“[Lehi] knew that the fruit of that tree was ‘desirable to make one happy,’ the sweetest and most important fruit of life and eternity, and he was anxious to reach and partake of it. Before he could realize this blessing, however, he was required to pass through a ‘dark and dreary waste,’ traveling ‘for the space of many hours in darkness.’ Earnestly praying to the Lord, holding fast to the iron rod which was the word of God, resisting the ‘temptations of the devil’ and the mockery of the proud and cynical, Lehi overcame the darkness and found the light. Only then did he taste the inspiration, the soul-filling joy of the love of God” (Hanks, “Conquer the Darkness,” 321).