It is not enough to study or reenact the accomplishments of
our pioneers. We need to identify the eternal principles they applied to
achieve and then apply those principles to the challenges of our day. In that
way we honor their pioneering efforts, and we also reaffirm our heritage and
strengthen its capacity to bless our own posterity and “those millions of our
Heavenly Father’s children who have yet to hear and accept the gospel of Jesus
Christ.” We are all pioneers in doing so. The foremost quality of our pioneers
was faith. With faith in God, they did what every pioneer does. They stepped
forward into the unknown: a new religion, a new land, a new way of doing
things. With faith in their leaders and in one another, they stood fast against
formidable opposition. When their leader said, “This is the right place,” they
trusted, and they stayed.- Dallin H. Oaks
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