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"This Gospel, with which Paul was so pleased,
requires us to serve the Lord all the time, so that we may have joy and
happiness in our souls, and that we may be prepared to live and be prepared to
go to our reward when mortality closes and we lay down these mortal tabernacles
of ours, for we will lay them in the dust after a little while—just a little
while. All the time there are changes. Many are being born, and many are passing
away. We mourn, we sorrow for our loved ones that go—our wives, our husbands,
our children, our parents; we sorrow for them; and it is well and proper that we
should mourn for them and shed tears for the loss, for it is our loss; but it is
their gain, for it is in the march of progress, advancement and development. It
will be all right when our time comes, when we have finished our work and
accomplished what the Lord requires of us. If we are prepared, we need not be
afraid to go, for it will be one of the most pleasant sensations that ever comes
to the soul of man, whenever he departs, if he can go with a clear conscience
into the presence of the Lord and receive that welcome I have mentioned. We will
be full of joy and happiness, and we will enter into a place of rest, of peace,
of joy, rest from every sorrow. What a blessed thing that will be!" - Francis M.
Lyman, "Conference Report," October 1909, First Day—Morning Session., p.19
3/24/07
Topic: The Untimely Deaths of Young People
"We have again the warning voice sounded in our midst, which shows the
uncertainty of human life; and in my leisure moments I have meditated upon the
subject, and asked the question, why it is that infants, innocent children, are
taken away from us, especially those that seem to be the most intelligent and
interesting. The strongest reasons that present themselves to my mind are these:
This world is a very wicked world; and it is a proverb that the 'world grows
weaker and wiser'; if that is the case, the world grows more wicked and corrupt.
In the earlier ages of the world a righteous man, and a man of God and of
intelligence, had a better chance to do good, to be believed and received than
at the present day; but in these days such a man is much opposed and persecuted
by most of the inhabitants of the earth, and he has much sorrow to pass through
here. The Lord takes many away even in infancy, that they may escape the envy of
man, and the sorrows and evils of this present world; they were too pure, too
lovely, to live on earth; therefore, if rightly considered, instead of mourning
we have reason to rejoice as they are delivered from evil, and we shall soon
have them again." - Joseph Smith, "Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith,
selected and arranged by Joseph Fielding Smith," p.196
4/11/07
"My brothers and sisters, we laugh, we cry, we work, we play, we love, we live.
And then we die. Death is our universal heritage. All must pass its portals.
Death claims the aged, the weary and worn. It visits the youth in the bloom of
hope and the glory of expectation. Nor are little children kept beyond its
grasp. In the words of the Apostle Paul, 'It is appointed unto men once to die.'
(Hebrews 9:27)
"And dead we would remain but for one Man and His mission, even Jesus of
Nazareth. Born in a stable, cradled in a manger, His birth fulfilled the
inspired pronouncements of many prophets. He was taught from on high. He
provided the life, the light, and the way. Multitudes followed Him. Children
adored Him. The haughty rejected Him. He spoke in parables. He taught by
example. He lived a perfect life." - Thomas S. Monson, "I
Know That My Redeemer Lives," General Conference, April 2007
5/8/07
"I would not like to say one thing, or express a thought that would grieve the
heart of Joseph, or of Brigham, or of John, or of Wilford, or Lorenzo, or any of
their faithful associates in the ministry. Sometimes the Lord expands our vision
from this point of view and this side of the veil, that we feel and seem to
realize that we can look beyond the thin veil which separates us from that other
sphere. If we can see by the enlightening influence of the Spirit of God and
through the words that have been spoken by the holy prophets of God, beyond the
veil that separates us from the spirit world, surely those who have passed
beyond, can see more clearly through the veil back here to us than it is
possible for us to see to them from our sphere of action. I believe we move and
have our being in the presence of heavenly messengers and of heavenly beings. We
are not separate from them. We begin to realize more and more fully, as we
become acquainted with the principles of the Gospel, as they have been revealed
anew in this dispensation, that we are closely related to our kindred, to our
ancestors, to our friends and associates and co-laborers who have preceded us
into the spirit world. We cannot forget them; we do not cease to love them; we
always hold them in our hearts, in memory, and thus we are associated and united
to them by ties that we can not break, that we can not dissolve or free
ourselves from. If this is the case with us in our finite condition, surrounded
by our mortal weaknesses, shortsightedness, lack of inspiration and wisdom from
time to time, how much more certain it is and reasonable and consistent to
believe that those who have been faithful, who have gone beyond and are still
engaged in the work for the salvation of the souls of men, the opening of the
prison doors to them that are bound and proclaiming liberty to the captives who
can see us better than we can see them; that they know us better than we know
them. They have advanced; we are advancing; we are growing as they have grown;
we are reaching the goal that they have attained unto; and therefore, I claim
that we live in their presence, they see us, they are solicitous for our
welfare, they love us now more than ever. For now they see the dangers that
beset us; they can comprehend better than ever before, the weaknesses that are
liable to mislead us into dark and forbidden paths. They see the temptations and
the evils that beset us in life and the proneness of mortal beings to yield to
temptation and to wrong doing; hence their solicitude for us and their love for
us and their desire for our well being must be greater than that which we feel
for ourselves." - Joseph F. Smith, "Conference Report," April 1916, p.3