April 6, 1881
time we may spend of these precious moments before this vast Assem-
bly that we may satisfy ourselves, that we may satisfy our friend
But O my soul when I think of this Eternal & immortal spirit that
is chained up in these chains of mortality, that while the soul of
man pants to mingle with those Eternal principles and Eternal intel-
ligences which dwell around the throne of God and the Lamb, still we are
confined here, limited, with all the inspirations we can get. sometimes
I feel when I realize these things it would be a relief if I could break
these bands as Brother Orson Pratt has done and open my Eyes in the
spirit world and partake of the glory and blessings that await that man
but then again we must submit, we should be patient, we should be
satisfied in regard to our condition on the Earth, in our Mortal
state, it will last but a vary little while. Now the few moments we
have to spend with yoo Brethren & sisters in speaking upon this
occasion, what can we do, what do you expect we are going to give
you a history of Orson Pratt? If we had a month with all the
inspiration we could get from God in our mortal state we could not
tell you the one thousandth part of the Glory, the exaltation, the power,
the blessings and the Kingdoms, thrones and principalities that await
that man, and Every other Man that has kept the same Law. We cannot
do it. No Eye hath seen, no Ear hath [heard] neither hath it Entered into the
heart of man to conceive the glories that await the Saints of the
living God. Now while I spent a few moments in talking
to the living I also Expect to refer to the dead, but it will take the
trump of the sixth angel to sound to reveal the history of Orson
Pratt to an assembled world. You cannot do it, I cannot do
it, it is not in our power There are a great many things
concerning Br Pratt that have not been written and never will be