1  Behold, thus saith the Lord unto my servant William E. McLellin—Blessed are you, inasmuch as you have ^bturned away from your iniquities, and have received my truths, saith the Lord your Redeemer, the Savior of the world, even of as many as believe on my name.

  19  Therefore they did speak unto the great astonishment of the Lamanites, to the convincing them, insomuch that there were eight thousand of the Lamanites who were in the land of Zarahemla and round about baptized unto repentance, and were convinced of the ^bwickedness of the traditions of their fathers.