Borden Chase wrote the script. He is also responsible for some James Stewart Westerns and "Red River" scripts, altogether filled with strong characters, fallen villaines who raise to moral heroes. True Bible stories. The same is true for thies story here "Blessed are they" from 1962. It is about the story of King Salomon and the two women who fought for a baby. The king tested both and the one who showed more love and mercy got the child. This Bonanza story is even better, because both families, who fight for the two children were set to reconcile themselves. It is all about reconcilation in the Bible. Even Jesus Christ gave His life that there will be reconcilation between God and mankind, for every single sinner salvation is offered. The Bonanza series from the 60ties and early 70ties are always about morals and often enough about bad people who are corrected and sometimes they even change to become good people. The Cartwrights are there to stand for righteousness, care, charity and many other Christian standards. Sometimes you see the Cartwrights, father and three sons sitting for a dinner and praying. It is clear that this was the way an American should be in the 60ties. Compare this to series of today with their sexuality and immoral behaviour as self-evident example of political correctness and social normality and their inevitable scorn for Christian values then you will know what makes the decline of America.