BOOK OF MORMON
STORIES.
NO. 1.
ILLUSTRATED.
ADAPTED TO THE CAPACITY OF YOUNG CHILDREN,
AND DESIGNED FOR USE IN SABBATH
SCHOOLS, PRIMARY ASSOCIATIONS,
AND FOR HOME READING.
PUBLISHED BY
GEORGE Q. CANNON & SONS CO.,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
1892.
PREFACE.
This little work containing Book of Mormon stories, is issued as acompanion volume to the "Simple Bible Stories" series. It is writtenfor the purpose of presenting the Book of Mormon narrative in languagethat can be understood by small children. It is arranged so that it canbe used in connection with the Book of Mormon Chart No. 1, published bythe Deseret Sunday School Union. Each picture on the Chart is made thesubject of a story in this work, and the illustrations in the book aresimilar to those on the Chart.
THE PUBLISHERS.
CONTENTS.
LEHI AND HIS SONS.
THEIR JOURNEY IN THE WILDERNESS
THE SONS' SECOND JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM
NEPHI AND HIS PEOPLE SEEK A NEW HOME
NEPHI AND HIS PEOPLE BUILD A TEMPLE
NEPHI MAKES PLATES ON WHICH TO KEEP A RECORD
BOOK OF MORMON STORIES.
LEHI AND HIS SONS
THE PROPHET LEHI IN JERUSALEM.
The Bible tells about the peoples who lived a long time ago in a faroff country called Asia. The city of Jerusalem is in Asia. In andaround Jerusalem many of the Prophets of the Lord lived many years ago.
The Savior was born in a small town near this great city, and when Helived on the earth. He went to Jerusalem several times. He also visitedother towns near by to teach the people.
Jerusalem was built on a hill, and had a high wall around it, so thatpeople could only get in and out of the city through the gates. A greatmany people lived there. They had many fine houses and a very beautifultemple, which was the grandest and nicest building in the world.
The Book of Mormon tells about a people who came from Jerusalem to thiscountry where we live, which is now called America. The Indians wholive among us are the children of the people whom the Book of Mormonspeaks of. Their forefathers came from Jerusalem many hundreds of yearsago.
At the same time when the Prophet Jeremiah, of whom the Bible tells,was living near Jerusalem, another Prophet named Lehi dwelt in thatgreat city. This was six hundred years before the Savior was born. Theking who was ruler at Jerusalem at this time was named Zedekiah. Hewas not a good man, and did not do as the Lord wished him to. Many ofthe people of the city were also wicked. Jeremiah told the king andthe people of their wickedness, and that their city would be destroyedunless they lived better lives and obeyed the Lord.
LEHI PREACHING TO THE JEWS.
The Prophet Lehi also preached t