Exact Word Count a just man-- for he taught me in his language, and also in the nurture and admonition of the Lord-- and blessed be the name of my God for it-- swept away. thus struggling in the spirit, behold, the voice of the Lord came into my mind again, saying: I will visit thy brethren according to their diligence in keeping my commandments. I have given unto them this land, and it is a holy land; and I curse it not save it be for the cause of iniquity; wherefore, I will visit thy brethren according ass=hlgree>as I have said; and their transgressions will I bring down with sorrow upon their own heads. the desire which I desired of him-- that if it should so be, that my people, the Nephites, should fall into transgression, and by any means be destroyed, and the Lamanites should not be destroyed, that the Lord God would preserve a record of my people, the Nephites; even if it so be by the power of his holy arm, that it might be brought forth at some future day unto the Lamanites, that, perhaps, they might be brought unto salvation-- able to preserve our records, I cried unto him continually, for he had said unto me: Whatsoever thing ye shall ass=hlblue>ask in faith, believing that ye shall receive in the name of Christ, ye shall receive it. like unto thine. fixed, and they were led by their evil nature that they became wild, and ferocious, and a blood-thirsty people, full of idolatry and filthiness; feeding upon beasts of prey; dwelling in tents, and wandering about in the wilderness with a short skin girdle about their loins and their heads shaven; and their skill wass=hlblue>as in the bow, and in the cimeter, and the ax. And many of them did eat nothing save it wass=hlblue>as raw meat; and they were continually seeking to destroy us. nothing save it wass=hlblue>as exceeding harshness, preaching and prophesying of wars, and contentions, and destructions, and continually reminding them of death, and the duration of eternity, and the judgments and the power of God, and all these things-- stirring them up continually to keep them in the fear of the Lord. I say there wass=hlblue>as nothing short of these things, and exceedingly great plainness of speech, would keep them from going down speedily to destruction. And after this manner do I write concerning them. |