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their little one, have great cause for joy and rejoicing, even in the midst of the deep sorrow that they
feel at the loss at their little one for a time. They know he is all right; they have the assurance that
their little one has passed away without sin, such children are in the bosom of the Father. They will

inherit their glory and their exaltation, and they will not be deprived of the blessings that belong to
them; for in the economy of heaven, and in the wisdom of the Father, who doeth all things well,
those who are cut down as little children are without any responsibility for their taking off, they,
themselves, not having the intelligence and wisdom to take care at themselves and to understand
the laws of life; and, in the wisdom and mercy and economy of God our Heavenly Father, all that
could have been obtained and enjoyed by them if they had been permitted to live in the flesh will
be provided for them hereafter. They will lose nothing by being taken away from us in this way…..
With these thoughts in my mind, I take consolation in the fact that I shall meet my children

who have passed behind the veil; I have lost a number, and I have felt all that a parent can feel,
I think, in the loss of my children.
I have felt it keenly, for l love children, and I am particularly fond of the little ones, but I feel
thankful to God for the knowledge of these principles, because now l have every confidence
in his word and in his promise that I will possess in the future all that belongs to me, and my

joy will be full. I will not be deprived of any privilege or any blessing that I am worthy of and
that may be property entrusted to me. But every gift, and every blessing that it is possible for
me to become worthy of I shall possess, either in time or in eternity, and it will not matter so
that I acknowledge the hand of God in all these things, and say in my heart, “The Lord giveth
and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord” [see Job 1:2l]. This is the way we
should feel with regard to our children, or our relatives, or friends, or whatever vicissitudes we
may be called to pass through.

AFTER THE RESURRECTION, A CHILD’S BODY WILL GROW TO
MATCH THE STATURE OF THE SPIRIT.

Would we be satisfied to see the children we bury in their infancy remain as children only,
throughout the countless ages of eternity? No! Neither would the spirits that did possess the

tabernacles of our children be satisfied to remain in that condition. But we know our children
will not be compelled to remain as a child in stature always, for it was revealed from God, the
fountain of truth, through Joseph Smith the prophet, in this dispensation, that in the resurrec-
tion of the dead the child that was buried in its infancy will come up in the form of the child