:17.  Yea, in the strength of the Lord did we go forth to
  battle against the Lamanites; for I and my people did cry mightily to
  the Lord that he would deliver us out of the hands of our enemies, for
  we were awakened to a remembrance of the deliverance of our fathers.

  MOSIAH 9:18.  And God did hear our cries and did answer our prayers;
  and we did go forth in his might; yea, we did go forth against the
  Lamanites, and in one day and a night we did slay three thousand and
  forty-three; we did slay them even until we had driven them out of our
  land.

  MOSIAH 9:19.  And I, myself, with mine own hands, did help to bury
  their dead.  And behold, to our great sorrow and lamentation, two
  hundred and seventy-nine of our brethren were slain.

  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 10
  MOSIAH 10:1.  And it came to pass that we again began to establish the
  kingdom and we again began to possess the land in peace.  And I caused
  that there should be weapons of war made of every kind, that thereby I
  might have weapons for my people against the time the Lamanites should
  come up again to war against my people.

  MOSIAH 10:2.  And I set guards round about the land, that the Lamanites
  might not come upon us again unawares and destroy us; and thus I did
  guard my people and my flocks, and keep them from falling into the
  hands of our enemies.

  MOSIAH 10:3.  And it came to pass that we did inherit the land of our
  fathers for many years, yea, for the space of twenty and two years.

  MOSIAH 10:4.  And I did cause that the men should till the ground, and
  raise all manner of grain and all manner of fruit of every kind.

  MOSIAH 10:5.  And I did cause that the women should spin, and toil, and
  work, and work all manner of fine linen, yea, and cloth of every kind,
  that we might clothe our nakedness; and thus we did prosper in the
  land--thus we did have continual peace in the land for the space of
  twenty and two years.

  MOSIAH 10:6.  And it came to pass that king Laman died, and his son
  began to reign in his stead.  And he began to stir his people up in
  rebellion against my people; therefore they began to prepare for war,
  and to come up to battle against my people.

  MOSIAH 10:7.  But I had sent my spies out round about the land of
  Shemlon, that I might discover their preparations, that I might guard
  against them, that they might not come upon my people and destroy them.

  MOSIAH 10:8.  And it came to pass that they came up upon the north of
  the land of Shilom, with their numerous hosts, men armed with bows, and
  with arrows, and with swords, and with cimeters, and with stones, and
  with slings; and they had their heads shaved that they were naked; and
  they were girded with a leathern girdle about their loins.

  MOSIAH 10:9.  And it came to pass that I caused that the women and
  children of my people should be hid in the wilderness; and I also
  caused that all my old men that could bear arms, and also all my young
  men that were able to bear arms, should gather themselves together to
  go to battle against the Lamanites; and I did place them in their
  ranks, every man according to his age.

  MOSIAH 10:10.  And it came to pass that we did go up to battle against
  the Lamanites; and I, even I, in my old age, did go up to battle
  against the Lamanites.  And it came to pass that we did go up in the
  strength of the Lord to battle.

  MOSIAH 10:11.  Now, the Lamanites knew nothing concerning the Lord, nor
  the strength of the Lord, therefore they depended upon their own
  strength.  Yet they were a strong people, as to the strength of men.

  MOSIAH 10:12.  They were a wild, and ferocious, and a blood-thirsty
  people, believing in the tradition of their fathers, which is
  this--Believing that they were driven out of the land of Jerusalem
  because of the iniquities of their fathers, and that they were wronged
  in the wilderness by their brethren, and they were also wronged while
  crossing the sea;

  MOSIAH 10:13.  And again, that they were wronged while in the land of
  their first inheritance, after they had crossed the sea, and all this
  because that Nephi was more faithful in keeping the commandments of the
  Lord--therefore he was favored of the Lord, for the Lord heard his
  prayers and answered them, and he took the lead of their journey in the
  wilderness.

  MOSIAH 10:14.  And his brethren were wroth with him because they
  understood not the dealings of the Lord; they were also wroth with him
  upon the waters because they hardened their hearts against the Lord.

  MOSIAH 10:15.  And again, they were wroth with him when they had
  arrived in the promised land, because they said that he had taken the
  ruling of the people out of their hands; and they sought to kill him.

  MOSIAH 10:16.  And again, they were wroth with him because he departed
  into the wilderness as the Lord had commanded him, and took the records
  which were engraven on the plates of brass, for they said that he
  robbed them.

  MOSIAH 10:17.  And thus they have taught their children that they
  should hate them, and that they should murder them, and that they
  should rob and plunder them, and do all they could to destroy them;
  therefore they have an eternal hatred towards the children of Nephi.

  MOSIAH 10:18.  For this very cause has king Laman, by his cunning, and
  lying craftiness, and his fair promises, deceived me, that I have
  brought this my people up into this land, that they may destroy them;
  yea, and we have suffered these many years in the land.

  MOSIAH 10:19.  And now I, Zeniff, after having told all these things
  unto my people concerning the Lamanites, I did stimulate them to go to
  battle with their might, putting their trust in the Lord; therefore, we
  did contend with them, face to face.

  MOSIAH 10:20.  And it came to pass that we did drive them again out of
  our land; and we slew them with a great slaughter, even so many that we
  did not number them.
  MOSIAH 10:21.  And it came to pass that we returned again to our own
  land, and my people again began to tend their flocks, and to till their
  ground.

  MOSIAH 10:22.  And now I, being old, did confer the kingdom upon one of
  my sons; therefore, I say no more.  And may the Lord bless my people.
  Amen.

  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 11
  MOSIAH 11:1.  And now it came to pass that Zeniff conferred the kingdom
  upon Noah, one of his sons; therefore Noah began to reign in his stead;
  and he did not walk in the ways of his father.

  MOSIAH 11:2.  For behold, he did not keep the commandments of God, but
  he did walk after the desires of his own heart.  And he had many wives
  and concubines.  And he did cause his people to commit sin, and do that
  which was abominable in the sight of the Lord.  Yea, and they did
  commit whoredoms and all manner of wickedness.

  MOSIAH 11:3.  And he laid a tax of one fifth part of all they
  possessed, a fifth part of their gold and of their silver, and a fifth
  part of their ziff, and of their copper, and of their brass and their
  iron; and a fifth part of their fatlings; and also a fifth part of all
  their grain.

  MOSIAH 11:4.  And all this did he take to support himself, and his
  wives and his concubines; and also his priests, and their wives and
  their concubines; thus he had changed the affairs of the kingdom.

  MOSIAH 11:5.  For he put down all the priests that had been consecrated
  by his father, and consecrated new ones in their stead, such as were
  lifted up in the pride of their hearts.

  MOSIAH 11:6.  Yea, and thus they were supported in their laziness, and
  in their idolatry, and in their whoredoms, by the taxes which king Noah
  had put upon his people; thus did the people labor exceedingly to
  support iniquity.

  MOSIAH 11:7.  Yea, and they also became idolatrous, because they were
  deceived by the vain and flattering words of the king and priests; for
  they did speak flattering things unto them.

  MOSIAH 11:8.  And it came to pass that king Noah built many elegant and
  spacious buildings; and he ornamented them with fine work of wood, and
  of all manner of precious things, of gold, and of silver, and of iron,
  and of brass, and of ziff, and of copper;

  MOSIAH 11:9.  And he also built him a spacious palace, and a throne in
  the midst thereof, all of which was of fine wood and was ornamented
  with gold and silver and with precious things.

  MOSIAH 11:10.  And he also caused that his workmen should work all
  manner of fine work within the walls of the temple, of fine wood, and
  of copper, and of brass.

  MOSIAH 11:11.  And the seats which were set apart for the high priests,
  which were above all the other seats, he did ornament with pure gold;
  and he caused a breastwork to be built before them, that they might
  rest their bodies and their arms upon while they should speak lying and
  vain words to his people.

  MOSIAH 11:12.  And it came to pass that he built a tower near the
  temple; yea, a very high tower, even so high that he could stand upon
  the top thereof and overlook the land of Shilom, and also the land of
  Shemlon, which was possessed by the Lamanites; and he could even look
  over all the land round about.

  MOSIAH 11:13.  And it came to pass that he caused many buildings to be
  built in the land Shilom; and he caused a great tower to be built on
  the hill north of the land Shilom, which had been a resort for the
  children of Nephi at the time they fled out of the land; and thus he
  did do with the riches which he obtained by the taxation of his people.

  MOSIAH 11:14.  And it came to pass that he placed his heart upon his
  riches, and he spent his time in riotous living with his wives and his
  concubines; and so did also his priests spend their time with harlots.

  MOSIAH 11:15.  And it came to pass that he planted vineyards round
  about in the land; and he built wine-presses, and made wine in
  abundance; and therefore he became a wine-bibber, and also his people.

  MOSIAH 11:16.  And it came to pass that the Lamanites began to come in
  upon his people, upon small numbers, and to slay them in their fields,
  and while they were tending their flocks.

  MOSIAH 11:17.  And king Noah sent guards round about the land to keep
  them off; but he did not send a sufficient number, and the Lamanites
  came upon them and killed them, and drove many of their flocks out of
  the land; thus the Lamanites began to destroy them, and to exercise
  their hatred upon them.

  MOSIAH 11:18.  And it came to pass that king Noah sent his armies
  against them, and they were driven back, or they drove them back for a
  time; therefore, they returned rejoicing in their spoil.

  MOSIAH 11:19.  And now, because of this great victory they were lifted
  up in the pride of their hearts; they did boast in their own strength,
  saying that their fifty could stand against thousands of the Lamanites;
  and thus they did boast, and did delight in blood, and the shedding of
  the blood of their brethren, and this because of the wickedness of
  their king and priests.

  MOSIAH 11:20.  And it came to pass that there was a man among them
  whose name was Abinadi; and he went forth among them, and began to
  prophesy, saying: Behold, thus saith the Lord, and thus hath he
  commanded me, saying, Go forth, and say unto this people, thus saith
  the Lord--Wo be unto this people, for I have seen their abominations,
  and their wickedness, and their whoredoms; and except they repent I
  will visit them in mine anger.

  MOSIAH 11:21.  And except they repent and turn to the Lord their God,
  behold, I will deliver them into the hands of their enemies; yea, and
  they shall be brought into bondage; and they shall be afflicted by the
  hand of their enemies.

  MOSIAH 11:22.  And it shall come to pass that they shall know that I am
  the Lord their God, and am a jealous God, visiting the iniquities of my
  people.

  MOSIAH 11:23.  And it shall come to pass that except this people repent
  and turn unto the Lord their God, they shall be brought into bondage;
  and none shall deliver them, except it be the Lord the Almighty God.

  MOSIAH 11:24.  Yea, and it shall come to pass that when they shall cry
  unto me I will be slow to hear their cries; yea, and I will suffer them
  that they be smitten by their enemies.

  MOSIAH 11:25.  And except they repent in sackcloth and ashes, and cry
  mightily to the Lord their God, I will not hear their prayers, neither
  will I deliver them out of their afflictions; and thus saith the Lord,
  and thus hath he commanded me.

  MOSIAH 11:26.  Now it came to pass that when Abinadi had spoken these
  words unto them they were wroth with him, and sought to take away his
  life; but the Lord delivered him out of their hands.

  MOSIAH 11:27.  Now when king Noah had heard of the words which Abinadi
  had spoken unto the people, he was also wroth; and he said: Who is
  Abinadi, that I and my people should be judged of him, or who is the
  Lord, that shall bring upon my people such great affliction?

  MOSIAH 11:28.  I command you to bring Abinadi hither, that I may slay
  him, for he has said these things that he might stir up my people to
  anger one with another, and to raise contentions among my people;
  therefore I will slay him.

  MOSIAH 11:29.  Now the eyes of the people were blinded; therefore they
  hardened their hearts against the words of Abinadi, and they sought
  from that time forward to take him.  And king Noah hardened his heart
  against the word of the Lord, and he did not repent of his evil doings.

  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 12
  MOSIAH 12:1.  And it came to pass that after the space of two years
  that Abinadi came among them in disguise, that they knew him not, and
  began to prophesy among them, saying: Thus has the Lord commanded me,
  saying--Abinadi, go and prophesy unto this my people, for they have
  hardened their hearts against my words; they have repented not of their
  evil doings; therefore, I will visit them in my anger, yea, in my
  fierce anger will I visit them in their iniquities and abominations.
  MOSIAH 12:2.  Yea, wo be unto this generation!  And the Lord said unto
  me: Stretch forth thy hand and prophesy saying: Thus saith the Lord, it
  shall come to pass that this generation, because of their iniquities,
  shall be brought into bondage, and shall be smitten on the cheek; yea,
  and shall be driven by men, and shall be slain; and the vultures of the
  air, and the dogs, yea, and the wild beasts, shall devour their flesh.

  MOSIAH 12:3.  And it shall come to pass that the life of king Noah
  shall be valued even as a garment in a hot furnace; for he shall know
  that I am the Lord.

  MOSIAH 12:4.  And it shall come to pass that I will smite this my
  people with sore afflictions, yea, with famine and with pestilence; and
  I will cause that they shall howl all the day long.

  MOSIAH 12:5.  Yea, and I will cause that they shall have burdens lashed
  upon their backs; and they shall be driven before like a dumb ass.

  MOSIAH 12:6.  And it shall come to pass that I will send forth hail
  among them, and it shall smite them; and they shall also be smitten
  with the east wind; and insects shall pester their land also, and
  devour their grain.

  MOSIAH 12:7.  And they shall be smitten with a great pestilence--and
  all this will I do because of their iniquities and abominations.

  MOSIAH 12:8.  And it shall come to pass that except they repent I will
  utterly destroy them from off the face of the earth; yet they shall
  leave a record behind them, and I will preserve them for other nations
  which shall possess the land; yea, even this will I do that I may
  discover the abominations of this people to other nations.  And many
  things did Abinadi prophesy against this people.

  MOSIAH 12:9.  And it came to pass that they were angry with him; and
  they took him and carried him bound before the king, and said unto the
  king: Behold, we have brought a man before thee who has prophesied evil
  concerning thy people, and saith that God will destroy them.

  MOSIAH 12:10.  And he also prophesieth evil concerning thy life, and
  saith that thy life shall be as a garment in a furnace of fire.

  MOSIAH 12:11.  And again, he saith that thou shalt be as a stalk, even
  as a dry stalk of the field, which is run over by the beasts and
  trodden under foot.

  MOSIAH 12:12.  And again, he saith thou shalt be as the blossoms of a
  thistle, which, when it is fully ripe, if the wind bloweth, it is
  driven forth upon the face of the land.  And he pretendeth the Lord
  hath spoken it. And he saith all this shall come upon thee except thou
  repent, and this because of thine iniquities.

  MOSIAH 12:13.  And now, O king, what great evil hast thou done, or what
  great sins have thy people committed, that we should be condemned of
  God or judged of this man?

  MOSIAH 12:14.  And now, O king, behold, we are guiltless, and thou, O
  king, hast not sinned; therefore, this man has lied concerning you, and
  he has prophesied in vain.

  MOSIAH 12:15.  And behold, we are strong, we shall not come into
  bondage, or be taken captive by our enemies; yea, and thou hast
  prospered in the land, and thou shalt also prosper.

  MOSIAH 12:16.  Behold, here is the man, we deliver him into thy hands;
  thou mayest do with him as seemeth thee good.

  MOSIAH 12:17.  And it came to pass that king Noah caused that Abinadi
  should be cast into prison; and he commanded that the priests should
  gather themselves together that he might hold a council with them what
  he should do with him.

  MOSIAH 12:18.  And it came to pass that they said unto the king: Bring
  him hither that we may question him; and the king commanded that he
  should be brought before them.

  MOSIAH 12:19.  And they began to question him, that they might cross
  him, that thereby they might have wherewith to accuse him; but he
  answered them boldly, and withstood all their questions, yea, to their
  astonishment; for he did withstand them in all their questions, and did
  confound them in all their words.

  MOSIAH 12:20.  And it came to pass that one of them said unto him: What
  meaneth the words which are written, and which have been taught by our
  fathers, saying:

  MOSIAH 12:21.  How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him
  that bringeth good tidings; that publisheth peace; that bringeth good
  tidings of good; that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy
  God reigneth;

  MOSIAH 12:22.  Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice
  together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord
  shall bring again Zion;

  MOSIAH 12:23.  Break forth into joy; sing together ye waste places of
  Jerusalem; for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed
  Jerusalem;

  MOSIAH 12:24.  The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all
  the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of
  our God?

  MOSIAH 12:25.  And now Abinadi said unto them: Are you priests, and
  pretend to teach this people, and to understand the spirit of
  prophesying, and yet desire to know of me what these things mean?

  MOSIAH 12:26.  I say unto you, wo be unto you for perverting the ways
  of the Lord! For if ye understand these things ye have not taught them;
  therefore, ye have perverted the ways of the Lord.

  MOSIAH 12:27.  Ye have not applied your hearts to understanding;
  therefore, ye have not been wise.  Therefore, what teach ye this
  people?

  MOSIAH 12:28.  And they said: We teach the law of Moses.

  MOSIAH 12:29.  And again he said unto them: If ye teach the law of
  Moses why do ye not keep it?  Why do ye set your hearts upon riches?
  Why do ye commit whoredoms and spend your strength with harlots, yea,
  and cause this people to commit sin, that the Lord has cause to send me
  to prophesy against this people, yea, even a great evil against this
  people?

  MOSIAH 12:30.  Know ye not that I speak the truth?  Yea, ye know that I
  speak the truth; and you ought to tremble before God.

  MOSIAH 12:31.  And it shall come to pass that ye shall be smitten for
  your iniquities, for ye have said that ye teach the law of Moses.  And
  what know ye concerning the law of Moses?  Doth salvation come by the
  law of Moses?  What say ye?

  MOSIAH 12:32.  And they answered and said that salvation did come by
  the law of Moses.

  MOSIAH 12:33.  But now Abinadi said unto them: I know if ye keep the
  commandments of God ye shall be saved; yea, if ye keep the commandments
  which the Lord delivered unto Moses in the mount of Sinai, saying:

  MOSIAH 12:34.  I am the Lord thy God, who hath brought thee out of the
  land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

  MOSIAH 12:35.  Thou shalt have no other God before me.

  MOSIAH 12:36.  Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any
  likeness of any thing in heaven above, or things which are in the earth
  beneath.

  MOSIAH 12:37.  Now Abinadi said unto them, Have ye done all this?  I
  say unto you, Nay, ye have not.  And have ye taught this people that
  they should do all these things?  I say unto you, Nay, ye have not.

  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 13
  MOSIAH 13:1.  And now when the king had heard these words, he said unto
  his priests: Away with this fellow, and slay him; for what have we to
  do with him, for he is mad.

  MOSIAH 13:2.  And they stood forth and attempted to lay their hands on
  him; but he withstood them, and said unto them:

  MOSIAH 13:3.  Touch me not, for God shall smite you if ye lay your
  hands upon me, for I have not delivered the message which the Lord sent
  me to deliver; neither have I told you that which ye requested that I
  should tell; therefore, God will not suffer that I shall be destroyed
  at this time.

  MOSIAH 13:4.  But I must fulfil the commandments wherewith God has
  commanded me; and because I have told you the truth ye are angry with
  me.  And again, because I have spoken the word of God ye have judged me
  that I am mad.

  MOSIAH 13:5.  Now it came to pass after Abinadi had spoken these words
  that the people of king Noah durst not lay their hands on him, for the
  Spirit of the Lord was upon him; and his face shone with exceeding
  luster, even as Moses' did while in the mount of Sinai, while speaking
  with the Lord.

  MOSIAH 13:6.  And he spake with power and authority from God; and he
  continued his words, saying:

  MOSIAH 13:7.  Ye see that ye have not power to slay me, therefore I
  finish my message.  Yea, and I perceive that it cuts you to your hearts
  because I tell you the truth concerning your iniquities.

  MOSIAH 13:8.  Yea, and my words fill you with wonder and amazement, and
  with anger.

  MOSIAH 13:9.  But I finish my message; and then it matters not whither
  I go, if it so be that I am saved.

  MOSIAH 13:10.  But this much I tell you, what you do with me, after
  this, shall be as a type and a shadow of things which are to come.

  MOSIAH 13:11.  And now I read unto you the remainder of the
  commandments of God, for I perceive that they are not written in your
  hearts; I perceive that ye have studied and taught iniquity the most
  part of your lives.

  MOSIAH 13:12.  And now, ye remember that I said unto you: Thou shall
  not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of things which
  are in heaven above, or which are in the earth beneath, or which are in
  the water under the earth.

  MOSIAH 13:13.  And again: Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them,
  nor serve them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the
  iniquities of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth
  generations of them that hate me;

  MOSIAH 13:14.  And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me
  and keep my commandments.

  MOSIAH 13:15.  Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in
  vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in
  vain.

  MOSIAH 13:16.  Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

  MOSIAH 13:17.  Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;

  MOSIAH 13:18.  But the seventh day, the sabbath of the Lord thy God,
  thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy
  man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger
  that is within thy gates;

  MOSIAH 13:19.  For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the
  sea, and all that in them is; wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath
  day, and hallowed it.

  MOSIAH 13:20.  Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be
  long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

  MOSIAH 13:21.  Thou shalt not kill.

  MOSIAH 13:22.  Thou shalt not commit adultery.  Thou shalt not steal.

  MOSIAH 13:23.  Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

  MOSIAH 13:24.  Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt
  not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his
  maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy
  neighbor's.

  MOSIAH 13:25.  And it came to pass that after Abinadi had made an end
  of these sayings that he said unto them: Have ye taught this people
  that they should observe to do all these things for to keep these
  commandments?

  MOSIAH 13:26.  I say unto you, Nay; for if ye had, the Lord would not
  have caused me to come forth and to prophesy evil concerning this
  people.

  MOSIAH 13:27.  And now ye have said that salvation cometh by the law of
  Moses.  I say unto you that it is expedient that ye should keep the law
  of Moses as yet; but I say unto you, that the time shall come when it
  shall no more be expedient to keep the law of Moses.

  MOSIAH 13:28.  And moreover, I say unto you, that salvation doth not
  come by the law alone; and were it not for the atonement, which God
  himself shall make for the sins and iniquities of his people, that they
  must unavoidably perish, notwithstanding the law of Moses.
  MOSIAH 13:29.  And now I say unto you that it was expedient that there
  should be a law given to the children of Israel, yea, even a very
  strict law; for they were a stiffnecked people, quick to do iniquity,
  and slow to remember the Lord their God;

  MOSIAH 13:30.  Therefore there was a law given them, yea, a law of
  performances and of ordinances, a law which they were to observe
  strictly from day to day, to keep them in remembrance of God and their
  duty towards him.

  MOSIAH 13:31.  But behold, I say unto you, that all these things were
  types of things to come.

  MOSIAH 13:32.  And now, did they understand the law?  I say unto you,
  Nay, they did not all understand the law; and this because of the
  hardness of their hearts; for they understood not that there could not
  any man be saved except it were through the redemption of God.

  MOSIAH 13:33.  For behold, did not Moses prophesy unto them concerning
  the coming of the Messiah, and that God should redeem his people?  Yea,
  and even all the prophets who have prophesied ever since the world
  began--have they not spoken more or less concerning these things?

  MOSIAH 13:34.  Have they not said that God himself should come down
  among the children of men, and take upon him the form of man, and go
  forth in mighty power upon the face of the earth?

  MOSIAH 13:35.  Yea, and have they not said also that he should bring to
  pass the resurrection of the dead, and that he, himself, should be
  oppressed and afflicted?

  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 14
  MOSIAH 14:1.  Yea, even doth not Isaiah say: Who hath believed our
  report, and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?

  MOSIAH 14:2.  For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as
  a root out of dry ground; he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we
  shall see him there is no beauty that we should desire him.

  MOSIAH 14:3.  He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and
  acquainted with grief; and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was
  despised, and we esteemed him not.

  MOSIAH 14:4.  Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows;
  yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

  MOSIAH 14:5.  But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised
  for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and
  with his stripes we are healed.

  MOSIAH 14:6.  All we, like sheep, have gone astray; we have turned
  every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquities
  of us all.

  MOSIAH 14:7.  He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not
  his mouth; he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep
  before her shearers is dumb so he opened not his mouth.

  MOSIAH 14:8.  He was taken from prison and from judgment; and who shall
  declare his generation?  For he was cut off out of the land of the
  living; for the transgressions of my people was he stricken.

  MOSIAH 14:9.  And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich
  in his death; because he had done no evil, neither was any deceit in
  his mouth.

  MOSIAH 14:10.  Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him
  to grief; when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin he shall
  see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord
  shall prosper in his hand.

  MOSIAH 14:11.  He shall see the travail of his soul, and shall be
  satisfied; by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many;
  for he shall bear their iniquities.

  MOSIAH 14:12.  Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great,
  and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured
  out his soul unto death; and he was numbered with the transgressors;
  and he bore the sins of many, and made intercession for the
  transgressors.

  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 15
  MOSIAH 15:1.  And now Abinadi said unto them: I would that ye should
  understand that God himself shall come down among the children of men,
  and shall redeem his people.

  MOSIAH 15:2.  And because he dwelleth in flesh he shall be called the
  Son of God, and having subjected the flesh to the will of the Father,
  being the Father and the Son--

  MOSIAH 15:3.  The Father, because he was conceived by the power of God;
  and the Son, because of the flesh; thus becoming the Father and Son--

  MOSIAH 15:4.  And they are one God, yea, the very Eternal Father of
  heaven and of earth.

  MOSIAH 15:5.  And thus the flesh becoming subject to the Spirit, or the
  Son to the Father, being one God, suffereth temptation, and yieldeth
  not to the temptation, but suffereth himself to be mocked, and
  scourged, and cast out, and disowned by his people.

  MOSIAH 15:6.  And after all this, after working many mighty miracles
  among the children of men, he shall be led, yea, even as Isaiah said,
  as a sheep before the shearer is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

  MOSIAH 15:7.  Yea, even so he shall be led, crucified, and slain, the
  flesh becoming subject even unto death, the will of the Son being
  swallowed up in the will of the Father.

  MOSIAH 15:8.  And thus God breaketh the bands of death, having gained
  the victory over death; giving the Son power to make intercession for
  the children of men--

  MOSIAH 15:9.  Having ascended into heaven, having the bowels of mercy;
  being filled with compassion towards the children of men; standing
  betwixt them and justice; having broken the bands of death, taken upon
  himself their iniquity and their transgressions, having redeemed them,
  and satisfied the demands of justice.

  MOSIAH 15:10.  And now I say unto you, who shall declare his
  generation?  Behold, I say unto you, that when his soul has been made
  an offering for sin he shall see his seed.  And now what say ye?  And
  who shall be his seed?

  MOSIAH 15:11.  Behold I say unto you, that whosoever has heard the
  words of the prophets, yea, all the holy prophets who have prophesied
  concerning the coming of the Lord--I say unto you, that all those who
  have hearkened unto their words, and believed that the Lord would
  redeem his people, and have looked forward to that day for a remission
  of their sins, I say unto you, that these are his seed, or they are
  heirs of the kingdom of God.

  MOSIAH 15:12.  For these are they whose sins he has borne; these are
  they for whom he has died, to redeem them from their transgressions.
  And now, are they not his seed?

  MOSIAH 15:13.  Yea, and are not the prophets, every one that has opened
  his mouth to prophesy, that has not fallen into transgression, I mean
  all the holy prophets ever since the world began?  I say unto you that
  they are his seed.

  MOSIAH 15:14.  And these are they who have published peace, who have
  brought good tidings of good, who have published salvation; and said
  unto Zion: Thy God reigneth!

  MOSIAH 15:15.  And O how beautiful upon the mountains were their feet!

  MOSIAH 15:16.  And again, how beautiful upon the mountains are the feet
  of those that are still publishing peace!

  MOSIAH 15:17.  And again, how beautiful upon the mountains are the feet
  of those who shall hereafter publish peace, yea, from this time
  henceforth and forever!

  MOSIAH 15:18.  And behold, I say unto you, this is not all.  For O how
  beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good
  tidings, that is the founder of peace, yea, even the Lord, who has
  redeemed his people; yea, him who has granted salvation unto his
  people;
  MOSIAH 15:19.  For were it not for the redemption which he hath made
  for his people, which was prepared from the foundation of the world, I
  say unto you, were it not for this, all mankind must have perished.

  MOSIAH 15:20.  But behold, the bands of death shall be broken, and the
  Son reigneth, and hath power over the dead; therefore, he bringeth to
  pass the resurrection of the dead.

  MOSIAH 15:21.  And there cometh a resurrection, even a first
  resurrection; yea, even a resurrection of those that have been, and who
  are, and who shall be, even until the resurrection of Christ--for so
  shall he be called.

  MOSIAH 15:22.  And now, the resurrection of all the prophets, and all
  those that have believed in their words, or all those that have kept
  the commandments of God, shall come forth in the first resurrection;
  therefore, they are the first resurrection.

  MOSIAH 15:23.  They are raised to dwell with God who has redeemed them;
  thus they have eternal life through Christ, who has broken the bands of
  death.

  MOSIAH 15:24.  And these are those who have part in the first
  resurrection; and these are they that have died before Christ came, in
  their ignorance, not having salvation declared unto them.  And thus the
  Lord bringeth about the restoration of these; and they have a part in
  the first resurrection, or have eternal life, being redeemed by the
  Lord.

  MOSIAH 15:25.  And little children also have eternal life.

  MOSIAH 15:26.  But behold, and fear, and tremble before God, for ye
  ought to tremble; for the Lord redeemeth none such that rebel against
  him and die in their sins; yea, even all those that have perished in
  their sins ever since the world began, that have wilfully rebelled
  against God, that have known the commandments of God, and would not
  keep them; these are they that have no part in the first resurrection.

  MOSIAH 15:27.  Therefore ought ye not to tremble?  For salvation cometh
  to none such; for the Lord hath redeemed none such; yea, neither can
  the Lord redeem such; for he cannot deny himself; for he cannot deny
  justice when it has its claim.

  MOSIAH 15:28.  And now I say unto you that the time shall come that the
  salvation of the Lord shall be declared to every nation, kindred,
  tongue, and people.

  MOSIAH 15:29.  Yea, Lord, thy watchmen shall lift up their voice; with
  the voice together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when
  the Lord shall bring again Zion.

  MOSIAH 15:30.  Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of
  Jerusalem; for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed
  Jerusalem.

  MOSIAH 15:31.  The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all
  the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of
  our God.

  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 16
  MOSIAH 16:1.  And now, it came to pass that after Abinadi had spoken
  these words he stretched forth his hand and said: The time shall come
  when all shall see the salvation of the Lord; when every nation,
  kindred, tongue, and people shall see eye to eye and shall confess
  before God that his judgments are just.

  MOSIAH 16:2.  And then shall the wicked be cast out, and they shall
  have cause to howl, and weep, and wail, and gnash their teeth; and this
  because they would not hearken unto the voice of the Lord; therefore
  the Lord redeemeth them not.

  MOSIAH 16:3.  For they are carnal and devilish, and the devil has power
  over them; yea, even that old serpent that did beguile our first
  parents, which was the cause of their fall; which was the cause of all
  mankind becoming carnal, sensual, devilish, knowing evil from good,
  subjecting themselves to the devil.

  MOSIAH 16:4.  Thus all mankind were lost; and behold, they would have
  been endlessly lost were it not that God redeemed his people from their
  lost and fallen state.

  MOSIAH 16:5.  But remember that he that persists in his own carnal
  nature, and goes on in the ways of sin and rebellion against God,
  remaineth in his fallen state and the devil hath all power over him.
  Therefore, he is as though there was no redemption made, being an enemy
  to God; and also is the devil an enemy to God.

  MOSIAH 16:6.  And now if Christ had not come into the world, speaking
  of things to come as though they had already come, there could have
  been no redemption.

  MOSIAH 16:7.  And if Christ had not risen from the dead, or have broken
  the bands of death that the grave should have no victory, and that
  death should have no sting, there could have been no resurrection.

  MOSIAH 16:8.  But there is a resurrection, therefore the grave hath no
  victory, and the sting of death is swallowed up in Christ.

  MOSIAH 16:9.  He is the light and the life of the world; yea, a light
  that is endless, that can never be darkened; yea, and also a life which
  is endless, that there can be no more death.

  MOSIAH 16:10.  Even this mortal shall put on immortality, and this
  corruption shall put on incorruption, and shall be brought to stand
  before the bar of God, to be judged of him according to their works
  whether they be good or whether they be evil--

  MOSIAH 16:11.  If they be good, to the resurrection of endless life and
  happiness; and if they be evil, to the resurrection of endless
  damnation, being delivered up to the devil, who hath subjected them,
  which is damnation--

  MOSIAH 16:12.  Having gone according to their own carnal wills and
  desires; having never called upon the Lord while the arms of mercy were
  extended towards them; for the arms of mercy were extended towards
  them, and they would not; they being warned of their iniquities and yet
  they would not depart from them; and they were commanded to repent and
  yet they would not repent.

  MOSIAH 16:13.  And now, ought ye not to tremble and repent of your
  sins, and remember that only in and through Christ ye can be saved?

  MOSIAH 16:14.  Therefore, if ye teach the law of Moses, also teach that
  it is a shadow of those things which are to come--

  MOSIAH 16:15.  Teach them that redemption cometh through Christ the
  Lord, who is the very Eternal Father.  Amen.

  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 17
  MOSIAH 17:1.  And now it came to pass that when Abinadi had finished
  these sayings, that the king commanded that the priests should take him
  and cause that he should be put to death.

  MOSIAH 17:2.  But there was one among them whose name was Alma, he also
  being a descendant of Nephi.  And he was a young man, and he believed
  the words which Abinadi had spoken, for he knew concerning the iniquity
  which Abinadi has testified against them; therefore he began to plead
  with the king that he would not be angry with Abinadi, but suffer that
  he might depart in peace.
  MOSIAH 17:3.  But the king was more wroth, and caused that Alma should
  be cast out from among them, and sent his servants after him that they
  might slay him.

  MOSIAH 17:4.  But he fled from before them and hid himself that they
  found him not. And he being concealed for many days did write all the
  words which Abinadi had spoken.

  MOSIAH 17:5.  And it came to pass that the king caused that his guards
  should surround Abinadi and take him; and they bound him and cast him
  into prison.

  MOSIAH 17:6.  And after three days, having counseled with his priests,
  he caused that he should again be brought before him.

  MOSIAH 17:7.  And he said unto him: Abinadi, we have found an
  accusation against thee, and thou art worthy of death.

  MOSIAH 17:8.  For thou hast said that God himself should come down
  among the children of men; and now, for this cause thou shalt be put to
  death unless thou wilt recall all the words which thou hast spoken evil
  concerning me and my people.

  MOSIAH 17:9.  Now Abinadi said unto him: I say unto you, I will not
  recall the words which I have spoken unto you concerning this people,
  for they are true; and that ye may know of their surety I have suffered
  myself that I have fallen into your hands.

  MOSIAH 17:10.  Yea, and I will suffer even until death, and I will not
  recall my words, and they shall stand as a testimony against you.  And
  if ye slay me ye will shed innocent blood, and this shall also stand as
  a testimony against you at the last day.

  MOSIAH 17:11.  And now king Noah was about to release him, for he
  feared his word; for he feared that the judgments of God would come
  upon him.

  MOSIAH 17:12.  But the priests lifted up their voices against him, and
  began to accuse him, saying: He has reviled the king.  Therefore the
  king was stirred up in anger against him, and he delivered him up that
  he might be slain.

  MOSIAH 17:13.  And it came to pass that they took him and bound him,
  and scourged his skin with faggots, yea, even unto death.

  MOSIAH 17:14.  And now when the flames began to scorch him, he cried
  unto them, saying:

  MOSIAH 17:15.  Behold, even as ye have done unto me, so shall it come
  to pass that thy seed shall cause that many shall suffer the pains that
  I do suffer, even the pains of death by fire; and this because they
  believe in the salvation of the Lord their God.

  MOSIAH 17:16.  And it will come to pass that ye shall be afflicted with
  all manner of diseases because of your iniquities.

  MOSIAH 17:17.  Yea, and ye shall be smitten on every hand, and shall be
  driven and scattered to and fro, even as a wild flock is driven by wild
  and ferocious beasts.
  MOSIAH 17:18.  And in that day ye shall be hunted, and ye shall be
  taken by the hand of your enemies, and then ye shall suffer, as I
  suffer, the pains of death by fire.

  MOSIAH 17:19.  Thus God executeth vengeance upon those that destroy his
  people.  O God, receive my soul.

  MOSIAH 17:20.  And now, when Abinadi had said these words, he fell,
  having suffered death by fire; yea, having been put to death because he
  would not deny the commandments of God, having sealed the truth of his
  words by his death.

  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 18
  MOSIAH 18:1.  And now, it came to pass that Alma, who had fled from the
  servants of king Noah, repented of his sins and iniquities, and went
  about privately among the people, and began to teach the words of
  Abinadi--

  MOSIAH 18:2.  Yea, concerning that which was to come, and also
  concerning the resurrection of the dead, and the redemption of the
  people, which was to be brought to pass through the power, and
  sufferings, and death of Christ, and his resurrection and ascension
  into heaven.

  MOSIAH 18:3.  And as many as would hear his word he did teach.  And he
  taught them privately, that it might not come to the knowledge of the
  king.  And many did believe his words.

  MOSIAH 18:4.  And it came to pass that as many as did believe him did
  go forth to a place which was called Mormon, having received its name
  from the king, being in the borders of the land having been infested,
  by times or at seasons, by wild beasts.

  MOSIAH 18:5.  Now, there was in Mormon a fountain of pure water, and
  Alma resorted thither, there being near the water a thicket of small
  trees, where he did hide himself in the daytime from the searches of
  the king.

  MOSIAH 18:6.  And it came to pass that as many as believed him went
  thither to hear his words.

  MOSIAH 18:7.  And it came to pass after many days there were a goodly
  number gathered together at the place of Mormon, to hear the words of
  Alma. Yea, all were gathered together that believed on his word, to
  hear him. And he did teach them, and did preach unto them repentance,
  and redemption, and faith on the Lord.

  MOSIAH 18:8.  And it came to pass that he said unto them: Behold, here
  are the waters of Mormon (for thus were they called) and now, as ye are
  desirous to come into the fold of God, and to be called his people, and
  are willing to bear one another's burdens, that they may be light;

  MOSIAH 18:9.  Yea, and are willing to mourn with those that mourn; yea,
  and comfort those that stand in need of comfort, and to stand as
  witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places that
  ye may be in, even until death, that ye may be redeemed of God, and be
  numbered with those of the first resurrection, that ye may have eternal
  life--

  MOSIAH 18:10.  Now I say unto you, if this be the desire of your
  hearts, what have you against being baptized in the name of the Lord,
  as a witness before him that ye have entered into a covenant with him,
  that ye will serve him and keep his commandments, that he may pour out
  his Spirit more abundantly upon you?

  MOSIAH 18:11.  And now when the people had heard these words, they
  clapped their hands for joy, and exclaimed: This is the desire of our
  hearts.

  MOSIAH 18:12.  And now it came to pass that Alma took Helam, he being
  one of the first, and went and stood forth in the water, and cried,
  saying: O Lord, pour out thy Spirit upon thy servant, that he may do
  this work with holiness of heart.

  MOSIAH 18:13.  And when he had said these words, the Spirit of the Lord
  was upon him, and he said: Helam, I baptize thee, having authority from
  the Almighty God, as a testimony that ye have entered into a covenant
  to serve him until you are dead as to the mortal body; and may the
  Spirit of the Lord be poured out upon you; and may he grant unto you
  eternal life, through the redemption of Christ, whom he has prepared
  from the foundation of the world.

  MOSIAH 18:14.  And after Alma had said these words, both Alma and Helam
  were buried in the water; and they arose and came forth out of the
  water rejoicing, being filled with the Spirit.

  MOSIAH 18:15.  And again, Alma took another, and went forth a second
  time into the water, and baptized him according to the first, only he
  did not bury himself again in the water.

  MOSIAH 18:16.  And after this manner he did baptize every one that went
  forth to the place of Mormon; and they were in number about two hundred
  and four souls; yea, and they were baptized in the waters of Mormon,
  and were filled with the grace of God.

  MOSIAH 18:17.  And they were called the church of God, or the church of
  Christ, from that time forward.  And it came to pass that whosoever was
  baptized by the power and authority of God was added to his church.

  MOSIAH 18:18.  And it came to pass that Alma, having authority from
  God, ordained priests; even one priest to every fifty of their number
  did he ordain to preach unto them, and to teach them concerning the
  things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

  MOSIAH 18:19.  And he commanded them that they should teach nothing
  save it were the things which he had taught, and which had been spoken
  by the mouth of the holy prophets.

  MOSIAH 18:20.  Yea, even he commanded them that they should preach
  nothing save it were repentance and faith on the Lord, who had redeemed
  his people.

  MOSIAH 18:21.  And he commanded them that there should be no contention
  one with another, but that they should look forward with one eye,
  having one faith and one baptism, having their hearts knit together in
  unity and in love one towards another.

  MOSIAH 18:22.  And thus he commanded them to preach.  And thus they
  became the children of God.
  MOSIAH 18:23.  And he commanded them that they should observe the
  sabbath day, and keep it holy, and also every day they should give
  thanks to the Lord their God.

  MOSIAH 18:24.  And he also commanded them that the priests whom he had
  ordained should labor with their own hands for their support.

  MOSIAH 18:25.  And there was one day in every week that was set apart
  that they should gather themselves together to teach the people, and to
  worship the Lord their God, and also, as often as it was in their
  power, to assemble themselves together.

  MOSIAH 18:26.  And the priests were not to depend upon the people for
  their support; but for their labor they were to receive the grace of
  God, that they might wax strong in the Spirit, having the knowledge of
  God, that they might teach with power and authority from God.

  MOSIAH 18:27.  And again Alma commanded that the people of the church
  should impart of their substance, every one according to that which he
  had; if he have more abundantly he should impart more abundantly; and
  of him that had but little, but little should be required; and to him
  that had not should be given.

  MOSIAH 18:28.  And thus they should impart of their substance of their
  own free will and good desires towards God, and to those priests that
  stood in need, yea, and to every needy, naked soul.

  MOSIAH 18:29.  And this he said unto them, having been commanded of
  God; and they did walk uprightly before God, imparting to one another
  both temporally and spiritually according to their needs and their
  wants.

  MOSIAH 18:30.  And now it came to pass that all this was done in
  Mormon, yea, by the waters of Mormon, in the forest that was near the
  waters of Mormon; yea, the place of Mormon, the waters of Mormon, the
  forest of Mormon, how beautiful are they to the eyes of them who there
  came to the knowledge of their Redeemer; yea, and how blessed are they,
  for they shall sing to his praise forever.

  MOSIAH 18:31.  And these things were done in the borders of the land,
  that they might not come to the knowledge of the king.

  MOSIAH 18:32.  But behold, it came to pass that the king, having
  discovered a movement among the people, sent his servants to watch
  them.  Therefore on the day that they were assembling themselves
  together to hear the word of the Lord they were discovered unto the
  king.

  MOSIAH 18:33.  And now the king said that Alma was stirring up the
  people to rebellion against him; therefore he sent his army to destroy
  them.

  MOSIAH 18:34.  And it came to pass that Alma and the people of the Lord
  were apprised of the coming of the king's army; therefore they took
  their tents and their families and departed into the wilderness.

  MOSIAH 18:35.  And they were in number about four hundred and fifty
  souls.

  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 19
  MOSIAH 19:1.  And it came to pass that the army of the king returned,
  having searched in vain for the people of the Lord.

  MOSIAH 19:2.  And now behold, the forces of the king were small, having
  been reduced, and there began to be a division among the remainder of
  the people.

  MOSIAH 19:3.  And the lesser part began to breathe out threatenings
  against the king, and there began to be a great contention among them.

  MOSIAH 19:4.  And now there was a man among them whose name was Gideon,
  and he being a strong man and an enemy to the king, therefore he drew
  his sword, and swore in his wrath that he would slay the king.

  MOSIAH 19:5.  And it came to pass that he fought with the king; and
  when the king saw that he was about to overpower him, he fled and ran
  and got upon the tower which was near the temple.

  MOSIAH 19:6.  And Gideon pursued after him and was about to get upon
  the tower to slay the king, and the king cast his eyes round about
  towards the land of Shemlon, and behold, the army of the Lamanites were
  within the borders of the land.

  MOSIAH 19:7.  And now the king cried out in the anguish of his soul,
  saying: Gideon, spare me, for the Lamanites are upon us, and they will
  destroy us; yea, they will destroy my people.

  MOSIAH 19:8.  And now the king was not so much concerned about his
  people as he was about his own life; nevertheless, Gideon did spare his
  life.

  MOSIAH 19:9.  And the king commanded the people that they should flee
  before the Lamanites, and he himself did go before them, and they did
  flee into the wilderness, with their women and their children.

  MOSIAH 19:10.  And it came to pass that the Lamanites did pursue them,
  and did overtake them, and began to slay them.

  MOSIAH 19:11.  Now it came to pass that the king commanded them that
  all the men should leave their wives and their children, and flee
  before the Lamanites.

  MOSIAH 19:12.  Now there were many that would not leave them, but had
  rather stay and perish with them.  And the rest left their wives and
  their children and fled.

  MOSIAH 19:13.  And it came to pass that those who tarried with their
  wives and their children caused that their fair daughters should stand
  forth and plead with the Lamanites that they would not slay them.

  MOSIAH 19:14.  And it came to pass that the Lamanites had compassion on
  them, for they were charmed with the beauty of their women.

  MOSIAH 19:15.  Therefore the Lamanites did spare their lives, and took
  them captives and carried them back to the land of Nephi, and granted
  unto them that they might possess the land, under the conditions that
  they would deliver up king Noah into the hands of the Lamanites, and
  deliver up their property, even one half of all they possessed, one
  half of their gold, and their silver, and all their precious things,
  and thus they should pay tribute to the king of the Lamanites from year
  to year.

  MOSIAH 19:16.  And now there was one of the sons of the king among
  those that were taken captive, whose name was Limhi.

  MOSIAH 19:17.  And now Limhi was desirous that his father should not be
  destroyed; nevertheless, Limhi was not ignorant of the iniquities of
  his father, he himself being a just man.

  MOSIAH 19:18.  And it came to pass that Gideon sent men into the
  wilderness secretly, to search for the king and those that were with
  him.  And it came to pass that they met the people in the wilderness,
  all save the king and his priests.

  MOSIAH 19:19.  Now they had sworn in their hearts that they would
  return to the land of Nephi, and if their wives and their children were
  slain, and also those that had tarried with them, that they would seek
  revenge, and also perish with them.

  MOSIAH 19:20.  And the king commanded them that they should not return;
  and they were angry with the king, and caused that he should suffer,
  even unto death by fire.

  MOSIAH 19:21.  And they were about to take the priests also and put
  them to death, and they fled before them.

  MOSIAH 19:22.  And it came to pass that they were about to return to
  the land of Nephi, and they met the men of Gideon.  And the men of
  Gideon told them of all that had happened to their wives and their
  children; and that the Lamanites had granted unto them that they might
  possess the land by paying a tribute to the Lamanites of one half of
  all they possessed.

  MOSIAH 19:23.  And the people told the men of Gideon that they had
  slain the king, and his priests had fled from them farther into the
  wilderness.

  MOSIAH 19:24.  And it came to pass that after they had ended the
  ceremony, that they returned to the land of Nephi, rejoicing, because
  their wives and their children were not slain; and they told Gideon
  what they had done to the king.

  MOSIAH 19:25.  And it came to pass that the king of the Lamanites made
  an oath unto them, that his people should not slay them.

  MOSIAH 19:26.  And also Limhi, being the son of the king, having the
  kingdom conferred upon him by the people, made oath unto the king of
  the Lamanites that his people should pay tribute unto him, even one
  half of all they possessed.

  MOSIAH 19:27.  And it came to pass that Limhi began to establish the
  kingdom and to establish peace among his people.

  MOSIAH 19:28.  And the king of the Lamanites set guards round about the
  land, that he might keep the people of Limhi in the land, that they
  might not depart into the wilderness; and he did support his guards out
  of the tribute which he did receive from the Nephites.

  MOSIAH 19:29.  And now king Limhi did have continual peace in his
  kingdom for the space of two years, that the Lamanites did not molest
  them nor seek to destroy them.

  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 20
  MOSIAH 20:1.  Now there was a place in Shemlon where the daughters of
  the Lamanites did gather themselves together to sing, and to dance, and
  to make themselves merry.

  MOSIAH 20:2.  And it came to pass that there was one day a small number
  of them gathered together to sing and to dance.

  MOSIAH 20:3.  And now the priests of king Noah, being ashamed to return
  to the city of Nephi, yea, and also fearing that the people would slay
  them, therefore they durst not return to their wives and their
  children.

  MOSIAH 20:4.  And having tarried in the wilderness, and having
  discovered the daughters of the Lamanites, they laid and watched them;

  MOSIAH 20:5.  And when there were but few of them gathered together to
  dance, they came forth out of their secret places and took them and
  carried them into the wilderness; yea, twenty and four of the daughters
  of the Lamanites they carried into the wilderness.

  MOSIAH 20:6.  And it came to pass that when the Lamanites found that
  their daughters had been missing, they were angry with the people of
  Limhi, for they thought it was the people of Limhi.

  MOSIAH 20:7.  Therefore they sent their armies forth; yea, even the
  king himself went before his people; and they went up to the land of
  Nephi to destroy the people of Limhi.

  MOSIAH 20:8.  And now Limhi had discovered them from the tower, even
  all their preparations for war did he discover; therefore he gathered
  his people together, and laid wait for them in the fields and in the
  forests.

  MOSIAH 20:9.  And it came to pass that when the Lamanites had come up,
  that the people of Limhi began to fall upon them from their waiting
  places, and began to slay them.
  MOSIAH 20:10.  And it came to pass that the battle became exceedingly
  sore, for they fought like lions for their prey.

  MOSIAH 20:11.  And it came to pass that the people of Limhi began to
  drive the Lamanites before them; yet they were not half so numerous as
  the Lamanites.  But they fought for their lives, and for their wives,
  and for their children; therefore they exerted themselves and like
  dragons did they fight.

  MOSIAH 20:12.  And it came to pass that they found the king of the
  Lamanites among the number of their dead; yet he was not dead, having
  been wounded and left upon the ground, so speedy was the flight of his
  people.

  MOSIAH 20:13.  And they took him and bound up his wounds, and brought
  him before Limhi, and said: Behold, here is the king of the Lamanites;
  he having received a wound has fallen among their dead, and they have
  left him; and behold, we have brought him before you; and now let us
  slay him
  MOSIAH 20:14.  But Limhi said unto them: Ye shall not slay him, but
  bring him hither that I may see him.  And they brought him.  And Limhi
  said unto him: What cause have ye to come up to war against my people?
  Behold, my people have not broken the oath that I made unto you;
  therefore, why should ye break the oath which ye made unto my people?

  MOSIAH 20:15.  And now the king said: I have broken the oath because
  thy people did carry away the daughters of my people; therefore, in my
  anger I did cause my people to come up to war against thy people.

  MOSIAH 20:16.  And now Limhi had heard nothing concerning this matter;
  therefore he said: I will search among my people and whosoever has done
  this thing shall perish.  Therefore he caused a search to be made among
  his people.

  MOSIAH 20:17.  Now when Gideon had heard these things, he being the
  king's captain, he went forth and said unto the king: I pray thee
  forbear, and do not search this people, and lay not this thing to their
  charge.
  MOSIAH 20:18.  For do ye not remember the priests of thy father, whom
  this people sought to destroy?  And are they not in the wilderness?
  And are not they the ones who have stolen the daughters of the
  Lamanites?

  MOSIAH 20:19.  And now, behold, and tell the king of these things, that
  he may tell his people that they may be pacified towards us; for behold
  they are already preparing to come against us; and behold also there
  are but few of us.

  MOSIAH 20:20.  And behold, they come with their numerous hosts; and
  except the king doth pacify them towards us we must perish.

  MOSIAH 20:21.  For are not the words of Abinadi fulfilled, which he
  prophesied against us--and all this because we would not hearken unto
  the words of the Lord, and turn from our iniquities?

  MOSIAH 20:22.  And now let us pacify the king, and we fulfil the oath
  which we have made unto him; for it is better that we should be in
  bondage than that we should lose our lives; therefore, let us put a
  stop to the shedding of so much blood.

  MOSIAH 20:23.  And now Limhi told the king all the things concerning
  his father, and the priests that had fled into the wilderness, and
  attributed the carrying away of their daughters to them.

  MOSIAH 20:24.  And it came to pass that the king was pacified towards
  his people; and he said unto them: Let us go forth to meet my people,
  without arms; and I swear unto you with an oath that my people shall
  not slay thy people.

  MOSIAH 20:25.  And it came to pass that they followed the king, and
  went forth without arms to meet the Lamanites.  And it came to pass
  that they did meet the Lamanites; and the king of the Lamanites did bow
  himself down before them, and did plead in behalf of the people of
  Limhi.

  MOSIAH 20:26.  And when the Lamanites saw the people of Limhi, that
  they were without arms, they had compassion on them and were pacified
  towards them, and returned with their king in peace to their own land.

  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 21
  MOSIAH 21:1.  And it came to pass that Limhi and his people returned to
  the city of Nephi, and began to dwell in the land again in peace.

  MOSIAH 21:2.  And it came to pass that after many days the Lamanites
  began again to be stirred up in anger against the Nephites, and they
  began to come into the borders of the land round about.

  MOSIAH 21:3.  Now they durst not slay them, because of the oath which
  their king had made unto Limhi; but they would smite them on their
  cheeks, and exercise authority over them; and began to put heavy
  burdens upon their backs, and drive them as they would a dumb ass--

  MOSIAH 21:4.  Yea, all this was done that the word of the Lord might be
  fulfilled.

  MOSIAH 21:5.  And now the afflictions of the Nephites were great, and
  there was no way that they could deliver themselves out of their hands,
  for the Lamanites had surrounded them on every side.

  MOSIAH 21:6.  And it came to pass that the people began to murmur with
  the king because of their afflictions; and they began to be desirous to
  go against them to battle.  And they did afflict the king sorely with
  their complaints; therefore he granted unto them that they should do
  according to their desires.

  MOSIAH 21:7.  And they gathered themselves together again, and put on
  their armor, and went forth against the Lamanites to drive them out of
  their land.

  MOSIAH 21:8.  And it came to pass that the Lamanites did beat them, and
  drove them back, and slew many of them.

  MOSIAH 21:9.  And now there was a great mourning and lamentation among
  the people of Limhi, the widow mourning for her husband, the son and
  the daughter mourning for their father, and the brothers for their
  brethren.

  MOSIAH 21:10.  Now there were a great many widows in the land, and they
  did cry mightily from day to day, for a great fear of the Lamanites had
  come upon them.

  MOSIAH 21:11.  And it came to pass that their continual cries did stir
  up the remainder of the people of Limhi to anger against the Lamanites;
  and they went again to battle, but they were driven back again,
  suffering much loss.

  MOSIAH 21:12.  Yea, they went again even the third time, and suffered
  in the like manner; and those that were not slain returned again to the
  city of Nephi.

  MOSIAH 21:13.  And they did humble themselves even to the dust,
  subjecting themselves to the yoke of bondage, submitting themselves to
  be smitten, and to be driven to and fro, and burdened, according to the
  desires of their enemies.

  MOSIAH 21:14.  And they did humble themselves even in the depths of
  humility; and they did cry mightily to God; yea, even all the day long
  did they cry unto their God that he would deliver them out of their
  afflictions.

  MOSIAH 21:15.  And now the Lord was slow to hear their cry because of
  their iniquities; nevertheless the Lord did hear their cries, and began
  to soften the hearts of the Lamanites that they began to ease their
  burdens; yet the Lord did not see fit to deliver them out of bondage.

  MOSIAH 21:16.  And it came to pass that they began to prosper by
  degrees in the land, and began to raise grain more abundantly, and
  flocks, and herds, that they did not suffer with hunger.

  MOSIAH 21:17.  Now there was a great number of women, more than there
  was of men; therefore king Limhi commanded that every man should impart
  to the support of the widows and their children, that they might not
  perish with hunger; and this they did because of the greatness of their
  number that had been slain.

  MOSIAH 21:18.  Now the people of Limhi kept together in a body as much
  as it was possible, and secured their grain and their flocks;
  MOSIAH 21:19.  And the king himself did not trust his person without
  the walls of the city, unless he took his guards with him, fearing that
  he might by some means fall into the hands of the Lamanites.

  MOSIAH 21:20.  And he caused that his people should watch the land
  round about, that by some means they might take those priests that fled
  into the wilderness, who had stolen the daughters of the Lamanites, and
  that had caused such a great destruction to come upon them.

  MOSIAH 21:21.  For they were desirous to take them that they might
  punish them; for they had come into the land of Nephi by night, and
  carried off their grain and many of their precious things; therefore
  they laid wait for them.

  MOSIAH 21:22.  And it came to pass that there was no more disturbance
  between the Lamanites and the people of Limhi, even until the time that
  Ammon and his brethren came into the land.

  MOSIAH 21:23.  And the king having been without the gates of the city
  with his guard, discovered Ammon and his brethren; and supposing them
  to be priests of Noah therefore he caused that they should be taken,
  and bound, and cast into prison.  And had they been the priests of Noah
  he would have caused that they should be put to death.

  MOSIAH 21:24.  But when he found that they were not, but that they were
  his brethren, and had come from the land of Zarahemla, he was filled
  with exceedingly great joy.

  MOSIAH 21:25.  Now king Limhi had sent, previous to the coming of
  Ammon, a small number of men to search for the land of Zarahemla; but
  they could not find it, and they were lost in the wilderness.

  MOSIAH 21:26.  Nevertheless, they did find a land which had been
  peopled; yea, a land which was covered with dry bones; yea, a land
  which had been peopled and which had been destroyed; and they, having
  supposed it to be the land of Zarahemla, returned to the land of Nephi,
  having arrived in the borders of the land not many days before the
  coming of Ammon.

  MOSIAH 21:27.  And they brought a record with them, even a record of
  the people whose bones they had found; and it was engraven on plates of
  ore.

  MOSIAH 21:28.  And now Limhi was again filled with joy in learning from
  the mouth of Ammon that king Mosiah had a gift from God, whereby he
  could interpret such engravings; yea, and Ammon also did rejoice.

  MOSIAH 21:29.  Yet Ammon and his brethren were filled with sorrow
  because so many of their brethren had been slain;

  MOSIAH 21:30.  And also that king Noah and his priests had caused the
  people to commit so many sins and iniquities against God; and they also
  did mourn for the death of Abinadi; and also for the departure of Alma
  and the people that went with him, who had formed a church of God
  through the strength and power of God, and faith on the words which had
  been spoken by Abinadi.

  MOSIAH 21:31.  Yea, they did mourn for their departure, for they knew
  not whither they had fled.  Now they would have gladly joined with
  them, for they themselves had entered into a covenant with God to serve
  him and keep his commandments.

  MOSIAH 21:32.  And now since the coming of Ammon, king Limhi had also
  entered into a covenant with God, and also many of his people, to serve
  him and keep his commandments.

  MOSIAH 21:33.  And it came to pass that king Limhi and many of his
  people were desirous to be baptized; but there was none in the land
  that had authority from God.  And Ammon declined doing this thing,
  considering himself an unworthy servant.

  MOSIAH 21:34.  Therefore they did not at that time form themselves into
  a church, waiting upon the Spirit of the Lord.  Now they were desirous
  to become even as Alma and his brethren, who had fled into the
  wilderness.

  MOSIAH 21:35.  They were desirous to be baptized as a witness and a
  testimony that they were willing to serve God with all their hearts;
  nevertheless they did prolong the time; and an account of their baptism
  shall be given hereafter.

  MOSIAH 21:36.  And now all the study of Ammon and his people, and king
  Limhi and his people, was to deliver themselves out of the hands of the
  Lamanites and from bondage.

  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 22
  MOSIAH 22:1.  And now it came to pass that Ammon and king Limhi began
  to consult with the people how they should deliver themselves out of
  bondage; and even they did cause that all the people should gather
  themselves together; and this they did that they might have the voice
  of the people concerning the matter.

  MOSIAH 22:2.  And it came to pass that they could find no way to
  deliver themselves out of bondage, except it were to take their women
  and children, and their flocks, and their herds, and their tents, and
  depart into the wilderness; for the Lamanites being so numerous, it was
  impossible for the people of Limhi to contend with them, thinking to
  deliver themselves out of bondage by the sword.

  MOSIAH 22:3.  Now it came to pass that Gideon went forth and stood
  before the king, and said unto him: Now O king, thou hast hitherto
  hearkened unto my words many times when we have been contending with
  our brethren, the Lamanites.

  MOSIAH 22:4.  And now O king, if thou hast not found me to be an
  unprofitable servant, or if thou hast hitherto listened to my words in
  any degree, and they have been of service to thee, even so I desire
  that thou wouldst listen to my words at this time, and I will be thy
  servant and deliver this people out of bondage.

  MOSIAH 22:5.  And the king granted unto him that he might speak.  And
  Gideon said unto him:

  MOSIAH 22:6.  Behold the back pass, through the back wall, on the back
  side of the city.  The Lamanites, or the guards of the Lamanites, by
  night are drunken; therefore let us send a proclamation among all this
  people that they gather together their flocks and herds, that they may
  drive them into the wilderness by night.

  MOSIAH 22:7.  And I will go according to thy command and pay the last
  tribute of wine to the Lamanites, and they will be drunken; and we will
  pass through the secret pass on the left of their camp when they are
  drunken and asleep.

  MOSIAH 22:8.  Thus we will depart with our women and our children, our
  flocks, and our herds into the wilderness; and we will travel around
  the land of Shilom.

  MOSIAH 22:9.  And it came to pass that the king hearkened unto the
  words of Gideon.

  MOSIAH 22:10.  And king Limhi caused that his people should gather
  their flocks together; and he sent the tribute of wine to the
  Lamanites; and he also sent more wine, as a present unto them; and they
  did drink freely of the wine which king Limhi did send unto them.

  MOSIAH 22:11.  And it came to pass that the people of king Limhi did
  depart by night into the wilderness with their flocks and their herds,
  and they went round about the land of Shilom in the wilderness, and
  bent their course towards the land of Zarahemla, being led by Ammon and
  his brethren.

  MOSIAH 22:12.  And they had taken all their gold, and silver, and their
  precious things, which they could carry, and also their provisions with
  them, into the wilderness; and they pursued their journey.

  MOSIAH 22:13.  And after being many days in the wilderness they arrived
  in the land of Zarahemla, and joined Mosiah's people, and became his
  subjects.

  MOSIAH 22:14.  And it came to pass that Mosiah received them with joy;
  and he also received their records, and also the records which had been
  found by the people of Limhi.

  MOSIAH 22:15.  And now it came to pass when the Lamanites had found
  that the people of Limhi had departed out of the land by night, that
  they sent an army into the wilderness to pursue them;

  MOSIAH 22:16.  And after they had pursued them two days, they could no
  longer follow their tracks; therefore they were lost in the wilderness.

  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 23
  MOSIAH 23:1.  Now Alma, having been warned of the Lord that the armies
  of king Noah would come upon them, and having made it known to his
  people, therefore they gathered together their flocks, and took of
  their grain, and departed into the wilderness before the armies of king
  Noah.

  MOSIAH 23:2.  And the Lord did strengthen them, that the people of king
  Noah could not overtake them to destroy them.

  MOSIAH 23:3.  And they fled eight days' journey into the wilderness.

  MOSIAH 23:4.  And they came to a land, yea, even a very beautiful and
  pleasant land, a land of pure water.

  MOSIAH 23:5.  And they pitched their tents, and began to till the
  ground, and began to build buildings; yea, they were industrious, and
  did labor exceedingly.
  MOSIAH 23:6.  And the people were desirous that Alma should be their
  king, for he was beloved by his people.

  MOSIAH 23:7.  But he said unto them: Behold, it is not expedient that
  we should have a king; for thus saith the Lord: Ye shall not esteem one
  flesh above another, or one man shall not think himself above another;
  therefore I say unto you it is not expedient that ye should have a
  king.

  MOSIAH 23:8.  Nevertheless, if it were possible that ye could always
  have just men to be your kings it would be well for you to have a king.

  MOSIAH 23:9.  But remember the iniquity of king Noah and his priests;
  and I myself was caught in a snare, and did many things which were
  abominable in the sight of the Lord, which caused me sore repentance;

  MOSIAH 23:10.  Nevertheless, after much tribulation, the Lord did hear
  my cries, and did answer my prayers, and has made me an instrument in
  his hands in bringing so many of you to a knowledge of his truth.
  MOSIAH 23:11.  Nevertheless, in this I do not glory, for I am unworthy
  to glory of myself.

  MOSIAH 23:12.  And now I say unto you, ye have been oppressed by king
  Noah, and have been in bondage to him and his priests, and have been
  brought into iniquity by them; therefore ye were bound with the bands
  of iniquity.

  MOSIAH 23:13.  And now as ye have been delivered by the power of God
  out of these bonds; yea, even out of the hands of king Noah and his
  people, and also from the bonds of iniquity, even so I desire that ye
  should stand fast in this liberty wherewith ye have been made free, and
  that ye trust no man to be a king over you.

  MOSIAH 23:14.  And also trust no one to be your teacher nor your
  minister, except he be a man of God, walking in his ways and keeping
  his commandments.

  MOSIAH 23:15.  Thus did Alma teach his people, that every man should
  love his neighbor as himself, that there should be no contention among
  them.

  MOSIAH 23:16.  And now, Alma was their high priest, he being the
  founder of their church.

  MOSIAH 23:17.  And it came to pass that none received authority to
  preach or to teach except it were by him from God.  Therefore he
  consecrated all their priests and all their teachers; and none were
  consecrated except they were just men.

  MOSIAH 23:18.  Therefore they did watch over their people, and did
  nourish them with things pertaining to righteousness.

  MOSIAH 23:19.  And it came to pass that they began to prosper
  exceedingly in the land; and they called the land Helam.

  MOSIAH 23:20.  And it came to pass that they did multiply and prosper
  exceedingly in the land of Helam; and they built a city, which they
  called the city of Helam.
  MOSIAH 23:21.  Nevertheless the Lord seeth fit to chasten his people;
  yea, he trieth their patience and their faith.

  MOSIAH 23:22.  Nevertheless--whosoever putteth his trust in him the
  same shall be lifted up at the last day.  Yea, and thus it was with
  this people.

  MOSIAH 23:23.  For behold, I will show unto you that they were brought
  into bondage, and none could deliver them but the Lord their God, yea,
  even the God of Abraham and Isaac and of Jacob.

  MOSIAH 23:24.  And it came to pass that he did deliver them, and he did
  show forth his mighty power unto them, and great were their rejoicings.

  MOSIAH 23:25.  For behold, it came to pass that while they were in the
  land of Helam, yea, in the city of Helam, while tilling the land round
  about, behold an army of the Lamanites was in the borders of the land.

  MOSIAH 23:26.  Now it came to pass that the brethren of Alma fled from
  their fields, and gathered themselves together in the city of Helam;
  and they were much frightened because of the appearance of the
  Lamanites.

  MOSIAH 23:27.  But Alma went forth and stood among them, and exhorted
  them that they should not be frightened, but that they should remember
  the Lord their God and he would deliver them.

  MOSIAH 23:28.  Therefore they hushed their fears, and began to cry unto
  the Lord that he would soften the hearts of the Lamanites, that they
  would spare them, and their wives, and their children.

  MOSIAH 23:29.  And it came to pass the the Lord did soften the hearts
  of the Lamanites.  And Alma and his brethren went forth and delivered
  themselves up into their hands; and the Lamanites took possession of
  the land of Helam.

  MOSIAH 23:30.  Now the armies of the Lamanites, which had followed
  after the people of king Limhi, had been lost in the wilderness for
  many days.
  MOSIAH 23:31.  And behold, they had found those priests of king Noah,
  in a place which they called Amulon; and they had begun to possess the
  land of Amulon and had begun to till the ground.

  MOSIAH 23:32.  Now the name of the leader of those priests was Amulon.

  MOSIAH 23:33.  And it came to pass that Amulon did plead with the
  Lamanites; and he also sent forth their wives, who were the daughters
  of the Lamanites, to plead with their brethren, that they should not
  destroy their husbands.

  MOSIAH 23:34.  And the Lamanites had compassion on Amulon and his
  brethren, and did not destroy them, because of their wives.

  MOSIAH 23:35.  And Amulon and his brethren did join the Lamanites, and
  they were traveling in the wilderness in search of the land of Nephi
  when they discovered the land of Helam, which was possessed by Alma and
  his brethren.

  MOSIAH 23:36.  And it came to pass that the Lamanites promised unto
  Alma and his brethren, that if they would show them the way which led
  to the land of Nephi that they would grant unto them their lives and
  their liberty.

  MOSIAH 23:37.  But after Alma had shown them the way that led to the
  land of Nephi the Lamanites would not keep their promise; but they set
  guards round about the land of Helam, over Alma and his brethren.

  MOSIAH 23:38.  And the remainder of them went to the land of Nephi; and
  a part of them returned to the land of Helam, and also brought with
  them the wives and the children of the guards who had been left in the
  land.

  MOSIAH 23:39.  And the king of the Lamanites had granted unto Amulon
  that he should be a king and a ruler over his people, who were in the
  land of Helam; nevertheless he should have no power to do anything
  contrary to the will of the king of the Lamanites.

  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 24
  MOSIAH 24:1.  And it came to pass that Amulon did gain favor in the
  eyes of the king of the Lamanites; therefore, the king of the Lamanites
  granted unto him and his brethren that they should be appointed
  teachers over his people, yea, even over the people who were in the
  land of Shemlon, and in the land of Shilom, and in the land of Amulon.

  MOSIAH 24:2.  For the Lamanites had taken possession of all these
  lands; therefore, the king of the Lamanites had appointed kings over
  all these lands.

  MOSIAH 24:3.  And now the name of the king of the Lamanites was Laman,
  being called after the name of his father; and therefore he was called
  king Laman. And he was king over a numerous people.

  MOSIAH 24:4.  And he appointed teachers of the brethren of Amulon in
  every land which was possessed by his people; and thus the language of
  Nephi began to be taught among all the people of the Lamanites.

  MOSIAH 24:5.  And they were a people friendly one with another;
  nevertheless they knew not God; neither did the brethren of Amulon
  teach them anything concerning the Lord their God, neither the law of
  Moses; nor did they teach them the words of Abinadi;

  MOSIAH 24:6.  But they taught them that they should keep their record,
  and that they might write one to another.

  MOSIAH 24:7.  And thus the Lamanites began to increase in riches, and
  began to trade one with another and wax great, and began to be a
  cunning and a wise people, as to the wisdom of the world, yea, a very
  cunning people, delighting in all manner of wickedness and plunder,
  except it were among their own brethren.

  MOSIAH 24:8.  And now it came to pass that Amulon began to exercise
  authority over Alma and his brethren, and began to persecute him, and
  cause that his children should persecute their children.

  MOSIAH 24:9.  For Amulon knew Alma, that he had been one of the king's
  priests, and that it was he that believed the words of Abinadi and was
  driven out before the king, and therefore he was wroth with him; for he
  was subject to king Laman, yet he exercised authority over them, and
  put tasks upon them, and put task-masters over them.

  MOSIAH 24:10.  And it came to pass that so great were their afflictions
  that they began to cry mightily to God.

  MOSIAH 24:11.  And Amulon commanded them that they should stop their
  cries; and he put guards over them to watch them, that whosoever should
  be found calling upon God should be put to death.

  MOSIAH 24:12.  And Alma and his people did not raise their voices to
  the Lord their God, but did pour out their hearts to him; and he did
  know the thoughts of their hearts.

  MOSIAH 24:13.  And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord came to
  them in their afflictions, saying: Lift up your heads and be of good
  comfort, for I know of the covenant which ye have made unto me; and I
  will covenant with my people and deliver them out of bondage.

  MOSIAH 24:14.  And I will also ease the burdens which are put upon your
  shoulders, that even you cannot feel them upon your backs, even while
  you are in bondage; and this will I do that ye may stand as witnesses
  for me hereafter, and that ye may know of a surety that I, the Lord
  God, do visit my people in their afflictions.

  MOSIAH 24:15.  And now it came to pass that the burdens which were laid
  upon Alma and his brethren were made light; yea, the Lord did
  strengthen them that they could bear up their burdens with ease, and
  they did submit cheerfully and with patience to all the will of the
  Lord.

  MOSIAH 24:16.  And it came to pass that so great was their faith and
  their patience that the voice of the Lord came unto them again, saying:
  Be of good comfort, for on the morrow I will deliver you out of
  bondage.

  MOSIAH 24:17.  And he said unto Alma: Thou shalt go before this people,
  and I will go with thee and deliver this people out of bondage.

  MOSIAH 24:18.  Now it came to pass that Alma and his people in the
  night-time gathered their flocks together, and also of their grain;
  yea, even all the night-time were they gathering the flocks together.

  MOSIAH 24:19.  And in the morning the Lord caused a deep sleep to come
  upon the Lamanites, yea, and all their task-masters were in a profound
  sleep.

  MOSIAH 24:20.  And Alma and his people departed into the wilderness;
  and when they had traveled all day they pitched their tents in a
  valley, and they called the valley Alma, because he led their way in
  the wilderness.

  MOSIAH 24:21.  Yea, and in the valley of Alma they poured out their
  thanks to God because he had been merciful unto them, and eased their
  burdens, and had delivered them out of bondage; for they were in
  bondage, and none could deliver them except it were the Lord their God.

  MOSIAH 24:22.  And they gave thanks to God, yea, all their men and all
  their women and all their children that could speak lifted their voices
  in the praises of their God.

  MOSIAH 24:23.  And now the Lord said unto Alma: Haste thee and get thou
  and this people out of this land, for the Lamanites have awakened and
  do pursue thee; therefore get thee out of this land, and I will stop
  the Lamanites in this valley that they come no further in pursuit of
  this people.

  MOSIAH 24:24.  And it came to pass that they departed out of the
  valley, and took their journey into the wilderness.

  MOSIAH 24:25.  And after they had been in the wilderness twelve days
  they arrived in the land of Zarahemla; and king Mosiah did also receive
  them with joy.

  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 25
  MOSIAH 25:1.  And now king Mosiah caused that all the people should be
  gathered together.

  MOSIAH 25:2.  Now there were not so many of the children of Nephi, or
  so many of those who were descendants of Nephi, as there were of the
  people of Zarahemla, who was a descendant of Mulek, and those who came
  with him into the wilderness.

  MOSIAH 25:3.  And there were not so many of the people of Nephi and of
  the people of Zarahemla as there were of the Lamanites; yea, they were
  not half so numerous.

  MOSIAH 25:4.  And now all the people of Nephi were assembled together,
  and also all the people of Zarahemla, and they were gathered together
  in two bodies.

  MOSIAH 25:5.  And it came to pass that Mosiah did read, and caused to
  be read, the records of Zeniff to his people; yea, he read the records
  of the people of Zeniff, from the time they left the land of Zarahemla
  until they returned again.

  MOSIAH 25:6.  And he also read the account of Alma and his brethren,
  and all their afflictions, from the time they left the land of
  Zarahemla until the time they returned again.

  MOSIAH 25:7.  And now, when Mosiah had made an end of reading the
  records, his people who tarried in the land were struck with wonder and
  amazement.

  MOSIAH 25:8.  For they knew not what to think; for when they beheld
  those that had been delivered out of bondage they were filled with
  exceedingly great joy.

  MOSIAH 25:9.  And again, when they thought of their brethren who had
  been slain by the Lamanites they were filled with sorrow, and even shed
  many tears of sorrow.

  MOSIAH 25:10.  And again, when they thought of the immediate goodness
  of God, and his power in delivering Alma and his brethren out of the
  hands of the Lamanites and of bondage, they did raise their voices and
  give thanks to God.

  MOSIAH 25:11.  And again, when they thought upon the Lamanites, who
  were their brethren, of their sinful and polluted state, they were
  filled with pain and anguish for the welfare of their souls.

  MOSIAH 25:12.  And it came to pass that those who were the children of
  Amulon and his brethren, who had taken to wife the daughters of the
  Lamanites, were displeased with the conduct of their fathers, and they
  would no longer be called by the names of their fathers, therefore they
  took upon themselves the name of Nephi, that they might be called the
  children of Nephi and be numbered among those who were called Nephites.

  MOSIAH 25:13.  And now all the people of Zarahemla were numbered with
  the Nephites, and this because the kingdom had been conferred upon none
  but those who were descendants of Nephi.

  MOSIAH 25:14.  And now it came to pass that when Mosiah had made an end
  of speaking and reading to the people, he desired that Alma should also
  speak to the people.

  MOSIAH 25:15.  And Alma did speak unto them, when they were assembled
  together in large bodies, and he went from one body to another,
  preaching unto the people repentance and faith on the Lord.

  MOSIAH 25:16.  And he did exhort the people of Limhi and his brethren,
  all those that had been delivered out of bondage, that they should
  remember that it was the Lord that did deliver them.

  MOSIAH 25:17.  And it came to pass that after Alma had taught the
  people many things, and had made an end of speaking to them, that king
  Limhi was desirous that he might be baptized; and all his people were
  desirous that they might be baptized also.

  MOSIAH 25:18.  Therefore, Alma did go forth into the water and did
  baptize them; yea, he did baptize them after the manner he did his
  brethren in the waters of Mormon; yea, and as many as he did baptize
  did belong to the church of God; and this because of their belief on
  the words of Alma.

  MOSIAH 25:19.  And it came to pass that king Mosiah granted unto Alma
  that he might establish churches throughout all the land of Zarahemla;
  and gave him power to ordain priests and teachers over every church.

  MOSIAH 25:20.  Now this was done because there were so many people that
  they could not all be governed by one teacher; neither could they all
  hear the word of God in one assembly;

  MOSIAH 25:21.  Therefore they did assemble themselves together in
  different bodies, being called churches; every church having their
  priests and their teachers, and every priest preaching the word
  according as it was delivered to him by the mouth of Alma.

  MOSIAH 25:22.  And thus, notwithstanding there being many churches they
  were all one church, yea, even the church of God; for there was nothing
  preached in all the churches except it were repentance and faith in
  God.

  MOSIAH 25:23.  And now there were seven churches in the land of
  Zarahemla.  And it came to pass that whosoever were desirous to take
  upon them the name of Christ, or of God, they did join the churches of
  God;

  MOSIAH 25:24.  And they were called the people of God.  And the Lord
  did pour out his Spirit upon them, and they were blessed, and prospered
  in the land.
  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 26
  MOSIAH 26:1.  Now it came to pass that there were many of the rising
  generation that could not understand the words of king Benjamin, being
  little children at the time he spake unto his people; and they did not
  believe the tradition of their fathers.

  MOSIAH 26:2.  They did not believe what had been said concerning the
  resurrection of the dead, neither did they believe concerning the
  coming of Christ.

  MOSIAH 26:3.  And now because of their unbelief they could not
  understand the word of God; and their hearts were hardened.

  MOSIAH 26:4.  And they would not be baptized; neither would they join
  the church. And they were a separate people as to their faith, and
  remained so ever after, even in their carnal and sinful state; for they
  would not call upon the Lord their God.

  MOSIAH 26:5.  And now in the reign of Mosiah they were not half so
  numerous as the people of God; but because of the dissensions among the
  brethren they became more numerous.

  MOSIAH 26:6.  For it came to pass that they did deceive many with their
  flattering words, who were in the church, and did cause them to commit
  many sins; therefore it became expedient that those who committed sin,
  that were in the church, should be admonished by the church.

  MOSIAH 26:7.  And it came to pass that they were brought before the
  priests, and delivered up unto the priests by the teachers; and the
  priests brought them before Alma, who was the high priest.

  MOSIAH 26:8.  Now king Mosiah had given Alma the authority over the
  church.

  MOSIAH 26:9.  And it came to pass that Alma did not know concerning
  them; but there were many witnesses against them; yea, the people stood
  and testified of their iniquity in abundance.

  MOSIAH 26:10.  Now there had not any such thing happened before in the
  church; therefore Alma was troubled in his spirit, and he caused that
  they should be brought before the king.

  MOSIAH 26:11.  And he said unto the king: Behold, here are many whom we
  have brought before thee, who are accused of their brethren; yea, and
  they have been taken in divers iniquities.  And they do not repent of
  their iniquities; therefore we have brought them before thee, that thou
  mayest judge them according to their crimes.

  MOSIAH 26:12.  But king Mosiah said unto Alma: Behold, I judge them
  not; therefore I deliver them into thy hands to be judged.

  MOSIAH 26:13.  And now the spirit of Alma was again troubled; and he
  went and inquired of the Lord what he should do concerning this matter,
  for he feared that he should do wrong in the sight of God.

  MOSIAH 26:14.  And it came to pass that after he had poured out his
  whole soul to God, the voice of the Lord came to him, saying:

  MOSIAH 26:15.  Blessed art thou, Alma, and blessed are they who were
  baptized in the waters of Mormon.  Thou art blessed because of thy
  exceeding faith in the words alone of my servant Abinadi.

  MOSIAH 26:16.  And blessed are they because of their exceeding faith in
  the words alone which thou hast spoken unto them.

  MOSIAH 26:17.  And blessed art thou because thou hast established a
  church among this people; and they shall be established, and they shall
  be my people.

  MOSIAH 26:18.  Yea, blessed is this people who are willing to bear my
  name; for in my name shall they be called; and they are mine.

  MOSIAH 26:19.  And because thou hast inquired of me concerning the
  transgressor, thou art blessed.

  MOSIAH 26:20.  Thou art my servant; and I covenant with thee that thou
  shalt have eternal life; and thou shalt serve me and go forth in my
  name, and shalt gather together my sheep.

  MOSIAH 26:21.  And he that will hear my voice shall be my sheep; and
  him shall ye receive into the church, and him will I also receive.

  MOSIAH 26:22.  For behold, this is my church; whosoever is baptized
  shall be baptized unto repentance.  And whomsoever ye receive shall
  believe in my name; and him will I freely forgive.

  MOSIAH 26:23.  For it is I that taketh upon me the sins of the world;
  for it is I that hath created them; and it is I that granteth unto him
  that believeth unto the end a place at my right hand.

  MOSIAH 26:24.  For behold, in my name are they called; and if they know
  me they shall come forth, and shall have a place eternally at my right
  hand.

  MOSIAH 26:25.  And it shall come to pass that when the second trump
  shall sound then shall they that never knew me come forth and shall
  stand before me.

  MOSIAH 26:26.  And then shall they know that I am the Lord their God,
  that I am their Redeemer; but they would not be redeemed.

  MOSIAH 26:27.  And then I will confess unto them that I never knew
  them; and they shall depart into everlasting fire prepared for the
  devil and his angels.

  MOSIAH 26:28.  Therefore I say unto you, that he that will not hear my
  voice, the same shall ye not receive into my church, for him I will not
  receive at the last day.

  MOSIAH 26:29.  Therefore I say unto you, Go; and whosoever
  transgresseth against me, him shall ye judge according to the sins
  which he has committed; and if he confess his sins before thee and me,
  and repenteth in the sincerity of his heart, him shall ye forgive, and
  I will forgive him also.

  MOSIAH 26:30.  Yea, and as often as my people repent will I forgive
  them their trespasses against me.

  MOSIAH 26:31.  And ye shall also forgive one another your trespasses;
  for verily I say unto you, he that forgiveth not his neighbor's
  trespasses when he says that he repents, the same hath brought himself
  under condemnation.

  MOSIAH 26:32.  Now I say unto you, Go; and whosoever will not repent of
  his sins the same shall not be numbered among my people; and this shall
  be observed from this time forward.

  MOSIAH 26:33.  And it came to pass when Alma had heard these words he
  wrote them down that he might have them, and that he might judge the
  people of that church according to the commandments of God.

  MOSIAH 26:34.  And it came to pass that Alma went and judged those that
  had been taken in iniquity, according to the word of the Lord.

  MOSIAH 26:35.  And whosoever repented of their sins and did confess
  them, them he did number among the people of the church;

  MOSIAH 26:36.  And those that would not confess their sins and repent
  of their iniquity, the same were not numbered among the people of the
  church, and their names were blotted out.

  MOSIAH 26:37.  And it came to pass that Alma did regulate all the
  affairs of the church; and they began again to have peace and to
  prosper exceedingly in the affairs of the church, walking circumspectly
  before God, receiving many, and baptizing many.

  MOSIAH 26:38.  And now all these things did Alma and his fellow
  laborers do who were over the church, walking in all diligence,
  teaching the word of God in all things, suffering all manner of
  afflictions, being persecuted by all those who did not belong to the
  church of God.

  MOSIAH 26:39.  And they did admonish their brethren; and they were also
  admonished, every one by the word of God, according to his sins, or to
  the sins which he had committed, being commanded of God to pray without
  ceasing, and to give thanks in all things.

  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 27
  MOSIAH 27:1.  And now it came to pass that the persecutions which were
  inflicted on the church by the unbelievers became so great that the
  church began to murmur, and complain to their leaders concerning the
  matter; and they did complain to Alma.  And Alma laid the case before
  their king, Mosiah.  And Mosiah consulted with his priests.

  MOSIAH 27:2.  And it came to pass that king Mosiah sent a proclamation
  throughout the land round about that there should not any unbeliever
  persecute any of those who belonged to the church of God.

  MOSIAH 27:3.  And there was a strict command throughout all the
  churches that there should be no persecutions among them, that there
  should be an equality among all men;

  MOSIAH 27:4.  That they should let no pride nor haughtiness disturb
  their peace; that every man should esteem his neighbor as himself,
  laboring with their own hands for their support.

  MOSIAH 27:5.  Yea, and all their priests and teachers should labor with
  their own hands for their support, in all cases save it were in
  sickness, or in much want; and doing these things, they did abound in
  the grace of God.

  MOSIAH 27:6.  And there began to be much peace again in the land; and
  the people began to be very numerous, and began to scatter abroad upon
  the face of the earth, yea, on the north and on the south, on the east
  and on the west, building large cities and villages in all quarters of
  the land.

  MOSIAH 27:7.  And the Lord did visit them and prosper them, and they
  became a large and wealthy people.

  MOSIAH 27:8.  Now the sons of Mosiah were numbered among the
  unbelievers; and also one of the sons of Alma was numbered among them,
  he being called Alma, after his father; nevertheless, he became a very
  wicked and an idolatrous man.  And he was a man of many words, and did
  speak much flattery to the people; therefore he led many of the people
  to do after the manner of his iniquities.

  MOSIAH 27:9.  And he became a great hinderment to the prosperity of the
  church of God; stealing away the hearts of the people; causing much
  dissension among the people; giving a chance for the enemy of God to
  exercise his power over them.

  MOSIAH 27:10.  And now it came to pass that while he was going about to
  destroy the church of God, for he did go about secretly with the sons
  of Mosiah seeking to destroy the church, and to lead astray the people
  of the Lord, contrary to the commandments of God, or even the king--

  MOSIAH 27:11.  And as I said unto you, as they were going about
  rebelling against God, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto
  them; and he descended as it were in a cloud; and he spake as it were
  with a voice of thunder, which caused the earth to shake upon which
  they stood;

  MOSIAH 27:12.  And so great was their astonishment, that they fell to
  the earth, and understood not the words which he spake unto them.

  MOSIAH 27:13.  Nevertheless he cried again, saying: Alma, arise and
  stand forth, for why persecutest thou the church of God?  For the Lord
  hath said: This is my church, and I will establish it; and nothing
  shall overthrow it, save it is the transgression of my people.

  MOSIAH 27:14.  And again, the angel said: Behold, the Lord hath heard
  the prayers of his people, and also the prayers of his servant, Alma,
  who is thy father; for he has prayed with much faith concerning thee
  that thou mightest be brought to the knowledge of the truth; therefore,
  for this purpose have I come to convince thee of the power and
  authority of God, that the prayers of his servants might be answered
  according to their faith.

  MOSIAH 27:15.  And now behold, can ye dispute the power of God?  For
  behold, doth not my voice shake the earth?  And can ye not also behold
  me before you? And I am sent from God.

  MOSIAH 27:16.  Now I say unto thee: Go, and remember the captivity of
  thy fathers in the land of Helam, and in the land of Nephi; and
  remember how great things he has done for them; for they were in
  bondage, and he has delivered them.  And now I say unto thee, Alma, go
  thy way, and seek to destroy the church no more, that their prayers may
  be answered, and this even if thou wilt of thyself be cast off.
  MOSIAH 27:17.  And now it came to pass that these were the last words
  which the angel spake unto Alma, and he departed.

  MOSIAH 27:18.  And now Alma and those that were with him fell again to
  the earth, for great was their astonishment; for with their own eyes
  they had beheld an angel of the Lord; and his voice was as thunder,
  which shook the earth; and they knew that there was nothing save the
  power of God that could shake the earth and cause it to tremble as
  though it would part asunder.

  MOSIAH 27:19.  And now the astonishment of Alma was so great that he
  became dumb, that he could not open his mouth; yea, and he became weak,
  even that he could not move his hands; therefore he was taken by those
  that were with him, and carried helpless, even until he was laid before
  his father.

  MOSIAH 27:20.  And they rehearsed unto his father all that had happened
  unto them; and his father rejoiced, for he knew that it was the power
  of God.
  MOSIAH 27:21.  And he caused that a multitude should be gathered
  together that they might witness what the Lord had done for his son,
  and also for those that were with him.

  MOSIAH 27:22.  And he caused that the priests should assemble
  themselves together; and they began to fast, and to pray to the Lord
  their God that he would open the mouth of Alma, that he might speak,
  and also that his limbs might receive their strength--that the eyes of
  the people might be opened to see and know of the goodness and glory of
  God.

  MOSIAH 27:23.  And it came to pass after they had fasted and prayed for
  the space of two days and two nights, the limbs of Alma received their
  strength, and he stood up and began to speak unto them, bidding them to
  be of good comfort:

  MOSIAH 27:24.  For, said he, I have repented of my sins, and have been
  redeemed of the Lord; behold I am born of the Spirit.

  MOSIAH 27:25.  And the Lord said unto me: Marvel not that all mankind,
  yea, men and women, all nations, kindreds, tongues and people, must be
  born again; yea, born of God, changed from their carnal and fallen
  state, to a state of righteousness, being redeemed of God, becoming his
  sons and daughters;

  MOSIAH 27:26.  And thus they become new creatures; and unless they do
  this, they can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God.

  MOSIAH 27:27.  I say unto you, unless this be the case, they must be
  cast off; and this I know, because I was like to be cast off.

  MOSIAH 27:28.  Nevertheless, after wading through much tribulations,
  repenting nigh unto death, the Lord in mercy hath seen fit to snatch me
  out of an everlasting burning, and I am born of God.

  MOSIAH 27:29.  My soul hath been redeemed from the gall of bitterness
  and bonds of iniquity.  I was in the darkest abyss; but now I behold
  the marvelous light of God.  My soul was racked with eternal torment;
  but I am snatched, and my soul is pained no more.
  MOSIAH 27:30.  I rejected my Redeemer, and denied that which had been
  spoken of by our fathers; but now that they may foresee that he will
  come, and that he remembereth every creature of his creating, he will
  make himself manifest unto all.

  MOSIAH 27:31.  Yea, every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess
  before him.  Yea, even at the last day, when all men shall stand to be
  judged of him, then shall they confess that he is God; then shall they
  confess, who live without God in the world, that the judgment of an
  everlasting punishment is just upon them; and they shall quake, and
  tremble, and shrink beneath the glance of his all-searching eye.

  MOSIAH 27:32.  And now it came to pass that Alma began from this time
  forward to teach the people, and those who were with Alma at the time
  the angel appeared unto them, traveling round about through all the
  land, publishing to all the people the things which they had heard and
  seen, and preaching the word of God in much tribulation, being greatly
  persecuted by those who were unbelievers, being smitten by many of
  them.
  MOSIAH 27:33.  But notwithstanding all this, they did impart much
  consolation to the church, confirming their faith, and exhorting them
  with long-suffering and much travail to keep the commandments of God.

  MOSIAH 27:34.  And four of them were the sons of Mosiah; and their
  names were Ammon, and Aaron, and Omner, and Himni; these were the names
  of the sons of Mosiah.

  MOSIAH 27:35.  And they traveled throughout all the lands of Zarahemla,
  and among all the people who were under the reign of king Mosiah,
  zealously striving to repair all the injuries which they had done to
  the church, confessing all their sins, and publishing all the things
  which they had seen, and explaining the prophecies and the scriptures
  to all who desired to hear them.

  MOSIAH 27:36.  And thus they were instruments in the hands of God in
  bringing many to the knowledge of the truth, yea, to the knowledge of
  their Redeemer.

  MOSIAH 27:37.  And how blessed are they!  For they did publish peace;
  they did publish good tidings of good; and they did declare unto the
  people that the Lord reigneth.

  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 28
  MOSIAH 28:1.  Now it came to pass that after the sons of Mosiah had
  done all these things, they took a small number with them and returned
  to their father, the king, and desired of him that he would grant unto
  them that they might, with these whom they had selected, go up to the
  land of Nephi that they might preach the things which they had heard,
  and that they might impart the word of God to their brethren, the
  Lamanites--

  MOSIAH 28:2.  That perhaps they might bring them to the knowledge of
  the Lord their God, and convince them of the iniquity of their fathers;
  and that perhaps they might cure them of their hatred towards the
  Nephites, that they might also be brought to rejoice in the Lord their
  God, that they might become friendly to one another, and that there
  should be no more contentions in all the land which the Lord their God
  had given them.
  MOSIAH 28:3.  Now they were desirous that salvation should be declared
  to every creature, for they could not bear that any human soul should
  perish; yea, even the very thoughts that any soul should endure endless
  torment did cause them to quake and tremble.

  MOSIAH 28:4.  And thus did the Spirit of the Lord work upon them, for
  they were the very vilest of sinners.  And the Lord saw fit in his
  infinite mercy to spare them; nevertheless they suffered much anguish
  of soul because of their iniquities, suffering much and fearing that
  they should be cast off forever.

  MOSIAH 28:5.  And it came to pass that they did plead with their father
  many days that they might go up to the land of Nephi.

  MOSIAH 28:6.  And king Mosiah went and inquired of the Lord if he
  should let his sons go up among the Lamanites to preach the word.

  MOSIAH 28:7.  And the Lord said unto Mosiah: Let them go up, for many
  shall believe on their words, and they shall have eternal life; and I
  will deliver thy sons out of the hands of the Lamanites.

  MOSIAH 28:8.  And it came to pass that Mosiah granted that they might
  go and do according to their request.

  MOSIAH 28:9.  And they took their journey into the wilderness to go up
  to preach the word among the Lamanites; and I shall give an account of
  their proceedings hereafter.

  MOSIAH 28:10.  Now king Mosiah had no one to confer the kingdom upon,
  for there was not any of his sons who would accept of the kingdom.

  MOSIAH 28:11.  Therefore he took the records which were engraven on the
  plates of brass, and also the plates of Nephi, and all the things which
  he had kept and preserved according to the commandments of God, after
  having translated and caused to be written the records which were on
  the plates of gold which had been found by the people of Limhi, which
  were delivered to him by the hand of Limhi;

  MOSIAH 28:12.  And this he did because of the great anxiety of his
  people; for they were desirous beyond measure to know concerning those
  people who had been destroyed.

  MOSIAH 28:13.  And now he translated them by the means of those two
  stones which were fastened into the two rims of a bow.

  MOSIAH 28:14.  Now these things were prepared from the beginning, and
  were handed down from generation to generation, for the purpose of
  interpreting languages;

  MOSIAH 28:15.  And they have been kept and preserved by the hand of the
  Lord, that he should discover to every creature who should possess the
  land the iniquities and abominations of his people;

  MOSIAH 28:16.  And whosoever has these things is called seer, after the
  manner of old times.

  MOSIAH 28:17.  Now after Mosiah had finished translating these records,
  behold, it gave an account of the people who were destroyed, from the
  time that they were destroyed back to the building of the great tower,
  at the time the Lord confounded the language of the people and they
  were scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth, yea, and even
  from that time back until the creation of Adam.

  MOSIAH 28:18.  Now this account did cause the people of Mosiah to mourn
  exceedingly, yea, they were filled with sorrow; nevertheless it gave
  them much knowledge, in the which they did rejoice.

  MOSIAH 28:19.  And this account shall be written hereafter; for behold,
  it is expedient that all people should know the things which are
  written in this account.

  MOSIAH 28:20.  And now, as I said unto you, that after king Mosiah had
  done these things, he took the plates of brass, and all the things
  which he had kept, and conferred them upon Alma, who was the son of
  Alma; yea, all the records, and also the interpreters, and conferred
  them upon him, and commanded him that he should keep and preserve them,
  and also keep a record of the people, handing them down from one
  generation to another, even as they had been handed down from the time
  that Lehi left Jerusalem.
  BOOK OF MOSIAH CHAPTER 29
  MOSIAH 29:1.  Now when Mosiah had done this he sent out throughout all
  the land, among all the people, desiring to know their will concerning
  who should be their king.

  MOSIAH 29:2.  And it came to pass that the voice of the people came,
  saying: We are desirous that Aaron thy son should be our king and our
  ruler.

  MOSIAH 29:3.  Now Aaron had gone up to the land of Nephi, therefore the
  king could not confer the kingdom upon him; neither would Aaron take
  upon him the kingdom; neither were any of the sons of Mosiah willing to
  take upon them the kingdom.

  MOSIAH 29:4.  Therefore king Mosiah sent again among the people; yea,
  even a written word sent he among the people.  And these were the words
  that were written, saying:

  MOSIAH 29:5.  Behold, O ye my people, or my brethren, for I esteem you
  as such, I desire that ye should consider the cause which ye are called
  to consider--for ye are desirous to have a king.

  MOSIAH 29:6.  Now I declare unto you that he to whom the kingdom doth
  rightly belong has declined, and will not take upon him the kingdom.

  MOSIAH 29:7.  And now if there should be another appointed in his
  stead, behold I fear there would rise contentions among you.  And who
  knoweth but what my son, to whom the kingdom doth belong, should turn
  to be angry and draw away a part of this people after him, which would
  cause wars and contentions among you, which would be the cause of
  shedding much blood and perverting the way of the Lord, yea, and
  destroy the souls of many people.

  MOSIAH 29:8.  Now I say unto you let us be wise and consider these
  things, for we have no right to destroy my son, neither should we have
  any right to destroy another if he should be appointed in his stead.

  MOSIAH 29:9.  And if my son should turn again to his pride and vain
  things he would recall the things which he had said, and claim his
  right to the kingdom, which would cause him and also this people to
  commit much sin.

  MOSIAH 29:10.  And now let us be wise and look forward to these things,
  and do that which will make for the peace of this people.

  MOSIAH 29:11.  Therefore I will be your king the remainder of my days;
  nevertheless, let us appoint judges, to judge this people according to
  our law; and we will newly arrange the affairs of this people, for we
  will appoint wise men to be judges, that will judge this people
  according to the commandments of God.

  MOSIAH 29:12.  Now it is better that a man should be judged of God than
  of man, for the judgments of God are always just, but the judgments of
  man are not always just.

  MOSIAH 29:13.  Therefore, if it were possible that you could have just
  men to be your kings, who would establish the laws of God, and judge
  this people according to his commandments, yea, if ye could have men
  for your kings who would do even as my father Benjamin did for this
  people--I say unto you, if this could always be the case then it would
  be expedient that ye should always have kings to rule over you.

  MOSIAH 29:14.  And even I myself have labored with all the power and
  faculties which I have possessed, to teach you the commandments of God,
  and to establish peace throughout the land, that there should be no
  wars nor contentions, no stealing, nor plundering, nor murdering, nor
  any manner of iniquity;

  MOSIAH 29:15.  And whosoever has committed iniquity, him have I
  punished according to the crime which he has committed, according to
  the law which has been given to us by our fathers.

  MOSIAH 29:16.  Now I say unto you, that because all men are not just it
  is not expedient that ye should have a king or kings to rule over you.

  MOSIAH 29:17.  For behold, how much iniquity doth one wicked king cause
  to be committed, yea, and what great destruction!

  MOSIAH 29:18.  Yea, remember king Noah, his wickedness and his
  abominations, and also the wickedness and abominations of his people.
  Behold what great destruction did come upon them; and also because of
  their iniquities they were brought into bondage.

  MOSIAH 29:19.  And were it not for the interposition of their all-wise
  Creator, and this because of their sincere repentance, they must
  unavoidably remain in bondage until now.

  MOSIAH 29:20.  But behold, he did deliver them because they did humble
  themselves before him; and because they cried mightily unto him he did
  deliver them out of bondage; and thus doth the Lord work with his power
  in all cases among the children of men, extending the arm of mercy
  towards them that put their trust in him.

  MOSIAH 29:21.  And behold, now I say unto you, ye cannot dethrone an
  iniquitous king save it be through much contention, and the shedding of
  much blood.

  MOSIAH 29:22.  For behold, he has his friends in iniquity, and he
  keepeth his guards about him; and he teareth up the laws of those who
  have reigned in righteousness before him; and he trampleth under his
  feet the commandments of God;

  MOSIAH 29:23.  And he enacteth laws, and sendeth them forth among his
  people, yea, laws after the manner of his own wickedness; and whosoever
  doth not obey his laws he causeth to be destroyed; and whosoever doth
  rebel against him he will send his armies against them to war, and if
  he can he will destroy them; and thus an unrighteous king doth pervert
  the ways of all righteousness.

  MOSIAH 29:24.  And now behold I say unto you, it is not expedient that
  such abominations should come upon you.

  MOSIAH 29:25.  Therefore, choose you by the voice of this people,
  judges, that ye may be judged according to the laws which have been
  given you by our fathers, which are correct, and which were given them
  by the hand of the Lord.

  MOSIAH 29:26.  Now it is not common that the voice of the people
  desireth anything contrary to that which is right; but it is common for
  the lesser part of the people to desire that which is not right;
  therefore this shall ye observe and make it your law--to do your
  business by the voice of the people.

  MOSIAH 29:27.  And if the time comes that the voice of the people doth
  choose iniquity, then is the time that the judgments of God will come
  upon you; yea, then is the time he will visit you with great
  destruction even as he has hitherto visited this land.

  MOSIAH 29:28.  And now if ye have judges, and they do not judge you
  according to the law which has been given, ye can cause that they may
  be judged of a higher judge.

  MOSIAH 29:29.  If your higher judges do not judge righteous judgments,
  ye shall cause that a small number of your lower judges should be
  gathered together, and they shall judge your higher judges, according
  to the voice of the people.

  MOSIAH 29:30.  And I command you to do these things in the fear of the
  Lord; and I command you to do these things, and that ye have no king;
  that if these people commit sins and iniquities they shall be answered
  upon their own heads.

  MOSIAH 29:31.  For behold I say unto you, the sins of many people have
  been caused by the iniquities of their kings; therefore their
  iniquities are answered upon the heads of their kings.

  MOSIAH 29:32.  And now I desire that this inequality should be no more
  in this land, especially among this my people; but I desire that this
  land be a land of liberty, and every man may enjoy his rights and
  privileges alike, so long as the Lord sees fit that we may live and
  inherit the land, yea, even as long as any of our posterity remains
  upon the face of the land.

  MOSIAH 29:33.  And many more things did king Mosiah write unto them,
  unfolding unto them all the trials and troubles of a righteous king,
  yea, all the travails of soul for their people, and also all the
  murmurings of the people to their king; and he explained it all unto
  them.

  MOSIAH 29:34.  And he told them that these things ought not to be; but
  that the burden should come upon all the people, that every man might
  bear his part.

  MOSIAH 29:35.  And he also unfolded unto them all the disadvantages
  they labored under, by having an unrighteous king to rule over them;

  MOSIAH 29:36.  Yea, all his iniquities and abominations, and all the
  wars, and contentions, and bloodshed, and the stealing, and the
  plundering, and the committing of whoredoms, and all manner of
  iniquities which cannot be enumerated--telling them that these things
  ought not to be, that they were expressly repugnant to the commandments
  of God.

  MOSIAH 29:37.  And now it came to pass, after king Mosiah had sent
  these things forth among the people they were convinced of the truth of
  his words.

  MOSIAH 29:38.  Therefore they relinquished their desires for a king,
  and became exceedingly anxious that every man should have an equal
  chance throughout all the land; yea, and every man expressed a
  willingness to answer for his own sins.

  MOSIAH 29:39.  Therefore, it came to pass that they assembled
  themselves together in bodies throughout the land, to cast in their
  voices concerning who should be their judges, to judge them according
  to the law which had been given them; and they were exceedingly
  rejoiced because of the liberty which had been granted unto them.

  MOSIAH 29:40.  And they did wax strong in love towards Mosiah; yea,
  they did esteem him more than any other man; for they did not look upon
  him as a tyrant who was seeking for gain, yea, for that lucre which
  doth corrupt the soul; for he had not exacted riches of them, neither
  had he delighted in the shedding of blood; but he had established peace
  in the land, and he had granted unto his people that they should be
  delivered from all manner of bondage; therefore they did esteem him,
  yea, exceedingly, beyond measure.

  MOSIAH 29:41.  And it came to pass that they did appoint judges to rule
  over them, or to judge them according to the law; and this they did
  throughout all the land.

  MOSIAH 29:42.  And it came to pass that Alma was appointed to be the
  first chief judge, he being also the high priest, his father having
  conferred the office upon him, and having given him the charge
  concerning all the affairs of the church.

  MOSIAH 29:43.  And now it came to pass that Alma did walk in the ways
  of the Lord, and he did keep his commandments, and he did judge
  righteous judgments; and there was continual peace through the land.

  MOSIAH 29:44.  And thus commenced the reign of the judges throughout
  all the land of Zarahemla, among all the people who were called the
  Nephites; and Alma was the first and chief judge.

  MOSIAH 29:45.  And now it came to pass that his father died, being
  eighty and two years old, having lived to fulfil the commandments of
  God.

  MOSIAH 29:46.  And it came to pass that Mosiah died also, in the thirty
  and third year of his reign, being sixty and three years old; making in
  the whole, five hundred and nine years from the time Lehi left
  Jerusalem.

  MOSIAH 29:47.  And thus ended the reign of the kings over the people of
  Nephi; and thus ended the days of Alma, who was the founder of their
  church.


     THE BOOK OF ALMA                       THE SON OF ALMA
  The account of Alma, who was the son of Alma the first, and chief judge
  over the people of Nephi, and also the high priest over the Church.  An
  account of the reign of the judges, and the wars and contentions among
  the people.  And also an account of a war between the Nephites and the
  Lamanites, according to the record of Alma, the first and chief judge.

  BOOK OF ALMA CHAPTER 1
  ALMA 1:1.  Now it came to pass that in the first year of the reign of
  the judges over the people of Nephi, from this time forward, king
  Mosiah having gone the way of all the earth, having warred a good
  warfare, walking uprightly before God, leaving none to reign in his
  stead; nevertheless he had established laws, and they were acknowledged
  by the people; therefore they were obliged to abide by the laws which
  he had made.

  ALMA 1:2.  And it came to pass that in the first year of the reign of
  Alma in the judgment-seat, there was a man brought before him to be
  judged, a man who was large, and was noted for his much strength.

  ALMA 1:3.  And he had gone about among the people, preaching to them
  that which he termed to be the word of God, bearing down against the
  church; declaring unto the people that every priest and teacher ought
  to become popular; and they ought not to labor with their hands, but
  that they ought to be supported by the people.

  ALMA 1:4.  And he also testified unto the people that all mankind
  should be saved at the last day, and that they need not fear nor
  tremble, but that they might lift up their heads and rejoice; for the
  Lord had created all men, and had also redeemed all men; and, in the
  end, all men should have eternal life.
  ALMA 1:5.  And it came to pass that he did teach these things so much
  that many did believe on his words, even so many that they began to
  support him and give him money.

  ALMA 1:6.  And he began to be lifted up in the pride of his heart, and
  to wear very costly apparel, yea, and even began to establish a church
  after the manner of his preaching.

  ALMA 1:7.  And it came to pass as he was going, to preach to those who
  believed on his word, he met a man who belonged to the church of God,
  yea, even one of their teachers; and he began to contend with him
  sharply, that he might lead away the people of the church; but the man
  withstood him, admonishing him with the words of God.

  ALMA 1:8.  Now the name of the man was Gideon; and it was he who was an
  instrument in the hands of God in delivering the people of Limhi out of
  bondage.

  ALMA 1:9.  Now, because Gideon withstood him with the words of God he
  was wroth with Gideon, and drew his sword and began to smite him.  Now
  Gideon being stricken with many years, therefore he was not able to
  withstand his blows, therefore he was slain by the sword.

  ALMA 1:10.  And the man who slew him was taken by the people of the
  church, and was brought before Alma, to be judged according to the
  crimes which he had committed.

  ALMA 1:11.  And it came to pass that he stood before Alma and pleaded
  for himself with much boldness.

  ALMA 1:12.  But Alma said unto him: Behold, this is the first time that
  priestcraft has been introduced among this people.  And behold, thou
  art not only guilty of priestcraft, but hast endeavored to enforce it
  by the sword; and were priestcraft to be enforced among this people it
  would prove their entire destruction.

  ALMA 1:13.  And thou hast shed the blood of a righteous man, yea, a man
  who has done much good among this people; and were we to spare thee his
  blood would come upon us for vengeance.
  ALMA 1:14.  Therefore thou art condemned to die, according to the law
  which has been given us by Mosiah, our last king; and it has been
  acknowledged by this people; therefore this people must abide by the
  law.

  ALMA 1:15.  And it came to pass that they took him; and his name was
  Nehor; and they carried him upon the top of the hill Manti, and there
  he was caused, or rather did acknowledge, between the heavens and the
  earth, that what he had taught to the people was contrary to the word
  of God; and there he suffered an ignominious death.

  ALMA 1:16.  Nevertheless, this did not put an end to the spreading of
  priestcraft through the land; for there were many who loved the vain
  things of the world, and they went forth preaching false doctrines; and
  this they did for the sake of riches and honor.

  ALMA 1:17.  Nevertheless, they durst not lie, if it were known, for
  fear of the law, for liars were punished; therefore they pretended to
  preach according to their belief; and now the law could have no power
  on any man for his belief.

  ALMA 1:18.  And they durst not steal, for fear of the law, for such
  were punished; neither durst they rob, nor murder, for he that murdered
  was punished unto death.

  ALMA 1:19.  But it came to pass that whosoever did not belong to the
  church of God began to persecute those that did belong to the church of
  God, and had taken upon them the name of Christ.

  ALMA 1:20.  Yea, they did persecute them, and afflict them with all
  manner of words, and this because of their humility; because they were
  not proud in their own eyes, and because they did impart the word of
  God, one with another, without money and without price.

  ALMA 1:21.  Now there was a strict law among the people of the church
  that there should not any man, belonging to the church, arise and
  persecute those that did not belong to the church, and that there
  should be no persecution among themselves.

  ALMA 1:22.  Nevertheless, there were many among them who began to be
  proud, and began to contend warmly with their adversaries, even unto
  blows; yea, they would smite one another with their fists.

  ALMA 1:23.  Now this was in the second year of the reign of Alma, and
  it was a cause of much affliction to the church; yea, it was the cause
  of much trial with the church.

  ALMA 1:24.  For the hearts of many were hardened, and their names were
  blotted out, that they were remembered no more among the people of God.
  And also many withdrew themselves from among them.

  ALMA 1:25.  Now this was a great trial to those that did stand fast in
  the faith; nevertheless, they were steadfast and immovable in keeping
  the commandments of God, and they bore with patience the persecution
  which was heaped upon them.

  ALMA 1:26.  And when the priests left their labor to impart the word of
  God unto the people, the people also left their labors to hear the word
  of God. And when the priest had imparted unto them the word of God they
  all returned again diligently unto their labors; and the priest, not
  esteeming himself above his hearers, for the preacher was no better
  than the hearer, neither was the teacher any better than the learner;
  and thus they were all equal, and they did all labor, every man
  according to his strength.

  ALMA 1:27.  And they did impart of their substance, every man according
  to that which he had, to the poor, and the needy, and the sick, and the
  afflicted; and they did not wear costly apparel, yet they were neat and
  comely.

  ALMA 1:28.  And thus they did establish the affairs of the church; and
  thus they began to have continual peace again, notwithstanding all
  their persecutions.

  ALMA 1:29.  And now, because of the steadiness of the church they began
  to be exceedingly rich, having abundance of all things whatsoever they
  stood in need--an abundance of flocks and herds, and fatlings of every
  kind, and also abundance of grain, and of gold, and of silver, and of
  precious things, and abundance of silk and fine-twined linen, and all
  manner of good homely cloth.

  ALMA 1:30.  And thus, in their prosperous circumstances, they did not
  send away any who were naked, or that were hungry, or that were
  athirst, or that were sick, or that had not been nourished; and they
  did not set their hearts upon riches; therefore they were liberal to
  all, both old and young, both bond and free, both male and female,
  whether out of the church or in the church, having no respect to
  persons as to those who stood in need.

  ALMA 1:31.  And thus they did prosper and become far more wealthy than
  those who did not belong to their church.

  ALMA 1:32.  For those who did not belong to their church did indulge
  themselves in sorceries, and in idolatry or idleness, and in babblings,
  and in envyings and strife; wearing costly apparel; being lifted up in
  the pride of their own eyes; persecuting, lying, thieving, robbing,
  committing whoredoms, and murdering, and all manner of wickedness;
  nevertheless, the law was put in force upon all those who did
  transgress it, inasmuch as it was possible.
  ALMA 1:33.  And it came to pass that by thus exercising the law upon
  them, every man suffering according to that which he had done, they
  became more still, and durst not commit any wickedness if it were
  known; therefore, there was much peace among the people of Nephi until
  the fifth year of the reign of the judges.

  BOOK OF ALMA CHAPTER 2
  ALMA 2:1.  And it came to pass in the commencement of the fifth year of
  their reign there began to be a contention among the people; for a
  certain man, being called Amlici, he being a very cunning man, yea, a
  wise man as to the wisdom of the world, he being after the order of the
  man that slew Gideon by the sword, who was executed according to the
  law--

  ALMA 2:2.  Now this Amlici had, by his cunning, drawn away much people
  after him; even so much that they began to be very powerful; and they
  began to endeavor to establish Amlici to be king over the people.

  ALMA 2:3.  Now this was alarming to the people of the church, and also
  to all those who had not been drawn away after the persuasions of
  Amlici; for they knew that according to their law that such things must
  be established by the voice of the people.

  ALMA 2:4.  Therefore, if it were possible that Amlici should gain the
  voice of the people, he, being a wicked man, would deprive them of
  their rights and privileges of the church; for it was his intent to
  destroy the church of God.

  ALMA 2:5.  And it came to pass that the people assembled themselves
  together throughout all the land, every man according to his mind,
  whether it were for or against Amlici, in separate bodies, having much
  dispute and wonderful contentions one with another.

  ALMA 2:6.  And thus they did assemble themselves together to cast in
  their voices concerning the matter; and they were laid before the
  judges.

  ALMA 2:7.  And it came to pass that the voice of the people came
  against Amlici, that he was not made king over the people.
  ALMA 2:8.  Now this did cause much joy in the hearts of those who were
  against him; but Amlici did stir up those who were in his favor to
  anger against those who were not in his favor.

  ALMA 2:9.  And it came to pass that they gathered themselves together,
  and did consecrate Amlici to be their king.

  ALMA 2:10.  Now when Amlici was made king over them he commanded them
  that they should take up arms against their brethren; and this he did
  that he might subject them to him.

  ALMA 2:11.  Now the people of Amlici were distinguished by the name of
  Amlici, being called Amlicites; and the remainder were called Nephites,
  or the people of God.

  ALMA 2:12.  Therefore the people of the Nephites were aware of the
  intent of the Amlicites, and therefore they did prepare to meet them;
  yea, they did arm themselves with swords, and with cimeters, and with
  bows, and with arrows, and with stones, and with slings, and with all
  manner of weapons of war, of every kind.

  ALMA 2:13.  And thus they were prepared to meet the Amlicites at the
  time of their coming.  And there were appointed captains, and higher
  captains, and chief captains, according to their numbers.

  ALMA 2:14.  And it came to pass that Amlici did arm his men with all
  manner of weapons of war of every kind; and he also appointed rulers
  and leaders over his people, to lead them to war against their
  brethren.

  ALMA 2:15.  And it came to pass that the Amlicites came upon the hill
  Amnihu, which was east of the river Sidon, which ran by the land of
  Zarahemla, and there they began to make war with the Nephites.

  ALMA 2:16.  Now Alma, being the chief judge and the governor of the
  people of Nephi, therefore he went up with his people, yea, with his
  captains, and chief captains, yea, at the head of his armies, against
  the Amlicites to battle.

  ALMA 2:17.  And they began to slay the Amlicites upon the hill east of
  Sidon. And the Amlicites did contend with the Nephites with great
  strength, insomuch that many of the Nephites did fall before the
  Amlicites.

  ALMA 2:18.  Nevertheless the Lord did strengthen the hand of the
  Nephites, that they slew the Amlicites with great slaughter, that they
  began to flee before them.

  ALMA 2:19.  And it came to pass that the Nephites did pursue the
  Amlicites all that day, and did slay them with much slaughter, insomuch
  that there were slain of the Amlicites twelve thousand five hundred
  thirty and two souls; and there were slain of the Nephites six thousand
  five hundred sixty and two souls.

  ALMA 2:20.  And it came to pass that when Alma could pursue the
  Amlicites no longer he caused that his people should pitch their tents
  in the valley of Gideon, the valley being called after that Gideon who
  was slain by the hand of Nehor with the sword; and in this valley the
  Nephites did pitch their tents for the night.
  ALMA 2:21.  And Alma sent spies to follow the remnant of the Amlicites,
  that he might know of their plans and their plots, whereby he might
  guard himself against them, that he might preserve his people from
  being destroyed.

  ALMA 2:22.  Now those whom he had sent out to watch the camp of the
  Amlicites were called Zeram, and Amnor, and Manti, and Limher; these
  were they who went out with their men to watch the camp of the
  Amlicites.

  ALMA 2:23.  And it came to pass that on the morrow they returned into
  the camp of the Nephites in great haste, being greatly astonished, and
  struck with much fear, saying:

  ALMA 2:24.  Behold, we followed the camp of the Amlicites, and to our
  great astonishment, in the land of Minon, above the land of Zarahemla,
  in the course of the land of Nephi, we saw a numerous host of the
  Lamanites; and behold, the Amlicites have joined them;

  ALMA 2:25.  And they are upon our brethren in that land; and they are
  fleeing before them with their flocks, and their wives, and their
  children, towards our city; and except we make haste they obtain
  possession of our city, and our fathers, and our wives, and our
  children be slain.

  ALMA 2:26.  And it came to pass that the people of Nephi took their
  tents, and departed out of the valley of Gideon towards their city,
  which was the city of Zarahemla.

  ALMA 2:27.  And behold, as they were crossing the river Sidon, the
  Lamanites and the Amlicites, being as numerous almost, as it were, as
  the sands of the sea, came upon them to destroy them.

  ALMA 2:28.  Nevertheless, the Nephites being strengthened by the hand
  of the Lord, having prayed mightily to him that he would deliver them
  out of the hands of their enemies, therefore the Lord did hear their
  cries, and did strengthen them, and the Lamanites and the Amlicites did
  fall before them.

  ALMA 2:29.  And it came to pass that Alma fought with Amlici with the
  sword, face to face; and they did contend mightily, one with another.

  ALMA 2:30.  And it came to pass that Alma, being a man of God, being
  exercised with much faith, cried, saying: O Lord, have mercy and spare
  my life, that I may be an instrument in thy hands to save and preserve
  this people.

  ALMA 2:31.  Now when Alma had said these words he contended again with
  Amlici; and he was strengthened, insomuch that he slew Amlici with the
  sword.

  ALMA 2:32.  And he also contended with the king of the Lamanites; but
  the king of the Lamanites fled back from before Alma and sent his
  guards to contend with Alma.

  ALMA 2:33.  But Alma, with his guards, contended with the guards of the
  king of the Lamanites until he slew and drove them back.

  ALMA 2:34.  And thus he cleared the ground, or rather the bank, which
  was on the west of the river Sidon, throwing the bodies of the
  Lamanites who had been slain into the waters of Sidon, that thereby his
  people might have room to cross and contend with the Lamanites and the
  Amlicites on the west side of the river Sidon.

  ALMA 2:35.  And it came to pass that when they had all crossed the
  river Sidon that the Lamanites and the Amlicites began to flee before
  them, notwithstanding they were so numerous that they could not be
  numbered.

  ALMA 2:36.  And they fled before the Nephites towards the wilderness
  which was west and north, away beyond the borders of the land; and the
  Nephites did pursue them with their might, and did slay them.

  ALMA 2:37.  Yea, they were met on every hand, and slain and driven,
  until they were scattered on the west, and on the north, until they had
  reached the wilderness, which was called Hermounts; and it was that
  part of the wilderness which was infested by wild and ravenous beasts.

  ALMA 2:38.  And it came to pass that many died in the wilderness of
  their wounds, and were devoured by those beasts and also the vultures
  of the air; and their bones have been found, and have been heaped up on
  the earth.

  BOOK OF ALMA CHAPTER 3
  ALMA 3:1.  And it came to pass that the Nephites who were not slain by
  the weapons of war, after having buried those who had been slain--now
  the number of the slain were not numbered, because of the greatness of
  their number--after they had finished burying their dead they all
  returned to their lands, and to their houses, and their wives, and
  their children.

  ALMA 3:2.  Now many women and children had been slain with the sword,
  and also many of their flocks and their herds; and also many of their
  fields of grain were destroyed, for they were trodden down by the hosts
  of men.

  ALMA 3:3.  And now as many of the Lamanites and the Amlicites who had
  been slain upon the bank of the river Sidon were cast into the waters
  of Sidon; and behold their bones are in the depths of the sea, and they
  are many.

  ALMA 3:4.  And the Amlicites were distinguished from the Nephites, for
  they had marked themselves with red in their foreheads after the manner
  of the Lamanites; nevertheless they had not shorn their heads like unto
  the Lamanites.

  ALMA 3:5.  Now the heads of the Lamanites were shorn; and they were
  naked, save it were skin which was girded about their loins, and also
  their armor, which was girded about them, and their bows, and their
  arrows, and their stones, and their slings, and so forth.

  ALMA 3:6.  And the skins of the Lamanites were dark, according to the
  mark which was set upon their fathers, which was a curse upon them
  because of their transgression and their rebellion against their
  brethren, who consisted of Nephi, Jacob, and Joseph, and Sam, who were
  just and holy men.

  ALMA 3:7.  And their brethren sought to destroy them, therefore they
  were cursed; and the Lord God set a mark upon them, yea, upon Laman and
  Lemuel, and also the sons of Ishmael, and Ishmaelitish women.

  ALMA 3:8.  And this was done that their seed might be distinguished
  from the seed of their brethren, that thereby the Lord God might
  preserve his people, that they might not mix and believe in incorrect
  traditions which would prove their destruction.

  ALMA 3:9.  And it came to pass that whosoever did mingle his seed with
  that of the Lamanites did bring the same curse upon his seed.

  ALMA 3:10.  Therefore, whosoever suffered himself to be led away by the
  Lamanites was called under that head, and there was a mark set upon
  him.

  ALMA 3:11.  And it came to pass that whosoever would not believe in the
  tradition of the Lamanites, but believed those records which were
  brought out of the land of Jerusalem, and also in the tradition of
  their fathers, which were correct, who believed in the commandments of
  God and kept them, were called the Nephites, or the people of Nephi,
  from that time forth--
  ALMA 3:12.  And it is they who have kept the records which are true of
  their people, and also of the people of the Lamanites.

  ALMA 3:13.  Now we will return again to the Amlicites, for they also
  had a mark set upon them; yea, they set the mark upon themselves, yea,
  even a mark of red upon their foreheads.

  ALMA 3:14.  Thus the word of God is fulfilled, for these are the words
  which he said to Nephi: Behold, the Lamanites have I cursed, and I will
  set a mark on them that they and their seed may be separated from thee
  and thy seed, from this time henceforth and forever, except they repent
  of their wickedness and turn to me that I may have mercy upon them.

  ALMA 3:15.  And again: I will set a mark upon him that mingleth his
  seed with thy brethren, that they may be cursed also.

  ALMA 3:16.  And again: I will set a mark upon him that fighteth against
  thee and thy seed.

  ALMA 3:17.  And again, I say he that departeth from thee shall no more
  be called thy seed; and I will bless thee, and whomsoever shall be
  called thy seed, henceforth and forever; and these were the promises of
  the Lord unto Nephi and to his seed.

  ALMA 3:18.  Now the Amlicites knew not that they were fulfilling the
  words of God when they began to mark themselves in their foreheads;
  nevertheless they had come out in open rebellion against God; therefore
  it was expedient that the curse should fall upon them.

  ALMA 3:19.  Now I would that ye should see that they brought upon
  themselves the curse; and even so doth every man that is cursed bring
  upon himself his own condemnation.

  ALMA 3:20.  Now it came to pass that not many days after the battle
  which was fought in the land of Zarahemla, by the Lamanites and the
  Amlicites, that there was another army of the Lamanites came in upon
  the people of Nephi, in the same place where the first army met the
  Amlicites.

  ALMA 3:21.  And it came to pass that there was an army sent to drive
  them out of their land.

  ALMA 3:22.  Now Alma himself being afflicted with a wound did not go up
  to battle at this time against the Lamanites;

  ALMA 3:23.  But he sent up a numerous army against them; and they went
  up and slew many of the Lamanites, and drove the remainder of them out
  of the borders of their land.

  ALMA 3:24.  And then they returned again and began to establish peace
  in the land, being troubled no more for a time with their enemies.

  ALMA 3:25.  Now all these things were done, yea, all these wars and
  contentions were commenced and ended in the fifth year of the reign of
  the judges.

  ALMA 3:26.  And in one year were thousands and tens of thousands of
  souls sent to the eternal world, that they might reap their rewards
  according to their works, whether they were good or whether they were
  bad, to reap eternal happiness or eternal misery, according to the
  spirit which they listed to obey, whether it be a good spirit or a bad
  one.

  ALMA 3:27.  For every man receiveth wages of him whom he listeth to
  obey, and this according to the words of the spirit of prophecy;
  therefore let it be according to the truth.  And thus endeth the fifth
  year of the reign of the judges.

  BOOK OF ALMA CHAPTER 4
  ALMA 4:1.  Now it came to pass in the sixth year of the reign of the
  judges over the people of Nephi, there were no contentions nor wars in
  the land of Zarahemla;

  ALMA 4:2.  But the people were afflicted, yea, greatly afflicted for
  the loss of their brethren, and also for the loss of their flocks and
  herds, and also for the loss of their fields of grain, which were
  trodden under foot and destroyed by the Lamanites.

  ALMA 4:3.  And so great were their afflictions that every soul had
  cause to mourn; and they believed that it was the judgments of God sent
  upon them because of their wickedness and their abominations; therefore
  they were awakened to a remembrance of their duty.

  ALMA 4:4.  And they began to establish the church more fully; yea, and
  many were baptized in the waters of Sidon and were joined to the church
  of God; yea, they were baptized by the hand of Alma, who had been
  consecrated the high priest over the people of the church, by the hand
  of his father Alma.

  ALMA 4:5.  And it came to pass in the seventh year of the reign of the
  judges there were about three thousand five hundred souls that united
  themselves to the church of God and were baptized.  And thus endeth the
  seventh year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi; and
  there was continual peace in all that time.

  ALMA 4:6.  And it came to pass in the eighth year of the reign of the
  judges, that the people of the church began to wax proud, because of
  their exceeding riches, and their fine silks, and their fine-twined
  linen, and because of their many flocks and herds, and their gold and
  their silver, and all manner of precious things, which they had
  obtained by their industry; and in all these things were they lifted up
  in the pride of their eyes, for they began to wear very costly apparel.

  ALMA 4:7.  Now this was the cause of much affliction to Alma, yea, and
  to many of the people whom Alma had consecrated to be teachers, and
  priests, and elders over the church; yea, many of them were sorely
  grieved for the wickedness which they saw had begun to be among their
  people.

  ALMA 4:8.  For they saw and beheld with great sorrow that the people of
  the church began to be lifted up in the pride of their eyes, and to set
  their hearts upon riches and upon the vain things of the world, that
  they began to be scornful, one towards another, and they began to
  persecute those that did not believe according to their own will and
  pleasure.

  ALMA 4:9.  And thus, in this eighth year of the reign of the judges,
  there began to be great contentions among the people of the church;
  yea, there were envyings, and strife, and malice, and persecutions, and
  pride, even to exceed the pride of those who did not belong to the
  church of God.

  ALMA 4:10.  And thus ended the eighth year of the reign of the judges;
  and the wickedness of the church was a great stumbling-block to those
  who did not belong to the church; and thus the church began to fail in
  its progress.

  ALMA 4:11.  And it came to pass in the commencement of the ninth year,
  Alma saw the wickedness of the church, and he saw also that the example
  of the church began to lead those who were unbelievers on from one
  piece of iniquity to another, thus bringing on the destruction of the
  people.

  ALMA 4:12.  Yea, he saw great inequality among the people, some lifting
  themselves up with their pride, despising others, turning their backs
  upon the needy and the naked and those who were hungry, and those who
  were athirst, and those who were sick and afflicted.

  ALMA 4:13.  Now this was a great cause for lamentations among the
  people, while others were abasing themselves, succoring those who stood
  in need of their succor, such as imparting their substance to the poor
  and the needy, feeding the hungry, and suffering all manner of
  afflictions, for Christ's sake, who should come according to the spirit
  of prophecy;

  ALMA 4:14.  Looking forward to that day, thus retaining a remission of
  their sins; being filled with great joy because of the resurrection of
  the dead, according to the will and power and deliverance of Jesus
  Christ from the bands of death.

  ALMA 4:15.  And now it came to pass that Alma, having seen the
  afflictions of the humble followers of God, and the persecutions which
  were heaped upon them by the remainder of his people, and seeing all
  their inequality, began to be very sorrowful; nevertheless the Spirit
  of the Lord did not fail him.

  ALMA 4:16.  And he selected a wise man who was among the elders of the
  church, and gave him power according to the voice of the people, that
  he might have power to enact laws according to the laws which had been
  given, and to put them in force according to the wickedness and the
  crimes of the people.

  ALMA 4:17.  Now this man's name was Nephihah, and he was appointed
  chief judge; and he sat in the judgment-seat to judge and to govern the
  people.

  ALMA 4:18.  Now Alma did not grant unto him the office of being high
  priest over the church, but he retained the office of high priest unto
  himself; but he delivered the judgment-seat unto Nephihah.

  ALMA 4:19.  And this he did that he himself might go forth among his
  people, or among the people of Nephi, that he might preach the word of
  God unto them, to stir them up in remembrance of their duty, and that
  he might pull down, by the word of God, all the pride and craftiness
  and all the contentions which were among his people, seeing no way that
  he might reclaim them save it were in bearing down in pure testimony
  against them.

  ALMA 4:20.  And thus in the commencement of the ninth year of the reign
  of the judges over the people of Nephi, Alma delivered up the
  judgment-seat to Nephihah, and confined himself wholly to the high
  priesthood of the holy order of God, to the testimony of the word,
  according to the spirit of revelation and prophecy.

  BOOK OF ALMA CHAPTER 5
  ALMA 5:1.  Now it came to pass that Alma began to deliver the word of
  God unto the people, first in the land of Zarahemla, and from thence
  throughout all the land.

  ALMA 5:2.  And these are the words which he spake to the people in the
  church which was established in the city of Zarahemla, according to his
  own record, saying:

  ALMA 5:3.  I, Alma, having been consecrated by my father, Alma, to be a
  high priest over the church of God, he having power and authority from
  God to do these things, behold, I say unto you that he began to
  establish a church in the land which was in the borders of Nephi; yea,
  the land which was called the land of Mormon; yea, and he did baptize
  his brethren in the waters of Mormon.
  ALMA 5:4.  And behold, I say unto you, they were delivered out of the
  hands of the people of king Noah, by the mercy and power of God.

  ALMA 5:5.  And behold, after that, they were brought into bondage by
  the hands of the Lamanites in the wilderness; yea, I say unto you, they
  were in captivity, and again the Lord did deliver them out of bondage
  by the power of his word; and we were brought into this land, and here
  we began to establish the church of God throughout this land also.

  ALMA 5:6.  And now behold, I say unto you, my brethren, you that belong
  to this church, have you sufficiently retained in remembrance the
  captivity of your fathers?  Yea, and have you sufficiently retained in
  remembrance his mercy and long-suffering towards them?  And moreover,
  have ye sufficiently retained in remembrance that he has delivered
  their souls from hell?

  ALMA 5:7.  Behold, he changed their hearts; yea, he awakened them out
  of a deep sleep, and they awoke unto God.  Behold, they were in the
  midst of darkness; nevertheless, their souls were illuminated by the
  light of the everlasting word; yea, they were encircled about by the
  bands of death, and the chains of hell, and an everlasting destruction
  did await them.

  ALMA 5:8.  And now I ask of you, my brethren, were they destroyed?
  Behold, I say unto you, Nay, they were not.

  ALMA 5:9.  And again I ask, were the bands of death broken, and the
  chains of hell which encircled them about, were they loosed?  I say
  unto you, Yea, they were loosed, and their souls did expand, and they
  did sing redeeming love.  And I say unto you that they are saved.

  ALMA 5:10.  And now I ask of you on what conditions are they saved?
  Yea, what grounds had they to hope for salvation?  What is the cause of
  their being loosed from the bands of death, yea, and also the chains of
  hell?

  ALMA 5:11.  Behold, I can tell you--did not my father Alma believe in
  the words which were delivered by the mouth of Abinadi?  And was he not
  a holy prophet?  Did he not speak the words of God, and my father Alma
  believe them?

  ALMA 5:12.  And according to his faith there was a mighty change
  wrought in his heart.  Behold I say unto you that this is all true.

  ALMA 5:13.  And behold, he preached the word unto your fathers, and a
  mighty change was also wrought in their hearts, and they humbled
  themselves and put their trust in the true and living God.  And behold,
  they were faithful until the end; therefore they were saved.

  ALMA 5:14.  And now behold, I ask of you, my brethren of the church,
  have ye spiritually been born of God?  Have ye received his image in
  your countenances?  Have ye experienced this mighty change in your
  hearts?

  ALMA 5:15.  Do ye exercise faith in the redemption of him who created
  you?  Do you look forward with an eye of faith, and view this mortal
  body raised in immortality, and this corruption raised in incorruption,
  to stand before God to be judged according to the deeds which have been
  done in the mortal body?
  ALMA 5:16.  I say unto you, can you imagine to yourselves that ye hear
  the voice of the Lord, saying unto you, in that day: Come unto me ye
  blessed, for behold, your works have been the works of righteousness
  upon the face of the earth?

  ALMA 5:17.  Or do ye imagine to yourselves that ye can lie unto the
  Lord in that day, and say--Lord, our works have been righteous works
  upon the face of the earth--and that he will save you?

  ALMA 5:18.  Or otherwise, can ye imagine yourselves brought before the
  tribunal of God with your souls filled with guilt and remorse, having a
  remembrance of all your guilt, yea, a perfect remembrance of all your
  wickedness, yea, a remembrance that ye have set at defiance the
  commandments of God?

  ALMA 5:19.  I say unto you, can ye look up to God at that day with a
  pure heart and clean hands?  I say unto you, can you look up, having
  the image of God engraven upon your countenances?

  ALMA 5:20.  I say unto you, can ye think of being saved when you have
  yielded yourselves to become subjects to the devil?

  ALMA 5:21.  I say unto you, ye will know at that day that ye cannot be
  saved; for there can no man be saved except his garments are washed
  white; yea, his garments must be purified until they are cleansed from
  all stain, through the blood of him of whom it has been spoken by our
  fathers, who should come to redeem his people from their sins.

  ALMA 5:22.  And now I ask of you, my brethren, how will any of you
  feel, if ye shall stand before the bar of God, having your garments
  stained with blood and all manner of filthiness?  Behold, what will
  these things testify against you?

  ALMA 5:23.  Behold will they not testify that ye are murderers, yea,
  and also that ye are guilty of all manner of wickedness?

  ALMA 5:24.  Behold, my brethren, do ye suppose that such an one can
  have a place to sit down in the kingdom of God, with Abraham, with
  Isaac, and with Jacob, and also all the holy prophets, whose garments
  are cleansed and are spotless, pure and white?

  ALMA 5:25.  I say unto you, Nay; except ye make our Creator a liar from
  the beginning, or suppose that he is a liar from the beginning, ye
  cannot suppose that such can have place in the kingdom of heaven; but
  they shall be cast out for they are the children of the kingdom of the
  devil.

  ALMA 5:26.  And now behold, I say unto you, my brethren, if ye have
  experienced a change of heart, and if ye have felt to sing the song of
  redeeming love, I would ask, can ye feel so now?

  ALMA 5:27.  Have ye walked, keeping yourselves blameless before God?
  Could ye say, if ye were called to die at this time, within yourselves,
  that ye have been sufficiently humble?  That your garments have been
  cleansed and made white through the blood of Christ, who will come to
  redeem his people from their sins?

  ALMA 5:28.  Behold, are ye stripped of pride?  I say unto you, if ye
  are not ye are not prepared to meet God.  Behold ye must prepare
  quickly; for the kingdom of heaven is soon at hand, and such an one
  hath not eternal life.

  ALMA 5:29.  Behold, I say, is there one among you who is not stripped
  of envy?  I say unto you that such an one is not prepared; and I would
  that he should prepare quickly, for the hour is close at hand, and he
  knoweth not when the time shall come; for such an one is not found
  guiltless.

  ALMA 5:30.  And again I say unto you, is there one among you that doth
  make a mock of his brother, or that heapeth upon him persecutions?

  ALMA 5:31.  Wo unto such an one, for he is not prepared, and the time
  is at hand that he must repent or he cannot be saved!

  ALMA 5:32.  Yea, even wo unto all ye workers of iniquity; repent,
  repent, for the Lord God hath spoken it!

  ALMA 5:33.  Behold, he sendeth an invitation unto all men, for the arms
  of mercy are extended towards them, and he saith: Repent, and I will
  receive you.

  ALMA 5:34.  Yea, he saith: Come unto me and ye shall partake of the
  fruit of the tree of life; yea, ye shall eat and drink of the bread and
  the waters of life freely;

  ALMA 5:35.  Yea, come unto me and bring forth works of righteousness,
  and ye shall not be hewn down and cast into the fire--

  ALMA 5:36.  For behold, the time is at hand that whosoever bringeth
  forth not good fruit, or whosoever doeth not the works of
  righteousness, the same have cause to wail and mourn.

  ALMA 5:37.  O ye workers of iniquity; ye that are puffed up in the vain
  things of the world, ye that have professed to have known the ways of
  righteousness nevertheless have gone astray, as sheep having no
  shepherd, notwithstanding a shepherd hath called after you and is still
  calling after you, but ye will not hearken unto his voice!

  ALMA 5:38.  Behold, I say unto you, that the good shepherd doth call
  you; yea, and in his own name he doth call you, which is the name of
  Christ; and if ye will not hearken unto the voice of the good shepherd,
  to the name by which ye are called, behold, ye are not the sheep of the
  good shepherd.

  ALMA 5:39.  And now if ye are not the sheep of the good shepherd, of
  what fold are ye?  Behold, I say unto you, that the devil is your
  shepherd, and ye are of his fold; and now, who can deny this?  Behold,
  I say unto you, whosoever denieth this is a liar and a child of the
  devil.

  ALMA 5:40.  For I say unto you that whatsoever is good cometh from God,
  and whatsoever is evil cometh from the devil.

  ALMA 5:41.  Therefore, if a man bringeth forth good works he hearkeneth
  unto the voice of the good shepherd, and he doth follow him; but
  whosoever bringeth forth evil works, the same becometh a child of the
  devil, for he hearkeneth unto his voice, and doth follow him.

  ALMA 5:42.  And whosoever doeth this must receive his wages of him;
  therefore, for his wages he receiveth death, as to things pertaining
  unto righteousness, being dead unto all good works.

  ALMA 5:43.  And now, my brethren, I would that ye should hear me, for I
  speak in the energy of my soul; for behold, I have spoken unto you
  plainly that ye cannot err, or have spoken according to the
  commandments of God.

  ALMA 5:44.  For I am called to speak after this manner, according to
  the holy order of God, which is in Christ Jesus; yea, I am commanded to
  stand and testify unto this people the things which have been spoken by
  our fathers concerning the things which are to come.

  ALMA 5:45.  And this is not all.  Do ye not suppose that I know of
  these things myself?  Behold, I testify unto you that I do know that
  these things whereof I have spoken are true.  And how do ye suppose
  that I know of their surety?

  ALMA 5:46.  Behold, I say unto you they are made known unto me by the
  Holy Spirit of God.  Behold, I have fasted and prayed many days that I
  might know these things of myself.  And now I do know of myself that
  they are true; for the Lord God hath made them manifest unto me by his
  Holy Spirit; and this is the spirit of revelation which is in me.

  ALMA 5:47.  And moreover, I say unto you that it has thus been revealed
  unto me, that the words which have been spoken by our fathers are true,
  even so according to the spirit of prophecy which is in me, which is
  also by the manifestation of the Spirit of God.

  ALMA 5:48.  I say unto you, that I know of myself that whatsoever I
  shall say unto you, concerning that which is to come, is true; and I
  say unto you, that I know that Jesus Christ shall come, yea, the Son,
  the Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace, and mercy, and truth.
  And behold, it is he that cometh to take away the sins of the world,
  yea, the sins of every man who steadfastly believeth on his name.

  ALMA 5:49.  And now I say unto you that this is the order after which I
  am called, yea, to preach unto my beloved brethren, yea, and every one
  that dwelleth in the land; yea, to preach unto all, both old and young,
  both bond and free; yea, I say unto you the aged, and also the middle
  aged, and the rising generation; yea, to cry unto them that they must
  repent and be born again.

  ALMA 5:50.  Yea, thus saith the Spirit: Repent, all ye ends of the
  earth, for the kingdom of heaven is soon at hand; yea, the Son of God
  cometh in his glory, in his might, majesty, power, and dominion.  Yea,
  my beloved brethren, I say unto you, that the Spirit saith: Behold the
  glory of the King of all the earth; and also the King of heaven shall
  very soon shine forth among all the children of men.

  ALMA 5:51.  And also the Spirit saith unto me, yea, crieth unto me with
  a mighty voice, saying: Go forth and say unto this people--Repent, for
  except ye repent ye can in nowise inherit the kingdom of heaven.

  ALMA 5:52.  And again I say unto you, the Spirit saith: Behold, the ax
  is laid at the root of the tree; therefore every tree that bringeth not
  forth good fruit shall be hewn down and cast into the fire, yea, a fire
  which cannot be consumed, even an unquenchable fire.  Behold, and
  remember, the Holy One hath spoken it.

  ALMA 5:53.  And now my beloved brethren, I say unto you, can ye
  withstand these sayings; yea, can ye lay aside these things, and
  trample the Holy One under your feet; yea, can ye be puffed up in the
  pride of your hearts; yea, will ye still persist in the wearing of
  costly apparel and setting your hearts upon the vain things of the
  world, upon your riches?

  ALMA 5:54.  Yea, will ye persist in supposing that ye are better one
  than another; yea, will ye persist in the persecution of your brethren,
  who humble themselves and do walk after the holy order of God,
  wherewith they have been brought into this church, having been
  sanctified by the Holy Spirit, and they do bring forth works which are
  meet for repentance--

  ALMA 5:55.  Yea, and will you persist in turning your backs upon the
  poor, and the needy, and in withholding your substance from them?

  ALMA 5:56.  And finally, all ye that will persist in your wickedness, I
  say unto you that these are they who shall be hewn down and cast into
  the fire except they speedily repent.
  ALMA 5:57.  And now I say unto you, all you that are desirous to follow
  the voice of the good shepherd, come ye out from the wicked, and be ye
  separate, and touch not their unclean things; and behold, their names
  shall be blotted out, that the names of the wicked shall not be
  numbered among the names of the righteous, that the word of God may be
  fulfilled, which saith: The names of the wicked shall not be mingled
  with the names of my people;

  ALMA 5:58.  For the names of the righteous shall be written in the book
  of life, and unto them will I grant an inheritance at my right hand.
  And now, my brethren, what have ye to say against this?  I say unto
  you, if ye speak against it, it matters not, for the word of God must
  be fulfilled.

  ALMA 5:59.  For what shepherd is there among you having many sheep doth
  not watch over them, that the wolves enter not and devour his flock?
  And behold, if a wolf enter his flock doth he not drive him out?  Yea,
  and at the last, if he can, he will destroy him.

  ALMA 5:60.  And now I say unto you that the good shepherd doth call
  after you; and if you will hearken unto his voice he will bring you
  into his fold, and ye are his sheep; and he commandeth you that ye
  suffer no ravenous wolf to enter among you, that ye may not be
  destroyed.

  ALMA 5:61.  And now I, Alma, do command you in the language of him who
  hath commanded me, that ye observe to do the words which I have spoken
  unto you.

  ALMA 5:62.  I speak by way of command unto you that belong to the
  church; and unto those who do not belong to the church I speak by way
  of invitation, saying: Come and be baptized unto repentance, that ye
  also may be partakers of the fruit of the tree of life.

  BOOK OF ALMA CHAPTER 6
  ALMA 6:1.  And now it came to pass that after Alma had made an end of
  speaking unto the people of the church, which was established in the
  city of Zarahemla, he ordained priests and elders, by laying on his
  hands according to the order of God, to preside and watch over the
  church.

  ALMA 6:2.  And it came to pass that whosoever did not belong to the
  church who repented of their sins were baptized unto repentance, and
  were received into the church.

  ALMA 6:3.  And it also came to pass that whosoever did belong to the
  church that did not repent of their wickedness and humble themselves
  before God--I mean those who were lifted up in the pride of their
  hearts--the same were rejected, and their names were blotted out, that
  their names were not numbered among those of the righteous.

  ALMA 6:4.  And thus they began to establish the order of the church in
  the city of Zarahemla.

  ALMA 6:5.  Now I would that ye should understand that the word of God
  was liberal unto all, that none were deprived of the privilege of
  assembling themselves together to hear the word of God.

  ALMA 6:6.  Nevertheless the children of God were commanded that they
  should gather themselves together oft, and join in fasting and mighty
  prayer in behalf of the welfare of the souls of those who knew not God.

  ALMA 6:7.  And now it came to pass that when Alma had made these
  regulations he departed from them, yea, from the church which was in
  the city of Zarahemla, and went over upon the east of the river Sidon,
  into the valley of Gideon, there having been a city built, which was
  called the city of Gideon, which was in the valley that was called
  Gideon, being called after the man who was slain by the hand of Nehor
  with the sword.

  ALMA 6:8.  And Alma went and began to declare the word of God unto the
  church which was established in the valley of Gideon, according to the
  revelation of the truth of the word which had been spoken by his
  fathers, and according to the spirit of prophecy which was in him,
  according to the testimony of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who should
  come to redeem his people from their sins, and the holy order by which
  he was called. And thus it is written.  Amen.

  BOOK OF ALMA CHAPTER 7
  ALMA 7:1.  Behold my beloved brethren, seeing that I have been
  permitted to come unto you, therefore I attempt to address you in my
  language; yea, by my own mouth, seeing that it is the first time that I
  have spoken unto you by the words of my mouth, I having been wholly
  confined to the judgment-seat, having had much business that I could
  not come unto you.

  ALMA 7:2.  And even I could not have come now at this time were it not
  that the judgment-seat hath been given to another, to reign in my
  stead; and the Lord in much mercy hath granted that I should come unto
  you.

  ALMA 7:3.  And behold, I have come having great hopes and much desire
  that I should find that ye had humbled yourselves before God, and that
  ye had continued in the supplicating of his grace, that I should find
  that ye were blameless before him, that I should find that ye were not
  in the awful dilemma that our brethren were in at Zarahemla.

  ALMA 7:4.  But blessed be the name of God, that he hath given me to
  know, yea, hath given unto me the exceedingly great joy of knowing that
  they are established again in the way of his righteousness.

  ALMA 7:5.  And I trust, according to the Spirit of God which is in me,
  that I shall also have joy over you; nevertheless I do not desire that
  my joy over you should come by the cause of so much afflictions and
  sorrow which I have had for the brethren at Zarahemla, for behold, my
  joy cometh over them after wading through much affliction and sorrow.

  ALMA 7:6.  But behold, I trust that ye are not in a state of so much
  unbelief as were your brethren; I trust that ye are not lifted up in
  the pride of your hearts; yea, I trust that ye have not set your hearts
  upon riches and the vain things of the world; yea, I trust that you do
  not worship idols, but that ye do worship the true and living God, and
  that ye look forward for the remission of your sins, with an
  everlasting faith, which is to come.

  ALMA 7:7.  For behold, I say unto you there be many things to come; and
  behold, there is one thing which is of more importance than they
  all--for behold, the time is not far distant that the Redeemer liveth
  and cometh among his people.
  ALMA 7:8.  Behold, I do not say that he will come among us at the time
  of his dwelling in his mortal tabernacle; for behold, the Spirit hath
  not said unto me that this should be the case.  Now as to this thing I
  do not know; but this much I do know, that the Lord God hath power to
  do all things which are according to his word.

  ALMA 7:9.  But behold, the Spirit hath said this much unto me, saying:
  Cry unto this people, saying--Repent ye, and prepare the way of the
  Lord, and walk in his paths, which are straight; for behold, the
  kingdom of heaven is at hand, and the Son of God cometh upon the face
  of the earth.

  ALMA 7:10.  And behold, he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem which is
  the land of our forefathers, she being a virgin, a precious and chosen
  vessel, who shall be overshadowed and conceive by the power of the Holy
  Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God.

  ALMA 7:11.  And he shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions and
  temptations of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled
  which saith he will take upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his
  people.

  ALMA 7:12.  And he will take upon him death, that he may loose the
  bands of death which bind his people; and he will take upon him their
  infirmities, that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to the
  flesh, that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people
  according to their infirmities.

  ALMA 7:13.  Now the Spirit knoweth all things; nevertheless the Son of
  God suffereth according to the flesh that he might take upon him the
  sins of his people, that he might blot out their transgressions
  according to the power of his deliverance; and now behold, this is the
  testimony which is in me.

  ALMA 7:14.  Now I say unto you that ye must repent, and be born again;
  for the Spirit saith if ye are not born again ye cannot inherit the
  kingdom of heaven; therefore come and be baptized unto repentance, that
  ye may be washed from your sins, that ye may have faith on the Lamb of
  God, who taketh away the sins of the world, who is mighty to save and
  to cleanse from all unrighteousness.

  ALMA 7:15.  Yea, I say unto you come and fear not, and lay aside every
  sin, which easily doth beset you, which doth bind you down to
  destruction, yea, come and go forth, and show unto your God that ye are
  willing to repent of your sins and enter into a covenant with him to
  keep his commandments, and witness it unto him this day by going into
  the waters of baptism.

  ALMA 7:16.  And whosoever doeth this, and keepeth the commandments of
  God from thenceforth, the same will remember that I say unto him, yea,
  he will remember that I have said unto him, he shall have eternal life,
  according to the testimony of the Holy Spirit, which testifieth in me.

  ALMA 7:17.  And now my beloved brethren, do you believe these things?
  Behold, I say unto you, yea, I know that ye believe them; and the way
  that I know that ye believe them is by the manifestation of the Spirit
  which is in me.  And now because your faith is strong concerning that,
  yea, concerning the things which I have spoken, great is my joy.

  ALMA 7:18.  For as I said unto you from the beginning, that I had much
  desire that ye were not in the state of dilemma like your brethren,
  even so I have found that my desires have been gratified.

  ALMA 7:19.  For I perceive that ye are in the paths of righteousness; I
  perceive that ye are in the path which leads to the kingdom of God;
  yea, I perceive that ye are making his paths straight.

  ALMA 7:20.  I perceive that it has been made known unto you, by the
  testimony of his word, that he cannot walk in crooked paths; neither
  doth he vary from that which he hath said; neither hath he a shadow of
  turning from the right to the left, or from that which is right to that
  which is wrong; therefore, his course is one eternal round.

  ALMA 7:21.  And he doth not dwell in unholy temples; neither can
  filthiness or anything which is unclean be received into the kingdom of
  God; therefore I say unto you the time shall come, yea, and it shall be
  at the last day, that he who is filthy shall remain in his filthiness.

  ALMA 7:22.  And now my beloved brethren, I have said these things unto
  you that I might awaken you to a sense of your duty to God, that ye may
  walk blameless before him, that ye may walk after the holy order of
  God, after which ye have been received.

  ALMA 7:23.  And now I would that ye should be humble, and be submissive
  and gentle; easy to be entreated; full of patience and long-suffering;
  being temperate in all things; being diligent in keeping the
  commandments of God at all times; asking for whatsoever things ye stand
  in need, both spiritual and temporal; always returning thanks unto God
  for whatsoever things ye do receive.

  ALMA 7:24.  And see that ye have faith, hope, and charity, and then ye
  will always abound in good works.

  ALMA 7:25.  And may the Lord bless you, and keep your garments
  spotless, that ye may at last be brought to sit down with Abraham,
  Isaac, and Jacob, and the holy prophets who have been ever since the
  world began, having your garments spotless even as their garments are
  spotless, in the kingdom of heaven to go no more out.

  ALMA 7:26.  And now my beloved brethren, I have spoken these words unto
  you according to the Spirit which testifieth in me; and my soul doth
  exceedingly rejoice, because of the exceeding diligence and heed which
  ye have given unto my word.

  ALMA 7:27.  And now, may the peace of God rest upon you, and upon your
  houses and lands, and upon your flocks and herds, and all that you
  possess, your women and your children, according to your faith and good
  works, from this time forth and forever.  And thus I have spoken.
  Amen.

  BOOK OF ALMA CHAPTER 8
  ALMA 8:1.  And now it came to pass that Alma returned from the land of
  Gideon, after having taught the people of Gideon many things which
  cannot be written, having established the order of the church,
  according as he had before done in the land of Zarahemla, yea, he
  returned to his own house at Zarahemla to rest himself from the labors
  which he had performed.

  ALMA 8:2.  And thus ended the ninth year of the reign of the judges
  over the people of Nephi.

  ALMA 8:3.  And it came to pass in the commencement of the tenth year of
  the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, that Alma departed
  from thence and took his journey over into the land of Melek, on the
  west of the river Sidon, on the west by the borders of the wilderness.

  ALMA 8:4.  And he began to teach the people in the land of Melek
  according to the holy order of God, by which he had been called; and he
  began to teach the people throughout all the land of Melek.

  ALMA 8:5.  And it came to pass that the people came to him throughout
  all the borders of the land which was by the wilderness side.  And they
  were baptized throughout all the land;

  ALMA 8:6.  So that when he had finished his work at Melek he departed
  thence, and traveled three days' journey on the north of the land of
  Melek; and he came to a city which was called Ammonihah.

  ALMA 8:7.  Now it was the custom of the people of Nephi to call their
  lands, and their cities, and their villages, yea, even all their small
  villages, after the name of him who first possessed them; and thus it
  was with the land of Ammonihah.

  ALMA 8:8.  And it came to pass that when Alma had come to the city of
  Ammonihah he began to preach the word of God unto them.

  ALMA 8:9.  Now Satan had gotten great hold upon the hearts of the
  people of the city of Ammonihah; therefore they would not hearken unto
  the words of Alma.

  ALMA 8:10.  Nevertheless Alma labored much in the spirit, wrestling
  with God in mighty prayer, that he would pour out his Spirit upon the
  people who were in the city; that he would also grant that he might
  baptize them unto repentance.

  ALMA 8:11.  Nevertheless, they hardened their hearts, saying unto him:
  Behold, we know that thou art Alma; and we know that thou art high
  priest over the church which thou hast established in many parts of the
  land, according to your tradition; and we are not of thy church, and we
  do not believe in such foolish traditions.

  ALMA 8:12.  And now we know that because we are not of thy church we
  know that thou hast no power over us; and thou hast delivered up the
  judgment-seat unto Nephihah; therefore thou art not the chief judge
  over us.

  ALMA 8:13.  Now when the people had said this, and withstood all his
  words, and reviled him, and spit upon him, and caused that he should be
  cast out of their city, he departed thence and took his journey towards
  the city which was called Aaron.

  ALMA 8:14.  And it came to pass that while he was journeying thither,
  being weighed down with sorrow, wading through much tribulation and
  anguish of soul, because of the wickedness of the people who were in
  the city of Ammonihah, it came to pass while Alma was thus weighed down
  with sorrow, behold an angel of the Lord appeared unto him, saying:

  ALMA 8:15.  Blessed art thou, Alma; therefore, lift up thy head and
  rejoice, for thou hast great cause to rejoice; for thou hast been
  faithful in keeping the commandments of God from the time which thou
  receivedst thy first message from him.  Behold, I am he that delivered
  it unto you.

  ALMA 8:16.  And behold, I am sent to command thee that thou return to
  the city of Ammonihah, and preach again unto the people of the city;
  yea, preach unto them.  Yea, say unto them, except they repent the Lord
  God will destroy them.

  ALMA 8:17.  For behold, they do study at this time that they may
  destroy the liberty of thy people, (for thus saith the Lord) which is
  contrary to the statutes, and judgments, and commandments which he has
  given unto his people.

  ALMA 8:18.  Now it came to pass that after Alma had received his
  message from the angel of the Lord he returned speedily to the land of
  Ammonihah.  And he entered the city by another way, yea, by the way
  which is on the south of the city of Ammonihah.

  ALMA 8:19.  And as he entered the city he was an hungered, and he said
  to a man: Will ye give to an humble servant of God something to eat?

  ALMA 8:20.  And the man said unto him: I am a Nephite, and I know that
  thou art a holy prophet of God, for thou art the man whom an angel said
  in a vision: Thou shalt receive.  Therefore, go with me into my house
  and I will impart unto thee of my food; and I know that thou wilt be a
  blessing unto me and my house.

  ALMA 8:21.  And it came to pass that the man received him into his
  house; and the man was called Amulek; and he brought forth bread and
  meat and set before Alma.

  ALMA 8:22.  And it came to pass that Alma ate bread and was filled; and
  he blessed Amulek and his house, and he gave thanks unto God.

  ALMA 8:23.  And after he had eaten and was filled he said unto Amulek:
  I am Alma, and am the high priest over the church of God throughout the
  land.

  ALMA 8:24.  And behold, I have been called to preach the word of God
  among all this people, according to the spirit of revelation and
  prophecy; and I was in this land and they would not receive me, but
  they cast me out and I was about to set my back towards this land
  forever.

  ALMA 8:25.  But behold, I have been commanded that I should turn again
  and prophesy unto this people, yea, and to testify against them
  concerning their iniquities.

  ALMA 8:26.  And now, Amulek, because thou hast fed me and taken me in,
  thou art blessed; for I was an hungered, for I had fasted many days.

  ALMA 8:27.  And Alma tarried many days with Amulek before he began to
  preach unto the people.

  ALMA 8:28.  And it came to pass that the people did wax more gross in
  their iniquities.

  ALMA 8:29.  And the word came to Alma, saying: Go; and also say unto my
  servant Amulek, go forth and prophesy unto this people, saying--Repent
  ye, for thus saith the Lord, except ye repent I will visit this people
  in mine anger; yea, and I will not turn my fierce anger away.

  ALMA 8:30.  And Alma went forth, and also Amulek, among the people, to
  declare the words of God unto them; and they were filled with the Holy
  Ghost.

  ALMA 8:31.  And they had power given unto them, insomuch that they
  could not be confined in dungeons; neither was it possible that any man
  could slay them; nevertheless they did not exercise their power until
  they were bound in bands and cast into prison.  Now, this was done that
  the Lord might show forth his power in them.

  ALMA 8:32.  And it came to pass that they went forth and began to
  preach and to prophesy unto the people, according to the spirit and
  power which the Lord had given them.

  BOOK OF ALMA CHAPTER 9
  ALMA 9:1.  And again, I, Alma, having been commanded of God that I
  should take Amulek and go forth and preach again unto this people, or
  the people who were in the city of Ammonihah, it came to pass as I
  began to preach unto them, they began to contend with me, saying:

  ALMA 9:2.  Who art thou?  Suppose ye that we shall believe the
  testimony of one man, although he should preach unto us that the earth
  should pass away?

  ALMA 9:3.  Now they understood not the words which they spake; for they
  knew not that the earth should pass away.

  ALMA 9:4.  And they said also: We will not believe thy words if thou
  shouldst prophesy that this great city should be destroyed in one day.

  ALMA 9:5.  Now they knew not that God could do such marvelous works,
  for they were a hard-hearted and a stiffnecked people.

  ALMA 9:6.  And they said: Who is God, that sendeth no more authority
  than one man among this people, to declare unto them the truth of such
  great and marvelous things?

  ALMA 9:7.  And they stood forth to lay their hands on me; but behold,
  they did not.  And I stood with boldness to declare unto them, yea, I
  did boldly testify unto them, saying:

  ALMA 9:8.  Behold, O ye wicked and perverse generation, how have ye
  forgotten the tradition of your fathers; yea, how soon ye have
  forgotten the commandments of God.

  ALMA 9:9.  Do ye not remember that our father, Lehi, was brought out of
  Jerusalem by the hand of God?  Do ye not remember that they were all
  led by him through the wilderness?

  ALMA 9:10.  And have ye forgotten so soon how many times he delivered
  our fathers out of the hands of their enemies, and preserved them from
  being destroyed, even by the hands of their own brethren?

  ALMA 9:11.  Yea, and if it had not been for his matchless power, and
  his mercy, and his long-suffering towards us, we should unavoidably
  have been cut off from the face of the earth long before this period of
  time, and perhaps been consigned to a state of endless misery and woe.
  ALMA 9:12.  Behold, now I say unto you that he commandeth you to
  repent; and except ye repent, ye can in nowise inherit the kingdom of
  God.  But behold, this is not all--he has commanded you to repent, or
  he will utterly destroy you from off the face of the earth; yea, he
  will visit you in his anger, and in his fierce anger he will not turn
  away.

  ALMA 9:13.  Behold, do ye not remember the words which he spake unto
  Lehi, saying that: Inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall
  prosper in the land?  And again it is said that: Inasmuch as ye will
  not keep my commandments ye shall be cut off from the presence of the
  Lord.

  ALMA 9:14.  Now I would that ye should remember, that inasmuch as the
  Lamanites have not kept the commandments of God, they have been cut off
  from the presence of the Lord.  Now we see that the word of the Lord
  has been verified in this thing, and the Lamanites have been cut off
  from his presence, from the beginning of their transgressions in the
  land.
  ALMA 9:15.  Nevertheless I say unto you, that it shall be more
  tolerable for them in the day of judgment than for you, if ye remain in
  your sins, yea, and even more tolerable for them in this life than for
  you, except ye repent.

  ALMA 9:16.  For there are many promises which are extended to the
  Lamanites; for it is because of the traditions of their fathers that
  caused them to remain in their state of ignorance; therefore the Lord
  will be merciful unto them and prolong their existence in the land.

  ALMA 9:17.  And at some period of time they will be brought to believe
  in his word, and to know of the incorrectness of the traditions of
  their fathers; and many of them will be saved, for the Lord will be
  merciful unto all who call on his name.

  ALMA 9:18.  But behold, I say unto you that if ye persist in your
  wickedness that your days shall not be prolonged in the land, for the
  Lamanites shall be sent upon you; and if ye repent not they shall come
  in a time when you know not, and ye shall be visited with utter
  destruction; and it shall be according to the fierce anger of the Lord.

  ALMA 9:19.  For he will not suffer you that ye shall live in your
  iniquities, to destroy his people.  I say unto you, Nay; he would
  rather suffer that the Lamanites might destroy all his people who are
  called the people of Nephi, if it were possible that they could fall
  into sins and transgressions, after having had so much light and so
  much knowledge given unto them of the Lord their God;

  ALMA 9:20.  Yea, after having been such a highly favored people of the
  Lord; yea, after having been favored above every other nation, kindred,
  tongue, or people; after having had all things made known unto them,
  according to their desires, and their faith, and prayers, of that which
  has been, and which is, and which is to come;

  ALMA 9:21.  Having been visited by the Spirit of God; having conversed
  with angels, and having been spoken unto by the voice of the Lord; and
  having the spirit of prophecy, and the spirit of revelation, and also
  many gifts, the gift of speaking with tongues, and the gift of
  preaching, and the gift of the Holy Ghost, and the gift of translation;
  ALMA 9:22.  Yea, and after having been delivered of God out of the land
  of Jerusalem, by the hand of the Lord; having been saved from famine,
  and from sickness, and all manner of diseases of every kind; and they
  having waxed strong in battle, that they might not be destroyed; having
  been brought out of bondage time after time, and having been kept and
  preserved until now; and they have been prospered until they are rich
  in all manner of things--

  ALMA 9:23.  And now behold I say unto you, that if this people, who
  have received so many blessings from the hand of the Lord, should
  transgress contrary to the light and knowledge which they do have, I
  say unto you that if this be the case, that if they should fall into
  transgression, it would be far more tolerable for the Lamanites than
  for them.

  ALMA 9:24.  For behold, the promises of the Lord are extended to the
  Lamanites, but they are not unto you if ye transgress; for has not the
  Lord expressly promised and firmly decreed, that if ye will rebel
  against him that ye shall utterly be destroyed from off the face of the
  earth?

  ALMA 9:25.  And now for this cause, that ye may not be destroyed, the
  Lord has sent his angel to visit many of his people, declaring unto
  them that they must go forth and cry mightily unto this people, saying:
  Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is nigh at hand;

  ALMA 9:26.  And not many days hence the Son of God shall come in his
  glory; and his glory shall be the glory of the Only Begotten of the
  Father, full of grace, equity, and truth, full of patience, mercy, and
  long-suffering, quick to hear the cries of his people and to answer
  their prayers.

  ALMA 9:27.  And behold, he cometh to redeem those who will be baptized
  unto repentance, through faith on his name.

  ALMA 9:28.  Therefore, prepare ye the way of the Lord, for the time is
  at hand that all men shall reap a reward of their works, according to
  that which they have been--if they have been righteous they shall reap
  the salvation of their souls, according to the power and deliverance of
  Jesus Christ; and if they have been evil they shall reap the damnation
  of their souls, according to the power and captivation of the devil.

  ALMA 9:29.  Now behold, this is the voice of the angel, crying unto the
  people.

  ALMA 9:30.  And now, my beloved brethren, for ye are my brethren, and
  ye ought to be beloved, and ye ought to bring forth works which are
  meet for repentance, seeing that your hearts have been grossly hardened
  against the word of God, and seeing that ye are a lost and a fallen
  people.

  ALMA 9:31.  Now it came to pass that when I, Alma, had spoken these
  words, behold, the people were wroth with me because I said unto them
  that they were a hard-hearted and a stiffnecked people.

  ALMA 9:32.  And also because I said unto them that they were a lost and
  a fallen people they were angry with me, and sought to lay their hands
  upon me, that they might cast me into prison.

  ALMA 9:33.  But it came to pass that the Lord did not suffer them that
  they should take me at that time and cast me into prison.

  ALMA 9:34.  And it came to pass that Amulek went and stood forth, and
  began to preach unto them also.  And now the words of Amulek are not
  all written, nevertheless a part of his words are written in this book.

  BOOK OF ALMA CHAPTER 10
  ALMA 10:1.  Now these are the words which Amulek preached unto the
  people who were in the land of Ammonihah, saying:

  ALMA 10:2.  I am Amulek; I am the son of Giddonah, who was the son of
  Ishmael, who was a descendant of Aminadi; and it was the same Aminadi
  who interpreted the writing which was upon the wall of the temple,
  which was written by the finger of God.

  ALMA 10:3.  And Aminadi was a descendant of Nephi, who was the son of
  Lehi, who came out of the land of Jerusalem, who was a descendant of
  Manasseh, who was the son of Joseph who was sold into Egypt by the
  hands of his brethren.
  ALMA 10:4.  And behold, I am also a man of no small reputation among
  all those who know me; yea, and behold, I have many kindreds and
  friends, and I have also acquired much riches by the hand of my
  industry.

  ALMA 10:5.  Nevertheless, after all this, I never have known much of
  the ways of the Lord, and his mysteries and marvelous power.  I said I
  never had known much of these things; but behold, I mistake, for I have
  seen much of his mysteries