A Humble Seeker of Happiness
One of the most poignant scenes in the Book of Mormon is the chance meeting between Alma and the sons of Mosiah. The encounter is described in two places and serves as the book ends for the story of the mission to the Lamanites of the sons of Mosiah. In the first description we read this: “as Alma was journeying from the land of Gideon southward, away to the land of Manti, behold, to his astonishment, he met with the sons of Mosiah journeying towards the land of Zarahemla. Now these sons of Mosiah were with Alma at the time the angel first appeared unto him; therefore Alma did rejoice exceedingly to see his brethren; and what added more to his joy, they were still his brethren in the Lord.” These sons of Mosiah “had been teaching the word of God for the space of fourteen years among the Lamanites, having had much success in bringing many to the knowledge of the truth” (Alma 17:1-3). During those fourteen years Alma had been serving and preaching among the Nephites, and the sons of Mosi...