Moroni 9:1

My beloved son, I write unto you again

that ye may know that I am yet alive;

but I write somewhat of that which is grievous.

Moroni 9:2

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

in which we did not conquer;

and Archeantus has fallen by the sword,

and also Luram and Emron;

yea, and we have lost a great number of our choice men.

Moroni 9:3

And now behold, my son,

I fear lest the Lamanites shall destroy this people;

for they do not repent,

and Satan stirreth them up continually to anger one with another.

Moroni 9:4

Behold, I am laboring with them continually;

and when I speak the word of God with sharpness

they tremble and anger against me;

and when I use no sharpness

they harden their hearts against it;

wherefore, I fear lest the Spirit of the Lord hath ceased striving with them.

Moroni 9:5

For so exceedingly do they anger

that it seemeth me that they have no fear of death;

and they have lost their love, one towards another;

and they thirst after blood and revenge continually.

Moroni 9:6

And now, my beloved son,

notwithstanding their hardness, let us labor diligently;

for if we should cease to labor,

we should be brought under condemnation;

for we have a labor to perform whilst in this tabernacle of clay,

that we may conquer the enemy of all righteousness,

and rest our souls in the kingdom of God.