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Nothing is more beautiful than a resurrected being. We know that in the future, after we have passed through this life, we will then have our wives and our children with us. We will have our bodies glorified, made free from every sickness and distress, and rendered most beautiful. There is nothing more beautiful to look upon than a resurrected man or woman. There is nothing grander that I can imagine that a man can possess than a resurrected body. There is no Latter-day Saint within the sound of my voice but that certainly has this prospect of coming forth in the morning of the First Resurrection and being glorified, exalted in the presence of God, having the privilege of talking with our Father as we talk with our earthly father.
Source: Williams, Clyde J. ed., Teachings of Lorzeno Snow, Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1984. 99.
Joseph Fielding Smith (6th prophet):
The bodies of the Saints will come forth in the first resurrection, and those of the unbelieving, etc., in the second, or last. In other words, the Saints will rise first, and those who are not Saints will not rise until afterwards, according to the wisdom, justice and mercy of God.
Source: John A. Widtsoe Smith, ed. Gospel Doctrine. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1919. 18.
Those who come forth in the morning of the first resurrection, who "are Christ's, the first fruits," will have celestial bodies and go to a celestial kingdom.
Source: McConkie, Bruce R., Mormon Doctrine, 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1966. 404.