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44 - Book of Mormon - Joseph Smith Jr · Philosophy and Faith

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  Speaker 1: Heliman, chapter five. And it came to pass that in
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  Speaker 1: this same year, behold, Nephi delivered up the judgment seat
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  Speaker 1: to a man whose name was Caesorum. For as their
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  Speaker 1: laws and their governments were established by the voice of
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  Speaker 1: the people, and they who chose evil were more numerous
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  Speaker 1: than they who chose good, Therefore they were ripening for destruction,
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  Speaker 1: for the laws had become corrupted, yea, and this was
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  Speaker 1: not all. They were a stiff necked people, insomuch that
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  Speaker 1: they could not be governed by the law nor justice,
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  Speaker 1: save it were to their destruction. And it came to
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  Speaker 1: pass that Nephi had become weary because of their iniquity,
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  Speaker 1: and he yielded up the judgment seat and took it
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  Speaker 1: upon him to preach the word of God all the
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  Speaker 1: remainder of his days. And his brother Lehi also all
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  Speaker 1: the remainder of his days. For they remembered the words
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  Speaker 1: which their father, Heliman, spake unto them. And these are
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  Speaker 1: the words which he spake. Behold, my sons, I desire
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  Speaker 1: that ye should remember to keep the commandments of God,
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  Speaker 1: and I would that ye should declare unto the people
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  Speaker 1: these words. Behold, I have given unto you the names
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  Speaker 1: of our first parents, who came out of the land
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  Speaker 1: of Jerusalem. In this I have done that when ye
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  Speaker 1: remember your names, ye may remember them, and when ye
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  Speaker 1: remember them, ye may remember their works. And when ye
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  Speaker 1: remember their works, ye may know how that it is
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  Speaker 1: said and also written that they were good. Therefore, my sons,
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  Speaker 1: I would that ye should do that which is good,
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  Speaker 1: that it may be said of you and also written,
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  Speaker 1: even as it has been said and written of them.
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  Speaker 1: And now, my sons, behold, I have somewhat more to
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  Speaker 1: desire of you. Which desire is that ye may not
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  Speaker 1: do these things that ye may boast, but that ye
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  Speaker 1: may do these things to lay up for yourselves a
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  Speaker 1: treasure in heaven, yea, which is eternal and which fadeth
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  Speaker 1: not away. YEA, that ye may have that precious gift
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  Speaker 1: of eternal life, which we have reason to suppose hath
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  Speaker 1: been given to our fathers. O remember, remember, my sons,
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  Speaker 1: the words which King Benjamin spake unto his people. YEA.
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  Speaker 1: Remember that there is no other way nor means whereby
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  Speaker 1: man can be saved only through the atoning blood of
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, who shall come. YEA, remember that he cometh
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  Speaker 1: to redeem the world. And remember also the words which
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  Speaker 1: Amulek spake unto z Isram in the city of Ammonihah.
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  Speaker 1: For he said unto him that the Lord Shurly should
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  Speaker 1: come to redeem his people, but that he should not
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  Speaker 1: come to redeem them in their sins, but to redeem
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  Speaker 1: them from their sins. And he hath power given unto
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  Speaker 1: him from the Father to redeem them from their sins
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  Speaker 1: because of repentance. Therefore he hath sent his angels to
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  Speaker 1: declare the tidings of the conditions of repentance, which bringeth
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  Speaker 1: unto the power of the Redeemer, unto the salvation of
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  Speaker 1: their souls. And now, my sons, remember, remember that it
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  Speaker 1: is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who so is Christ,
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  Speaker 1: the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation.
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  Speaker 1: That when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea,
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  Speaker 1: his shafts in the whirlwind, YEA, when all his hail
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  Speaker 1: and his mighty storms shall beat upon you, it shall
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  Speaker 1: have no power over you to drag you down to
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  Speaker 1: the gulf of misery and endless woe, because of the
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  Speaker 1: rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation,
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  Speaker 1: a foundation whereon if men build, they cannot fall. And
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  Speaker 1: it came to pass that these were the words which
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  Speaker 1: Helaman taught to his sons. Yea, he to teach them
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  Speaker 1: many things which are not written, and also many things
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  Speaker 1: which are written. And they did remember his words. And
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  Speaker 1: therefore they went forth, keeping the commandments of God, to
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  Speaker 1: teach the word of God among all the people of Nephi,
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  Speaker 1: beginning at the city Bountiful, and from thenceforth to the
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  Speaker 1: city of Gid, and from the city of Gid to
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  Speaker 1: the city of Muluk, and even from one city to another,
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  Speaker 1: until they had gone forth among all the people of
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  Speaker 1: Nephi who were in the land southward, and from thence
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  Speaker 1: into the land of Zarahemla, among the Lamanites. And it
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  Speaker 1: came to pass that they did preach with great power,
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  Speaker 1: insomuch that they did confound many of those dissenters who
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  Speaker 1: had gone over from the Nephites, insomuch that they came
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  Speaker 1: forth and did confess their sins and were baptized unto repentance,
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  Speaker 1: and immediately returned to the Nephites to endeavor to repair
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  Speaker 1: unto them the wrongs which they had done. And it
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  Speaker 1: came to pass that Nephi and Leehide did preach unto
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  Speaker 1: the Lamanites with such great power and authority, For they
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  Speaker 1: had power and authority given unto them that they might speak,
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  Speaker 1: and they also had what they should speak given unto them.
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  Speaker 1: Therefore they did speak unto the great astonishment of the Lamanites,
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  Speaker 1: to the convincing them in so much that there were
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  Speaker 1: eight thousand of the Lamanites who were in the land
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  Speaker 1: of Zarahemla and round about baptized unto repentance, and were
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  Speaker 1: convinced of the wickedness of the traditions of their foll
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass that Nephi and Lehi did
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  Speaker 1: proceed from thence to go to the land of Nephi.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass that they were taken by
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  Speaker 1: an army of the Lamanites and cast into prison yea,
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  Speaker 1: even in that same prison in which Ammon and his
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  Speaker 1: brethren were cast by the servants of Limhai. And after
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  Speaker 1: they had been cast into prison many days without food, behold,
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  Speaker 1: they went forth into the prison to take them, that
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  Speaker 1: they might slay them. And it came to pass that
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  Speaker 1: Nephi and Lei were encircled about as if by fire,
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  Speaker 1: even insomuch that they durst not lay their hands upon them,
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  Speaker 1: for fear lest they should be burned. Nevertheless, Nephi and
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  Speaker 1: Lehi were not burned, and they were as standing in
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  Speaker 1: the midst of fire, and were not burned. And when
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  Speaker 1: they saw that they were encircled about with a pillar
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  Speaker 1: of fire, and that it burned them, not their hearts
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  Speaker 1: did take courage, for they saw that the Lamanites durst
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  Speaker 1: not lay their hands upon them. Either, durst they come
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  Speaker 1: near unto them, but stood as if they were struck
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  Speaker 1: dumb with amazement. And it came to pass that Nephi
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  Speaker 1: and lee High did stand forth and began to speak
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  Speaker 1: unto them, saying, fear not, for behold, it is God
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  Speaker 1: that has shown unto you this marvelous thing in the
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  Speaker 1: which is shown unto you, that ye cannot lay your
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  Speaker 1: hands on us to slay us. And behold, when they
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  Speaker 1: had said these words, the earth shook exceedingly, and the
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  Speaker 1: walls of the prison did shake, as if they were
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  Speaker 1: about to tumble to the earth. But behold, they did
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  Speaker 1: not fall. And behold they that were in the prison
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  Speaker 1: were Lamanites and Nephites, who were dissenters. And it came
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  Speaker 1: to pass that they were overshadowed with a cloud of darkness,
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  Speaker 1: and an awful, solemn fear came upon them. And it
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  Speaker 1: came to pass that there came a voice, as if
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  Speaker 1: it were above the cloud of darkness, saying, repent, ye,
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  Speaker 1: repent ye, and seek no more to destroy my servants,
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  Speaker 1: whom I have sent unto you to dear clear good tidings.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass that when they heard this voice,
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  Speaker 1: and beheld that it was not a voice of thunder,
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  Speaker 1: neither was it a voice of a great tumultuous noise.
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  Speaker 1: But behold, it was a still voice of perfect mildness,
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  Speaker 1: as if it had been a whisper, And it did
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  Speaker 1: pierce even to the very soul. And notwithstanding the mildness
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  Speaker 1: of the voice, behold the earth shook exceedingly, and the
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  Speaker 1: walls of the prison trembled again, as if it were
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  Speaker 1: about to tumble to the earth. And behold, the cloud
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  Speaker 1: of darkness which had overshadowed them, did not disperse. And
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  Speaker 1: behold the voice came again, saying, repent, ye, repent ye,
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  Speaker 1: for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand, and seek
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  Speaker 1: no more to destroy my servants. And it came to
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  Speaker 1: pass that the earth shook again, and the walls trembled,
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  Speaker 1: And also again the third time, the voice came and
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  Speaker 1: did speak unto them marvelous words which cannot be uttered
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  Speaker 1: by man. And the walls did tremble again, and the
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  Speaker 1: earth shook as if it were about to divide asunder.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass that the Lamanites could not
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  Speaker 1: flee because of the cloud of darkness which did overshadow them. Yea.
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  Speaker 1: And also they were immovable because of the fear which
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  Speaker 1: did come upon them. Now there was one among them
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  Speaker 1: who was a Nephite by birth, who had once belonged
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  Speaker 1: to the Church of God, but had dissented from them.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass that he turned him about,
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  Speaker 1: and behold he saw through the cloud of darkness the
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  Speaker 1: faces of Nephi and Lehi. And behold, they did shine exceedingly,
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  Speaker 1: even as the faces of angels. And he beheld that
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  Speaker 1: they did lift their eyes to Heaven. And they were
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  Speaker 1: in the attitude as if talking or lifting their voices
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  Speaker 1: to some being whom they beheld. And it came to
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  Speaker 1: pass that this man did cry unto the multitudes they
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  Speaker 1: might turn and look and behold there was power given
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  Speaker 1: unto them, that they did turn and look, and they
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  Speaker 1: did behold the faces of Ephi and Lehi. And they said,
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  Speaker 1: unto the man, behold, what do all these things mean?
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  Speaker 1: And who is it with whom these men do converse.
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  Speaker 1: Now the man's name was a Menedab, and a Menadab
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  Speaker 1: said unto them, they do converse with the angels of God.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass that the Lamanites said, unto him,
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  Speaker 1: what shall we do that this cloud of darkness may
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  Speaker 1: be removed from overshadowing us? And Amnadab said unto them,
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  Speaker 1: you must repent and cry unto the voice, even until
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  Speaker 1: ye shall have faith in Christ, who was taught unto
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  Speaker 1: you by Alma and Amulek and Diesraum. And when ye
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  Speaker 1: shall do this, the cloud of darkness shall be removed
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  Speaker 1: from overshadowing you. And it came to pass that they
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  Speaker 1: all did begin to cry unto the voice of him
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  Speaker 1: who had shaken the earth. Yea, they did cry even
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  Speaker 1: until the cloud of darkness was dispersed. And it came
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  Speaker 1: to pass that when they cast their eyes about and
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  Speaker 1: saw that the cloud of darkness was dispersed from overshadowing them,
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  Speaker 1: behold that they saw that they were encircled about, yea,
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  Speaker 1: every soul by a pillar of fire, and Nephi and
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  Speaker 1: Lehi were in the midst of them. Yea, they were
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  Speaker 1: encircled about. Yea, they were as if in the midst
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  Speaker 1: of a flaming fire. Yet it did harm them, not,
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  Speaker 1: neither did it take hold upon the walls of the prison.
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  Speaker 1: And they were filled with that joy which is unspeakable
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  Speaker 1: and full of glory. And behold, the Holy Spirit of
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  Speaker 1: God did come down from heaven and did enter into
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  Speaker 1: their hearts. And they were filled as if with fire,
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  Speaker 1: and they could speak forth marvelous words. And it came
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  Speaker 1: to pass that there came a voice unto them, YEA,
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  Speaker 1: a pleasant voice, as if it were a whisper, saying peace,
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  Speaker 1: Peace be unto you, because of your faith in my
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  Speaker 1: well beloved, who was from the foundation of the world.
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  Speaker 1: And now when they heard this, they cast their eyes
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  Speaker 1: as if to behold from whence the voice came. And
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  Speaker 1: behold they saw the heavens open, and angels came down
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  Speaker 1: out of heaven and ministered unto them. And there were
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  Speaker 1: about three hundred souls who saw and heard these things,
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  Speaker 1: and they were bidden to go forth and marvel. Not
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  Speaker 1: neither should they doubt. And it came to pass that
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  Speaker 1: they did go forth and did minister unto the people,
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  Speaker 1: declaring throughout all the regions round about all the things
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  Speaker 1: which they had heard and seen, insomuch that the more
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  Speaker 1: part of the Lamanites were convinced of them because of
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  Speaker 1: the greatness of the evidences which they had received. And
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  Speaker 1: as many as were convinced, did lay down their weapons
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  Speaker 1: of war, and also their hatred and the tradition of
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  Speaker 1: their fathers. And it came to pass that they did
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  Speaker 1: yield up unto the Nephites the lands of their possession Helimann,
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  Speaker 1: chapter six. And it came to pass that when the
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  Speaker 1: sixty and second year of the reign of the Judges
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  Speaker 1: had ended, all these things had happened, and the Lamanites
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  Speaker 1: had become the more part of them a righteous people,
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  Speaker 1: insomuch that their righteousness did exceed that of the Nephites,
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  Speaker 1: because of their firmness and their steadiness in the faith.
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  Speaker 1: For behold, there were many of the Nephites who had
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  Speaker 1: become hardened and impenitent and grossly wicked, insomuch that they
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  Speaker 1: did reject the word of God. And all the preaching
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  Speaker 1: and prophesying which did come among them. Nevertheless, the people
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  Speaker 1: of the Church did have great joy because of the
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  Speaker 1: conversion of the Lamanites Yea, because of the Church of
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  Speaker 1: God which had been established among them. And they did
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  Speaker 1: fellowship one with another, and did rejoice one with another,
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  Speaker 1: and did have great joy. And it came to pass
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  Speaker 1: that many of the Lamanites did come down into the
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  Speaker 1: land of Zarahemla, and did declare unto the people of
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  Speaker 1: the Nephites, the manner of their conversion, and did exhort
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  Speaker 1: them to faith and repentance. Yea, and many did preach
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  Speaker 1: with exceeding the great power and authority unto the bringing
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  Speaker 1: down many of them into the depths of humility, to
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  Speaker 1: be the humble followers of God and the lamb. And
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  Speaker 1: it came to pass that many of the Lamanites did
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  Speaker 1: go into the land northward, and also Nephi and Lehi
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  Speaker 1: went into the land northward to preach unto the people.
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  Speaker 1: And thus ended the sixty and third year. And behold,
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  Speaker 1: there was peace in all the land, insomuch that the
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  Speaker 1: Nephites did go into whatsoever part of the land they would,
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  Speaker 1: whether among the Nephites or the Lamanites. And it came
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  Speaker 1: to pass that the Lamanites did also go whithersoever they would,
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  Speaker 1: whether it were among the Lamanites or among the Nephites.
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  Speaker 1: And thus they did have free intercourse one with another,
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  Speaker 1: to buy and to sell and to get gain according
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  Speaker 1: to their desire. And it came to pass that they
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  Speaker 1: became exceedingly rich, both the Lamanites and the Nephytes. And
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  Speaker 1: they did have an exceeding plenty of gold and of silver,
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  Speaker 1: and of all manner of precious metals, both in the
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  Speaker 1: land south and in the land north. And the land
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  Speaker 1: south was called the Lehigh, and the land north was
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  Speaker 1: called Muluk, which was after the son of Zedekiah, for
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  Speaker 1: the Lord did bring Mulik into the land north, and
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  Speaker 1: Lehi into the land south. And behold, there was all
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  Speaker 1: manner of gold in both these lands, and of silver
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  Speaker 1: and of precious ore of every kind. And there were
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  Speaker 1: also curious workmen who did work all kinds of ore
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  Speaker 1: and did refine it. And thus they did become rich.
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  Speaker 1: They did raise grain and abundance, both in the north
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  Speaker 1: and in the south, and they did flourish exceedingly both
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  Speaker 1: in the north and in the south, and they did
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  Speaker 1: multiply and wax exceedingly strong in the land. And they
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  Speaker 1: did raise many flocks and herds, yea, many fatlings. Behold,
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  Speaker 1: their women did toil and spin, and did make all
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  Speaker 1: manner of cloth, of fine twined linen, and cloth of
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  Speaker 1: every kind to clothe their nakedness. And thus the sixty
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  Speaker 1: and fourth year did pass away in peace. And in
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  Speaker 1: the sixty and fifth year they did also have great
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  Speaker 1: joy and peace, yea, much preaching in many prophecies concerning
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  Speaker 1: that which was to come, And thus pass away the
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  Speaker 1: sixty and fifth year. And it came to pass that
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  Speaker 1: in the sixty and sixth year of the reign of
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  Speaker 1: the judges, Behold, Caesorum was murdered by an unknown hand
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  Speaker 1: as he sat upon the judgment seat. And it came
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  Speaker 1: to pass that in the same year that his son,
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  Speaker 1: who had been appointed by the people in his stead,
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  Speaker 1: was also murdered. And thus ended the sixty and sixth year.
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  Speaker 1: And in the commencement of the sixty and seventh year,
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  Speaker 1: the people began to grow exceedingly wicked again, For behold,
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  Speaker 1: the Lord had blessed them so long with the riches
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  Speaker 1: of the world, that they had not been stirred up
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  Speaker 1: to anger, to wars, or to bloodshed. Therefore they began
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  Speaker 1: to set their hearts upon their riches. Yea, they began
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  Speaker 1: to seek to get gain, that they might be lifted
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  Speaker 1: up one above another. Therefore they began to commit secret
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  Speaker 1: murders and to rob and to plunder, that they might
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  Speaker 1: get gain. And now behold, those murderers and plunderers were
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  Speaker 1: a band who had been formed by Kishkumen and Gadiantin.
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  Speaker 1: And now it had come to pass that there were
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  Speaker 1: many even among the Nephites of Gadyatin's band. But hold,
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  Speaker 1: they were more numerous among the more wicked part of
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  Speaker 1: the Lamanites. And they were called geddy Anton's robbers and murderers.
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  Speaker 1: And it was they who did murder the chief judge
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  Speaker 1: Caesorum and his son while in the judgment seat. And
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  Speaker 1: behold they were not found. And now it came to
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  Speaker 1: pass when the Lamanites found that there were robbers among them,
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  Speaker 1: they were exceedingly sorrowful, and they did use every means
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  Speaker 1: in their power to destroy them off the face of
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  Speaker 1: the earth. But behold, Satan did stir up the hearts
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  Speaker 1: of the more part of the Nephites, insomuch that they
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  Speaker 1: did unite with those bands of robbers, and did enter
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  Speaker 1: into their covenants and their oaths, that they would protect
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  Speaker 1: and preserve one another in whatsoever difficult circumstances they should
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  Speaker 1: be placed, that they should not suffer for their murders
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  Speaker 1: and their plunderings, and their stealings. And it came to
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  Speaker 1: pass that they did have their signs yea, their secret
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  Speaker 1: signs and their secret words, and this that they might
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  Speaker 1: distinguish a brother who had entered into the covenant, and
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  Speaker 1: that whatsoever wickedness his brothers should do, he should not
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  Speaker 1: be injured by his brother, nor by those who did
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  Speaker 1: belong to his band, who had taken this covenant. And
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  Speaker 1: thus they might murder and plunder, and steal, and commit
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  Speaker 1: hortems and all manner of wickedness contrary to the laws
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  Speaker 1: of their country, and also the laws of their God.
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  Speaker 1: And whosoever of those who belonged to their band should
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  Speaker 1: reveal unto the world of their wickedness and their abominations,
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  Speaker 1: should be tried, not according to the laws of their country,
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  Speaker 1: but according to the laws of their wickedness, which had
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  Speaker 1: been given by Gadiantin and Kishkumen. Now behold that as
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  Speaker 1: these secret oaths and covenants which Alma commanded his son,
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  Speaker 1: should not go forth unto the world, lest they should
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  Speaker 1: be a means of bringing down the people unto destruction.
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  Speaker 1: Now behold, those secret othes and covenants did not come
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  Speaker 1: forth unto Gadyantin from the records which were delivered unto Heliman.
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  Speaker 1: But behold, they were put into the heart of Gadyatin
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  Speaker 1: by that same being who did entice our first parents
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  Speaker 1: to partake of the forbidden fruit. Yea, that same being
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  Speaker 1: who did plot with Cain that if he would murder
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  Speaker 1: his brother Abel, it should not be known and too
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  Speaker 1: the world. And he did plot with Cain and his
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  Speaker 1: followers from that time forth. And also it is that
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  Speaker 1: same being who put it into the hearts of the
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  Speaker 1: people to build a tower sufficiently high that they might
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  Speaker 1: get to heaven. And it was that same being who
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  Speaker 1: led on the people who came from that tower into
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  Speaker 1: this land, who spread the works of darkness and abominations
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  Speaker 1: over all the face of the land, until he dragged
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  Speaker 1: the people down to an entire destruction and to an
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  Speaker 1: everlasting hell. Yea, it is that same being who put
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  Speaker 1: it into the heart of Gadiant, and who still carry
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  Speaker 1: on the work of darkness and of secret murder. And
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  Speaker 1: he has brought it forth from the beginning of man,
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  Speaker 1: even down to this time. And behold it is he
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  Speaker 1: who is the author of all sin. And behold he
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  Speaker 1: doth carry on his works of darkness and secret murder,
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  Speaker 1: and doth hand down their plots and their oaths, and
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  Speaker 1: their covenants, and their plans of awful wickedness, from generation
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  Speaker 1: to generation, according as he can get hold upon the
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  Speaker 1: hearts of the children of men. And now behold he
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  Speaker 1: had got great hold upon the hearts of the Nephites. Yea,
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  Speaker 1: insomuch that they had become exceedingly wicked. Yea, the more
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  Speaker 1: part of them had turned out of the way of righteousness,
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  Speaker 1: and did trample under their feet the commandments of God,
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  Speaker 1: and did turn unto their own ways, and to build
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  Speaker 1: up unto themselves idols of their gold and their silver.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass that all these iniquities did
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  Speaker 1: come unto them in the space of not many years,
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  Speaker 1: insomuch that a more part of it had come unto
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  Speaker 1: them in the sixty and seventh year of the reign
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  Speaker 1: of the Judges over the people of Nephi, and they
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  Speaker 1: did grow in their iniquities in the sixty and eighth
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  Speaker 1: year also, and thus we see that the Nephites did
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  Speaker 1: begin to dwindle in unbelief and grow in wickedness and abominations,
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  Speaker 1: while the Lamanites begin to grow exceedingly in the knowledge
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  Speaker 1: of their God Yea. They did begin to keep his
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  Speaker 1: statutes and commandments, and to walk in truth and uprightness
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  Speaker 1: before him. And thus we see that the spirit of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord began to withdraw from the Nephites because of
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  Speaker 1: the wickedness and the hardness of their hearts. And thus
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  Speaker 1: we see that the Lord began to pour out his
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  Speaker 1: spirit upon the Lamanites because of their easiness and willingness
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  Speaker 1: to believe in his words. And it came to pass
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  Speaker 1: that the Lamanites did hunt the band of robbers of Geddyantin,
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  Speaker 1: and they did preach the word of God among the
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  Speaker 1: more wicked part of them, insomuch that this band of
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  Speaker 1: robbers was utterly destroyed from among the Lamanites. And it
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  Speaker 1: came to pass, on the other hand, that the Nephites
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  Speaker 1: did build them up and support them, beginning at the
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  Speaker 1: more wicked part of them, until they had overspread all
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  Speaker 1: the land of the Nephites, and had seduced the more
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  Speaker 1: part of the righteous, until they had come down to
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  Speaker 1: believe in their works and partake of their spoils, and
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  Speaker 1: to join with them in their secret murders and combinations.
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  Speaker 1: And thus they did obtain the sole management of the government,
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  Speaker 1: insomuch that they did trample under their feet and smite
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  Speaker 1: and rend and turn their backs upon the poor and
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  Speaker 1: the meek and the humble followers of God. And thus
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  Speaker 1: we see that they were in an awful state and
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  Speaker 1: ripening for an everlasting destruction. And it came to pass
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  Speaker 1: that thus ended the sixty and eighth year of the
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  Speaker 1: reign of the Judges over the people of Nephi Heliman
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  Speaker 1: Chapter seven. Behold, now it came to pass, in the
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  Speaker 1: sixty and ninth year of the reign of the Judges
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  Speaker 1: over the people of the Nephites, that Nephi, the son
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  Speaker 1: of Heliman returned to the land of Zarahemla from the
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  Speaker 1: land northward. For he had been forth among the people
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  Speaker 1: who were in the land northward, and did preach the
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  Speaker 1: word of God unto them, and did prophesy many things
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  Speaker 1: unto them. And they did reject all his words, insomuch
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  Speaker 1: that he could not stay among them, but returned again
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  Speaker 1: unto the land of his nativity, and seeing the people
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  Speaker 1: in a state of such awful wickedness, and those gadyat
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  Speaker 1: and robbers filling the judgment seats, having usurped the power
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  Speaker 1: and authority of the land, laying aside the commandments of God,
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  Speaker 1: and not in the least to write before him, doing
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  Speaker 1: no justice unto the children of men, condemning the righteous
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  Speaker 1: because of their righteousness, letting the guilty and the wicked
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  Speaker 1: go unpunished because of their money, and moreover, to be
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  Speaker 1: held in office at the head of government, to rule
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  Speaker 1: and to do according to their wills, that they might
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  Speaker 1: get gain and glory of the world, and moreover that
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  Speaker 1: they might the more easily commit dultery and still and kill,
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  Speaker 1: and do according to their own wills. Now, this great
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  Speaker 1: iniquity had come upon the Nephites in the space of
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  Speaker 1: not many years, And when Nephi saw it, his heart
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  Speaker 1: was swollen with sorrow within his breast, and he did
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  Speaker 1: exclaim in the agony of his soul, oh, that I
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  Speaker 1: could have had my days in the days when my
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  Speaker 1: father Nephi first came out of the land of Jerusalem,
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  Speaker 1: that I could have joyed with him and the promised land.
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  Speaker 1: Then were his people easy to be entreated, firm to
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  Speaker 1: keep the commandment of God, and slow to be led
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  Speaker 1: to do iniquity, And they were quick to hearken unto
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  Speaker 1: the words of the Lord. Yea, if my days could
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  Speaker 1: have been in those days, then would my soul have
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  Speaker 1: had joy in the righteousness of my brethren. But behold,
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  Speaker 1: I am consigned that these are my days, and that
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  Speaker 1: my soul shall be filled with sorrow because of this
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  Speaker 1: the wickedness of my brethren. And behold, now it came
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  Speaker 1: to pass that it was upon a tower which was
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  Speaker 1: in the garden of Nephi, which was in the highway
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  Speaker 1: which led to the chief market, which was in the
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  Speaker 1: city of Zarahemla. Therefore, Nephi had bowed himself upon the
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  Speaker 1: tower which was in his garden. Which tower was also
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  Speaker 1: near unto the garden gate by which led the highway.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass that there were certain men
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  Speaker 1: passing by and saw Nephi as he was pouring out
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  Speaker 1: his soul, and too God upon the tower. And they
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  Speaker 1: ran and told the people what they had seen, And
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  Speaker 1: the people came together in multitudes that they might know
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  Speaker 1: the cause of so great mourning, for the wickedness of
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  Speaker 1: the peace people. And now when Nephi arose, he beheld
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  Speaker 1: the multitudes of people who had gathered together, and it
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  Speaker 1: came to pass that he opened his mouth and said,
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  Speaker 1: unto them, Behold, why have ye gathered yourselves together? That
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  Speaker 1: I may tell you of your iniquities? Yea, because I
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  Speaker 1: have got upon my tower that I might pour out
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  Speaker 1: my soul into my God, because of the exceeding sorrow
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  Speaker 1: of my heart, which is because of your iniquities, and
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  Speaker 1: because of my mourning and lamentation. Ye have gathered yourselves together.
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  Speaker 1: And do marvel yea. And ye have great need too
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  Speaker 1: marvel yea. Ye ought to marvel because ye are given
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  Speaker 1: away that the devil has got so great hold upon
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  Speaker 1: your hearts. Yea, How could you have given way to
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  Speaker 1: the enticing of him who is seeking to hurl away
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  Speaker 1: your souls down to everlasting misery and endless woe? O? Repent,
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  Speaker 1: ye repent ye? Why will ye die? Turn? Ye? Turn
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  Speaker 1: ye unto the Lord your God? Why has he forsaken you?
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  Speaker 1: It is because you have hardened your hearts. Yea, ye
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  Speaker 1: will not hearken unto the voice of the Good Shepherd. Yea,
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  Speaker 1: ye have provoked him to anger against you. And behold,
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  Speaker 1: instead of gathering you, except ye will repent, Behold, he
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  Speaker 1: shall scatter you forth, that ye shall become meat for
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  Speaker 1: dogs and wild beasts. Oh, how could you have forgotten
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  Speaker 1: your God in the very day that he has delivered you.
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  Speaker 1: But behold, it is to get gain, to be praised
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  Speaker 1: of men, yea, and that ye might get gold and silver.
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  Speaker 1: And ye have set your hearts upon the riches and
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  Speaker 1: the vain things of this world, for the which ye
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  Speaker 1: do murder and plunder and steal, and bear false witness
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  Speaker 1: against your neighbor, and do all manner of iniquity. And
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  Speaker 1: for this cause woe shall come unto you, except ye
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  Speaker 1: shall repent. For if ye will not repent, behold this
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  Speaker 1: great city, and also all those great cities which are
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  Speaker 1: round about, which are in the land of your possession,
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  Speaker 1: shall be take away, that ye shall have no place
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  Speaker 1: in them. For behold, the Lord will not grant unto
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  Speaker 1: you strength as he has hitherto done to a stand
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  Speaker 1: against your enemies. For behold, thus saith the Lord, I
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  Speaker 1: will not show unto the wicked of my strength to
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  Speaker 1: one more than the other, save it be unto those
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  Speaker 1: that repent of their sins and hearken unto my words.
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  Speaker 1: Now therefore I would that ye should behold, my brethren,
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  Speaker 1: that it shall be better for the Lamanites than for you,
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  Speaker 1: except ye shall repent. For behold, they are more righteous
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  Speaker 1: than you, for they have not sinned against that great
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  Speaker 1: knowledge which ye have received. Therefore the Lord will be
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  Speaker 1: merciful unto them. YEA. He will lengthen out their days
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  Speaker 1: and increase their seed, even when thou shalt be utterly destroyed,
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  Speaker 1: except thou shalt repent. YEA, woe be unto you because
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  Speaker 1: of that great abomination which has come among you, and
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  Speaker 1: ye have united yourselves unto it. YEA, to that secret
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  Speaker 1: band which was established by Geddyanton. YEA, woe shall come
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  Speaker 1: unto you because of that pride which ye have suffered
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  Speaker 1: to enter your hearts, which has lifted you up beyond
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  Speaker 1: that which is good, because of your exceedingly great riches. YEA,
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  Speaker 1: woe be unto you because of your wickedness and abominations,
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  Speaker 1: And except ye repent, ye shall perish. YEA even your
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  Speaker 1: land shall be taken from you, and ye shall be
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  Speaker 1: destroyed from off the face of the earth. Behold, now,
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  Speaker 1: I do not say that these things shall be of myself,
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  Speaker 1: because it is not of myself that I know these things.
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  Speaker 1: But behold, I know that these things are true, because
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  Speaker 1: the Lord God has made them known unto me. Therefore
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  Speaker 1: I testify that they shall be end of Helimann, chapters
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  Speaker 1: five through seven.