New Witnesses for God (Volume 2 of 3)Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
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New Witnesses for God (Volume 2 of 3)
Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
Book of Mormon; Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844
The Prophet informs us that after receiving this revelation, the Urim
and Thummim and also the plates were taken from him, but in a few days
they were returned to him, whereupon he again inquired of the Lord and
received the following very important revelation: [12]
Now, behold, I say unto you, that because you delivered up those
writings, which you had power given unto you to translate by the
means of the Urim and Thummim, into the hands of a wicked man, you
have lost them. And you also lost your gift at the same time, and
your mind became darkened. Nevertheless, it is now restored unto
you again; therefore see that you are faithful and continue on unto
the finishing of the remainder of the work of translation as you
have begun. Do not run faster or labor more than you have strength
and means provided to enable you to translate; but be diligent
unto the end. Pray always, that you may come off conqueror; yea,
that you may conquer Satan, and that you may escape the hands of
the servants of Satan that do uphold his work. Behold, they have
sought to destroy you; yea, even the man in whom you have trusted
has sought to destroy you. And for this cause I said that he is a
wicked man, for, he has sought to take away the things wherewith
you have been entrusted; and he has also sought to destroy your
gift. And because you have delivered the writings into his hands,
behold, wicked men have taken them from you. Therefore, you have
delivered them up, yea, that which was sacred, unto wickedness.
And, behold, Satan hath put into their hearts to alter the words
which you have caused to be written, or which you have translated,
which have gone out of your hands. And behold, I say unto you, that
because they have altered the words, they read contrary from that
which you translated and caused to be written; and, on this wise,
the devil has sought to lay a cunning plan, that he may destroy
this work; for he hath put it into their hearts to do this, that by
lying they may say they have caught you in the words which you have
pretended to translate.
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