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THE BOOK OF ALMA
THE SON OF ALMA

CHAPTER 1

3 And he had gone about among the people, preaching to them that which he ^atermed to be the word of God, bearing down ^bagainst the church; declaring unto the people that every priest and teacher ought to become ^cpopular; and they ought ^dnot to labor with their hands, but that they ought to be supported by the people.

Footnotes

3a	Ezek. 13: 3 (1-4). 3 Thus saith the Lord God; Woe unto the ^afoolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
b	TG Antichrist.
c	Luke 6: 26. 26 Woe unto you, when all ^amen shall speak ^bwell of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. 1 Ne. 22: 23. 23 For the time speedily shall come that all ^achurches which are built up to get gain, and all those who are built up to get power over the flesh, and those who are built up to become ^bpopular in the eyes of the world, and those who seek the lusts of the flesh and the things of the world, and to do all manner of iniquity; yea, in fine, all those who belong to the kingdom of the ^cdevil are they who need fear, and tremble, and ^dquake; they are those who must be brought low in the dust; they are those who must be ^econsumed as stubble; and this is according to the words of the prophet.
d	Mosiah 18: 24 (24, 26). 24 And he also commanded them that the priests whom he had ordained ^ashould ^blabor with their own hands for their support. Mosiah 27: 5 (3-5). 5 Yea, and all their priests and teachers ^ashould ^blabor with their own hands for their support, in all cases save it were in sickness, or in much want; and doing these things, they did abound in the ^cgrace of God.