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Mormon, Land of. of king Noah and their fellow citizens of Lehi-Nephi (about, B. C. 150).  MORMON, LAND OF. The region near the city of Lehi-Nephi, where Alma, the elder, gathered and ministered to those who accepted his gospel teachings. (Say B. C. 150.) It was admirably adapted for this purpose, having a small forest in which the fugitives could hide from the forces of king Noah, and a fountain of pure water in which they could be baptized. In this neighborhood, in later years (about B. C. 90), Nephite apostates and Lamanites built a large city, which they called Jerusalem.   MORMON, PLACE OF. See Land of Mormon.   MORMON, WATERS OF. The fountain of pure water in the Land of Mormon in which Alma, the elder, baptized the penitent believers from Lehi-Nephi who accepted the teachings of the gospel. The first man baptized by Alma, was Helam (Mosiah 18:13), and when he performed this ordinance Alma buried himself in the water also, but did not again immerse himself when he baptized others. In all, he baptized two hundred and four souls, or thereabouts, in these waters. On their borders he organized the Church of Jesus Christ, and ordained priests, one to every fifty members.   MORON. One of the last and most wicked kings of the Jaredites; his father, Ethem, also ruled in unrighteousness. During this reign the Gadianton-like bands, which at that time flourished among the Jaredites, led a rebellion against the king and succeeded in wresting from him half the kingdom; but after many years Moron succeeded in reconquering his lost provinces. Soon after, a descendant of the brother of Jared, who is described as "a mighty man," headed another revolution against Moron, and was so successful that he took possession of the whole of the <section end="Moron" />