They fled eight days into the wilderness.

And they pitched their tents, and began to till the ground,

and began to build buildings;

yea, they were industrious, and did labor exceedingly.

Let us make Alma our King!

It is not expedient that we should have a king; for thus saith the Lord: Ye shall not esteem one flesh above another, or one man shall not

think himself above another.

Every man should love his neighbor as himself,

that there should be no contention among you.

And watch over one another,

and nourish one another with things pertaining to righteousness.

And they began to prosper exceedingly in the land.

Nevertheless the Lord seeth fit to chasten his people; yea, he trieth

their patience and their faith.

While they were tilling the land, an army of the Lamanites was in the borders of the land. The Lamanites are coming!

Do not be frightened!

Remember the Lord our God and he will deliver us!

Lord, soften the hearts of the Lamanites, that they spare us, and our wives, and our children.

We do not desire any conflict—only peace.

We have been lost in the wilderness for many days. If you show us the way which leads to the land of Nephi, we will grant unto you your lives and your freedom.

Go in this direction for eight days, and you will reach the Land of Nephi.

Set guards round about the land!

Stop resting! Work!

The Lamanites also brought with them the wives and the children of the guards who had been left in the land.

Read this.

The king of the Lamanites has granted unto Amulon that he should be a king and a ruler over this people.

And his brethren have been appointed teachers over this people.

Amulon began to exercise authority over Alma and his brethren.

For Amulon knew Alma, that he had been one of the king’s priests, and that it was he that believed the words of Abinadi, and therefore he was wroth with him, and put tasks upon them, and put task-masters over them.

So great were their afflictions that they began to cry mightily to God.

And Amulon commanded them that they should stop their cries; and he put

guards over them to watch them, that whosoever should be found calling upon God should be put to death.

Alma and his people did not raise their voices to the Lord their God, but did

pour out their hearts to him; and he did know the thoughts of their hearts.

And the voice of the Lord came to them in their afflictions, saying: Lift up your heads and be of good comfort, for I know of the covenant which ye have made unto me; and I will covenant with my people and deliver them out of bondage.

I will also ease the burdens which are put upon your shoulders, that even you cannot feel them upon your backs, even while you are in bondage;

This will I do that ye may stand as witnesses for me hereafter,

that ye may know of a surety that I, the Lord God, do visit my people in their afflictions.

The Lord did strengthen them that they could bear up their burdens with ease, and they did submit cheerfully and with patience to all the will of the Lord.

So great was their faith and their patience that the voice of the Lord came unto them again, saying: Be of good comfort, for on the morrow I will deliver you out of bondage.

In the morning the Lord caused a deep sleep to come upon the Lamanites.

And Alma and his people departed into the wilderness.

And after twelve days they arrived here in the land of Zarahemla.

And we did also receive them with joy.

[CROWD CHEERING]

I exhort you, all of you that have been delivered out of bondage, that you should remember that it was the Lord that did deliver us.

I also give thanks to God because he has been merciful unto us, and eased our burdens, and none could deliver us except the Lord our God.

Limhi, I baptize thee, having authority from the Almighty God, as a testimony that ye have entered into a covenant to serve him until you are dead as to the mortal body; and may the Spirit of the Lord be poured out upon you; and may he grant unto you eternal life, through the redemption of

Christ, whom he has prepared from the foundation of the world.