Restitution: Infants Raised By Mothers After Resurrection

On the subject of infant deaths, Joseph F. Smith shared the following,

“Joseph Smith taught the doctrine that the infant child that was laid away in death would come up in the resurrection as a child; and, pointing to the mother of a lifeless child, he said to her: “You will have the joy, the pleasure, and satisfaction of nurturing this child, after its resurrection, until it reaches the full stature of its spirit.” There is restitution, there is growth, there is development, after the resurrection from death. I love this truth. It speaks volumes of happiness, of joy and gratitude to my soul. Thank the Lord he has revealed these principles to us.”

(Joseph F. Smith, Gospel Doctrine, pp. 455-56)

Priesthood Definition

President Joseph F. Smith taught,

“The priesthood … is … the power of God delegated to man by which man can act in the earth for the salvation of the human family, in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost, and act legitimately; not assuming that authority, nor borrowing it from generations that are dead and gone, but authority that has been given in this day in which we live by ministering angels and spirits from above, direct from the presence of Almighty God.”

Joseph F. Smith, Gospel Doctrine, 5th ed. (1939), 139–40; emphasis added.