GEMS-Teachings: Pioneer Qualities: Unselfishness and Sacrifice

Gems from the Teachings of Church Leaders
Pioneer Qualities: Unselfishness and Sacrifice
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“Two companion qualities evident in the lives of our pioneers, early and modern, are unselfishness and sacrifice. Our Utah pioneers excelled at putting ‘the general welfare and community goals over individual gain and personal ambition’ (Carol Cornwall Madsen, Journey to Zion: Voices from the Mormon Trail [1997], 6). That same quality is evident in the conversion stories of modern pioneers. Upon receiving a testimony of the truth of the restored gospel, they have unhesitatingly sacrificed all that was required to assure that its blessings will be available to their children and to generations unborn.”

Gospel topics: adversity, commitment, faith, fellowshipping, obedience, pioneers, service, sacrifice

( Dallin H. Oaks, “Following the Pioneers,” Ensign, Nov. 1997, 72)