The Rise and Fall of NauvooRoberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
History
The Rise and Fall of Nauvoo
Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry)
Latter Day Saints -- Illinois -- Nauvoo; Nauvoo (Ill.) -- History
I would again remind the reader that these reports of remarks and
discourses of the Prophet's are imperfect, having been written in
long-hand, and in part from memory and therefore really are only
synopses of what was said. I call attention to this at this point
because the imperfections in construction of the above are very
apparent, so also the fact that the report in this case is very much
abbreviated. Still the substance--the great facts concerning the work
to precede the coming of the Son of Man, and the prediction that the
Son of Man will not come until that work is performed, are all there,
and that is the important thing.
Of the appearance of the Savior when He does come, the Prophet said;
When the Savior shall appear, we shall see Him as He is. We shall
see that He is a man like ourselves, and the same sociality which
exists among us here will exist among us there, only it will be
coupled with eternal glory, which glory we do not now enjoy.
OF THE RESURRECTION.
No less interesting were the Prophet's teaching on the subject of the
resurrection of the dead. To a remark of Elder Orson Pratt's to the
effect that a man's body changes every seven years, the Prophet replied:
There is no fundamental principle belonging to a human system that
ever goes into another in this world or in the world to come. I
care not what the theories of men are. We have the testimony that
God will raise us up, and He has the power to do it. If any one
supposes that any part of our bodies, that is, the fundamental
parts thereof, ever goes into another body he is mistaken.
Speaking of the desirability of an honorable burial, and of living and
dying among friends in connection with the resurrection, the Prophet
said at the funeral services held in honor of Lorenzo D. Barnes, who
had died while on a mission to England:
I believe those who have buried their dead here, their condition
is enviable. Look at Jacob and Joseph in Egypt, how they required
their friends to bury them in the tomb of their fathers. See the
expense which attended the embalming and the going up of the great
company to the burial. It has always been considered a great
calamity not to obtain an honorable burial; and one of the greatest
curses the ancient prophets could put on any man was that he should
go without a burial. * * * * * *
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