Part 138 (1/2)
Moroni 8:17 17 And I am filled with charity, which is everlasting love; wherefore, all children are alike unto me; wherefore, I love little children with a perfect love; and they are all alike and partakers of salvation.
Moroni 8:18 18 For I know that G.o.d is not a partial G.o.d, neither a changeable being; but he is unchangeable from all eternity to all eternity.
Moroni 8:19 19 Little children cannot repent; wherefore, it is awful wickedness to deny the pure mercies of G.o.d unto them, for they are all alive in him because of his mercy.
Moroni 8:20 20 And he that saith that little children need baptism denieth the mercies of Christ, and setteth at naught the atonement of him and the power of his redemption.
Moroni 8:21 21 Wo unto such, for they are in danger of death, h.e.l.l, and an endless torment. I speak it boldly; G.o.d hath commanded me.
Listen unto them and give heed, or they stand against you at the judgment-seat of Christ.
Moroni 8:22 22 For behold that all little children are alive in Christ, and also all they that are without the law. For the power of redemption cometh on all them that have no law; wherefore, he that is not condemned, or he that is under no condemnation, cannot repent; and unto such baptism availeth nothing--
Moroni 8:23 23 But it is mockery before G.o.d, denying the mercies of Christ, and the power of his Holy Spirit, and putting trust in dead works.
Moroni 8:24 24 Behold, my son, this thing ought not to be; for repentance is unto them that are under condemnation and under the curse of a broken law.
Moroni 8:25 25 And the first fruits of repentance is baptism; and baptism cometh by faith unto the fulfilling the commandments; and the fulfilling the commandments bringeth remission of sins;
Moroni 8:26 26 And the remission of sins bringeth meekness, and lowliness of heart; and because of meekness and lowliness of heart cometh the visitation of the Holy Ghost, which Comforter filleth with hope and perfect love, which love endureth by diligence unto prayer, until the end shall come, when all the saints shall dwell with G.o.d.
Moroni 8:27 27 Behold, my son, I will write unto you again if I go not out soon against the Lamanites. Behold, the pride of this nation, or the people of the Nephites, hath proven their destruction except they should repent.
Moroni 8:28 28 Pray for them, my son, that repentance may come unto them.
But behold, I fear lest the Spirit hath ceased striving with them; and in this part of the land they are also seeking to put down all power and authority which cometh from G.o.d; and they are denying the Holy Ghost.
Moroni 8:29 29 And after rejecting so great a knowledge, my son, they must perish soon, unto the fulfilling of the prophecies which were spoken by the prophets, as well as the words of our Savior himself.
Moroni 8:30 30 Farewell, my son, until I shall write unto you, or shall meet you again. Amen.
Moroni 9 Chapter 9
Moroni 9:1 1 My beloved son, I write unto you again that ye may know that I am yet alive; but I write somewhat of that which is grievous.
Moroni 9:2 2 For behold, I have had a sore battle with the Lamanites, in which we did not conquer; and Archeantus has fallen by the sword, and also Luram and Emron; yea, and we have lost a great number of our choice men.
Moroni 9:3 3 And now behold, my son, I fear lest the Lamanites shall destroy this people; for they do not repent, and Satan stirreth them up continually to anger one with another.
Moroni 9:4 4 Behold, I am laboring with them continually; and when I speak the word of G.o.d with sharpness they tremble and anger against me; and when I use no sharpness they harden their hearts against it; wherefore, I fear lest the Spirit of the Lord hath ceased striving with them.
Moroni 9:5 5 For so exceedingly do they anger that it seemeth me that they have no fear of death; and they have lost their love, one towards another; and they thirst after blood and revenge continually.
Moroni 9:6 6 And now, my beloved son, notwithstanding their hardness, let us labor diligently; for if we should cease to labor, we should be brought under condemnation; for we have a labor to perform whilst in this tabernacle of clay, that we may conquer the enemy of all righteousness, and rest our souls in the kingdom of G.o.d.
Moroni 9:7 7 And now I write somewhat concerning the sufferings of this people. For according to the knowledge which I have received from Amoron, behold, the Lamanites have many prisoners, which they took from the tower of Sherrizah; and there were men, women, and children.
Moroni 9:8 8 And the husbands and fathers of those women and children they have slain; and they feed the women upon the flesh of their husbands, and the children upon the flesh of their fathers; and no water, save a little, do they give unto them.
Moroni 9:9 9 And notwithstanding this great abomination of the Lamanites, it doth not exceed that of our people in Moriantum. For behold, many of the daughters of the Lamanites have they taken prisoners; and after depriving them of that which was most dear and precious above all things, which is chast.i.ty and virtue--
Moroni 9:10 10 And after they had done this thing, they did murder them in a most cruel manner, torturing their bodies even unto death; and after they have done this, they devour their flesh like unto wild beasts, because of the hardness of their hearts; and they do it for a token of bravery.