Show THE STORY OF THE BOOK OF MORMON BY ORA V F PATE I 1 will smite thee except thou will grant MILO we me that my elnern br may be cast rut out of prison if MOLL wilt beare ano alie moaned the ang 1 I will grant unto thle thee whatsoever thou wilt ask even to halt half tl kill kingdom dum lint but ammon Al linion could tune haie had a king hing dum dom if he hed d have stayed in ill la with his people lie he wanted to serve erve dodl oll and 1111 bring glory to ilici lib best do that by winning lur a nation its religious freedom much de lienden upon tins this de decision chAon and ile he was ready eddy to offer it lie ile asked that his brothers be treed and that thal Iamon Lanion iii might inight be allowed to rl retain LIN his king ship the old OIL sovereign bove reign must have been touched by this bimble leilua lei luc l t as in ill reality it was no imposition upon hini uever aud this powerful ne pluite had actually spared q ired his life when all the rules oi 01 chivalry have excused him my hon on may retain liis bis king kil igdon doni from rom this time tillie and fo holever foi ever lever and I 1 will koneru him no moie and the grateful old sire extended a cordial invitation to Ail ammon lillon and his bro brothers thors to yi via it him iliin in his kingdom king doin joy wa mingled ill ICI with pain at sight of hie file prisoners in ill the land of mid doni what awful deprivation had they suffer suffered td what terrible afflic kons 1 ons had they endured ANNOUNCER the story of the 1 hook ook of mormon will be continued next sunday it at this same hour PART VIII ANNOUNCER in pi evious in installments we have followed the ancient american story from frolli GUO U B C to about 80 years before the ji essed event at this period the social conditions of the lino nations that occupied southern sou theril und a id central america were at a danker dan zer oils ebb the rf or white while race had for celi honored lio nored the hope ewt ih if a savior would mollii bt lie born in III the far off edat who whose c life death and re assur lection would influence all humanity Iii indeed deed missionaries had already gone to their less enlightened lightened cil neighbor nelz libor na lion the lamanita and served years lu in preaching I 1 alie dout doctrine rilie at tills this point of our samy th alie I 1 Imn anite ruler had been to that extent that lie had loosed loo ed captive missionaries and issued a manifest mani fet t for their protection in ill all Lani anite 16 giltory many of his iid bcd s were filled with christian love but at this same period confusion raged raed in ill all the dominion it deenis that of those to whom much is given much is 13 expected we seem eem to expect that strong people will remain shiong and id we are surprised and digap painted in them thell occasionally because be calle we ive have not alloN allowed veLl for the weakness ses of the flesh and when they fall it calls to our conscious nass with ii t feeling that knowledge thai we must strive more diligently endure more lastingly the story continues NARRATOR the success of the mission to the Lania was gratifying elioe cl who enjoyed the enlightenment brought I 1 to 0 it them 1 1 n by ammon and an LI his brothers made a solemn covenant to their newly discovered laird that they should novel never adaill aa ain for any reis oil take up the sword ag against ainest ali their air fel As a token of this vow they buried their weapons weal wils of war never to dig them up nor was their covenant left without contest the growth of rho christian liri illo movement heaped fuel upon the flames of antagonism that had shouldered ed in the hearts of tilo thos who did not iia victims of false fall who AN would not lie be reconciled reconell ed in an ail attempt to cru crush ii out influence within their boundaries the army of if the unbelieving in Lama Laina poured down in open slaughter upon that part of their na tion that had bad become christianized Christiani zed jl 11 is a fiendish li tribe that would hew bew blown its own flesh and blood it is 1 an army that would brata ilish dish a I 1 sword against a foe unarmed Unar nied and yet one thousand live five of the loyal christians signed their co with their blood their faith was implicit lila it vow qa crell and file their ir purpose they died victorious oil their steadfastness m tea 1 I fa in their cho eai course brought greater number than their own to r realize L al jj ze the truth tt it was a happ day whim when aninion and his fellow missionaries gathered together tile the vat t assemblage of their christian followers and bezan began r journey jour ey nack back to the land of Zara herala alma ali the wise leader would be there to greet them and make thom them comfortable II 11 UP would welcome the ra fil manite concerts with fervent thanksgiving nor had alma been idle during Ili those se event eventful fIll near ears his responsibility as mivy r over the th nation and as protector prot octor of his people through EL a series se of wars was great gaoat to lie continued |