Temples are the Reason

The temple is the reason for everything we do in the Church. ³The temple was the reason our pioneer ancestors left their established homes and came west. It was the reason they suffered privation and even death. Temple covenants were the reason that, although babies were buried along the way, those pioneers could sing:

Come, come, ye Saints,

No toil nor labor fear;

But with joy wend your way. ⁴

Some lost everything but came into the valley with everything, really—temple ordinances, sacred covenants, and the promise of eternal life together as families.

Elaine S. Dalton, Oct 2008