The Essential Works of Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith Jr.
love endureth by diligence unto prayer,
until the end shall come, when all the saints shall dwell with
God.
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 God; 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 God 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 God.
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 chastity 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.
Moroni 9:11
11 O my beloved son, how can a people like this, that are
without civilization—
Moroni 9:12
12 (And only a few years have passed away, and they were a civil
and a delightsome people)
Moroni 9:13
13 But O my son, how can a people like this, whose delight is in
so much abomination—
Moroni 9:14
14 How can we expect that God will stay his hand in judgment
against us?
Moroni 9:15
15 Behold, my heart cries: Wo unto this people. Come out in
judgment, O God, and hide their sins, and wickedness, and
abominations from before thy face!
Moroni 9:16
16 And again, my son, there are many widows and their daughters
who remain in Sherrizah; and that part of the provisions which
the Lamanites did not carry away, behold, the army of Zenephi has
carried away, and left them to wander whithersoever they can for
food; and many old women do faint by the way and die.
Moroni 9:17
17 And the army which is with me is weak; and the armies of the
Lamanites are betwixt Sherrizah and me; and as many as have fled
to the army of Aaron have fallen victims to their awful
brutality.
Moroni 9:18
18 O the depravity of my people! They are without order and
without mercy. Behold, I am but a man, and I have but the
strength of a man, and I cannot any longer enforce my commands.
Moroni 9:19
19 And they have become strong in their perversion; and they are
alike brutal, sparing none, neither old nor young; and they
delight in everything save that which is good; and the suffering
of our women and our children upon all the face of this land doth
exceed everything; yea, tongue cannot tell, neither can it be
written.
Moroni 9:20