42.  But  it  came  to  pass  that  they  did  not  pursue  us  far,
before  they  halted  ;  and  it  was  in  the  morning  of  the  third
day,  on  the  seventh  month.
4:{.  And  now  whether  they  were  overtaken  by  Antipus,
we  knew  not,  but  I  said  unto  my  men,  behold,  we  know  not
but  they  have  halted  for  the  purpose  that  we  should  come
against  them,  that  they  might  catch  us  in  their  snare  ;

44.  Therefore  what  say  ye,  my  sons,  will  ye  go  against
them  to  battle?

45.  And  now  I  say  unto  you  my  beloved  brother  Moroni,

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2/,  seem.
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that  never  had  I  seen  so  great  oooiage,  nay,  not  amongst
all  the  Nephites.
46.  For  as  I  had  ever  called  them  "my  sons  (for  they  were
all  of  them  very  young,)  even  so  they  said  unto  me,  iather,
behold  our  God  is  wltia  us,  and  he  will  not  suffer  that  we
shall  fall:  then  let  us  go  forth;  we  would  not  slay  our
brethren,  if  they  would  let  us  alone ;  therefore  let  us  go^
lest  they  shoula  overpower  the  army  of  Antipus.
'  47.  Now  they  never  had  fought,  yet  they  did  not  fear
death  ;  and  they  did  think  more  upon  the  liberty  of
their  ^ fathers  than  they  did  upon  their  lives;  yel^  they
had  been  taught  by  their  mothers,  ^Hhat  if  they  did  not
doubt,  that  Grod  would  deliver  them.
48.  And  they  rehearsed  unto  me  the  words  of  their
mothers,  saving,  we  do  not  doubt  our  mothers  knew  it.
