We honor best those who have gone before when we serve well in the cause of truth and remain true to the faith.
"Those who have gone before expect this of us. We have a mandate from the Lord. We have a vision of our cause and purpose."
We stand today as the recipients of the great effort of the pioneers of 150 years ago. With so great an inheritance, we owe them our best efforts.
"My beloved brethren and sisters, how blessed we are. What a wonderful inheritance we have. It involved sacrifice, suffering, death, vision, faith and knowledge and testimony of God the Eternal Father and his Son, the risen Lord Jesus Christ."
The story of the pioneer trek to the West is "so large in scope, so fraught with human suffering and the workings of faith that it will never grow old or stale. Whether you are among the posterity of the pioneers or whether you were baptized only yesterday, each is the beneficiary of their great undertaking . . .
"Fortunately, we live in a season of good will. There has come down to us an inheritance of respect and honor to our people. We must grasp the torch and run the race."