The Story of the Book of Mormon

Owing to their gross and abounding iniquities, the Lord on several occasions visited the Jaredites with partial destruction. These judgments came in the shape of fratricidal war...

To the ancient Nephites the whole of North America was known as the land of Mulek, and South America as the land of Lehi; or, to use the exact language of the Book of Mormon, th...

We next enter into the consideration of the law as it existed under the Judges, gathering our information from various passages in which it is directly referred to, or wherein s...

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 RO...

If the existence of wise, just and liberal laws, administered in righteousness, be the rule by which we can judge of the true greatness of a nation and of the happiness and pros...

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--NO...

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 RETU...

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-...

The religion of the Nephites was the gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It embraced, before his advent, those offerings and sacrifices typical of his life and death, th...

Minon is mentioned but once in the Book of Mormon. Its location is then directly stated. It is spoken of as the land of Minon, above the land of Zarahemla, in the course of the...

No sooner had the separation taken place between the families of Nephi and Laman, and the foundation been laid for the two nations that for a thousand years contended for suprem...

While the two families dwelt in the Valley of Lemuel they had a number of marriages. Zoram, Laban's servant, married Ishmael's eldest daughter, and each of Lehi's four sons marr...

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...

For a period of about one hundred and twenty years succeeding the death of king Mosiah, the Nephite commonwealth was governed by judges. These were chosen by the united voice of...

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 CONVER...

A mighty man in the midst of Israel was Benjamin, the son of Mosiah. Blessed were the people over whom he reigned, for he governed them in righteousness, and for their welfare h...

No people seem to have been more given to apostasy from the truths of the gospel than were the Nephites in certain periods of their history. In the historical portions of this w...

There appears to be a slight difference of opinion among students of the Book of Mormon with regard to the language of the ancient Nephites. We will endeavor to give a sketch of...

The Nephites were unusually happy in having, as the founders of their nation, men who were not only wise in the ways of the Lord, but also learned in the knowledge of the world....

From the casual references found in the historic portions of the Book of Mormon, we are led to infer that the domestic life of the Nephites was patterned, as it very naturally w...

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...

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 IN...

The subject of spiritual gifts leads us to the kindred one of miracles. The Book of Mormon teaches in very strong language that God is a God of miracles. Were it not so he would...

The war had been raging about a couple of years, and was working disastrously to the Nephites, when the people of Ammon, feeling that they were a burden rather than a help to th...

It is somewhat noticeable how little prominence is given to womankind in the historical narrative of the Book of Mormon, and unfortunately when mention is made of them it too fr...

In our last chapter we stated that Korihor, the anti-Christ was killed in a city of the Zoramites. Who was Zoram? and who were the Zoramites? are the questions that now present...

Mosiah resided in the land of Nephi, and lived there as near as we can discover during the latter half of the third century before Christ. Whether he was originally a prophet, p...

In the history of the final wars between the Nephites and Lamanites we find lands and cities mentioned that are nowhere else spoken of. It is presumable that most of them were b...

The number of Bible proper names found in the Book of Mormon has been now and again urged as an argument against its divine origin. If those making these objections were to calm...

We come now to the days of Samuel the Lamanite (B. C. 6). Without any previous reference to him, he appears suddenly in the foreground of ancient American history, bearing a wei...

Let us return to the year 123 B. C. At that time the Nephites in the land of Nephi were suffering sore afflictions at the hands of the Lamanites. In this extremity Limhi, their...

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 THE...

Shortly after the arrival of Lehi and his little colony on the promised land, Nephi received a commandment from the Lord to make certain "plates of ore" upon which to engrave a...

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'...

All that evening and all that night was the news spread from mouth to mouth that Jesus had come. Many were too excited to sleep, and labored diligently spreading the news far an...

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...

The next year the laws were revised according to justice and equity. They had, doubtless, been violently tampered with during the times that the Gadianton robbers held control o...

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...

As there were two lands of Nephi, the greater and the less, so, for exactly the same reason, there were two lands of Zarahemla; the one occupying the whole of South America, fro...

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 PEOP...

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--TH...

PEACE ONCE MORE--THE RESULTS OF THE WAR--THE LABORS OF HELAMAN--SHIBLON RECEIVES THE RECORDS--HAGOTH, THE SHIP-BUILDER--ANOTHER WAR--MORONIHAH--PAHORAN'S DEATH--CONTENTION REGAR...

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--NO...

In the second generation the Nephites began to grow numerous, and iniquity made its appearance among them. It was then that Jacob their priest, prophesied: The time speedily com...

We can well understand that the originating or primal cause of the destruction of the Nephite republic was the corruption of the people, especially of those whose duty it was to...

The doctrines advocated by Korihor were of a kind that would gain ready adhesion from those who did not fervently love purity, truth and righteousness, as they flattered their v...

Ever and anon throughout the Book of Mormon, we are reminded by the inspired historians of the beauty of the Nephite race, especially in the days when the glory of righteousness...

No sooner had Lehi and his little colony arrived on the promised land than they commenced the cultivation of the soil, planting therein the seeds they had brought with them from...

For three days did the Savior mingle with the Nephites and instruct them; and even after that he met with them oft, and with them partook of the Sacrament of the Lord's supper.

The general who commanded the Lamanite forces at Mulek was named Jacob. He was a Nephite apostate, who had accepted the errors of the Zoramites. His appointment was one characte...

Some time after the tribulations that marked the sacrifice of the Lord of life and glory, exactly how long we know not, a multitude assembled near the temple which was in the la...

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...

The story that we are about to relate is a true one. It is the history of the races who lived on this broad land of ours long, long ago. From it we shall learn many lessons of G...

It was in the year 322 A. C. that actual war broke out between the Nephites and Lamanites, for the first time since the Redeemer's appearing. It commenced in the land of Zarahem...

The days of the prophet Jarom were neither few nor unimportant. During the sixty years that he had charge of the holy things (B. C. 422 to B. C. 362) the Nephites may be said to...

After the battle at Cumeni, the Lamanites retreated eastward to Manti, which was situated on the upper waters of the Sidon. Nor was it for several months that this city could be...

The cause which led the Nephite armies to occupy Jershon was that the Zoramites, finding that their haughty and unjust demands would not be complied with, had excited the Lamani...

By the year A. C. 201, all the second generation had passed away save a few; the people had greatly multiplied and spread over the face of the land, north and south, and had bec...

One phase of Lamanite character, originating, doubtless, in their Israelitish ancestry, is worthy of our praise. It was the great strength of their domestic affections, their lo...

A few years of peace and prosperity now followed. The Nephites multiplied exceedingly and grew very rich. They were also greatly blessed of the Lord; and the sacred historian in...

Jesus next commanded his disciples to bring him some bread and wine. While they were gone to obtain them, he caused the multitude to sit down upon the earth. When the disciples...

So far as we can gather from the records, the great mission of Ammon and his brethren to the Lamanites was productive of results new to the history of the Nephites. On many prev...

As in other things, the methods adopted in the Nephite church in the treatment of those who turned from righteousness were identical with those pursued in such cases in the chur...

In the early days of the Nephite nation, when its people were struggling to develop their own peculiar and distinctive civilization, each province, district or even city had its...

The first to go down into the waters of Mormon for baptism were Alma and a fellow-believer named Helam. When they entered the water Alma lifted his voice in prayer, and besought...

When the heavenly voice had finished the recital of the calamities that had befallen the land and its inhabitants, the speaker commenced an appeal to those who yet lived, and re...

When the Redeemer had finished these teachings he looked around among the multitude and perceived that their minds were not prepared, at that time, to receive any more of the wo...

When the members of the little colony set their feet upon the shores of America, they humbled themselves before the Lord, and shed tears of joy because of the multitude of his t...

As Pacumeni, the chief judge, had been slain at the capture of Zarahemla, no sooner was the war over than an election took place to fill his vacant seat. The choice fell upon He...

In the days of Enos the struggle still continued between the Nephites and Lamanites. The latter seem to have made it the business of their lives to harass and annoy their more p...

When Jesus had reached a certain point in his teachings wherein he told the people that old things had passed away and that all things had become new he perceived that some of h...

When Jesus left the Nephites to the care of his disciples he had so thoroughly filled the people with the influences and powers of the eternal worlds that evil utterly ceased in...

Omer was succeeded by his son Emer; he by his son Coriantum; Coriantum by his son Com. Com was slain by his son Heth, who took possession of the kingdom after having murdered hi...

Mosiah now felt that it was time that the question of the succession to the throne should be settled. In his magnanimity he sent among the people to learn whom they would have f...

Alma was now growing old. Notwithstanding his unceasing efforts and fervent prayers, the Nephites were again backsliding into iniquity. To every Nephite city, and to every Nephi...

One of the most noteworthy things connected with the ancient Nephite church was the great plainness and detail with which the incidents of the birth, life and death of the Lord...

When the little colony, which numbered, we imagine, from sixty to eighty souls, landed on the promised land they pitched their tents and soon after began to till the ground. Fro...

We must now leave the Lamanites in the land of Nephi, and return to king Mosiah in Zarahemla. It will be remembered that we left the people of Zarahemla at the time of the death...

The inhabitants of Zarahemla at this time were all considered Nephites, though the descendants of Mulek and his companions were the most numerous. But the Nephites, though the l...

Led by the Lord personally, instructed by his own mouth, protected by his presence, the colony, of which Jared's brother appears to have been the prophet and leader, at last rea...

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--No...

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 Retu...

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-...

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--Th...

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 the...

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...

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'...

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--No...

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...

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 In...

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 Conver...

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...

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...

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 Ro...

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 Peop...

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...

Peace Once More--The Results of the War--The Labors of Helaman--Shiblon Receives the Records--Hagoth, the Ship-builder--Another War--Moronihah--Pahoran's Death--Contention Regar...

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 t...