for blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth saith
the spirit for they rest from their labours (& if their friends are
faithful) their works will follow them, but what is the time of
our suffering in this life in comparison with Eternity After we have
spent millions of Ages in eternity & we look back upon our time here
& it will ownly look like the twinkling of an eye in comparison
And so it will be in the waiting for the resurrection of our bodies
it will be for A moment as it were before we shall stand in our
immortal bodies but no person can have power to raise the dead
except he holds the Keys of the resurrection & no man can hold
the keys of the resurrection or be ordained unto that power
untill he has died & been raised from the dead himself no
more than than A man has power to Baptize A man legally
& lay hands upon him for the Holy Ghost & ordain him to the
office of an Elder who has not been baptized or ordained
himself. Michael the Ark Angel (Adam) Holds the Keys of the
resurrection And After A man is raised from the dead has
an immortal body & recieves An ordination to hold the keys of
the resurrection from under the Hands of Michael or those
Having authority He then has power to raise the dead & not
before. Jesus was the first fruits of the resurrection "He had
power to lay down his life & power to take it again," [John 10:18] when He
had lain in the grave three days An Angel, some person who
was Appointed to this work appeared rolled back the stone & called
Jesus forth. We have power here through the Priesthood to lay
hands upon the sick & they recover, to cast out devils open the eyes
of the blind & unstop the ears of the deef according to the faith of the chil-
dren of men. It is just as easy to raise the dead for one who is ordained
unto this power as it is for us to administer in the ordinances of the
House of the Lord here. Some times we lay hands upon the sick &
they are healed instantly other times with all the faith & medicine they
are a long time getting well, & others die. The spirit of devils who
are deprived of Having tabernacles are constantly making war with
men who have tabernacles & they strive to take up their abode in
the tabernacles of men because they have none of their own, & whare
they can get a chance they will many of them croud into one man
& try to reign there & some times they will kill the body & then
the spirit of the man & devils all have to leave it some times in
sickness & weakness the spirit of deavels get possession of the
body whare the spirit of man is pure & overcomes it but the
moment the spirit leaves the Body it is beyound the power &
reach of the devils, some children are killed in this way for
the devil is making war with every thing that has A tabernacle
esspecially the Saints, & the devil rules a great deal in the hearts
of the children of men, And if He cannot go in any other way
He will go into A Barrel of whiskey & run down their throats
And when the saints get into the valley away from the valley
gentiles the deavel will get into the Half mormons Hickery
mormons & will plead with them to get into them but when
we consider how little time we have to spend in this life im
comparison to eternity we ou[gh]t not to consider it a hard matter
to be faithful to God & keep his commandments for when we
obtain celestial glory we shall have to exclaim that it is through
the grace of God after all, for the glory far exceeds our sufferings
in this life.

Manny Many other remarks were made by
President Young And meeting was dismissed by W Woodruff

or blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from hence forth saith the spirit for they rest from their labours (& if their friends are faithful) their works will follow them, but what is the time of our suffering in this life in comparison with Eternity After we have spent millions of ages in Eternity & we look back upon our time here & it will ownly look like the twinkling of an eye in comparison and so it will be in the waiting for the resurrection of our bodies it will be for a moment as it were before we shall stand in our immortal bodies but no person can have power to raise the dead except he holds the Keys of the Resurrection & no man can hold the Keys of the resurrection or be ordained unto that power untill he has died & been raised from the dead himself no more than than a man has power to baptize a man legally & lay hands upon him for the Holy Ghost & ordain him to the office of an Elder who has not been baptized or ordained himself. Michael the Ark Angel (Adam) holds the Keys of the resurrection and after a man is raised from the dead has an immortal body & recieves an ordination to hold the Keys of the resurrection from under the Hands of Michael or those having authority he then has power to raise the dead & not before. Jesus was the first fruits of the Resurrection "He had power to lay down his life & power to take it again," when He had lain in the grave three days an Angel, some person who was appointed to this work appeared rolled back the stone & called Jesus forth. We have power here through the Priesthood to lay hands upon the sick & they recover, to cast out devils open the eyes of the blind & unstop the ears of the deef according to the faith of the children of men. It is just as easy to raise the dead for one who is ordained unto this power as it is for us to administer in the ordinances of the House of the Lord here. Some times we lay hands upon the sick & they are healed instantly other times with all the faith & medicine they are a long time getting well, & others die. The spirit of devils who are deprived of having tabernacles are constantly making war with men who have tabernacles & they strive to take up their abode in the tabernacles of men because they have none of their own, & where they can get a chance they will many of them croud into one man & try to reign there & some times they will kill the body & then the spirit of the man & devils all have to leave it some times in sickness & weakness the spirit of deavels get possession of the body whare the spirit of man is pure & overcomes it but the moment the spirit leaves the body it is beyound the power & reach of the devils, some children are killed in this way for the devil is making war with every thing that has a tabernacle esspecially the Saints, & the devil rules a great deal in the hearts of the children of men, and if he cannot go in any other way he will go into a barrel of whiskey & run down their throats and when the saints get into the valley away from the gentiles the deavel will get into the Half mormons Hickery mormons & will plead with them to get into them but when we consider how little time we have to spend in this life in comparison to Eternity we ought not to consider it a hard matter to be faithful to God & keep his commandments for when we obtain Celestial glory we shall have to exclaim that it is through the grace of God after all, for the glory far exceeds our sufferings in this life.

Many other remarks were made by President Young and meeting was dismissed by W Woodruff