4 Nephi 1:16 And there were no envyings, nor strifes, nor tumults, nor whoredoms, nor lyings, nor murders, nor any manner of lasciviousness; and surely there could not be a happier people among all the people who had been created by the hand of God.
I don't think that's a coincidence. Wickedness never was happiness. No person, and no people, can be very wicked and also very happy, not in terms of true happiness, anyway. So, it stands to reason that the less wickedness there is, the less there'll be to hold people back from being happy. Granted, there can still be sorrows and afflictions. There always are. But in addition to sorrows and afflictions, wickedness also brings unhappiness. If there's ever a time with no wickedness, unhappiness would also hit an all-time low. That's why the people in this verse were so happy, because there was so little stopping them from being happy.
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