Worthy Of Respect

[susieSA]

Gems on Church History
Worthy of Respect
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"One hundred and fifty years ago our people were leaving Nauvoo and
threading their way across the prairies of Iowa. None of us, I am
confident, can appreciate the measure of sacrifice which they made in
leaving their comfortable homes to brave the tempests of the wilderness on
a journey that would not end until they reached this valley of the Great
Salt Lake. Their suffering was immeasurable. They died by the hundreds for
this cause of which each one of us is a part.

"I was in Palmyra
this past summer and in Nauvoo, and in Council Bluffs, Iowa, which they had
called Kanesville out of respect and love for a loyal friend. I stood where
the Grand Encampment assembled when they reached the Missouri River. I have
been over the trail from the Missouri to this valley a number of times. For
me it is always a sacred experience. I am so deeply grateful for our
inheritance. . . .

"Ours is the blessing to live in a better
season. The terrible persecutions of the past are behind us. Today we are
looked upon with respect by people across the world. We must always be
worthy of that respect. We must earn it, or we will not have
it."

Topic: pioneers

(Gordon B. Hinckley, "Listen by the Power of the Spirit," Ensign, Nov. 1996, 4)

[Traveler]

Gems on Church History
Worthy of Respect
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"One hundred and fifty years ago our people were leaving Nauvoo and
threading their way across the prairies of Iowa. None of us, I am
confident, can appreciate the measure of sacrifice which they made in
leaving their comfortable homes to brave the tempests of the wilderness on
a journey that would not end until they reached this valley of the Great
Salt Lake. Their suffering was immeasurable. They died by the hundreds for
this cause of which each one of us is a part.

"I was in Palmyra
this past summer and in Nauvoo, and in Council Bluffs, Iowa, which they had
called Kanesville out of respect and love for a loyal friend. I stood where
the Grand Encampment assembled when they reached the Missouri River. I have
been over the trail from the Missouri to this valley a number of times. For
me it is always a sacred experience. I am so deeply grateful for our
inheritance. . . .

"Ours is the blessing to live in a better
season. The terrible persecutions of the past are behind us. Today we are
looked upon with respect by people across the world. We must always be
worthy of that respect. We must earn it, or we will not have
it."

Topic: pioneers

(Gordon B. Hinckley, "Listen by the Power of the Spirit," Ensign, Nov. 1996, 4)
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I have stood in the grave yard at Winter Quorters where 1 of 5 died that firs year there. I read the names and their births and deaths - most were young mothers and their new born.

And who will be turned away in our generation>

The Traveler

[Elphaba]

I have stood in the grave yard at Winter Quorters where 1 of 5 died that firs year there. I read the names and their births and deaths - most were young mothers and their new born.[/b]

I would love to visit Winter Quarters. The suffering, the illness, the death, but also the faith, the strength and the determination are incomprehensible to me.

And who will be turned away in our generation>[/b]

What does this mean?

Elphaba

[boyando]

<div class='quotemain'>I have stood in the grave yard at Winter Quorters where 1 of 5 died that firs year there. I read the names and their births and deaths - most were young mothers and their new born.[/b]

I would love to visit Winter Quarters. The suffering, the illness, the death, but also the faith, the strength and the determination are incomprehensible to me.

And who will be turned away in our generation>[/b]

What does this mean?

Elphaba
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Although, I would love to go to winter quarters, once again, I would be doing it for selfish reasons. I know that our grandmother Blackford was born there, but I don't know why the family moved there. It seems that they moved there from Missouri, about 20 miles from Farwest in a little town called Saint Joseph. Not to worry, it was not named after Joseph Smith.

It is very odd, that our family, kind of moved around towns with Mormon history. At least twice that I know of.

See ya Thursday, Love allmosthumble

P.S. I couldn't get into the K.D. Lang version of Hallelujah. Try the Rufus.