![]() We ought to study it day and night, for the world is ignorant in reference to their true condition and relation. It is but reasonable to suppose that God would reveal something in reference to the matter, and it is a subject we ought to study more than any other. And it is important that we should understand the reasons and causes of our exposure to the vicissitudes of life and of death, and the designs and purposes of God in our coming into the world, our sufferings here, and our departure hence. . . For this reason we should learn all we can about it.Īll men know that they must die. In fact, death is a vital gateway to immortality-an important milestone along the road of eternal progress. Still others just ignore death, finding it too unpleasant to think or talk much about. On the other hand, some spend their lives in search of a fountain of youth with the hope that they will never die. Some look forward to passing to the other side, where they can be free from pains and sicknesses and toils and troubles or be reunited with a loved one from whom they have been separated-sometimes for decades. No matter what our age or circumstance, death will be a new experience for all of us. A. Karl Larson and Katherine Miles Larson, 1:465–66).ĭeath is uncharted territory. The Prophet Joseph Smith taught that “the Lord in his wisdom had implanted the fear of death in every person that might cling to life and thus accomplish the designs of creator” (quoted by Wilford Woodruff in Diary of Charles Lowell Walker, ed. Death is both fascinating and somewhat frightening-frightening in that there is normal apprehension about it. Someone once said that life is a terminal illness no one gets out of it alive. The topic that I have been assigned to speak on may seem a little strange to some of you for a setting like Campus Education Week, but I hope and pray that it will be both interesting and inspiring. My brothers and sisters, I am honored to have been invited to speak to you today.
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