Worthy of Respect

***I know there's a post overload here, but theres lots of good stuff.
I got this quote this morning and really wanted to share. ***

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)