The Gathering, by Joshua Wallace Jensen

In 1997, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the pioneers on July 24, 1847, modern-day Latter-day Saint “pioneers” reenacted the trek from Winter Quarters, Nebraska, to the Salt Lake Valley. This image is based on that reenactment. The hymn “Come, Come, Ye Saints,” written by William Clayton in 1846, applies to both groups of pioneers:

Come, come, ye Saints, no toil nor labor fear;

But with joy wend your way.

Though hard to you this journey may appear,

Grace shall be as your day.

’Tis better far for us to strive

Our useless cares from us to drive;

Do this, and joy your hearts will swell—All is well! All is well!

(Hymns, no. 30)