Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-11-14


while lahphng Ia the turi'. vineyard
abroad, nj their bereavement. hut ~
President Joseph f. smith had cs.
pressed II, they felt not to sorrow uu.
der such circumstances but rather %
rejoice.
IL was not his intention 20 take up
the time Of the meeting with any
heightened remarks OF his own; he
wished, however, 10 read nn extract
from sermon preached by the
Prophet Joseph Smith ON April 10th,
1873, just alter receiving tue news VI
the death o! Elder Lorenzo ID. Barnes,
at Bradford, England, which occurred
ON December goth, 1872. As reported
by Willard Richards and Wiliord
Woodruff, the Prophet said:
when / hoard Of the death OF our be.
loved Brother Barnes. Do would not have
Affected mo 81 much ~ had the oppOr-
tuuity u burying him In tile land OF
Zion.
I boliovo those vino have buried their
friends here, their condition Is enviablc.
Look ut Jacob aud Joseph In Egypt, how
ihoy required their friends to bury thom
In The tomb of their fathers. Soc
the expense which attended the cmhalm-
ing and the going up Of the great COM
pany 10 the buriah
u has Away. been considered great
calamity not to obtain au honorable
burial. aud one Of the greatest curses
the ancient Prophets could put ON any
man was, that ho should so without "a
burial.
have said, Father desire to die hero
among the Saints. Hut u this Is not thy
VIII, and go honcc and dio, vii, thou
iind some kind friend aud hriugmy body
back, and gather my friends who havu
fllou In foreign lands and bring them
up hithor thntwc may ail Ito together.
! viii tell you what | want. II tomor-
row shall DO called 10 lo loo yondor
iomb, Ia the morning of the resurrection
lot mo strike hands with my father, and
cry, "My ia.hor," aud he will say, "Nly
sou, niy SON. rs soon ns tho rock rsnd-
and before we como out OF our grave.
And may We contemplate those things
suf lcs, if We learn how . live and how
Ia die. When wo lie down W. cpntem.
plate how We may rise up In tho morning;
amt it j. pleasing for friends TO Ito down
together, locked Ia tho arms ~ love, to
sleep, and awake In each hDt'semhraco,
and ronew their conversation.
Would you think u strange " / rotate
what I have seen In vision la relation to
this interesting thcmo? Those who have
died In jesus Christ may expect 10 enior
into all that fruition NJ JOY, when they
come forth, which they possessed or an.
ticipaicd here.
So plain was tho vision. that actually
saw mon, before they had assembled from
tho tomb, as though they were getting up
slowly They took zach other by tho
hand aud said 10 each other, "Aiy father,
my SON, my mother. my daughter, my
brother, my sister" And when Tho oico
calls Tor the dead 10 arse, suppose / am
laid by the side " my father, what would
be- the lrst Joy Of nay heart To mort my
father, my mother, my hruthor,my si-tor;
and WHOM th1y are by my sido, | embrace
them, aud thoy me.
II IL my meditation all tho day, aud
moro than my meat and drink, 10 know
how I shall make tho Saints ~ God com
prchend the yiHiuus that roll like an over
flowing surge before my mind.
Oh! how J would delight 10 bring be-
fore YOU things which you never thought
OF Bat poverty aud the cares " the
world prevent. But am glad have the
privilege VI communicating to yuu some
things, which, II gmsprd closely, will be
u help To you when earthquakes below,
the clouds gather, tho llghtnlngs flash,
aud the storms nro ready 10 burst upon
you like paals OF thunder. Lay hold NJ
those things, aud let not your knees or
then what can earthquake, wars, aud
tornadoos do! Nothing. All your losses
will be- made up to you In the rosurroc-
lion, provided you continue iHilLiu by
the vision Of tho Almighty ! have eeon II.
The expectation VI seeing ms friends
In tho morning Of the resurrection cheers
my soul and makes nc bear up agains,
Die evils Of lie. II Is like their taking
long Journey, aud on their return VT
tn.f fInfN win ftsTHuan1 inv
Iosauna, hosannn, ho-nnna 10 NJ
mighty God, that rays Of light begin 10
burst forth upon M, even now. cannot
tud words Ca express myself ] am not
learned, bat ! have rs good feelings ~
any man.
- that had tho language ~ the arch.
angel 90 express my feelings once 10 my
friend-l Hut / never expect 81 la this
life. Whom others rejoice, rejoice, whom
they mourn, / mourn.
Apostle Richards went on TO remark
that when on his second mission 20
England In the year 1850 permission
was obtained to eXhume the body OF
Brother Barnes and also that Of Brother
Vim. Burton, who died at Edinburgh,
scotland, on March 18th, 1901, and the
missionaries having contr buted the
necessary funds they were brought TO
Salt Lake for iuterment In the mida. Of
Gods people. The bodies OF quite "a
number of other Elders who had died
abroad since then had also been
brought over for the same purpose, An
application, however, for permission 10
exhume and bring home the remains
Of Brother Flanagan from Birmingham,
England, was met with n refusal. lie
had died OF ama llpoX, amt the authorl.
tics deemed II prudent not 10 run tho
risk OF any possible spread Of the con.
tRgion.
The Prophet Joseph Smith enter.
tanned the deepest Interest in having
the remains OF the brethren who died
abroad buried In the land OF ZlOn-tho
gathering place OF the Saints, aud mad
a vault constructed In which It was
his intention 10 have the bodies u the
members OF his own family deposited.
This was erected on the south
side OF the Temple Square In
the city OF NauyOO. While visit
ing TINT place, however, "A few years
ago, Brother Richards said he found
the vault Itself was still preserved IN.
tact, but II had been covered In and
was then used rs u wine cellar.
He thought tie remarks made by the
Prophet Joseph In the sermon TO which
he had Just before referred were equal
ly MS consoliug TO-DAY TO President Can
non aud his family as they were to The
friends Of Brother Barnes Mt that dis
tant time. Everything contained In
the Holy Gospel was calculated 10 give
Va comiort anu to cheer our hearts Ia
tho tribulations Of this mortal life. We
needed the LORDS strength to over