God doesn't teach the impossible. That's not to say that the Hutterites haven't struggled with community life. For two long periods of their history, during severe persecution from 1685 to 1762, and from 1819 to 1859, they abandoned the common purse. The guilty consciences of Hutterite leaders helped revive community life in Romania in 1763 and in Russia in 1859. John says Hutterites will always struggle with community life.
Human nature is the greatest challenge.
A cautious beekeeper pauses to gauge the disposition of bees in hives west of Spring Prairie Colony. With only the aid of his smoker, Valentine checks the colony's hives.