
08/10/2025
While thinking about the pioneers and the "still small voice" (Doctrine and Covenants 85:6), one particular story comes to mind. Susanna Stone was a pioneer who travelled with the Willie Handcart Company alone (without any members of her family). In one of her journals she wrote:
“I often think of the songs we sang to encourage us on our journey. ... We would sit under our carts and sing ‘Come, Come Ye Saints’ and only once did my courage fail. One cold dreary day, my feet having been frozen, I felt I could not go on. I withdrew a little from the company and sat down to await the end, being somewhat in a stupor. I was aroused by a voice which seemed as audible as anything could be. It spoke to my very soul of the promises and blessings I had received. ... I received strength and was filled with the spirit of the Lord. I arose and traveled with a light heart.”
This story is a beautiful reminder that the Holy Spirit is not only there to guide and direct us, but also to encourage and comfort us.
🖌Pioneer by Robert T Barrett