relative to receiving an honourable burial with his ^my^ fathers
He ^I^ wanted to be laying by the side of his ^my^ father when
the trumpet of God should ^shall^ sound and the voice of
God say "Ye Saints arise so that when the toomb
should ^shall^ burst he ^I^ could ^can^ arise from the grave and
first salute his ^my^ father and say O my Father! and
his ^my^ father O my Son! as they took ^we take^ each other by
the hand.

He ^I^ wished next to salute his my brothers
and sisters and then the Saints

It was upon this principle that
the ancients were so particular to have an honourable
burial with their fathers as in the case of Joseph
Before his death he made his kindred promise to
carry to carry his bones to the land of Canaan and
they did so. They embalmed his body and took
it to the land of Canaan and buried it with his fathers [Genesis 50:25-26] [Exodus 13:19]

There is a glory in this which
many do not comprehend. It is true that in the
resurrection the Saints will be caught up to meet
the Lord and they will all be brought together though
their bodies were scattered upon the face of the whole
earth. Yet they could not as readily salute
each other as though ^they^ had laid down and rose up
together from the same bed.

To bring it to the understanding
it would be as though two who were very dear friends
indeed should lie down upon the same bed at night
locked in each others embrace talking of their love and
in the morning awaking together they could immediately
renew their conversation ^even^ while rising from their bed
But if they were alone and in seperate appartments they
could not as readily salute each other as though they
were together

He remarked that Should
he ^I^ live and have an opportunity of gathering his ^my^
friends together who had^ve^ died he ^I^ intended to do so
but should he ^I^ not live to do it him^my^self he ^I^ hoped that

relative to receiving an honourable burial with my fathers I want to be laying by the sie of my father when the trumpet of God shall sound and the voice of God say "Ye Saints arise so that when the toomb shall burst I can arise from the grave and first salute my father and say O my Father! and my father O my Son! as they we take each other by the hand.

I wish next to salute my brothers and sisters and then the Saints.

It was upon this principle that the ancients were so particular to have an honourable burial with their fathers as in the case of Joseph. Before his death he made his kindred promise to carry his bones to the land of Canaan and they did so. They embalmed his body and took it to the land of Canaan and buried it with his fathers.

There is a glory in this which many do not comprehend. It is true that on the resurrection the Saints will be caught up to meet the Lord and they will all be brought together though their bodies were scattered upon the face of the whole earth. Yet they could not as readily salute each other as though they had laid down and rose up together from the same bed.

To bring it to the understanding it would be as though two who were very dear friends indeed should lie down upon the same bed at night locked in each others embrace talking of their love and in the morning awaking together they could immediately renew their conversations even while rising from their bed. But if they were alone and in seperate appartments they could not as readily salute each other as though they were together.

Should I live and have an opportunity of gathering my friends together who had died I intended to do so but should I not live to do itmyself I hoped that