“O ye fair ones, how could ye have departed from the ways of
the Lord! O ye fair ones, how could ye
have rejected that Jesus, who stood with open arms to receive you! Behold, if ye had not done this, ye would not
have fallen. But behold, ye are fallen,
and I mourn your loss. O ye fair sons
and daughters, ye fathers and mothers, ye husbands and wives, ye fair ones, how
is it that ye could have fallen! But
behold, ye are gone, and my sorrows cannot bring your return.” Thus, Mormon, after having buried the bulk of
the records, keeping the Plates of Nephi and passing them to his son, Moroni,
gives his final lament regarding his people who were completely destroyed by
the Lamanites except those who denied their testimonies and Moroni who escaped
with the plates.
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