New Witnesses for God (Volume 3 of 3)Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
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New Witnesses for God (Volume 3 of 3)
Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
Book of Mormon; Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844
And it came to pass that the seventy and sixth year did end in
peace. And the seventy and seventh year began in peace; and the
church did spread throughout the face of all the land; and the
more part of the people, both the Nephites and the Lamanites, did
belong to the church; and they did have exceeding great peace in
the land, and thus ended the seventy and seventh year. And also
they had peace in the seventy and eighth year, save it were a few
contentions concerning the points of doctrine which had been laid
down by the prophets. [5] * * * * * * * And thus ended the eighty
and first year of the reign of the Judges. And in the eighty and
second year, they began again to forget the Lord their God. And in
the eighty and third year they began to wax strong in iniquity. And
the eighty and fourth year, they did not mend their ways. And it
came to pass in the eighty and fifth year, they did wax stronger
and stronger in their pride, and in their wickedness; and thus they
were ripened again for destruction. And thus ended the eighty and
fifth year. [6]
Moroni's abridgment of the Jaredite record--the Book of Ether--fails
to exhibit this particular characteristic of an abridgment, owing
doubtless to the brevity of the original record he abridged--there
were but twenty-four plates in the record of Ether, and "the hundredth
part," says Moroni, "I have not written;" [7] but otherwise that book
of Ether bears all the marks of being an abridgment that the work of
Mormon does, except perhaps that the running comments of Moroni are
more frequent than Mormon's.
III.
_Originality in Book of Mormon Names._
There is another gratifying distinction between Mormon's abridgment of
the Nephite record and Moroni's abridgment of the Jaredite record that
is also of first rate importance as an evidence of consistency in the
work. That is the quite marked distinction between Nephite and Jaredite
proper names as given in these respective parts of the record. Take for
instance the list of names of Jaredite leaders and kings and compare it
with a list of prominent Nephite leaders.
JAREDITE NAMES.
Jared
Pagag
Jacom
Gilgah
Mahah
Oriah
Esrom
Corihor
Shim
Cohor
Corom
Noah
Nimrah
Nimrod
Kib
Shule
Omer
Coriantumr
Emer
Com
Heth
Shez
Lib
Hearthom
Aaron
Amnigaddah
Shiblom
Seth
Ahah
Ethem
Moron
Coriantor
Shared
Gilead
Shiz
Ether
Riplakish
Morianton
Kim
Levi
Corum
Kish
NEPHITE NAMES.
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