And my soul was rent with anguish, [i]1972[/i] because of the slain of my people, and I cried:
“O ye fair ones, [i]1231[/i]
_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! [a]113[/a] [i]1973[/i]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.And the day soon cometh
_that your mortal must put on immortality,
_and these bodies
_which are now moldering in corruption
_must soon become incorruptible bodies.And then ye must stand
_before the judgment–seat of Christ
_to be judged according to your works
_and if it so be that ye are righteous,
_then are ye blessed with your fathers
_who have gone before you.O that ye had repented [i]3573[/i]
_before this great destruction had come upon you.But behold, ye are gone,
_and the Father,
_yea, the Eternal Father of heaven,
_knoweth your state.And he doeth with you according to his justice and mercy.”