Dennis and Sandra Packard note that at the waters of Mormon, Alma explains the baptismal covenant, saying, in part, "as ye are desirous to come into the fold of God, and to be called his people, and are willing to bear one another's burdens, that they may be light" (Mosiah 18:8). Later when Alma's people are in bondage, the Lord tells them, "I know of the covenant which ye have made unto me. . . . And I will . . . ease the burdens which are put upon your shoulders, that even you cannot feel them upon your backs" (Mosiah 24:13-14). What does the Lord imply here by referring to the baptismal covenant and then alluding to Alma's explanation of that covenant? The Lord seems to be telling his people that as they have covenanted to bear each other's burdens, so he, as one with them, will also bear their burdens. That is what he did in Gethsemane. [Dennis and Sandra Packard, "Pondering the Word," in Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, FARMS, Vol 8, Num 2, 1999, p. 56]