The story of the Book of Mormon . ^ themouth of my holy prophets. As was thus declared,so was it fulfilled, for at the going down of the sun itwas as light as day, and so continued until the morn-ing, when the sun again rose in its usual course. A 238 STORY OF THE BOOK OF MORMON. new star had also appeared in the heavens. Then thefaithful rejoiced, their hearts were full to overflowing,they knew that their Redeemer was born, and that thegreat plan of salvation had entered its most gloriousphase; God, the great Jehovah, was tabernacled in theflesh. But the wicked quaked with awful dread, theyre
The story of the Book of Mormon . ^ themouth of my holy prophets. As was thus declared,so was it fulfilled, for at the going down of the sun itwas as light as day, and so continued until the morn-ing, when the sun again rose in its usual course. A 238 STORY OF THE BOOK OF MORMON. new star had also appeared in the heavens. Then thefaithful rejoiced, their hearts were full to overflowing,they knew that their Redeemer was born, and that thegreat plan of salvation had entered its most gloriousphase; God, the great Jehovah, was tabernacled in theflesh. But the wicked quaked with awful dread, theyrealized the extent of their iniquity, the\ sensed thatthey were murderers at heart, for they had plotted totake the lives of the righteous, and in the terror that. THE XEW STAR. this overwhelming sense of their piteous conditionwrought, they sank to the earth as though they weredead. Many now believed who previously had scornedthe divine messages that the prophets bore; but others,inspired of Satan, as soon as thej^ recovered from thefright which the appearance of the promised signs hadproduced, began to explain them away, and, by variouslying rumors, endeavored to nullify the good that hadbeen done in the hearts of many. Others again com-menced to teach that it was no longer expedient to
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