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The Seventy's Course in Theology, First Year: Outline History of the Seventy and A Survey of the Books of Holy ScriptureRoberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)

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The Seventy's Course in Theology, First Year: Outline History of the Seventy and A Survey of the Books of Holy Scripture

Name: The Seventy's Course in Theology, First Year: Outline History of the Seventy and A Survey of the Books of Holy Scripture
Author: Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)

Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)

Latter Day Saint churches -- Doctrines

12. _Civilization and Government Among the Lamanites:_ The Lamanites
in respect of these matters should not be overlooked. It is true that
they were idle; that they loved the wilderness and dwelt in tents;
that they depended upon the fruits of the chase and such products of
the earth as the rich lands they occupied produced without the labor
of man, as the principal means of their sustenance; still they came
in contact now and then with Nephite civilization, which must have
modified somewhat their inclination to utter barbarism. * * * * * That
there was some system and regularity in Lamanite government must be
apparent from the degree of efficiency to which it must have arisen in
order to conduct the protracted wars with the Nephites. The largeness
of their armies, the length of the wars, and the extensive scale on
which they were projected, would indicate the existence of some strong,
central government capable of making its authority respected. That such
a government existed among the Lamanites is disclosed through the facts
that are brought to light by the mission of the young Nephite princes,
the sons of Mosiah II., in the century preceding the birth of Messiah.
It appears that at that time what I shall venture to call the Lamanite
Empire was divided into a number of petty kingdoms whose kings, as it
always the case among semi-civilized peoples, were possessed of great
and arbitrary power; but these in turn seem to have been subject to a
central ruler whose dominion extended over all, and whose power in his
larger sphere was as absolute as that of the petty kings in the smaller
states.



LESSON IV.

SCRIPTURE READING EXERCISE.

_THE ANCIENT AMERICAN SCRIPTURE--THE BOOK OF MORMON._

  ANALYSIS.                                                 REFERENCES.

  _I. Civilization in Ancient America._                 Book of Mormon. Book
        1. Jaredite, Extent and Nature of.              of Ether.
        2. Nephite, Character of.
        3. Lamanite Civilization, Extent and
           Character of.
  _II. Religion Among the Ancient Nations               Y. M. M. I. A. Manual
         of America._                                   (No. 7), Chap. xiii.
         1. Among the Jaredites.                        Notes 1, 2, 3.
         2. The Nephites.
         3. The People of Zarahemla.
         4. The Lamanites.

_SPECIAL TEXT: "Fools mock, but they shall mourn; and my grace is
sufficient for the meek. * * * * And if men will come unto me I will
show unto them their weaknesses. I give unto men weaknesses that they
may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble
themselves before me."_--THE LORD TO MORONI.

_NOTES._

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The Seventy's Course in Theology, First Year: Outline History of the Seventy and A Survey of the Books of Holy ScriptureRoberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)

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The Seventy's Course in Theology, First Year: Outline History of the Seventy and A Survey of the Books of Holy Scripture

Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)

Latter Day Saint churches -- Doctrines

12. _Civilization and Government Among the Lamanites:_ The Lamanites
in respect of these matters should not be overlooked. It is true that
they were idle; that they loved the wilderness and dwelt in tents;
that they depended upon the fruits of the chase and such products of
the earth as the rich lands they occupied produced without the labor
of man, as the principal means of their sustenance; still they came
in contact now and then with Nephite civilization, which must have
modified somewhat their inclination to utter barbarism. * * * * * That
there was some system and regularity in Lamanite government must be
apparent from the degree of efficiency to which it must have arisen in
order to conduct the protracted wars with the Nephites. The largeness
of their armies, the length of the wars, and the extensive scale on
which they were projected, would indicate the existence of some strong,
central government capable of making its authority respected. That such
a government existed among the Lamanites is disclosed through the facts
that are brought to light by the mission of the young Nephite princes,
the sons of Mosiah II., in the century preceding the birth of Messiah.
It appears that at that time what I shall venture to call the Lamanite
Empire was divided into a number of petty kingdoms whose kings, as it
always the case among semi-civilized peoples, were possessed of great
and arbitrary power; but these in turn seem to have been subject to a
central ruler whose dominion extended over all, and whose power in his
larger sphere was as absolute as that of the petty kings in the smaller
states.



LESSON IV.

SCRIPTURE READING EXERCISE.

_THE ANCIENT AMERICAN SCRIPTURE--THE BOOK OF MORMON._

  ANALYSIS.                                                 REFERENCES.

  _I. Civilization in Ancient America._                 Book of Mormon. Book
        1. Jaredite, Extent and Nature of.              of Ether.
        2. Nephite, Character of.
        3. Lamanite Civilization, Extent and
           Character of.
  _II. Religion Among the Ancient Nations               Y. M. M. I. A. Manual
         of America._                                   (No. 7), Chap. xiii.
         1. Among the Jaredites.                        Notes 1, 2, 3.
         2. The Nephites.
         3. The People of Zarahemla.
         4. The Lamanites.

_SPECIAL TEXT: "Fools mock, but they shall mourn; and my grace is
sufficient for the meek. * * * * And if men will come unto me I will
show unto them their weaknesses. I give unto men weaknesses that they
may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble
themselves before me."_--THE LORD TO MORONI.

_NOTES._

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The Seventy's Course in Theology, First Year: Outline History of the Seventy and A Survey of the Books of Holy Scripture

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