Who'll Walk the Trail of our Pioneers?

Who'll walk the trail
Of our pioneers?
Their faith did not pale
But calmed all their fears

On these paths they left
A legacy of faith
Though blizzards swept
Their trust was not faint

With naught to eat
They pressed on
With frozen feet
On, towards Zion

Through desert, mountain, and prairie
They took all that they could
United in Christ to carry
Hope and brotherhood

Seventy thousand trekked
Before the railroads came
Snow, mud, and rain unchecked
Fell... and God was not blamed

Chilled, wet, malnourished, weak
They pushed handcarts forward
From icy rivers to mountain peaks
They dared not to look rearward

Thirteen hundred miles later
Imagine the joy and relief
To have what they had prayed for
A place to blossom with belief