The Pioneers -- Capabilities and Settlement of the Great Basin -- Exhortation to Faithfulness. delivered at the tabernacle, 1852, at the anniversary of the 24th of July, 1847 pg 144-146
*note: the Mormon pioneers reached the Salt Lake Valley July 24th 1847
"We [the Mormon pioneers] came for the purpose of finding a place to set our feet, where we could dwell in peace. That place we have found." pg 144
-they came for freedom of though and speech and worship.
"There is a very mysterious principle that abides with this people; ... It is that these Latter-day Saints are of one heart and one mind." pg 145
"...I wish here to offer one word of advice and counsel, by revealing the mystery that abides with this people called Latter-day Saints; it is the Spirit of the living God that leads them; it is the Spirit of the Almighty that binds them together..." pg 145
-the Saints risked their lives to cross the plains and they did it for their religion!
"Our lives have been spared, and we are yet upon this planet; and by and by we will celebrate a perfect deliverance from all the powers of earth; and we will keep our eyes set upon the mark, and go forward to victory." pg 146