It’s unknown if the recipients of the letter were still actively attending church. But as a former Mormon, it sounds so shrill to me.You three children are now the patriarchs and the matriarch of your families, at least in this line. The generation that raised you is gone, or is going. And you, too, will eventually recede into the past—as will I (probably much sooner). With this in mind, we should try to leave a positive legacy, not just of material things but, beyond those basic needs, of stories and experiences and eternal family ties. (The Restored Gospel is so precious at times like this!)
The line “the Restored gospel is so precious at times like this” implies that the regular plain old Gospel isn’t sufficient. Well - for billions of Christians it is. No dunking for the dead and tying families together with polygamy is necessary.
Secondly, billions of non Christians don’t need any gospel at all to have a feeling that they lived a meaningful life on Earth.
Mormons have such an unhealthy obsession with the idea that their own personal lives and worldly relationships must last forever. Across trillions upon trillions of years.
Once you leave the bubble of Mormon dogma, it just seems so strange.