Moroni X

10Now I Moroni write somewhat as seemeth me good. And I write unto my brethren the Lamanites. And I would that they should know that more than four hundred and twenty years has passed away since the sign was given of the coming of Christ. 2And I seal up these records after that I have spoken a few words by way of exhortation unto you.

3Behold, I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things and ponder it in your hearts. 4And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true. And if ye shall ask with a sincere heart with real intent, having faith in Christ, and he will manifest the truth of it unto you by the power of the Holy Ghost. 5And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things. 6And whatsoever thing is good is just and true. Wherefore nothing that is good denieth the Christ, but acknowledgeth that he is. 7And ye may know that he is by the power of the Holy Ghost. Wherefore I would exhort you that ye deny not the power of God, for he worketh by power according to the faith of the children of men, the same today and tomorrow and forever.

8And again I exhort you, my brethren, that ye deny not the gifts of God, for they are many and they come from the same God. And there are different ways that these gifts are administered, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. And they are given by the manifestations of the Spirit of God unto men to profit them. 9For behold, to one is given by the Spirit of God that he may teach the word of wisdom, 10and to another that he may teach the word of knowledge by the same Spirit, 11and to another exceeding great faith, and to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit, 12and again, to another that he may work mighty miracles, 13and again, to another that he may prophesy concerning all things, 14and again, to another the beholding of angels and ministering spirits, 15and again, to another all kinds of tongues, 16and again, to another the interpretation of languages and of divers kinds of tongues. 17And all these gifts comes by the Spirit of Christ, and they come unto every man severally according as he will. 18And I would exhort you, my beloved brethren, that ye remember that every good gift cometh of Christ.

19And I would exhort you, my beloved brethren, that ye remember that he is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and that all these gifts of which I have spoken, which are spiritual, never will be done away even as long as the world shall stand, only according to the unbelief of the children of men. 20Wherefore there must be faith; and if there must be faith, there must also be hope; and if there must be hope, there must also be charity. 21And except ye have charity, ye can in no wise be saved in the kingdom of God; neither can ye be saved in the kingdom of God if ye have not faith; neither can ye if ye have no hope. 22And if ye have no hope, ye must needs be in despair; and despair cometh because of iniquity. 23And Christ truly said unto our fathers: If ye have faith, ye can do all things which is expedient unto me.

24And now I speak unto all the ends of the earth that if the day cometh that the power and gifts of God shall be done away among you, it shall be because of unbelief. 25And woe be unto the children of men if this be the case, for there shall be none that doeth good among you—no, not one— for if there be one among you that doeth good, he shall work by the power and gifts of God. 26And woe unto them which shall do these things away and die, for they die in their sins and they cannot be saved in the kingdom of God. And I speak it according to the words of Christ, and I lie not.

27And I exhort you to remember these things, for the time speedily cometh that ye shall know that I lie not, for ye shall see me at the bar of God. And the Lord God will say unto you: Did I not declare my words unto you, which was written by this man like as one crying from the dead, yea, even as one speaking out of the dust? 28I declare these things unto the fulfilling of the prophecies. And behold, they shall proceed forth out of the mouth of the everlasting God, and his word shall hiss forth from generation to generation. 29And God shall shew unto you that that which I have written is true.

30And again I would exhort you that ye would come unto Christ and lay hold upon every good gift, and touch not the evil gift nor the unclean thing.

31And awake and arise from the dust, O Jerusalem! Yea, and put on thy beautiful garments, O daughter of Zion, and strengthen thy stakes and enlarge thy borders forever, that thou mayest no more be confounded, that the covenants of the Eternal Father which he hath made unto thee, O house of Israel, may be fulfilled. 32Yea, come unto Christ and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness. And if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness and love God with all your might, mind, and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ. And if be the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in no wise deny the power of God. 33And again, if ye by the grace of God are perfect in Christ and deny not his power, then are ye sanctified in Christ by the grace of God through the shedding of the blood of Christ, which is in the covenant of the Father, unto the remission of your sins, that ye become holy, without spot.

34And now I bid unto all farewell. I soon go to rest in the paradise of God until my spirit and body shall again reunite and I am brought forth triumphant through the air to meet you before the pleading bar of the great Jehovah, the Eternal Judge of both quick and dead. Amen.