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 Enos 1
 THE BOOK OF ENOS
 
 Enos 1:1
  1 Behold, it came to pass that I, Enos, knowing my father that
 he was a just man--for he taught me in his language, and also in
 the nurture and admonition of the Lord--and blessed be the name
 of my God for it--
 
 Enos 1:2
  2 And I will tell you of the wrestle which I had before God,
 before I received a remission of my sins.
 
 Enos 1:3
  3 Behold, I went to hunt beasts in the forests; and the words
 which I had often heard my father speak concerning eternal life,
 and the joy of the saints, sunk deep into my heart.
 
 Enos 1:4
  4 And my soul hungered; and I kneeled down before my Maker, and
 I cried unto him in mighty prayer and supplication for mine own
 soul; and all the day long did I cry unto him; yea, and when the
 night came I did still raise my voice high that it reached the
 heavens.
 
 Enos 1:5
  5 And there came a voice unto me, saying: Enos, thy sins are
 forgiven thee, and thou shalt be blessed.
 
 Enos 1:6
  6 And I, Enos, knew that God could not lie; wherefore, my guilt
 was swept away.
 
 Enos 1:7
  7 And I said: Lord, how is it done?
 
 Enos 1:8
  8 And he said unto me: Because of thy faith in Christ, whom thou
 hast never before heard nor seen.  And many years pass away
 before he shall manifest himself in the flesh; wherefore, go to,
 thy faith hath made thee whole.
 
 Enos 1:9
  9 Now, it came to pass that when I had heard these words I began
 to feel a desire for the welfare of my brethren, the Nephites;
 wherefore, I did pour out my whole soul unto God for them.
 
 Enos 1:10
  10 And while I was thus struggling in the spirit, behold, the
 voice of the Lord came into my mind again, saying: I will visit
 thy brethren according to their diligence in keeping my
 commandments.  I have given unto them this land, and it is a holy
 land; and I curse it not save it be for the cause of iniquity;
 wherefore, I will visit thy brethren according as I have said;
 and their transgressions will I bring down with sorrow upon their
 own heads.
 
 Enos 1:11
  11 And after I, Enos, had heard these words, my faith began to
 be unshaken in the Lord; and I prayed unto him with many long
 strugglings for my brethren, the Lamanites.
 
 Enos 1:12
  12 And it came to pass that after I had prayed and labored with
 all diligence, the Lord said unto me: I will grant unto thee
 according to thy desires, because of thy faith.
 
 Enos 1:13
  13 And now behold, this was the desire which I desired of
 him--that if it should so be, that my people, the Nephites,
 should fall into transgression, and by any means be destroyed,
 and the Lamanites should not be destroyed, that the Lord God
 would preserve a record of my people, the Nephites; even if it so
 be by the power of his holy arm, that it might be brought forth
 at some future day unto the Lamanites, that, perhaps, they might
 be brought unto salvation--
 
 Enos 1:14
  14 For at the present our strugglings were vain in restoring
 them to the true faith.  And they swore in their wrath that, if
 it were possible, they would destroy our records and us, and also
 all the traditions of our fathers.
 
 Enos 1:15
  15 Wherefore, I knowing that the Lord God was able to preserve
 our records, I cried unto him continually, for he had said unto
 me: Whatsoever thing ye shall ask in faith, believing that ye
 shall receive in the name of Christ, ye shall receive it.
 
 Enos 1:16
  16 And I had faith, and I did cry unto God that he would
 preserve the records; and he covenanted with me that he would
 bring them forth unto the Lamanites in his own due time.
 
 Enos 1:17
  17 And I, Enos, knew it would be according to the covenant which
 he had made; wherefore my soul did rest.
 
 Enos 1:18
  18 And the Lord said unto me: Thy fathers have also required of
 me this thing; and it shall be done unto them according to their
 faith; for their faith was like unto thine.
 
 Enos 1:19
  19 And now it came to pass that I, Enos, went about among the
 people of Nephi, prophesying of things to come, and testifying of
 the things which I had heard and seen.
 
 Enos 1:20
  20 And I bear record that the people of Nephi did seek
 diligently to restore the Lamanites unto the true faith in God. 
 But our labors were vain; their hatred was fixed, and they were
 led by their evil nature that they became wild, and ferocious,
 and a bloodthirsty people, full of idolatry and filthiness;
 feeding upon beasts of prey; dwelling in tents, and wandering
 about in the wilderness with a short skin girdle about their
 loins and their heads shaven; and their skill was in the bow, and
 in the cimeter, and the ax.  And many of them did eat nothing
 save it was raw meat; and they were continually seeking to
 destroy us.
 
 Enos 1:21
  21 And it came to pass that the people of Nephi did till the
 land, and raise all manner of grain, and of fruit, and flocks of
 herds, and flocks of all manner of cattle of every kind, and
 goats, and wild goats, and also many horses.
 
 Enos 1:22
  22 And there were exceedingly many prophets among us.  And the
 people were a stiffnecked people, hard to understand.
 
 Enos 1:23
  23 And there was nothing save it was exceeding harshness,
 preaching and prophesying of wars, and contentions, and
 destructions, and continually reminding them of death, and the
 duration of eternity, and the judgments and the power of God, and
 all these things--stirring them up continually to keep them in
 the fear of the Lord.  I say there was nothing short of these
 things, and exceedingly great plainness of speech, would keep
 them from going down speedily to destruction.  And after this
 manner do I write concerning them.
 
 Enos 1:24
  24 And I saw wars between the Nephites and Lamanites in the
 course of my days.
 
 Enos 1:25
  25 And it came to pass that I began to be old, and an hundred
 and seventy and nine years had passed away from the time that our
 father Lehi left Jerusalem.
 
 Enos 1:26
  26 And I saw that I must soon go down to my grave, having been
 wrought upon by the power of God that I must preach and prophesy
 unto this people, and declare the word according to the truth
 which is in Christ.  And I have declared it in all my days, and
 have rejoiced in it above that of the world.
 
 Enos 1:27
  27 And I soon go to the place of my rest, which is with my
 Redeemer; for I know that in him I shall rest.  And I rejoice in
 the day when my mortal shall put on immortality, and shall stand
 before him; then shall I see his face with pleasure, and he will
 say unto me: Come unto me, ye blessed, there is a place prepared
 for you in the mansions of my Father.  Amen.
 
 

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