31.  And.  now,  O  my  son,  ye  are  called  of  God  to  preach
the  word  unto  this  people.  And  now,  my  son,  go  thy  way,
declare  the  word  with  truth  and  soberness,  that  thou  may  est
bring  souls  unto  repentance,  that  the  great  plan  of  mercy
may  nave  claim  upon  them.  And  may  God  grant  unto  you
even  according  to  my  words.    Amen.
CHAPTER  43.
1.  And  now  it  came  to  pass,  that  the  sons  of  Alma  did
go  forth  among  the  people,  to  declare  the  word  unto  them.
And  Alma,  also,  himself,  could  not  rest,  and  he  also  went
forth.
2.  Now  we  shall  say  no  moife  concerning  their  preaching,
except  that  they  preached  the  word,  and  the  truth,  according
to  the  Spirit  of  prophecy  and  revelation ;  and  they  preached
after  the  "holy  order  of  God,  by  which  they  were  called.
3.  And  now  I  return  to  an  account  of  the  wars  between
the  Nephites  and  the  Lamanites,  in  the  eighteenth  year  of
the  reign  of  the  Judges.
4.  For  behold,  it  came  to  pass  that  the  ^Zoramites  became
Lamanites ;  therefore,  in  the  commencement  of  the
eighteenth  year,  the  people  of  the  Nephites  saw  that  the
Lamanites  were  coming  upon  them ;  therefore  they  made
prei>arations  for  war;  yea,  they  gathered  together  their
armies  in  the  ^land  of  Jershon.
6.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  the  Lamanites  came  with
their  thousands  ;  and  they  came  into  the  <^and  of  Antionum,
which  is  the  ''land  of  the  Zoramites ;  and  a  man  by  the  name
of  Zerahemnah  was  their  leader.
