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INTRODUCTION.

America the first inhabited of all Lands--Its Ancient Peoples--The Garden of Eden--The Antediluvians--The Jaredites--The Nephites and Lamanites 15

Ancient Jerusalem--Lehi--His Vision--His Call to Preach to the Jews--They Persecute Him--He is Commanded of God to take his Family into the Wilderness--Their Departure--The Return of his Sons to Jerusalem to obtain the Records. They are ill-treated by Laban--His Death--Zoram Accompanies the Brothers into the Wilderness 18

The Rejoicing Over the Records--Nephi and his Brothers again Return to Jerusalem--They Conduct Ishmael and his Family into the Wilderness--Lehi's Dream--The Tree of Life--The Rod of Iron--The Boturini Manuscript--Nephi's Vision 25

Marriages in the Company--The Liahona--The Journey Continued--Nephi Breaks his Bow--Death of Ishmael--They Reach the Ocean--Nephi Builds a Ship--They Cross the Great Waters and Reach the Promised Land 35

The Promised Land--Chili--Its Natural Productions--The Death of Lehi--His Blessing on his posterity--Prophecies of his Ancestor Joseph 44

The Nephites and Lamanites Separate--The Nephites seek a New Home--Nephi Chosen King--He Builds a Temple--Instructs his People in the Arts of Peace--War with the Lamanites--The Sword of Laban--Nephi's Death--Jacob, his Brother, Becomes the Chief Priest--Jacob's Teachings on Marriage 47

The Condition of the Lamanites--Sherem, the First Anti-Christ--His Recantation and Dreadful End 50

Enos, the Son of Jacob--The Nephites and Lamanites of his Day--His Testimony and Prophecies 53

Jarom--Omni--Amaron--Chemish--Abinadom--Amaleki--Mosiah--Review of Nephite History for Four Hundred Years 55

Causes that Led to the Migration from the Land of Nephi--The People of Zarahemla--Mulek and his Colony--The Fusion of the Two Nations--Mosiah made King--His Happy Reign 59

Zeniff Returns to the Land of Nephi--His Treaty with the Lamanites--The Prosperity of the People of Zeniff--The Treaty Broken--War--Peace and Wars Again--The Death of Zeniff--Noah's Wicked Reign--His Wars with the Lamanites--The Prophet Abinadi--His Terrible Message of God's Wrath--He is Martyred--Alma--He Pleads for Abinadi--Is Cast Out--Flees to the Place of Mormon 69

The Waters of Mormon--Alma, Helam and Others Baptised Therein--The Church Organized--The King Warned--He Sends Troops--Alma and his People Flee to the Land of Helam--They Build a City 77

King Noah's Subjects Rebel--Gideon--The Lamanites Invade Lehi-Nephi--The Nephites Retreat--A Part Surrender--The New Terms of Peace--Noah is Burned to Death--Limhi made King--Noah's Priests Escape--They seize some Lamanite Maidens--Another War--The Nephites Victorious--The King of the Lamanites wounded--Mutual Explanations 80

The Bondage of the People of Limhi--An Expedition North--Finding of the Jaredite Records--The Arrival of Ammon--The People of Limhi Escape--The Pursuit--The Amulonites--The People of Alma--They are Brought into Bondage--Their Deliverance 84

Mosiah's Good Reign--The Circumstances of his Advent--He Assembles the People--The Baptism of Limhi--Churches Organized Throughout the Land 89

The Unbelief of the Youth of Zarahemla--The Younger Alma and the Sons of Mosiah--They Encourage the Persecutions Against the Church--They are Met by an Angel--His Message--Alma's Awful Condition--His Vision and Testimony--The Changed Life of the Young Men 92

The Growth of the People in Zarahemla--They Build Many Cities--Mosiah's Sons Desire to Take a Mission to the Lamanites--Mosiah Inquires of the Lord--The Divine Answer 96

Mosiah's Sons Refuse the Kingdom--He Grants the People a Constitution--The People to Elect their Rulers--Alma, the Younger, First Chief Judge 98

The Mission of the Sons of Mosiah to the Lamanites--Their Journey in the Wilderness--Ammon Brought before King Lamoni--The Conflict at the Waters of Sebus--The Miraculous Conversion of Lamoni and his Family--Abish the Waiting Woman 100

Ammon and Lamoni Start for the Land of Middoni--They Meet the Old King--His Rage at Seeing Ammon--He Endeavors to Kill his Son--Aaron and his Brethren Liberated--A Sketch of their Labors and Sufferings--The Conversion of Lamoni's Father and his Household 106

The King Issues a Proclamation--The Results of the Labors of the Sons of Mosiah--The People of Anti-Nephi-Lehi--They Bury their Weapons of War--Are Massacred by the Thousand--They Remove to the Territory of the Nephites, who give them the Land of Jershon 110

Review of the Mission of the Sons of Mosiah--Its Importance and Great Length--Its Results to Both Races--The Dates of its Leading Occurrences 114

The Days of the Judges--Their Names and Reigns--The Heresy of Nehor--He Slays Gideon and is Executed--Amlici's Rebellion--The Battle of Amnihu--The Conflict at the Crossing of the Sidon--A Third Battle 117

Alma Resigns the Chief Judgeship--Nephihah Chosen--Alma Ministers in Zarahemla, Gideon, Melek and Ammonihah--Condition of the Last Named City--It Rejects the Message Alma Bears--An Angel Meets Him--Amulek--The Lawyer Zeezrom--The Great Controversy--Zeezrom Converted and Cast Out--The Martyrdom of the Believers--Alma and Amulek in Prison--Their Deliverance 124

Zeezrom Sick with Fever--His Miraculous Recovery--The Destruction of Ammonihah--The Invasion of the Land of Noah--Zoram, the Nephite Commander, Seeks the Mind of the Lord--It is Given--Its Results--The War Ended--Alma's Ministrations 131

Korihor, the Anti-Christ--His False Teachings and Blasphemy--He is Taken before Alma--Is Struck Dumb--His Miserable End--The Heresy Rooted Out 135

Zoram and the Zoramites--Their Peculiar Heresy--The Land of Antionum--The Rameumptom--Alma's Mission to these People--Those Who Receive His Teachings Persecuted--They Flee to Jershon 139

Another War--Moroni the Leader of the Nephites--The Tactics of the Lamanites--Zerahemnah--The Battle at Riplah--Defeat of the Lamanites 144

Alma's Charge to His Sons--He Transfers the Records to Helaman--He Leaves This World--Zeezrom's Latter Days--Helaman's Ministrations 147

Amalickiah--His Apostasy and Treason--Moroni's Title of Liberty--The Nephites Respond to His Call--Lehonti--He is Poisoned by Amalickiah--The King of the Lamanites Treacherously Slain--Amalickiah Marries the Queen and is Proclaimed King--A Disastrous Lamanite Raid 149

A Few Years of Peace--Teancum--The Contention Between Lehi and Morianton--Amalickiah's Terrible Invasion--His Success--He is Stopped at Bountiful by Teancum--Teancum Slays Amalickiah--Ammoron Made King of the Lamanites 156

Jacob the Zoramite--His Characteristics--The Strategy by Which Mulek Was Taken--The Fierce Battle between Jacob and the Nephite Forces--Jacob's Death 159

The War in the South-west--Antipus--Helaman and His Two Thousand Sons--Their Valor and Faith--The Repulse of the Lamanites 162

The Relief of Manti--The Overthrow of the Kingmen--Pachus Slain--The Struggle at Moroni--Teancum Slays Ammoron, but at the Cost of His Own Life--Teancum's Noble Character 167

Pacumeni Slain--Helaman Chosen Chief Judge--The Conspiracy to Slay Him--Kishkumen Killed--The Prosperity of the Nephites under Helaman 175

The Sons of Helaman--Nephi's Righteous Rule--The Lamanites Again Invade Zarahemla--They Drive the Nephites into the Northern Continent--The Ministrations of Nephi and Lehi--The Manifestations of God's Power in the City of Nephi--Aminadab--The Conversion of the Lamanites--Universal Peace 177

Growth of Evil amongst the Nephites--The Increase of the Gadianton Robbers--Nephi's Announcement of the Murder of the Chief Judge--The Discovery--Nephi Arrested--He is Proven Innocent--God's Covenant with Him--Increase of Iniquity--A Terrible Famine--The Welcome Rain--The Trend to Death 184

Samuel, the Lamanite--His Mission and Prophecies--The Vain Attempt to Destroy Him--He Returns to His Own Country 189

Nephi Translated--His Son Nephi--Time of the Savior's Coming--The Conspiracy to Slay the Believers--The Revelation to Nephi--The Promised Signs Appear--Increase of the Gadianton Robbers--War--Lachoneus Gathers all the People to One Land--The End of the Struggle 193

The Last Chief Judge Murdered and the Republic Overthrown--The Signs of the Savior's Death Appear--A Terrible Storm--The Universal Darkness--The Unparalleled Destruction--The Terror of those Hours 197

The Voice from Heaven--The Savior Testifies of Himself--Silence Throughout the Land--How oft would Christ have Gathered His People--The Darkness Departs 202

Christ Appears in the Land Bountiful--The Testimony of the Father--Jesus Calls Twelve Disciples--His Teachings to Them and to the Multitude 205

The Fulfillment of the Mosaic Law--"Other Sheep Have I"--The Ten Tribes--The Events of the Latter Days 208

The Savior Heals the Sick--He Blesses the Children of the Nephites--Angels Minister unto them 210

The Sacrament Administered--The Savior's Teachings Regarding it--He Confers on His Disciples the Power to Give the Holy Ghost--He Ascends into Heaven 213

Jesus Returns and Renews His Teachings--He Administers the Sacrament--He Explains the Teachings of the Prophets--The Words of Malachi 216

The Savior Continues His Ministrations--He Raises a Man from the Dead--The Labors of the Twelve--The Name of the Church--The Three who should Remain 220

The Long Continued Era of Peace and Righteousness--Death of Nephi--His Son Amos--Amos the Second 223

The Commencement of the Apostasy--It Grows in Intensity--The Persecution of the Disciples--Lamanites Again--Re-appearance of the Gadianton Bands--War--Ammaron Hides the Records 226

The Last Long Series of Wars--Mormon--The Final Conflict at Cumorah--The Last of the Nephites 229

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