possessions were taken from him in
an hour, but yet he had sense or
knowledge enough to understand
and say that when he came into the
world he possessed neither children,
houses, lands, horses, oxen, camels
nor asses, but that all his wealth
had been given to him by the Lord,
and that the Lord had taken them
away and blessed be his holy name. [Job 1:21]
I will say to our mourning friends,
your children are taken away and
you can not help it, we cannot any
of us help it; there is no censure
to be given to parents when they
do the best they can. A mother
should not be censured because she
can not save her sick child, and we
have to leave these things in the
hands of God. It will be but a
little time until they will be restored
to us; in a little time brother and
sister Wheeler will again have the
children whose loss they now
mourn.

With regard to the growth, glory,
or exaltation of children in the life
to come, God has not revealed any-
thing on that subject to me, either
about your children, mine or any-
body else’s, any further than we
know they are saved. And I feel
that we have to put our trust in the
Lord in these afflictions, we have
to lean upon his arm and to look to
him for comfort and consolation.
We do not mourn under these
afflictions as those who have no
hope; we do not mourn the loss of
our children as though we were never
going to see them again, because we
know better. The Lord has taught
us better, and so has the Gospel;
the revelations of Jesus Christ have
shown us that they will be restored
to us in the resurrection of the just.
And I will here say with regard to
the Gospel of Christ, that it is one
of the greatest mysteries under the
heavens to me why there are so few
of the human family, whether in the
Christian, Pagan or Jewish world,
who take any interest in eternal
things, in the state of man after
death. If we read the Bible we
learn that Noah, filled with revela-
tion, and with the Gospel in his
hand, although he labored a hundred
and twenty years, could not get a
solitary soul except his own family
to go with him for salvation. It
was similar in the days of the Patri-
archs and Prophets, and if we come
down to the days of Christ, we find
that his testimony was rejected by
the rabbis, high priests and the
great mass of the people, and he
chose for his Apostles twelve poor
fishermen, and they and very few
of the people, comparatively speak-
ing, were all that received the teach-
ings of Jesus and followed him
through the regeneration; while the
whole Jewish nation, with these
few exceptions, were ready to put
their Shiloh to death, and he was
the person upon whom the salvation
of the whole house of Israel de-
pended. It is just so to-day. The
great majority of the people reject
the words of life and salvation
which are proclaimed unto them.
God, in these last days revealed the
Gospel of Jesus Christ to Joseph
Smith by the teachings of angels
out of heaven, and its principles are
made known to the world, and there
has never been a congregation of
Gentiles, from that day to this, to
whom the Elders of Israel have
borne record of these things, but
what the Spirit of God has also
borne record of the truth of their
testimony; and herein lies the con-
demnation of this generation, for
"light has come into the world,
but men love darkness rather than
light, because their deeds are evil." [John 3:19]
I ask, in the name of God and huma-
nity, why is it that intelligent beings,

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possessions were taken from him in an hour, but yet he had sense or knowledge enough to understand and say that when he came into the world he possessed neither children, houses, lands, horses, oxen, camels nor asses, but that all his wealth had been given to him by the Lord, and that the Lord had taken them away and blessed be his holy name. I will say to our morning friends, your children are taken away and you can not help it, we cannot any of us help it; there is no censure to be given to parents when they do the best they can. A mother should not be censured because she can not save her sick child, and we have to leave these things in the hands of God. It will be but a little time until they will be restored to us; in a little time brother and sister Wheeler will again have the children whose loss they now mourn.

With regard to the growth, glory, or exaltation of children in the life to come, God has not revealed anything on that subject to me, either about your children, mine or anybody else’s, any further than we know they are saved. And I feel that we have to put our trust in the Lord in these afflictions, we have to lean upon his arm and to look to him for comfort and consolation. We do not mourn under these afflictions as those who have no hope; we do not mourn the loss of our children, as though we were never going to see them again, because we know better. The Lord has taught us better, and so has the Gospel; the revelations of Jesus Christ have shown us that they will be restored to us in the resurrection of the just. And I will here say with regard to the Gospel of Christ, that it is one of the greatest mysteries under the heavens to me why there are so few of the human family, whether in the Christian, Pagan or Jewish world, who take any interest in eternal things, in the state of man after death. If we read the Bible we learn that Noah, filled with revelation, and with the Gospel in his hand, although he labored a hundred and twenty years, could not get a solitary soul except his own family to go with him for salvation. It was similar to the days of the Patriarchs and Prophets, and if we come down to the days of Christ, we find that his testimony was rejected by the rabbis, high priests and the great mass of the people, and he chose for his Apostles twelve poor fishermen, and they and very few of the people, comparatively speaking, were all that received the teachings of Jesus and followed him through the regeneration; while the whole Jewish nation, with these few exceptions, were ready to put their Shiloh to death, and he was the person upon whom the salvation of the whole house of Israel depended. It is just so to-day. The great majority of the people reject the words of life and salvation which are proclaimed unto them. God, in these last days revealed the Gospel of Jesus Christ to Joseph Smith by the teachings of angels out of heaven, and its principles are made known to the world, and there has never been a congregation of Gentiles, from that day to this, to whom the Elders of Israel have borne record of these things, but what the Spirit of God has also borne record of the truth of their testimony; and herein lies the condemnation of this generation, for "light has come into the world, but men love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil." Doctrine & Convenants 29:45 I ask, in the name of God and humanity, why is it that intelligent beings,