I noticed this time through the Doctrine and Covenants how the idea of trials is a major theme of this book of scripture. And the sections in this week’s lesson are during one of the most challenging periods of trials in early church history, the first round of persecution in Missouri and the subsequent travel to help the members there known as Zion’ Camp. Inherent in the trials described in the D&C is that they came in the attempt to build a Zion society. So the context for the trials is...
