Moroni 9:23

1My beloved son, I write unto you again that ye may know that I am

2For behold, I have had a sore battle with the Lamanites, in which

3And now behold, my son, I fear lest the Lamanites shall destroy

4Behold, I am laboring with them continually; and when I speak the

5For so exceedingly do they anger that it seemeth me that they have

6And now, my beloved son, notwithstanding their hardness, let us

7And now I write somewhat concerning the sufferings of this people.

8And the husbands and fathers of those women and children they have

9And notwithstanding this great abomination of the Lamanites, it

10And after they had done this thing, they did murder them in a most

11O my beloved son, how can a people like this, that are without

12(And only a few years have passed away, and they were a civil and

13But O my son, how can a people like this, whose delight is in so

14How can we expect that God will stay his hand in judgment against

15Behold, my heart cries: Wo unto this people. Come out in judgment,

16And again, my son, there are many widows and their daughters who

17And the army which is with me is weak; and the armies of the

18O the depravity of my people! They are without order and without

19And they have become strong in their perversion; and they are

20And now, my son, I dwell no longer upon this horrible scene.

21Behold, my son, I cannot recommend them unto God lest he should

22But behold, my son, I recommend thee unto God, and I trust in

23And if they perish it will be like unto the Jaredites, because of

24And if it so be that they perish, we know that many of our

25My son, be faithful in Christ; and may not the things which I have

26And may the grace of God the Father, whose throne is high in the