“The covenant they made at the conference held in Zarahemla, raised the followers of Nephi to a glory and a prosperity that had not been surpassed in any of their bygone ages: What to them was once a duty, now became a pleasure, and serving the Lord was their delight. We need not wonder at this when we remember that the Nephites, themselves, were a deeply religious and a goodly people. A goodly people are a happy people, and, let us remember, also, ‘Happy is the people whose God is the Lord’ (Hebrew saying)” (Reynolds and Sjodahl, Commentary on the Book of Mormon, 2:86).