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And I, Mormon, began to be old,
and knowing it to be the last struggle of my people,
and having been commanded of the Lord that I should not suffer the records which were sacred, to fall into the hands of the Lamanites,
therefore, I hid up in the hill Cumorah all the records which had been entrusted to me by the hand of the Lord, save it were these few plates which
I gave unto my son Moroni. And now I finish my record concerning the destruction of my people.
And we had gathered in all the remainder of our people unto the land of Cumorah. And my people,
with their wives and their children,
did now behold the armies of the Lamanites marching towards them.
And with that awful fear of death which fills the wicked,
did they await to receive them.
Ready!
O ye fair ones,
how could ye have departed from the ways of the Lord!
How could ye have rejected that Jesus, who stood with open arms to receive you!
If ye had not done this, ye would not have fallen.
But ye are fallen, and I mourn your loss. O ye fair sons and daughters, ye fathers and mothers,
ye husbands and wives, how is it that ye could have fallen!
O that ye had repented before this great destruction had come upon you.
But behold, ye are gone.
Moroni.
I speak unto the remnant of this people who are spared.
Yea, I speak unto you, ye remnant of the house of Israel.
Know ye that ye are of the house of Israel. Know ye that ye must come unto repentance, or ye cannot be saved.
Know ye that ye must lay down your weapons of war.
Know ye that ye must come to the knowledge of your fathers,
and repent of all your sins and iniquities,
and believe in Jesus Christ, that he is the Son of God, and that he was slain.
And by the power of the Father he hath risen again,
whereby he hath gained the victory over the grave;
and also in him is the sting of death swallowed up.
And he hath brought to pass the redemption of the world.
And if it so be that ye believe in Christ, and are baptized,
first with water, then with fire and with the Holy Ghost, following the example of our Savior, according to that which he hath commanded us,
it shall be well with you in the day of judgment.
Amen. Amen.
You must take and finish the record.
Father… It must not fall into the hands of the Lamanites.
I do not know all things; but the Lord knoweth all things which are to come.
And my prayer to God is concerning my brethren, that they may once again come to the knowledge of God, yea,
to the redemption of Christ.