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

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Speaker 1: First Nephi, Chapter fourteen. And it shall come to pass
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Speaker 1: that if the gentiles shall hearken unto the Lamb of
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Speaker 1: God in that day, that He shall manifest himself unto
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Speaker 1: them in word and also in power in very deed,
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Speaker 1: unto the taking away of their stumbling blocks, and harden
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Speaker 1: not their hearts against the Lamb of God. They shall
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Speaker 1: be numbered among the seed of thy Father. Yea, they
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Speaker 1: shall be numbered among the House of Israel, and they
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Speaker 1: shall be a blessed people upon the promised land forever.
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Speaker 1: They shall be no more brought down into captivity, and
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Speaker 1: the House of Israel shall no more be confounded. And
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Speaker 1: that great pit which hath been digged for them by
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Speaker 1: that great and abominable Church, which was founded by the
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Speaker 1: Devil and his children, that he might lead away the
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Speaker 1: souls of men down to hell. Yea, that great pit
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Speaker 1: which hath been digged for the destruction of men, shall
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Speaker 1: be filled by those who digged it unto their utter
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Speaker 1: distry auction. Saith the Lamb of God not the destruction
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Speaker 1: of the soul, save it be the casting of it
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Speaker 1: into that hell, which hath no end for Behold, this
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Speaker 1: is according to the captivity of the Devil, and also
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Speaker 1: according to the justice of God, upon all those who
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Speaker 1: will work wickedness and abomination before him. And it came
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Speaker 1: to pass that the Angel spake unto Me Nephi, saying,
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Speaker 1: thou hast beheld that if the gentiles repent, it shall
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Speaker 1: be well with them. Thou also knowest concerning the covenants
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Speaker 1: of the Lord unto the House of Israel. And thou
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Speaker 1: also hast heard that whoso repenteth must not perish. Therefore,
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Speaker 1: woe be unto the gentiles, if it so be that
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Speaker 1: they harden their hearts against the Lamb of God. For
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Speaker 1: the time cometh, sayeth the Lamb of God, that I
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Speaker 1: will work a great and a marvelous work among the
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Speaker 1: children of men, a work which shall be everlasting, either
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Speaker 1: on the one hand or on the other, either to
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Speaker 1: the convince saying of them unto peace and life eternal,
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Speaker 1: or unto the deliverance of them, to the hardness of
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Speaker 1: their hearts and the blindness of their minds, unto their
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Speaker 1: being brought down into captivity, and also into destruction, both
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Speaker 1: temporarily and spiritually, according to the captivity of the devil
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Speaker 1: of which I have spoken. And it came to pass
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Speaker 1: that when the Angel had spoken these words, he said,
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Speaker 1: unto me, rememberest thou the covenants of the Father. Unto
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Speaker 1: the House of Israel. I said unto him, yea. And
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Speaker 1: it came to pass that he said, unto me, look
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Speaker 1: and behold that great and abominable Church, which is the
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Speaker 1: mother of abominations, whose founder is the Devil. And he said,
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Speaker 1: unto me, behold, there are save two churches only. The
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Speaker 1: one is the Church of the Lamb of God, and
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Speaker 1: the other is the Church of the Devil. Wherefore, whoso
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Speaker 1: belongeth not to the Church of the Lamb of God,
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Speaker 1: belongeth to that great Church, which is the mother of abominationations.
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Speaker 1: And she is the horror of all the earth. And
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Speaker 1: it came to pass that I looked and beheld the
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Speaker 1: horror of all the earth. And she sat upon many waters,
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Speaker 1: and she had dominion over all the earth, among all nations, kindreds, tongues,
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Speaker 1: and people. And it came to pass that I beheld
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Speaker 1: the Church of the Lamb of God, and its numbers
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Speaker 1: were few, because of the wickedness and abominations of the
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Speaker 1: whore who sat upon many waters. Nevertheless, I beheld that
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Speaker 1: the Church of the Lamb, who were the saints of God,
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Speaker 1: were also upon all the face of the earth, and
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Speaker 1: their dominions upon the face of the earth were small
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Speaker 1: because of the wickedness of the great Hoar whom I saw.
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Speaker 1: And it came to pass that I beheld that the
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Speaker 1: Great Mother of Abominations did gather together multitudes upon the
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Speaker 1: face of all the earth, among all the nations of
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Speaker 1: the Gentiles, to fight against the Lamb of God. And
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Speaker 1: it came to pass that I Nephi beheld the power
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Speaker 1: of the Lamb of God, that it descended upon the
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Speaker 1: saints of the Church of the Lamb, and upon the
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Speaker 1: covenant people of the Lord, who were scattered upon all
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Speaker 1: the face of the earth, and they were armed with
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Speaker 1: righteousness and with the power of God in great glory.
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Speaker 1: And it came to pass that I beheld that the
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Speaker 1: wrath of God was poured out upon that great and
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Speaker 1: abominable Church, insomuch that there were wars and rumors of
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Speaker 1: wars among all the nations and kindreds of the earth.
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Speaker 1: And as there began to be wars and rumors of
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Speaker 1: wars among all the nations which belonged to the Mother
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Speaker 1: of Abominations, the angels spake unto me, saying, behold, the
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Speaker 1: wrath of God is upon the Mother of Harlots. And
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Speaker 1: behold thou seest all these things. And when the day
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Speaker 1: cometh that the wrath of God is poured out upon
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Speaker 1: the Mother of Harlots, which is the great and abominable
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Speaker 1: Church of all the earth, whose founder is the Devil,
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Speaker 1: then at that day the work of the Father shall
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Speaker 1: commence in preparing the way for the fulfilling of his
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Speaker 1: covenants which he hath made to his people, who are
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Speaker 1: of the House of Israel. And it came to pass
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Speaker 1: that the Angel spake unto me, saying, look. And I
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Speaker 1: looked and beheld a man, and he was dressed in
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Speaker 1: a white robe. And the Angel said unto me, behold
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Speaker 1: one of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. Behold, he
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Speaker 1: shall see and write the remainder of these things, yea,
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Speaker 1: and also many things which have been And he shall
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Speaker 1: also write concerning the end of the world. Wherefore the
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Speaker 1: things which he shall write are just and true. And
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Speaker 1: behold they are written in the book which thou beheld
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Speaker 1: proceeding out of the mouth of the jew And at
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Speaker 1: the time they proceeded out of the mouth of the Jew,
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Speaker 1: or at the time the book proceeded out of the
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Speaker 1: mouth of the Jew. The things which were written were
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Speaker 1: plain and pure, and most precious and easy to the
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Speaker 1: understanding of all men. And behold, the thing which this
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Speaker 1: Apostle of the Lamb shall write are many things which
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Speaker 1: thou hast seen, And behold the remainder shalt thou see.
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Speaker 1: But the things which thou shalt see hereafter thou shalt
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Speaker 1: not write. For the Lord God hath ordained the Apostle
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Speaker 1: of the Lamb of God that he should write them,
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Speaker 1: and also others who have been to them. He hath
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Speaker 1: shown all things, and they have written them, and they
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Speaker 1: are sealed up to come forth in their purity, according
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Speaker 1: to the truth which is in the Lamb, in the
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Speaker 1: own due time of the Lord unto the house of Israel.
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Speaker 1: And I Nephi heard and bear record that the name
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Speaker 1: of the Apostle of the Lamb was John, according to
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Speaker 1: the word of the Angel. And behold, I Nephi am
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Speaker 1: forbidden that I should write the remainder of the things
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Speaker 1: which I saw and heard. Wherefore the things which I
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Speaker 1: have written sufficeth me. And I have written but a
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Speaker 1: small part of the things which I saw. And I
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Speaker 1: bear record that I saw the things which my father saw,
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Speaker 1: and the Angel of the Lord did make them known
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Speaker 1: unto me. And now I make an end of speaking
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Speaker 1: concerning the things which I saw while I was carried
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Speaker 1: away in the spirit. And if all the things which
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Speaker 1: I saw are not written, the things which I have
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Speaker 1: written are true. And thus it is amen First Nephi
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Speaker 1: chapter fifteen. And it came to pass that after I, Nephi,
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Speaker 1: had been carried away in the spirit and seen all
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Speaker 1: these things, I returned to the tent of my father,
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Speaker 1: and it came to pass that I beheld my brethren,
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Speaker 1: and they were disputing one with another concerning the things
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Speaker 1: my father had spoken unto them. For he truly spoke
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Speaker 1: many great things unto them, which were hard to be understood,
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Speaker 1: save a man should inquire of the Lord. And they
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Speaker 1: being hard in their hearts, therefore they did not look
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Speaker 1: unto the Lord as they ought. And now I, Nephi,
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Speaker 1: was because of the hardness of their hearts, and also
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Speaker 1: because of the things which I had seen and knew
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Speaker 1: they must unavoidably come to pass, because of the great
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Speaker 1: wickedness of the children of men, and it came to
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Speaker 1: pass that I was overcome because of my afflictions, for
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Speaker 1: I considered that mine afflictions were great above all because
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Speaker 1: of the destruction of my people, for I had beheld
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Speaker 1: their fall. And it came to pass that after I
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Speaker 1: had received strength, I spake unto my brethren, desiring to
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Speaker 1: know of them the cause of their disputations. And they said, behold,
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Speaker 1: we cannot understand the words which our father hath spoken
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Speaker 1: concerning the natural branches of the olive tree, and also
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Speaker 1: concerning the gentiles. And I said, unto them, have ye
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Speaker 1: inquired of the Lord? And they said, unto me, we
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Speaker 1: have not, for the Lord maketh no such thing known
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Speaker 1: to us. Behold, I said unto them, how is it
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Speaker 1: that ye do not keep the commandments of the Lord?
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Speaker 1: How is it that ye will perish because of the
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Speaker 1: hardness of your hearts? Do ye not remember the things
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Speaker 1: which the Lord hath said? If ye will not harden
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Speaker 1: your hearts, and ask me in faith, believing that ye
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Speaker 1: shall receive with diligence in keeping my commandments, surely these
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Speaker 1: things shall be made known unto you. Behold, I say
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Speaker 1: unto you that the House of Israel was compared unto
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Speaker 1: an olive tree, by the spirit of the Lord, which
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Speaker 1: was in our father. And behold, are we not broken
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Speaker 1: off from the House of Israel, And are we not
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Speaker 1: a branch of the House of Israel. And now the
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Speaker 1: thing which our Father meaneth concerning the grafting inn of
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Speaker 1: the natural branches through the fullness of the Gentiles, is
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Speaker 1: that in the latter days, when our seed shall have
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Speaker 1: dwindled in unbelief, yea, for the space of many years
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Speaker 1: and many generations, after the Messiah shall be manifested in
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Speaker 1: body unto the children of men, then shall the fullness
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Speaker 1: of the Gospel of the Messiah come unto the Gentiles,
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Speaker 1: and from the gentiles unto the remnant of our seed.
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Speaker 1: And at that day shall the remnant of our seed
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Speaker 1: know that they are the House of Israel, and that
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Speaker 1: they are the covenant people of the Lord. And then
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Speaker 1: shall they know and come to the knowledge of their forefathers,
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Speaker 1: and also to the knowledge of the Gospel of their Redeemer,
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Speaker 1: which was ministered unto their fathers by him. Wherefore they
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Speaker 1: shall come to the knowledge of their Redeemer and the
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Speaker 1: very points of his doctrine, that they may know how
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Speaker 1: to come unto Him and be saved. And then at
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Speaker 1: that day will they not rejoice and give praise unto
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Speaker 1: their everlasting God, their Rock and their salvation. Yea, at
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Speaker 1: that day will they not receive the strength and nourishment
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Speaker 1: from the true vine. Yea, will they not come unto
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Speaker 1: the true fold of God. Behold, I say unto you, Yea,
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Speaker 1: they shall be remembered again among the House of Israel.
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Speaker 1: They shall be grafted in, being a natural branch of
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Speaker 1: the olive tree, into the true olive tree. And this
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Speaker 1: is what our father meaneth. And he meaneth that it
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Speaker 1: will not come to pass until after they are scattered
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Speaker 1: by the Gentiles. And he meaneth that it shall come
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Speaker 1: by way of the Gentiles, that the Lord may show
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Speaker 1: his power unto the Gentiles, for the very cause that
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Speaker 1: he shall be rejected of the Jews or of the
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Speaker 1: House of Israel. Wherefore our Father hath not spoken of
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Speaker 1: our seed alone, but also of all the House of Israel,
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Speaker 1: pointing to the covenant which should be fulfilled in the
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Speaker 1: latter days, which covenant the Lord made to our father Abraham, saying,
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Speaker 1: in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth
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Speaker 1: be blessed and it came to pass that I, Nephi,
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Speaker 1: spake much unto them concerning these things. Yea, I spake
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Speaker 1: unto them concerned the restoration of the Jews in the
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Speaker 1: latter days. And I did rehearse unto them the words
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Speaker 1: of Isaiah, who spake concerning the restoration of the Jews
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Speaker 1: or of the House of Israel. And after they were restored,
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Speaker 1: they should no more be confounded, neither should they be
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Speaker 1: scattered again. And it came to pass that I did
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Speaker 1: speak many words unto my brethren, that they were pacified
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Speaker 1: and did humble themselves before the Lord. And it came
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Speaker 1: to pass that they did speak unto me again, saying,
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Speaker 1: what meaneth this thing which our father saw in a dream?
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Speaker 1: What meaneth the tree which he saw? And I said
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Speaker 1: unto them it was a representation of the Tree of life.
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Speaker 1: And they said unto me, what meaneth the rod of
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Speaker 1: iron which our father saw that led to the tree?
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Speaker 1: And I said unto them that it was the word
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Speaker 1: of God. And whose would hearken unto the word of God,
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Speaker 1: and would hold fast unto it? They would never perish,
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Speaker 1: neither could the temptations and the fiery darts of the
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Speaker 1: adversary overpower them unto blindness, to lead them away to destruction.
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Speaker 1: Wherefore I, Nephi, did exhort them to give heed unto
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Speaker 1: the word of the Lord. Yea, I did exhort them
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Speaker 1: with all the energies of my soul and with all
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Speaker 1: the faculty which I possessed, that they would give heed
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Speaker 1: to the Word of God and remember to keep his
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Speaker 1: commandments always in all things. And they said unto me,
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Speaker 1: what meaneth the river of water which our father saw?
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Speaker 1: And I said unto them that the water which my
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Speaker 1: father saw was filthiness, And so much was his mind
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Speaker 1: swallowed up in other things, that he beheld not the
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Speaker 1: filthiness of the water. And I said unto them that
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Speaker 1: it was an awful gulf which separated the wicked from
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Speaker 1: the tree of life, and also from the saints of God.
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Speaker 1: And I said unto them that it was a representation
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Speaker 1: of that awful hell which the Angel said unto me,
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Speaker 1: was prepared for the wicked. And I said unto them
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Speaker 1: that our father also saw that the justice of God
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Speaker 1: did also divide the wicked from the righteous. And the
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Speaker 1: brightness thereof was like unto the brightness of a flaming fire,
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Speaker 1: which ascendeth up unto God, forever and ever, and hath
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Speaker 1: no end. And they said unto me, doth this thing
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Speaker 1: mean the torment of the body in the days of probation?
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Speaker 1: Or doth it mean the final state of the soul
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Speaker 1: after the death of the temporal body? Or doth it
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Speaker 1: speak of the things which are temporal? And it came
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Speaker 1: to pass that I said unto them that it was
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Speaker 1: a representation of things both temporal and spiritual. For the
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Speaker 1: day should come that they must be judged of their works. Yea,
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Speaker 1: even the works which were done by the temporal body
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Speaker 1: in their days of probation. Wherefore, if they should die
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Speaker 1: in their wickedness, they must be cast off. Also as
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Speaker 1: to the things which are spiritual, which are pertaining to righteousness,
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Speaker 1: wherefore they must be brought to stand before God to
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Speaker 1: be judged of their works. And if their works have
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Speaker 1: been filthiness, they must needs be filthy. And if they
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Speaker 1: be filthy, it must needs be that they cannot dwell
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Speaker 1: in the Kingdom of God. If so, the Kingdom of
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Speaker 1: God must be filthy also. But behold, I say unto you,
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Speaker 1: the Kingdom of God is not filthy. And therefore cannot
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Speaker 1: any unclean thing enter into the Kingdom of God. Wherefore
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Speaker 1: there must needs be a place of filthiness prepared for
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Speaker 1: that which is filthy. And there is a place prepared, yea,
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Speaker 1: even that awful hell of which I have spoken, and
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Speaker 1: the devil is the preparator of it. Wherefore the final
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Speaker 1: state of the souls of men is to dwell in
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Speaker 1: the Kingdom of God, or to be cast out because
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Speaker 1: of that justice of which I have spoken. Wherefore the
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Speaker 1: wicked are rejected from the righteous, and also from that
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Speaker 1: tree of life, whose fruit is most precious and most
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Speaker 1: desirable above all all other fruits. Yea, and it is
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Speaker 1: the greatest of all the gifts of God. And thus
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Speaker 1: I spake unto my brethren, Amen. First Nephi chapter sixteen.
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Speaker 1: And now it came to pass that after I Nephi,
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Speaker 1: had made an end of speaking to my brethren, Behold,
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Speaker 1: they said, unto me, thou hast declared unto us hard things,
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Speaker 1: more than we are able to bear. And it came
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Speaker 1: to pass that I said unto them, that I knew
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Speaker 1: that I had spoken hard things against the wicked, according
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Speaker 1: to the truth and the righteous. Have I justified and
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Speaker 1: testified that they should be lifted up at the last day.
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Speaker 1: Wherefore the guilty taketh the truth to be hard, for
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Speaker 1: it cutteth them to the very center. And now, my brethren,
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Speaker 1: if ye were righteous and were willing to hearken to
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Speaker 1: the truth and give heed unto it, that ye might
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Speaker 1: walk uprightly before God, then ye would not murmur because
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Speaker 1: of the truth, and say, thou speakest hard thing against us.
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Speaker 1: And it came to pass that I Nephi did exhort
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Speaker 1: my brethren with all diligence to keep the commandments of
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Speaker 1: the Lord. And it came to pass that they did
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Speaker 1: humble themselves before the Lord, insomuch that I had joy
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Speaker 1: and great hopes of them, that they would walk in
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Speaker 1: the paths of righteousness. Now all these things were said
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Speaker 1: and done as my father dwelt in a tent in
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Speaker 1: the valley which he called Limuel. And it came to
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Speaker 1: pass that I Nephi took one of the daughters of
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Speaker 1: Ishmael to wife, and also my brethren took of the
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Speaker 1: daughters of Ishmael to wife. And also Zoram took the
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Speaker 1: eldest daughter of Ishmael to wife. And thus my father
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Speaker 1: had fulfilled all the commandments of the Lord which had
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Speaker 1: been given unto him. And also I Nephi had been
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Speaker 1: blessed of the Lord exceedingly. And it came to pass
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Speaker 1: that the voice of the Lord spake unto my father
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Speaker 1: by night and commanded him that on the morrow he
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Speaker 1: should take his journey into the wilderness. And it came
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Speaker 1: to pass that as my father arose in the morning
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Speaker 1: and went forth to the tent door, to his great astonishment,
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Speaker 1: he beheld upon the ground a round ball of curious workmanship,
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Speaker 1: and it was of fine brass. And within the ball
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Speaker 1: were two spindles, and the one pointed the way whither
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Speaker 1: we should go into the wilderness. And it came to
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Speaker 1: pass that we did gather together whatsoever things we should
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Speaker 1: carry into the wilderness, and all the remainder of our
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Speaker 1: provisions which the Lord had given unto us. And we
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Speaker 1: did take seed of every kind that we might carry
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Speaker 1: into the wilderness. And it came to pass that we
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Speaker 1: did take our tints and depart into the wilderness across
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Speaker 1: the River Laman. And it came to pass that we
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Speaker 1: traveled for the space of four days nearly a south
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Speaker 1: southeast direction, and we did pitch our tints again, and
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Speaker 1: we did call the name of the place Shazer. And
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Speaker 1: it came to pass that we did take our bows
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Speaker 1: and our arrows and go forth into the wilderness to
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Speaker 1: slay food for our families. And after we had slain
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Speaker 1: food for our families, we did return again to our
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Speaker 1: families in the wilderness, to the place of Shazar. And
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Speaker 1: we did go forth again in the wilderness, following the
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Speaker 1: same direction, keeping in the most fertile parts of the wilderness,
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Speaker 1: which were in the borders near the Red Sea. And
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Speaker 1: it came to pass that we did travel for the
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Speaker 1: space of many days, slaying food by the way, with
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Speaker 1: our bows and our arrows, and our stones and our slings.
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Speaker 1: And we did follow the directions of the ball, which
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Speaker 1: led us in the more fertile parts of the wilderness.
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Speaker 1: And after we had traveled for the space of many days,
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Speaker 1: we did pitch our tints for the space of a time,
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Speaker 1: that we might again rest ourselves and obtain food for
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Speaker 1: our families. And it came to pass that as I
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Speaker 1: Nephi went forth to slay food, behold I did break
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Speaker 1: my bow, which was made of fine steel. And after
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Speaker 1: I did break my beau, behold my brethren were angry
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Speaker 1: with me because of the loss of my beau, for
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Speaker 1: we did obtain no food, and it came to pass
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Speaker 1: that we did return without food to our families, and
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Speaker 1: being much fatigued because of their journeying, they did suffer
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Speaker 1: much for the want of food. And it came to
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Speaker 1: pass that Laman and Limuel, and the sons of Ishmael
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Speaker 1: did begin to murmur exceedingly because of their sufferings and
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Speaker 1: afflictions in the wilderness. And also my father began to
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Speaker 1: murmur against the Lord his god Yea. And they were
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Speaker 1: all exceedingly sorrowful, even that they did murmur against the Lord.
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Speaker 1: Now it came to pass that I Nephi, having been
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Speaker 1: afflicted with my brethren because of the loss of my
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Speaker 1: beaux and their beaus having lost their springs, it began
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Speaker 1: to be exceedingly difficult Yea, insomuch that we could obtain
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Speaker 1: no food. And it came to pass that I Nephi
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Speaker 1: did speak much unto my brethren, because they had hardened
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Speaker 1: their hearts again even unto complain against the Lord their god.
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Speaker 1: And it came to pass that I Nephi did make
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Speaker 1: out of wood a beau and out of a straight
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Speaker 1: stick an arrow. Wherefore I did arm myself with a
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Speaker 1: bow and an arrow, with a sling, and with stones.
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Speaker 1: And I said unto my father, whither shall I go
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Speaker 1: to obtain food? And it came to pass that he
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Speaker 1: did inquire of the Lord, for they had humbled themselves
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Speaker 1: because of my words. For I did say many things
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Speaker 1: unto them in the energy of my soul. And it
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Speaker 1: came to pass that the voice of the Lord came
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Speaker 1: unto my father, and he was truly chastened because of
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Speaker 1: his murmuring against the Lord, insomuch that he was brought
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Speaker 1: down into the depths of sorrow. And it came to
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Speaker 1: pass that the voice of the Lord said unto him,
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Speaker 1: look upon the ball, and behold the things which are written.
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Speaker 1: And it came to pass that when my father beheld
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Speaker 1: the things which were written upon the ball, he did
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Speaker 1: fear and tremble exceedingly, and also my brethren and the
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Speaker 1: sons of Ishmael, and our wives. And it came to
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Speaker 1: pass that I Nephi beheld the pointers which were in
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Speaker 1: the ball, that they did work according to the faith
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Speaker 1: and diligence and heed which we did give unto them.
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Speaker 1: And there was also written upon them, a new writing
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Speaker 1: which was plain to be read, which did give us
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Speaker 1: understanding concerning the ways of the Lord. And it was
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Speaker 1: written and changed from time to time according to the
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Speaker 1: faith and diligence which we gave unto it. And thus
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Speaker 1: we see that by small means the Lord can bring
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Speaker 1: about great things. And it came to pass that I, Nephi,
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Speaker 1: did go forth up into the top of the mountain,
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Speaker 1: according to the directions which were given upon the ball.
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Speaker 1: And it came to pass that I did slay wild
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Speaker 1: beasts insomuch that I did obtain food for our families.
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Speaker 1: And it came to pass that I did return to
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Speaker 1: our tints bearing the beasts which I had slain. And
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Speaker 1: now when they had beheld that I had obtained food,
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Speaker 1: how great was their joy. And it came to pass
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Speaker 1: that they did humble themselves elves before the Lord, and
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Speaker 1: did give thanks unto him. And it came to pass
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Speaker 1: that we did again take our journey, traveling nearly the
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Speaker 1: same course as in the beginning. And after we had
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Speaker 1: traveled for the space of many days, we did pitch
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Speaker 1: our tents again, that we might tarry for the space
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Speaker 1: of a time. And it came to pass that Ishmael
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Speaker 1: died and was buried in the place which was called Naham.
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Speaker 1: And it came to pass that the daughters of Ishmael
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Speaker 1: did mourn exceedingly because of the loss of their father
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Speaker 1: and because of their afflictions in the wilderness. And they
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Speaker 1: did murmur against my father because he had brought them
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Speaker 1: out of the land of Jerusalem, saying, our father is dead, yea,
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Speaker 1: And we have wandered much in the wilderness, and we
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Speaker 1: have suffered much affliction, hunger, thirst, and fatigue. And after
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Speaker 1: all these sufferings, we must perish in the wilderness with hunger.
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Speaker 1: And thus did they murmur against my father and also
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Speaker 1: against me, And they were desirous to return again to Jerusalem.
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Speaker 1: When Lahman said, unto Lemuel, and also unto the sons
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Speaker 1: of Ishmael, behold, let us slay our father and also
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Speaker 1: our brother Nephi, who has taken it upon him to
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Speaker 1: be our ruler, and our teacher, who are his elder brethren.
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Speaker 1: Now he says that the Lord has talked with him,
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Speaker 1: and also that angels have ministered unto him. But behold,
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Speaker 1: we know that he lies unto us, and he tells
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Speaker 1: us these things, and he worketh many things by his
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Speaker 1: cunning arts, that he may deceive our eyes, thinking perhaps
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Speaker 1: that he may lead us away into some strange wilderness.
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Speaker 1: And after he has led us away, he has thought
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Speaker 1: to make himself a king and a ruler over us,
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Speaker 1: that he may do with us according to his will
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Speaker 1: and pleasure. And after this manner did my brother Laman
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Speaker 1: stir up their hearts to anger. And it came to
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Speaker 1: pass that the Lord was with us. Yea, even the
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Speaker 1: voice of the Lord came and did speak many words
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Speaker 1: unto them, and did chasten them exceedingly. And after they
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Speaker 1: were chastened by the voice of the Lord, they they
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Speaker 1: did turn away their anger and did repent of their sins,
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Speaker 1: insomuch that the Lord did bless us again with food
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Speaker 1: that we did not perish. End of First Nephi, Chapters
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Speaker 1: fourteen through sixteen.