Book of Mormon Stories. No. 1.: Adapted to the Capacity of Young Children, and Designed for Use in Sabbath Schools, Primary Associations, and for Home ReadingCannon, George Q. (George Quayle)
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Book of Mormon Stories. No. 1.: Adapted to the Capacity of Young Children, and Designed for Use in Sabbath Schools, Primary Associations, and for Home Reading
Cannon, George Q. (George Quayle)
Book of Mormon stories, English
The Prophet Lehi also preached to the people, and told them what awful
things would happen to them because of their sins. The people did not
believe Lehi, and they became angry at him because he told them of
evils which would come upon them. They even tried to kill him, but the
Lord did not let them harm His servant.
Both Lehi and Jeremiah told the people of Jerusalem, who were called
Jews, that a king who lived in another city called Babylon would come
with a great army of soldiers and destroy Jerusalem. They would tear
down the walls of the city and burn the houses in which the people
lived. Then these soldiers would kill many of the people who lived
in the city, and others would be taken away to Babylon and put into
prison. The Lord told these Prophets, Lehi and Jeremiah that these
things should happen, and that is how they knew about what would happen.
The Lord loved the people of Jerusalem. Sometimes they were good
people, and the Lord wanted to save them. But they had become so wicked
that the Lord now sent these and many other Prophets to warn them, or
tell them of what should happen if they did not do better.
The people would not do right, so, just as these Prophets had said,
in a few years the king of Babylon sent a great army of soldiers to
Jerusalem, and they killed many thousands of the men and women. They
took others to prison, and the city and the beautiful temple were
burned.
Perhaps you will wonder what became of the few good people who were
in Jerusalem. The Lord took care of those who loved Him. Jeremiah was
treated kindly by the king of Babylon, and was allowed to stay with a
few others in his old home. Daniel, and a few other good young men whom
the Bible tells of, were carried to Babylon and placed in the king's
palace, where they were kindly treated. Lehi and his family and a few
others were cared for in a different way. How the Lord so wonderfully
provided for their safety will be told in the next story.
This story shows that the Lord is kind to His children, and tells them
how to be saved from trouble, just as our parents teach us how to avoid
dangers and accidents. If we obey our parents we are safe from harm; so
when people obey the Lord they are safe, for He will protect them. The
story teaches us, also, that what the Lord says is always the truth.
He never promises to do anything and fails to do it. Another thing in
this story to be remembered is that the Lord is not pleased with wicked
people, and they are sure to be punished for their sins.
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