Discourse 1877-08-17
joy and as saveours on Mount Zion. And on friday last while speaking
at the Funeral of Matilda Moody he said we should improve the
present time and do all we could for our dead ere
death called us away. he refered to a saying of Joseph
Smith, which he heard him utter (like this) That if the
people knew what was behind the vail they would try
by every means to commit suicide that they might get
there but the Lord in his wisdom had emplanted the fear
of death in every person that they might cling to life
and thus accomplish the designs of their creator. [S.] H
