[FIGURE] 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
[FIGURES] L.D.B W.B.

Elder Orson Pratt arose & said the subject
before us this morning is one that fills my mind with
many reflections 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 improved
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 question 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 to 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 pleasure 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 Brother
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 Air & 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 distant worlds and if they did 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 as 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