![]() or, in other words, if I should translate the same over again, they would publish that which they had stolen, and Satan would stir up the hearts of this generation, that they might not receive this work, but behold, the Lord said unto me, I will not suffer that Satan shall accomplish his evil design in this thing therefore thou shalt translate from the plates of Nephi, until ye come to that which ye have translated, which ye have retained, and behold ye shall publish it as the record of Nephi, and thus I will confound those who have altered my. GRANDIN, FOR THE AUTHOR.Īs many false reports have been circulated respecting the following work, and also many unlawful measures takenīy evil, designing persons to destroy me, and also the work, I would inform you that I translated, by the gift and power of God, and caused to be written, one hundred and sixteen pages, the which I took from the Book of Lehi, which was an account abridged from the plates of Lehi, by the hand of Mormon which said account, some person or persons have stolen and kept from me, notwithstanding my utmost exertions to recover it again - and being commanded of the Lord that I should not translate the same over again, for Satan had put it into their hearts to tempt the Lord their God, by altering the words, that they did read contrary from that which I translated and caused to be written: and if I should bring forth these same words again. Written and sealed up, and hid up unto the Lord, that they might not be destroyed to come forth by the gift and power of God, unto the interpretation thereof sealed by the hand of Moroni, and hid up unto the Lord, to come forth in due time by the way of Gentile the interpretation thereof by the gift of God an abridgment taken from the Book of Ether.Īlso, which is a Record of the People of Jared, which were scattered at the time the Lord confounded the language of the people when they were building a tower to get to Heaven which is to show unto the remnant of the House of Israel how great things the Lord hath done for their fathers and that they may know the covenants of the Lord, that they are not cast off forever, and also to the convincing of the Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the C HRIST, the E TERNAL G OD, manifesting Himself unto all nations And now if there be fault, it be the mistake of men wherefore condemn not-the things of G OD, that ye may be found spotless at the judgment seat of C HRIST. Wherefore it is an abridgment of the Record of the People of Nephi and also of the Lamanites written to the Lamanites, which are a remnant of the House of Israel and also to Jew and Gentile written by way of commandment, and also by the spirit of Prophecy and of Revelation. ![]() We have both the original and the reprint before us, and know whereof we affirm. Even the Palmyra reprint, by the Whitmerites, leaves out, for evident reasons, both "title-page" and "preface." With these supplied, a polemic has, for a nominal price, practically the now rare and costly copy of the original Book of Mormon. As Mormon editors and publishers have seen fit, by "revelation," perhaps, to omit the "title-page" and the "preface" of the Palmyra edition, the original edition, from all subsequent editions, there comes a call from polemics for a sworn copy of both to paste in front of their "Books of Mormon" for use in debates. Neal Leafletsġ900s Christian Standard | 1897 D.
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