Sept 12^th Sunday 12^th O Pratt Preached the Funeral serm[on]
of Lorenzo D. Barnes & W^m Burton who had died in
England & were buried there but their bodies were taken
up & brought to the vally of the great Salt Lake & buried with
dead Saints in this place. The follow is a synopsis of the discours
L. D. B W. B

Elder Orson Pratt arose & said the subject
before us this morning is one that fills my mind with
many sreflections I think the Elders of this Church & kingdom
do not improve their time as they should but are to slow in
treasure up knowledge as God has commanded us to do
we shall want all the knowledge we can obtain when
we go to the nations of the Earth & visit evry circle of the
learned to teach them the plan of salvation if we have impr[ov]ed
our time we can bring forth out of the treasures of our
hearts things new and old. The subject before me
to day is the Remains of Lorenzo D. Barnes & W^m Barton
the qeuestion might arise what benefit could it be to those
Brethren to be brought from their Graves in a foreign
country & be buried with the saints here. I do not think
it would be a great advantage to them in the Eternal world
I had as lieves be buried in Asia or Africa as with the
the Saints here as far as my Eternal interest is conserned
but aside from this it is a great pleausure both to the living &
the dead to know that our bodies will be brought to Zion
from the ends of the Earth to be laid with the Saints
& then to be raised with them so that He can strike
hands with his relatives first & then with the Saints
instead of being thousands of miles apart & having to
waft himself thousands of miles through the air to meet
with his brethren. An Immortal being can take
himself up into the heavens as Jesus Christ did when
he was raised from the dead He went to heaven So it
might be with them. How long would it take for Brothr
Barnes & Burton to waft themselves to the bosom of the Church
Not long whare will be the bosom of the Church in the
clouds above the Earth before the wicked are diestroyed
the Lord will be in the Aair & all the Saints with him of all
generations and He will desend to earth & will bring all the
Saints with him. At what speed would the Saints travel
we are told that light is the power that governs all things
if the Saints travel as fast as light they would go at the
rate of 200000 miles in a second. God can go as fast as light
and He has made the Saints And I am led to conclude that
they can travel as fast as light for they have got to go on
missions to far distannt worlds and if they dind not go
as fast as light they would be a long time on their way spending
their time without doing any good if this is the case I had
as lieves lay my body down abroad as at home ats it would
not take more than a second to meet with the Saints I say
this to encourage the Elders who are going abroad some may
die abroad some may seal their testimony with their
Blood. The Elders should take Heed & not break the comma-
ndments of God if they were to commit Adultery After

Receiving their Endowments they cannot be forgiven but
must be destroyed in the flesh & his spirit given to the
Buffiting of Satan untill the first Resurrection
How long it will be from the morning till evening I
am not able to say but after the day of redemption
He will come forth and inherit all the Blessings that
were sealed upon his head no power can take them
from him If he has been sealed to any woman
thrones powers Dominions or Kingdoms or any
other Blessing He will inherit them to all Eternity
if they do not shed innocent Blood. The scriptures
speak of these same subjects. Paul while speaking
to the Corinthian Churches speaks of deliviering a certain
one to the Buffiting of Satan that they may be destroyed
in the flesh that their spirits may be saved in the day
of the Lord Jesus Christ. [1 Corinthians 5:5] we will now speak of David
who had a numerous family that was given him
He finally took Uriah wife put Uriah at the Head
of the Battle & He was slain. [2 Samuel 11] Here He lost all right to the
celestial glory His wives Thrones Kingdoms & Eternal
lives All had vanished He Just escapes Hell & that is all
He will be a servant to somebody perhaps Uriah for
the Gods in Eternity will want servants to greece their
carriages makes crowns & Robes &c they will be Gods
& want servants. All may be capaciated to become
Gods but all will not keep the Laws whareby they
may become Gods. Peter spoke of a people who had
shed inocent Bloo & lodrew the Blood of the Savior they
were told to repent that they might be saved in the
day of the Lord Jesus Christ. [Acts 2:36-38] There was a chance for
them as they did not know the Priesthood or the fulness
of the gospel if they had know it they would not have
been forgiven. We will now speak of Brother Lorenzo
D. Barnes He was faithful but died before He received
the fulness of the gospel He had no thrones, wives
or any thing els of that kind sealed upon [him] what shall
we do for him any thing that we do for ourselves
when we get a temple built such men will
loose nothing for they will be judged By the same laws
that we are and they have a chance either in time
or Eternity to receive all we have. for all that
would have received it here will receive it there for all
men will be Judged like men in the flesh [Doctrine and Covenants 1137:7-9] for all mankind
will have an equal privilege there cannot be any Baptism
Endowments or Ordinances in the spirit world performed
but we shall be called to perform in a Temple of the
Lord all the ordinances for the dead the same as for the
living all things will be sealed to the End of all things
preparitory to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ whether
they Be appertaining to Thrones, kingdoms, families or anything
els pertaining to Earth or Heaven time or Eternity. when
we fully consider our duty we shall not be at ease in
Zion or spend our time to make farms & Houses orchards &
vineyards for ourselves alone. But we should go to work to build
up Zion & a Temple & do the great work of our God wo to them
that are at ease in Zion [Amos 6:1] but wake up & do the work of our God