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
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 but 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
die. But 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 diewill 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 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
restored to us again in their glorifyed bodies with the same
stature that they were taken from us, and they will administer to us though we know it not it is hid from us for a wise purpose
"Journal (January 1, 1860 – October 22, 1865)," January 31, 1861, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 17, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/VmGX