The story of the Book of Mormon . ^; andbecause of their continued evil doing and lack of faiththe knowledge of the existence of Lehis family onthe American continent was withheld from still more. Jesus had yet other sheep, which wereneither of the Jews nor of the Nephites, nor of thelands in which they dwelt. They were a people whomhe had not yet visited and who had not yet heard hisvoice; but he had received a commandment from hisFather to visit them, to shew himself unto them, and. 272 STORY OF THE BOOK OF MORMON. teach them, and then they all would be of the one foldand he would b
The story of the Book of Mormon . ^; andbecause of their continued evil doing and lack of faiththe knowledge of the existence of Lehis family onthe American continent was withheld from still more. Jesus had yet other sheep, which wereneither of the Jews nor of the Nephites, nor of thelands in which they dwelt. They were a people whomhe had not yet visited and who had not yet heard hisvoice; but he had received a commandment from hisFather to visit them, to shew himself unto them, and. 272 STORY OF THE BOOK OF MORMON. teach them, and then they all would be of the one foldand he would be the one shepherd to them all. These other sheep, neither Jew nor Nephite, weunderstand to be the ten tribes of Israel who werecarried into captivity, but who, unlike the house ofJudah, never returned to their homes in the PromisedLand. We are told they were led away by the powerof the Lord to a land of which no one knows anything,only that which God has revealed. Jesus then told his disciples many things relatingto the age in which we live. He explained to themhow the Gentiles living on this continent would havethe truth presented to them, how they would growhaughty, proud and exceedingly wicked, and how theywould oppress the remnants of the house of Israelwho dwelt on this broad land. Then how these rem-nants would have the fulness of the gospel brought tothem, and how eventually the house of Israel wouldbe used to go through among, and tread down thedisobedient of the Gentiles, who
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