31. A pleasant morning I attended the funeral of Charles Little, the son of
Jesse C Little. President Young preached a short discourse on the occasion
No reporter the following is a synopsis of what he said

I reflected upon the subject of coming to this funeral I thought If I
come Brother Little would wish me to speak and I thought I should want
much of the spirit of the Lord to assist me to overcome my weekness to which
I am subject on occasions like this. At times I can overcome it. The question
has often been asked how is it with little children will they grow or not
after death Joseph once said they would, & then He said they would not
He never had any revelation upon the subject. And I have no doctrin

to give upon the subject. I Believe in the great variety in the vast creations
of God. I do not Believe that the Lord ever made two worlds alike or things
alike in any world. I do not believe that the Human family have been
alike in stature in the various ages of this world. The Lord has power
to give a soul or spirit as miuch intelligence in a tabernacle 2 or 3 feet high
as in a gient 8 or 10 feet high as we find Evidences that in some ages of
this world men have lived to that hight. My doctrin or belief is that
we shall find all children & People at the resurrection as they lie down
with the same stature. that is the way I want to receive my children
if I bury a child that is two years old. I dont want him or her to come
to me in a tabernacle 80 or 100 years old or at any other age ownly the
age it left me and that is the way I believe it will be. we shall see
there spirits before we see there bodies. whare shall we go to find them
in the spirit world but whare is that right here on the Earth whare they
lived & whare we live. I have desired to see the spirit of a Friend & to convers
with it as I would with you, but I have never yet had this privilege
I want to know how they live in the spirit world what for a place they
have as I would come & look of Brother Littles House. But I believe all
spirits live here after Death and no whare Els, at least those who have taberna-
cled in the flesh on the Earth, whether they be good or bad. Satan has no power
over those who have overcome him in the flesh after they are dead but he has
power over those who all their lives have been subject to him in the flesh.
I will now ask how does any one present know what I say my words
have a shape to them as much as this chair and the shape of my words
go to the drum of your Ear so that you get an understanding of what I
say Now in speaking in the Tabernacle if I turn to the north the shape
of my words strike the drum of the Ear & they understand it perfectly
the words strike the wall break the shape to peaces & the sound strikes the
Ear of those in the south as mouch as in the North but they do not
understand what is said Now if I had force of Lungs & power to throw
the shape of my words to China they would understand what I say
as well as you do in the further part of this room they would hear it as
well. You know when you have a vision you can see as well all over
your Body as out of your Eye. When Joseph had a revelation he had the Eyes
of the Lord He saw as the Lord sees how did I know what was going on
in Washington. I have known what was going on there all the time

And I know what is going on in other peoples Houses. I know it
by the spirit of God it is revealed to me. Do spirits administer to
us they do nbut we do not know it. Charles here will administer to
his mother but she will not know it. these things are so ordered
and governed that we may be tried and if Sister Little was to
die & go whare her children are in the spirit world she would do
just so. she would not administered to her friends openly for
she would see that it was for a wise purpose that there was a veil
between the living & the dead that the living might be tryed and
have a greater glory. the living cannot see the departed spirits
but the departed spirits can see the living and administer to
them while they know it not. We are all in the spirit world &
in Eternity but we know it not & do not comprehend it. My
wife awoke in the morning that Charles died & said to me I think
Charles Little is dead for I have seen him to night with Joseph in
a dream and if Brother & Sister Little could see what I have they
would not wish him back. He was vary happy with Joseph and
Joseph said he wanted him he had a particular place for him, and He
looked glorious. Many questions have arises in relation to the death
of children. Some have thought that it was ordained that children should
doie. bBut this is not true doctrin it is not ordained of God that children
should die, but it is the will of God that all children should live and
grow up to manhood & fill up the measure of there days if they could
do it and overcome the evils they have to meet with in life but
they meet with so much of the Law of Death & so many Evils that
many die in childhood & at all ages. you may ask why should not
they have a chance to prove themselves as well as we As I said before
there is a great variety the Human family die at all ages & children
that die thwill have a fulness of glory they will be as happy as they
are capable of being. will they have another probation or chance
of being tried as we are are I have many reflections upon this
subject but it is a doctrin I shall say nothing about. we should
be satisfyed with the principle that our children will be restod
restored to us again in their glorifyed bodies with the salme
statu[r]e that they were taken from us, and they will admin-
ister to us though we know it not it is hid from us for a wise purpose

To give you a figure I will say to a man for instance if you will
go to Big Cotton wood Blindfolded I will give you a reward of Ten
thousand dollars but you cannot have it if you go with your Eyes
open to see the road. the man starts Blind folded fearing & trembling
lest he shall run a foul of wild cattle, into ditches, & difficulties, yet
he gropes his way & gets through claims his reward & gets it so in
the dealings of the Lord with us He does not let us see every thing in
the future before us but makes us promises & makes us walk by faith
that we may obtain them and the greater our trials & conquests
the greater will be our crown & glory. So all those who have been
tried & got through do not wish to administer to us in that way
that they will make it any lighter for us than it has been for
them that all may be tried alike as far as is consistent with
the Economy of God

Joseph Young followed then W Woodruff & E. D. Woolley I returned
to the office & made this report