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Enos 1
Enos prays mightily and gains a remission of his sins—The voice of the Lord comes into his mind, promising salvation for the Lamanites in a future day—The Nephites sought to reclaim the Lamanites—Enos rejoices in his Redeemer. About 420 B.C.
Behold,
it
came
to
pass
that
I,
a
Enos,
knowing
my
father
that
b
he
was
a
just
man—for
he
c
taught
me
in
his
language,
and
also
in
the
d
nurture
and
admonition
of
the
Lord—and
blessed
be
the
name
of
my
God
for
it—
2 And
I
will
tell
you
of
the
a
wrestle
which
I
had
before
God,
before
I
received
a
b
remission
of
my
sins.
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
a
joy
of
the
saints,
b
sunk
deep
into
my
heart.
4 And
my
soul
a
hungered;
and
I
b
kneeled
down
before
my
Maker,
and
I
c
cried
unto
him
in
mighty
d
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.
5 And
there
came
a
a
voice
unto
me,
saying:
Enos,
thy
sins
are
b
forgiven
thee,
and
thou
shalt
be
blessed.
6 And
I,
Enos,
knew
that
God
a
could
not
lie;
wherefore,
my
guilt
was
swept
away.
7 And
I
said:
Lord,
how
is
it
done?
8 And
he
said
unto
me:
a
Because
of
thy
b
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
c
whole.
9 Now,
it
came
to
pass
that
when
I
had
heard
these
words
I
began
to
feel
a
a
desire
for
the
b
welfare
of
my
brethren,
the
Nephites;
wherefore,
I
did
c
pour
out
my
whole
soul
unto
God
for
them.
10 And
while
I
was
thus
struggling
in
the
spirit,
behold,
the
voice
of
the
Lord
came
into
my
a
mind
again,
saying:
I
will
visit
thy
brethren
according
to
their
diligence
in
keeping
my
commandments.
I
have
b
given
unto
them
this
land,
and
it
is
a
holy
land;
and
I
c
curse
it
not
save
it
be
for
the
cause
of
iniquity;
wherefore,
I
will
visit
thy
brethren
according
as
I
have
said;
and
their
d
transgressions
will
I
bring
down
with
sorrow
upon
their
own
heads.
11 And
after
I,
Enos,
had
heard
these
words,
my
a
faith
began
to
be
b
unshaken
in
the
Lord;
and
I
c
prayed
unto
him
with
many
long
d
strugglings
for
my
brethren,
the
Lamanites.
12 And
it
came
to
pass
that
after
I
had
a
prayed
and
labored
with
all
diligence,
the
Lord
said
unto
me:
I
will
grant
unto
thee
according
to
thy
b
desires,
because
of
thy
faith.
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
a
destroyed,
and
the
Lamanites
should
not
be
b
destroyed,
that
the
Lord
God
would
c
preserve
a
record
of
my
people,
the
Nephites;
even
if
it
so
be
by
the
power
of
his
holy
arm,
that
it
might
be
d
brought
forth
at
some
future
day
unto
the
Lamanites,
that,
perhaps,
they
might
be
e
brought
unto
salvation—
14 For
at
the
present
our
strugglings
were
a
vain
in
restoring
them
to
the
true
faith.
And
they
swore
in
their
wrath
that,
if
it
were
possible,
they
would
b
destroy
our
records
and
us,
and
also
all
the
traditions
of
our
fathers.
15 Wherefore,
I
knowing
that
the
Lord
God
was
able
to
a
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.
16 And
I
had
faith,
and
I
did
cry
unto
God
that
he
would
a
preserve
the
b
records;
and
he
covenanted
with
me
that
he
would
c
bring
d
them
forth
unto
the
Lamanites
in
his
own
due
time.
17 And
I,
Enos,
a
knew
it
would
be
according
to
the
covenant
which
he
had
made;
wherefore
my
soul
did
rest.
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.
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.
20 And
I
bear
record
that
the
people
of
Nephi
did
seek
diligently
to
a
restore
the
Lamanites
unto
the
true
faith
in
God.
But
our
b
labors
were
vain;
their
c
hatred
was
fixed,
and
they
were
led
by
their
evil
nature
that
they
became
wild,
and
ferocious,
and
a
d
blood-thirsty
people,
full
of
e
idolatry
and
f
filthiness;
feeding
upon
beasts
of
prey;
dwelling
in
g
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
h
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.
21 And
it
came
to
pass
that
the
people
of
Nephi
did
till
the
land,
and
a
raise
all
manner
of
grain,
and
of
fruit,
and
b
flocks
of
herds,
and
flocks
of
all
manner
of
cattle
of
every
kind,
and
goats,
and
wild
goats,
and
also
many
horses.
22 And
there
were
exceedingly
many
a
prophets
among
us.
And
the
people
were
a
b
stiffnecked
people,
hard
to
understand.
23 And
there
was
nothing
save
it
was
exceeding
a
harshness,
b
preaching
and
prophesying
of
wars,
and
contentions,
and
destructions,
and
continually
c
reminding
them
of
death,
and
the
duration
of
eternity,
and
the
judgments
and
the
power
of
God,
and
all
these
things—stirring
them
up
d
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.
24 And
I
saw
a
wars
between
the
Nephites
and
Lamanites
in
the
course
of
my
days.
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
a
left
Jerusalem.
26 And
I
saw
that
I
a
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.
27 And
I
soon
go
to
the
place
of
my
a
rest,
which
is
with
my
Redeemer;
for
I
know
that
in
him
I
shall
b
rest.
And
I
rejoice
in
the
day
when
my
c
mortal
shall
put
on
d
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
e
mansions
of
my
Father.
Amen.
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