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 And now, my son, I will write no more about this horrible scene. You know the wickedness of this people--that they have no principles and are past feeling. They are more wicked than the Lamanites. If I recommended them to God, He would smite me.

But my son, I recommend you to God, and I trust in Christ that you will be saved. I pray to God that He will spare your life to witness the return of His people to Him, or to witness their utter destruction.

I know they will perish unless they repent and return to Him. And if they perish, their destruction will be like the Jaredites' because of their strong desire for blood and revenge.

Even if our people are destroyed, we know many of our brethren have deserted to the Lamanites and many more will.

I'm writing these few things in case I don't see you again. But I trust that I may see you soon, for I have sacred records to give you.

My son, be faithful in Christ, and do not let the things I've written cause you to sorrow or weigh you down to death, but rather may Christ lift you up.

May His suffering and death, the showing of His body to our fathers, His mercy, long-suffering and hope of His glory and eternal life rest in your mind forever.

And may the grace of God the Father, whose throne is high in the heavens, and of our Lord Jesus Christ, who sits on the