Following My Ancestors

by Cheryl Merrick

You left England

searching for religious freedom.

Several sailed on the Mayflower.

Some settled in Puritan Massachusetts,

and others as Quakers in Pennsylvania.

You were one third of the signers of both

the Declaration of Independence

and the Constitution of the United States.

When the Gospel was restored

to the earth in 1830,

you were waiting,

and embraced it with joy.

You helped lead the Church,

and guide pioneers west

to settle Zion.

Generations later, I found,

and am following,

your path.