Mormon leaves this brief chapter with the declaration of Alma's purpose in preaching in Gideon.
Textual:This is the end of a chapter in the 1830 edition. Why do we have such a short chapter? This is an intermediate chapter between two sermons, and provides the historical ligature needed to tie the two sermons together. Mormon's point is not history, but rather doctrine, and so he gives the essential history needed to give us the context in which we can place the next sermon.