Textual Parallels

Formed by Unique Words Shared by
the Oberlin Spalding Ms. and the Book of Mormon

(01:01) . . . to the very bottom, below which is a fathomless abyss . . . 
[ObMs 032:01-03] 

(01:02) . . . prevents the ocean . . . from pouring down and losing itself in this horrible abyss?
[ObMs 032:04-07]

(01:03) I was in the darkest abyss; but now I behold the marvelous light of God. 
[Mosiah 27:29 LDS] 

(01:04). . . the Lamanites, were in darkness, yea, even in the darkest abyss . . . 
[Alma 26:03 LDS] 

02: attitude

(02:01) The whole company assumed the most devout attitude and muttered . . .
[ObMs 025:10-11]

(02:02) . . . exchanged the attitude of the bold warrior for the . . . affectionate gallant --
[ObMs 094:27-29]

(02:03) . . . easy attitude were not so much studied in their movements as sprightliness . . .
[ObMs 095:09-10]

(02:04) He assumed the attitude of terrific majesty . . . more terrible than the roaring . . .
[ObMs 118:33-35]
 

(02:05) . . . he saw . . . concourses of angels in the attitude of singing and praising . . .
[1 Nephi 1:08 LDS]

(02:06) . . . they were in the attitude of mocking and pointing their fingers . . . 
[1 Nephi 8: 27 LDS]

(02:07) . . . they were in this attitude when the Lamanites began to fall upon them . . .
[Alma 24:21 LDS]

(02:08) . . . numberless concourses of angels, in the attitude of singing and praising . . .
[Alma 36:22 LDS]

(02:09) . . . they were in the attitude as if talking or lifting their voices . . .
[Helaman 5:36 LDS]

03: burthen

(03:01) . . . then my intolerable burthen should be poured forth in a torrent . . .
[ObMs 030:05-06]

(03:02) . . . thus were the Nephites relieved from a great burthen . . .
[Alma 62:29 LDS - 1830 ed. p. 403]

04: burthens
(homophonic match)

(04:01) They were very segacious and docile and were employed in carying burthens . . .
[ObMs 034:24-25]

(04:02) But the word of God burthens me because of your grosser crimes.
[Jacob 2:23 LDS - 1830 ed. p. 126]

05: clasped

(05:01) They then clasped each others hands, and . . . took an affectionate farewell --
[ObMs 113:31-32]

(05:02) . . . she clasped her hands, being filled with joy, speaking many words . . .
[Alma 19:30 LDS]

(05:03) . . . they might have been clasped in the arms of Jesus.
[Mormon 5:11 LDS]

06: crisis

(06:01 ) . . . to prevent this terrible crisis
[ObMs 139:24-25]

(06:02) Ye cannot say, when ye are brought to that awful crisis, that I will repent . . .
[Alma 34:34 LDS]

07: crossing

(07:01) But in crossing the great mountain we had some difficulties to encounter . . .
[ObMs 038:09-10]

(07:02) . . . and they were also wronged while crossing the sea;
[Mosiah 10:12 LDS]

(07:03) . . . as they were crossing the river Sidon, the Lamanites . . . came upon them . . .
[Alma 2:27 LDS]

08: defiance

(08:01) . . . it must have been committed in defiance of the High Authority of Heaven --
[ObMs 130:06-07]

(08:02) . . . commited against the Throne of Omnipotence and in defiance of His authority.
[ObMs 130:10-11]
 

(08:03) . . . that ye have set at defiance the commandments of God?
[Alma 5:18 LDS]

(08:04) . . . those who have risen up in rebellion against us are set at defiance . . .
[Alma 61:07 LDS]

(08:05) And they did set at defiance the law and the rights of their country . . .
[3 Nephi 6:30 LDS]

09: depravity

(09:01) . . . we may deplore their weakness and depravity --
[ObMs 141:23]
 

(09:02) O the depravity of my people! They are without order . . .
[Moroni 9:18 LDS]

10: dispelled

(10:01) The gloom and anxiety . . . visible in her countenance . . . were dispelled --
[ObMs 141:03-05]

see also:
. . . to dispel the clouds of anxiety which rest upon my soul . . .
[ObMs 106:12-13]

(10:02) . . . the cloud of darkness having been dispelled and that the light . . .
[Alma 19:06 LDS]

11: dormant

(11:01) . . . the maligant passions lay dormant --
[ObMs 100:21]

(11:02) . . . your knowledge is perfect in that thing, and your faith is dormant
[Alma 32:34 LDS]

12: dragged

(12:01) . . . she seized her lover by one leg and dragged him from the mud --
[ObMs 029:01-03]

(12:02) . . . he dragged the people down to an entire destruction . . .
[Helaman 6:28 LDS]

13: encircle

(13:01) the Father of all living creatures and whose arms encircle us all around--
[ObMs 023:04-05]

(13:02) His loathsome arms shall never encircle my dear Lamesa -- 
[ObMs 111:15-16]

(13:03) O Lord, wilt thou encircle me around in the robe of thy righteousness!
[2 Nephi 4:33 LDS]

(13:04) . . . bring you into subjection unto him, that he might encircle you about . . .
[Alma 12:06 LDS]

(13:05) . . . Ammon said unto his brethren: encircle the flocks round about . . .
[Alma 17:33 LDS]

(13:06) . . . walls of stone to encircle them about, round about their cities and the borders . . .
[Alma 48:08 LDS]

(13:07) Many time did the Lamanites attempt to encircle them about by night . . .
[Alma 55:29 LDS]

see also:
. . . and encircles them in the arms of safety . . .
[Alma 34:16 LDS]

14: encircled

(14:01) . . . lamentation of the poor citizens now encircled by the walls of a fort --
[ObMs 158:20-21]

(14:02) . . . I am encircled about eternally in the arms of his love . . .
[2 Nephi 1:15 LDS]

(14:03) . . . they were encircled about by the bands of death . . .
[Alma 5:07 LDS]

(14:04) . . . the chains of hell which encircled them about, were they loosed?
[Alma 5:09 LDS]

(14:05) . . . he began to be encircled about by the pains of hell.
[Alma 14:06 LDS]

(14:06) Yea, they were encircled about with everlasting darkness and destruction. . .
they are encircled about with the matchless bounty of his love;
Alma 26:15 LDS]

(14:07) . . . and am encircled about by the everlasting chains of death.
[Alma 36:18 LDS]

(14:08) . . . he led his army forth and encircled the Lamanites about on the east . . .
[Alma 43:35 LDS]

(14:09) . . . Moroni encircled them about, yea, even on both sides of the river . . .
[Alma 43:52 LDS]

(14:10) . . . Zerahemnah saw . . . that they were encircled about by the Nephites . . .
[Alma 43:53 LDS]

(14:11) . . . they had encircled the city of Bountiful round about with a strong wall of timbers . . .
[Alma 53:04 LDS]

(14:12) . . . the Lamanites were encircled about in the borders . . .
[Alma 62:34 LDS]

(14:13) . . . Nephi and Lehi were encircled about as if by fire . . .
[Helaman 5:23 LDS]

(14:14) . . . they were encircled about with a pillar of fire, and that it burned them not . . .
[Helaman 5:24 LDS]

(14:15) . . . they saw that they were encircled about, yea every soul, by a pillar of fire.
[Helaman 5:43 LDS]

(14:16) . . . they were encircled about; yea, they were as if in the midst of a flaming fire . . .
[Helaman 5:44 LDS]

(14:17) . . . we are encircled about by the angels of him who hath sought to destroy our souls.
[Helaman 13:37 LDS]

(14:18) . . . they came down and encircled those little ones about,
and they were encircled about with fire . . .
[3 Nephi 17:24 LDS]

(14:19) And behold, they were encircled about as if it were by fire . . .
[3 Nephi 19:14 LDS]

15: energies

(15:01) Let the resources and energies of the nation be called forth . . .
[ObMs 120:17-18]

(15:02) . . . I, Nephi . . . did exhort them with all the energies of my soul . . .
[1 Nephi 15:25 LDS]

16: explaining

(16:01) After explaining and enjoining in the most solemn manner . . . 
[ObMs 098:14-15] 
 

(16:02) . . . they traveled . . . explaining the prophecies and the scriptures . . . 
[Mosiah 27:35 LDS] 

17: ferocious

(17:01) . . . a country inhabited by savages and wild, ferocious beasts . . .
[ObMs 13:08-09]

(17:02) . . . the most ferocious band of murderers that ever disgraced humanity --
[ObMs 166:16-17]

(17:03) . . . they became wild, and ferocious, and a bloodthirsty people, full of idolatry . . .
[Enos 1:20 LDS]

(17:04) They were a wild, and ferocious, and a blood-thirsty people . . .
[Mosiah 10:12 LDS]

(17:05) . . . scattered to and fro, even as a wild flock is driven by wild and ferocious beasts.
[Mosiah 17:17 LDS]

(17:06) . . . they . . . preach the word of God to a wild and a hardened and a ferocious people . . .
[Alma 17:14 LDS]

(17:07) . . . they became more . . . wild, wicked and ferocious than the Lamanites --
[Alma 47:36 LDS]

(17:08) . . . they are no more called the Nephites, becoming wicked, and wild, and ferocious . . .
[Helaman 3:16 LDS]

18: glut

(18:01) . . . carnage shall glut our indignant swords. --
[ObMs 120:22-23]

(18:02) . . . they were desirous to bring us into bondage, that they might glut themselves . . .
[Mosiah 9:12 LDS]

(18:03) . . . that ye may glut yourselves with the labors of their hands . . .
[Alma 30:27 LDS]

(18:04) . . . we do not glut ourselves upon the labors of this people . . .
[Alma 30:32 LDS]

see also: 
. . . leading away the people . . . for the sake of glutting on the labors of the people.
[Alma 30:31 LDS]

19: gushing

(19:01) . . . the vital blood gushing forth . . .
[ObMs 140:20]

(19:02) . . . heroes, whose blood gushing forth, they fell . . .
[ObMs 146:22-23]

see also:
. . . which caused the blood to gush forth --
[ObMs 168:22]

(19:03) And their hearts were swollen with joy, unto the gushing out of many tears . . .
[3 Nephi 4:33 LDS]

20: hemmed
(homophonic match)

(20:01) She hemmed -- sat down and observed that she was not well.
[ObMs 105:20-21]

(20:02) . . . their armies had hemmed in the Lamanites on the south . . .
[Alma 22:33 LDS]

21: impeded

(21:01) No obsticles impeded our journey until we came to the great river . . .
[ObMs 037:20]

(21:02) . . . their march . . . could not be impeded until they had gone forth . . .
[3 Nephi 7:13 LDS]

22: listened

(22:01) . . . the people with pleasure listened to their predictions . . .
[ObMs 125:18]

(22:02) . . . thou hast hitherto listened to my words . . . and they have been of service . . .
[Mosiah 22:04]

23: manifesting

(23:01) Without manifesting the least chagrin . . .
[ObMs 109:21]

(23:02). . . Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God, manifesting himself unto all nations --
[Title Page]

(23:03) . . . he could not restrain, manifesting boldly concerning your iniquities.
[2 Nephi 1:26 LDS]

24: massacred

(24:01) Those who had attempted to escape . . . were met and massacred by the Sciotan . . .
[ObMs 165:21-23]

(24:02) How many thousands are massacred . . .
[ObMs 166:13-14]

(24:03) . . . their children should be massacred by the barbarous cruelty of those . . .
[Alma 48:24 LDS]

25: monster

(25:01) . . . induced him to throw me into the arms of this hateful monster --
[ObMs 111:11-12]

(25:02) . . .what a monster of hypocrisy . . .
[ObMs 116:23]

(25:03) . . . insidious monster -- your triumph shall be of short duration . . .
[ObMs 119:11-12]

(25:04) . . . the monster who has been guilty of these crimes . . .
[ObMs 137:06-07]

(25:05) I abhor the monster more than ever --
[ObMs142:05-06]

(25:06) . . . perfidious monster -- I will teach you . . .
[ObMs 148:06]

(25:07) . . . the cruel monster buried his sword in her bosom . . .
[ObMs164:25-26] 

(25:08) Thou monster of villainy and cruelty . . .
[ObMs 164:28]

(25:09) he attacked the savage monster . . .
[ObMs 170:10]

(25:10) . . . our escape from the grasp of this awful monster; 
yea, that monster, death and hell . . .
[2 Nephi 9:10 LDS]

(25:11) . . . he delivereth his saints from that awful monster the devil . . .
[2 Nephi 9:19 LDS]

(25:12) . . . they are delivered from that awful monster, death and hell, and the devil . . .
[2 Nephi 9:26 LDS]

(25:13) . . . he was a monster, who had been sent from the Nephites to torment them. 
[Alma 19:26 LDS]

(25:14) . . . no monster of the sea could break them, neither whale that could mar them . . .
[Ether 6:10 LDS]

26: movements

(26:01) . . . attitude were not so much studied in their movements as sprigtliness . . .
[ObMs 095:09-10]

(26:02). . . bodies were formed for the quickest movements . . . were the most admired. --
[ObMs 095:14-16]

(26:03) . . . the pomposity of all his movements excite my perfect disgust.
[ObMs 106:28-29]

(26:04) He was deliberate and circumspect in all his movements . . .
[ObMs 136:04]

(26:05) He bosted of the rapidity of his movements . . .
[ObMs 136:18]

(26:06) I will conduct you to the field of battle and direct your movements --
[ObMs 137:31-32]

(26:07) such was the stillness of their movements that they were not perceived --
[ObMs 156:14-15]

(26:08) . . . we kept spies out round about, to watch the movements of the Lamanites . . .
[Alma 56:22 LDS]

27: plans

(27:01) -- he now proceeds to form his plans for their flight.
[ObMs 111:28-29]

(27:02) He was . . . capable of forming great plans . . .
[ObMs 136:01-03]

(27:03) He was . . . always quick, on any suden immergence, to concert plans . . .
[ObMs 136:04-05]

(27:04) . . . the hostile emperors must now determine on their further plans of operation.
[ObMs 152:29-30]

(27:05) . . . the hostile emperors must now determine on further plans of operation. 
[ObMs 153:21-22]

(27:06) And Alma sent spies . . . that he might know of their plans and their plots . . .
[Alma 2:21 LDS]

(27:07) . . . laying plans to pervert the ways of the righteous, and to bring down the wrath . . .
[Alma 10:18 LDS]

(27:08) . . . the power of the devil, which comes by the cunning plans which he hath devised . . .
[Alma 28:13 LDS]

(27:09) . . . keep these secret plans of their oaths and their covenants from this people . . .
[Alma 37:29 LDS]

(27:10) . . . trust not those secret plans unto this people, but teach them . . .
[Alma 37:32 LDS]

(27:11) . . . servants of Helaman . . . obtained, through disguise, a knowledge of those plans . . .
[Helaman 2:06 LDS]

(27:12) . . . he doth carry on his works of darkness and . . . their plans of awful wickedness . . .
[Helaman 6:30]

(27:13) . . . they have concealed their secret plans in the earth.
[Helaman 11:10 LDS]

(27:14) . . . they did search out all the secret plans of Gadianton; and thus they became robbers. . .
[Helaman 11:26 LDS]

(27:15) . . . is there not an account . . . that they by their secret plans did obtain kingdoms . . .
[Ether 8:09 LDS]

(27:16) . . . Heth began to embrace the secret plans again of old, to destroy his father.
[Ether 9:26 LDS]

(27:17) . . . robbers . . . adopted the old plans . . . after the manner of the ancients . . .
[Ether 10:33 LDS]

(27:18) . . . many . . . sought to destroy Coriantumr by their secret plans of wickedness . . .
[Ether 13:15 LDS] 

28: pleasingly

(28:01) . . . the whole assembly were most pleasingly entertained.
[ObMs 115:08-09] 

(28:02) . . . providence hath smiled upon you most pleasingly . . .
[Jacob 2:13 LDS]

29: puffing

(29:01) . . . all bismeared from head to foot, spiting -- puffing, panting . . . 
[ObMs 029:04-05] 

see also: 
Pride was not bloated and puffed up . . . 
[ObMs 100:14] 
 

(29:02) . . . Satan had great power, unto . . . the puffing them up with pride . . . 
[3 Nephi 6:15 LDS] 

30: regulations

(30:01) . . . we then found it necessary to establish some regulations for the goverment . . . 
[ObMs 014:16-18] 

(30:02) our little community continued the same regulations which they had established . . . 
039:15-17 

(30:03). . . their petitions, all were granted and the same regulations established in every part -- 
[ObMs 090:06-08] 

(30:04) In consequence of these regulations a revalship existed among the different sections . . . 
[ObMs 094:01-02] 
 

(30:05) . . . when Alma had made these regulations he departed from them . . . 
[Alma 6:07 LDS] 

(30:06). . . Moroni was . . . making regulations to prepare for war against the Lamanites . . 
[Alma 51:22 LDS] 

(30:07) Yea, and regulations were made concerning the law. 
[Alma 62:47 LDS] 

(30:08) . . . the regulations of the government were destroyed . . . 
[3 Nephi 7:06 LDS] 

31: shrink

(31:01) I shall deplore its calamities but will never shrink like a dastard from the conflict . . . 
fleeing before his gigantic sword . . . 
[ObMs 123:17-20] 
 

(31:02) Prepare your souls . . . that ye may not shrink with awful fear . . . 
[2 Nephi 9:46 LDS] 

(31:03) . . . it grieveth my soul and causeth me to shrink with shame before . . . my Maker. . . 
[Jacob 2:06 LDS] 

(31:04) . . . his own guilt, which doth cause him to shrink from the presence of the Lord . . . 
[Mosiah 2:38 LDS] 

(31:05) . . . abominations, which doth cause them to shrink from the presence of the Lord . . . 
[Mosiah 3:25 LDS] 

(31:06) . . . they shall . . . shrink beneath the glance of his all-searching eye. 
[Mosiah 27:31 LDS] 

(31:07) . . . they were about to shrink and flee from them. 
[Alma 43:48 LDS] 

32: spurn

(32:01) . . . would not honour impel us to spurn at the demand and reject it . . .
[ObMs 122:21-22] 
 

(32:02) . . . ye need not any longer spurn at the doings of the Lord . . . 
if ye shall spurn at his doings he will cause that it shall soon overtake you. 
[3 Nephi 29:04 LDS] 

(32:03) Yea, and ye need not any longer hiss, nor spurn, nor make game of the Jews . . . 
[3 Nephi 29:08 LDS]

see also: 
Wo unto him that spurneth at the doings of the Lord; 
[3 Nephi 29:05 LDS] 

33: steadfastly

(33:01) Look steadfastly on the black dogs and let not your eyes be turned away -- 
[ObMs 024:03-05] 

(33:02) He looked fiercely and steadfastly on the stone and raised his prophetic voice. -- 
[ObMs 126:12-13] 
 

(33:03) . . . calling on the name of the Lord daily, and standing steadfastly in the faith . . . 
[Mosiah 4:11 LDS] 

(33:04). . . he that cometh to take away the sins . . . of every man who steadfastly believeth . . . 
[Alma 5:48 LDS] 

(33:05) But behold, they did watch steadfastly for that day and that night . . . 
[3 Nephi 1:08 LDS] 

(33:06). . . they did look steadfastly towards heaven, from whence the sound came. 
[3 Nephi 11:05 LDS] 

(33:07). . . they . . . did look steadfastly upon him as if they would ask him to tarry . . . 
[3 Nephi 17:05 LDS] 

(33:08). . . they did pray steadfastly, without ceasing, unto him; and he did smile . . . 
[3 Nephi 19:30 LDS] 

34: tumbling

(34:01) the whole company fell to dancing . . . jumping, and tumbling. . .
[ObMs 012:03-05] 

(34:02) . . . he gnashed his teeth together, and tumbling headlong, with a groan expired. -- 
[ObMs 148:13-14] 
 

(34:03) . . . and I saw mountains tumbling into pieces; and I saw the plains . . . broken 
[1 Nephi 12:04 LDS] 

35:  waving

(35:01) After waving his hand & bowing all fell to eating . . .
[ObMs 011:09-10] 
 

(35:02) . . . Moroni . . . went forth among the people, waving the rent part of his garment . . . 
[Alma 46:19 LDS] 

36:  worried

(36:01) Having worried themselves for some time to no purpose . . .
[ObMs 097:19-20] 
 

(36:02) . . . I perceive that thy mind is worried concerning the resurrection of the dead. 
[Alma 40:1 LDS] 

(36:03) . . . I perceive that thy mind has been worried also concerning this thing. 
[Alma 41:01 LDS] 

(36:04) . . . I was somewhat worried concerning what we should do . . . 
[Alma 61:19 LDS] 

37:  wrestling

(37:01) . . . wrestling, jumping, hoping and runing were their principal amusements 
[ObMs 021:09-10]
 

(37:02) Wrestling. . . and throwing stones . . . were some of their most favorite diversions -- 
[ObMs 094:13-16] 
 

(37:03) . . . Alma labored much in the spirit, wrestling with God in mighty prayer . . . 
[Alma 8:10 LDS]