[Please note that this segment ends in the midst of Mormon 8:26]

Mormon 8:13

Behold, I make an end of speaking concerning this people.

I am the son of Mormon,

and my father was a descendant of Nephi.

Mormon 8:14

And I am the same who hideth up this record unto the Lord;

the plates thereof are of no worth,

because of the commandment of the Lord.

For he truly saith that no one shall have them to get gain;

but the record thereof is of great worth;

and whoso shall bring it to light,

him will the Lord bless.

Mormon 8:15

For none can have power to bring it to light

save it be given him of God;

for God wills that it shall be done with an eye single to his glory,

or the welfare of the ancient and long dispersed covenant people of the Lord.

Mormon 8:16

And blessed be he that shall bring this thing to light;

for it shall be brought out of darkness unto light,

according to the word of God;

yea, it shall be brought out of the earth,

and it shall shine forth out of darkness,

and come unto the knowledge of the people;

and it shall be done by the power of God.

Mormon 8:17

And if there be faults

they be the faults of a man.

But behold, we know no fault;

nevertheless God knoweth all things;

therefore, he that condemneth,

let him be aware lest he shall be in danger of hell fire.

Mormon 8:18

And he that saith:

Show unto me, or ye shall be smitten —

let him beware lest he commandeth

that which is forbidden of the Lord.

Mormon 8:19

For behold, the same that judgeth rashly shall be judged rashly again;

for according to his works shall his wages be;

therefore, he that smiteth shall be smitten again, of the Lord.

Mormon 8:20

Behold what the scripture says —

man shall not smite, neither shall he judge;

for judgment is mine, saith the Lord,

and vengeance is mine also, and I will repay.

Mormon 8:21

And he that shall breathe out wrath and strifes against the work of the Lord,

and against the covenant people of the Lord who are the house of Israel,

and shall say:

We will destroy the work of the Lord,

and the Lord will not remember his covenant

which he hath made unto the house of Israel —

the same is in danger to be hewn down and cast into the fire;

Mormon 8:22

For the eternal purposes of the Lord shall roll on,

until all his promises shall be fulfilled.

Mormon 8:23

Search the prophecies of Isaiah.

Behold, I cannot write them.

Yea, behold I say unto you,

that those saints who have gone before me,

who have possessed this land,

shall cry, yea, even from the dust will they cry unto the Lord;

and as the Lord liveth

he will remember the covenant which he hath made with them.

Mormon 8:24

And he knoweth their prayers,

that they were in behalf of their brethren.

And he knoweth their faith,

for in his name could they remove mountains;

and in his name could they cause the earth to shake;

and by the power of his word did they cause prisons to tumble to the earth;

yea, even the fiery furnace could not harm them,

neither wild beasts nor poisonous serpents,

because of the power of his word.

Mormon 8:25

And behold, their prayers were also in behalf of him

that the Lord should suffer to bring these things forth.

Mormon 8:26

And no one need say

they shall not come,

for they surely shall,

for the Lord hath spoken it;

for out of the earth shall they come, by the hand of the Lord,

and none can stay it;

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