Answers to Gospel Questions, Smith, pp. 56-57; refer in this text to Moro. 8
“… I have meditated upon the subject, and asked the question, why it is that infants, innocent children, are taken away from us… . The Lord takes many away even in infancy, that they may escape the envy of man, and the sorrows and evils of this present world; they were too pure, too lovely, to live on earth; therefore, if rightly considered, instead of mourning we have reason to rejoice as they are delivered from evil, and we shall soon have them again.” (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, pp. 196-197)
Little Children Have Eternal Life
Answers to Gospel Questions, Smith, pp. 56-57; refer in this text to Moro. 8
“… I have meditated upon the subject, and asked the question, why it is that infants, innocent children, are taken away from us… . The Lord takes many away even in infancy, that they may escape the envy of man, and the sorrows and evils of this present world; they were too pure, too lovely, to live on earth; therefore, if rightly considered, instead of mourning we have reason to rejoice as they are delivered from evil, and we shall soon have them again.” (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, pp. 196-197)