"We are now in a day of trial to prove ourselves worthy or unworthy of the life which is to come (DBY, 345).
All intelligent beings who are crowned with crowns of glory, immortality,
and eternal lives must pass through every ordeal appointed for
intelligent beings to pass through, to gain their glory and exaltation.
Every calamity that can come upon mortal beings will be suffered to come
upon the few, to prepare them to enjoy the presence of the Lord. If we
obtain the glory that Abraham obtained, we must do so by the same means
that he did. If we are ever prepared to enjoy the society of Enoch,
Noah, Melchizedek, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, or of their faithful
children, and of the faithful Prophets and Apostles, we must pass
through the same experience, and gain the knowledge, intelligence, and
endowments that will prepare us to enter into the celestial kingdom of
our Father and God. … Every trial and experience you have passed through
is necessary for your salvation (DBY, 345).
Should
our lives be extended to a thousand years, still we may live and learn.
Every vicissitude we pass through is necessary for experience and
example, and for preparation to enjoy that reward which is for the
faithful (DBY, 345)."
Brigham Young manual Chapter 35
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