The Book of Mormon : $b an account written by the hand of Mormon, upon plates taken from the plates of NephiSmith, Joseph, Jr.
Religion
The Book of Mormon : $b an account written by the hand of Mormon, upon plates taken from the plates of Nephi
Smith, Joseph, Jr.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Sacred books; Latter Day Saint churches -- Sacred books
31:37 And after that they did separate themselves one from another,
taking no thought for themselves what they should eat, or what they
should drink, or what they should put on.
31:38 And the Lord provided for them that they should hunger not,
neither should they thirst; yea, and he also gave them strength, that
they should suffer no manner of afflictions, save it were swallowed up
in the joy of Christ. Now this was according to the prayer of Alma; and
this because he prayed in faith.
Alma Chapter 32
32:1 And it came to pass that they did go forth, and began to preach
the word of God unto the people, entering into their synagogues, and
into their houses; yea, and even they did preach the word in their
streets.
32:2 And it came to pass that after much labor among them, they began
to have success among the poor class of people; for behold, they were
cast out of the synagogues because of the coarseness of their apparel—
32:3 Therefore they were not permitted to enter into their synagogues
to worship God, being esteemed as filthiness; therefore they were poor;
yea, they were esteemed by their brethren as dross; therefore they were
poor as to things of the world; and also they were poor in heart.
32:4 Now, as Alma was teaching and speaking unto the people upon the
hill Onidah, there came a great multitude unto him, who were those of
whom we have been speaking, of whom were poor in heart, because of
their poverty as to the things of the world.
32:5 And they came unto Alma; and the one who was the foremost among
them said unto him: Behold, what shall these my brethren do, for they
are despised of all men because of their poverty, yea, and more
especially by our priests; for they have cast us out of our synagogues
which we have labored abundantly to build with our own hands; and they
have cast us out because of our exceeding poverty; and we have no place
to worship our God; and behold, what shall we do?
32:6 And now when Alma heard this, he turned him about, his face
immediately towards him, and he beheld with great joy; for he beheld
that their afflictions had truly humbled them and that they were in a
preparation to hear the word.
32:7 Therefore he did say no more to the other multitude; but he
stretched forth his hand, and cried unto those whom he beheld, who were
truly penitent, and said unto them:
32:8 I behold that ye are lowly in heart; and if so, blessed are ye.
32:9 Behold thy brother hath said, What shall we do?—for we are cast
out of our synagogues, that we cannot worship our God.
32:10 Behold I say unto you, do ye suppose that ye cannot worship God
save it be in your synagogues only?
32:11 Moreover, I would ask, do ye suppose that ye must not worship God
only once in a week?
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