“[Alma 29] is a soliloquy which finds Alma talking to Alma when none but God was near. It is a song of praise in which he exults in God’s goodness and mercy. It is an unselfish prayer for the welfare of each and all. In it Alma expresses the innermost desire of his heart.” (Reynolds and Sjodahl, Commentary on the Book of Mormon, vol. 4, p. 52)
Heber J. Grant
"I believe that every Latter-day Saint who has received a testimony of the divinity of the work in which we are engaged has this same feeling that Alma had--a desire that all the world might hear the testimony of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. When men and women receive a testimony of the divine mission of the Prophet Joseph Smith, they are anxious that all the world should have that same knowledge and faith. They are anxious that the gospel should go to every honest soul. And there is no other labor in all the world that brings to a human heart, judging from my own personal experience, more joy, peace and serenity than proclaiming the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
“I remember that while I was laboring in Japan, on account of my failure to learn the language, I was not entirely happy in my work there. I remember going out into the woods, kneeling down and praying to God that when my work was finished there I would appreciate it if I were called to the British Isles to succeed Brother Francis M. Lyman. Shortly after uttering that prayer I received a cable: ’Come home on the first vessel.’ When I arrived home President Smith told me that they had decided to send me to Europe to succeed Brother Lyman. He said, ’We realize that the two years or more that you have been in Japan have been anything but satisfactory from the standpoint of the joy that comes into the hearts of the missionaries in bringing souls to a knowledge of the truth, and we want you to have at least a year of real, genuine, missionary experience.’ When I went into his office and bade him goodbye, and said, ’I will see you in a year,’ he said, ’We have decided to make it a year and a half.’ I said, ’Multiply it by two and say nothing about it, and it will please me,’ and that is exactly what he did. I was there a little over three years, and never have I had sweeter joy, more genuine satisfaction in my life than during those three years, when I had no thought except the spreading of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.” (Conference Report, Oct. 1926, p. 4)
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LeGrand Richards
“While I was touring the Northwestern States Mission, I heard a young missionary bear his testimony…he said, ‘There isn’t a company or institution in the world that could pay me enough money to get me to leave my mission.’ And I am sure that almost one hundred percent of the missionaries feel the same way about their mission when they have the spirit of their work. They hardly want to be released.” (Just To Illustrate, p. 196)