Originally published 07-11-19
A Brief History of a Zion People
During institute last night, our teacher asked us to take two minutes to write a brief summary of the beliefs and history of the Church (we were talking about the Wentworth Letter). In my summary I focused more on the history, and later I rewrote it into verse to publish here.
God
commanded a boy—
Joseph Smith—
to restore His truth to the earth.
Persecution raged,
mobs combined,
enemies fought bitterly
against this prophet
and those who stood with Him.
Those who gave up
homes,
families,
everything that was theirs,
sometimes even their lives
to follow truth,
because God had spoken that truth
through a prophet, in our day.
Those who gave their all for God
are my ancestors,
and my heroes.
