The story of the Book of Mormon . -. This unparalleled storm raged throughout theland for three hours only—but to those who suffered itseemed an age. During its short continuance the whole face ofnature was changed. Mountains sank, vallej^s rose,the sea swept over the plains, large stagnant lakesusurped the place of flourishing cities, great chasms,rents and precipices disfigured the face of the cities were destroyed by earthquakes, fire, andthe tumultuous overflow of the waters of the greatseas. Three days of unnatural and impenetrable dark-ness followed the horrors of the tempest,
The story of the Book of Mormon . -. This unparalleled storm raged throughout theland for three hours only—but to those who suffered itseemed an age. During its short continuance the whole face ofnature was changed. Mountains sank, vallej^s rose,the sea swept over the plains, large stagnant lakesusurped the place of flourishing cities, great chasms,rents and precipices disfigured the face of the cities were destroyed by earthquakes, fire, andthe tumultuous overflow of the waters of the greatseas. Three days of unnatural and impenetrable dark-ness followed the horrors of the tempest, and from theheavens the voice of the Lord was heard by theaffrighted people, proclaiming in their terrified ears thedestrudlion that had taken place. Terrible was the catalogue of woes that thatheavenly voice rehearsed. The great city of Zarahemlaand the inhabitants thereof God had burned with had been sunken in the depths of the sea and. w STORY OF THE BOOK OF MORMON. 251 her iniquitous children had been drowned. Gilgal hadbeen swallowed up in an earthquake and her peoplewere entombed in the bowels of the earth. Onihah,Mocum and Jerusalem had disappeared and watersoverflowed the places where they so lately stood. Gad-iandi, Gadiomnah, Jacob and Gimgimno were alloverthown, and desolate hills and valleys occupied theirplaces, while their inhabitants were buried deep in theearth. Jacobugath, Laman, Josh, Gad and Kishkumenhad all been burned, most probably by lightnings fromheaven. The desolation was complete, the face of theland was changed, tens of thousands, probably millions,of souls had been suddenly called to meet the rewardof their sinful lives; for this destru6lion came uponthem that their wickedness and their abominationsmight be hid from the face of heaven, and that theblood of the prophets and the saints might not comeup any more in appeal unto God against them. CHAPTER XLII. THE VOICE FROM HEAVEN—THE vSAVIOR
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