Little children shall be saved. They are alive in Christ and shall have eternal life. For them the family unit will continue, and the fulness of exaltation is theirs. No blessing shall be withheld. They shall rise in immortal glory, grow to full maturity, and live forever in the highest heaven of the celestial kingdom—all through the merits and mercy and grace of the Holy Messiah, all because of the atoning sacrifice of Him who died that we might live.
(Bruce R. McConkie, The Salvation of Little Children, Ensign, Apr. 1977, p. 3)
“Little Children Also Have Eternal Life”
There is scarcely a doctrine so sweet, so soul satisfying, and so soul sanctifying, as the one which proclaims-Little children shall be saved. They are alive in Christ and shall have eternal life. For them the family unit will continue, and the fulness of exaltation is theirs. No blessing shall be withheld.
They shall rise in immortal glory, grow to full maturity, and live forever in the highest heaven of the celestial kingdom -all through the merits and mercy and grace of the Holy Messiah, all because of the atoning sacrifice of Him who died that we might live.
Truly, this is one of the great evidences of the divine mission of the Prophet Joseph Smith. In his day the fiery evangelists of Christendom were thundering from their pulpits that the road to hell is paved with the skulls of infants not a span long because careless parents had neglected to have their offspring baptized.
Joseph Smith’s statements, as recorded in the Book of Mormon and latterday revelation, came as a refreshing breeze of pure truth: little children shall be saved. Thanks be to God for the revelations of his mind where these innocent and pure souls are concerned!
(Bruce R. McConkie, The Salvation of Little Children,†pp. 3, 7,)