Gwyn's Vision of Mothers with Resurrected Children
Published October 15, 2026 at 5:59 AM
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After a funeral for the Bishop's child, Gwyn sat in her home in daylight, and with spirit eyes beheld many mothers clasping in their arms children who had died in innocence, restored by the power of the resurrection. She realized only those who pass through the sorrow of parting with little ones participate in that joy at the First Resurrection.
In Their Own Words
“She sat upright in her easy chair; her hand lay upon the side of the cradle; her eyes were wide open; it was broad daylight and the sun shone brightly; she sensed all this. And yet, with her spirit eyes she beheld many mothers extending their arms and clasping in them children who had died in baby innocence and loveliness—their own children, whom death had taken from them, but who were restored to them by the power of the resurrection. As she beheld the unspeakable joy and happiness with which those mothers were filled, she realized that only those who pass through the keen sorrow of parting with their little ones, can participate in that great joy at the First Resurrection — The Young Woman's Journal 2:3”
Sources & References
The Young Woman's Journal, vol. 2 no. 3 (December 1890). L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University digital collections. https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/YWJ/id/9780 (account extracted verbatim from the collection's page-level OCR; research confidence: high)
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