Show I 1 copyright Se secured cured curea HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH i i 1843 feb friday 21 rode out with elder B abroad called on ond dr r foster had some conversation about the tiie postoffice Post Office and several other matters returned to my office and at 3 walked out with elder young in ift reply to W W phelps vade mecum or gawith Go with me of of january last I 1 dictated the following answer TO W W pimus ESQ A VISION I 1 I 1 1 I will go I 1 will go to the home of the saints where the virtues tila tha value and life the ifie reward but before I 1 return to my former estate I 1 must fulfill the fie mission missi oat oft I 1 had from the lord I 1 I 1 2 wh wll ere ene fore hear 0 ye heavens and give ear r 0 ye earch and rejoice ye inhabitants truly again agala for the lord lie he is god and his life hie never ends and aud besides him there neer was a savior of f men 3 his ways are a wonder his wisdom is great 1 the extent of ills his doings theres none can ran unveil his liis purposes fail not from age unto u lito tito age lie baill is the same and bis bin years never fail 4 his throne is the ilia heavens his life time is all of eternity now and eternity tien then ien his ills union is power and none stays his band hand the alpha omega for ever amen 5 for thus saith the tiie lord in the spirit of truth I 1 am merciful gracious and good unto those that fear me and live for the life to come my aly delight is to honor lionor the saints with repose 6 filat that serve me in righteousness true it t the end e nd externals eternals Eter nals their glory and great their reward ill surely reveal all my mysteries mys tries to thema the tile greut breut hidden bidden mystifies iu in my kingdom king dony stord f r 7 F from rom tile the coue cout council icil iri iti in dolob to time on the earth and for foi as a ages s to come unto them I 1 will show mv yiv pleasure and will what my kingdom will do wonders they truly shall know 8 great things of the future ill show unto them yea ye things of the vast generations to rise for their wisdom and glory shall be very great and ana A 1 1 ia their pure understanding extend to the skies ekies 9 and alid before them the cie wisdom of men shall cease and the ilia nice understanding of prudent ones fail for the light of my iny spirit shall light mine elect acid arid tha truth isso is so mighty twill ever prevail 10 and the tile secrets and plans of my will ill lil reveal the sanctified pleasures when earth is reneld ren ewd what the eye hath not seen nor the ear haith yet beard nor the tile heart of the tue natural man ever hath bath vie vis wd I 1 11 I 1 I 1 joseph tho the prophet in spirit beli bell beheld eld eid and the eyes of the inner man matt truly did see B eternity clid III in a vision from god of or what was and ande now nov 13 and yet yel is lo 10 be 12 those things which the father oida ordained abed of df 0 old is before the weld was or a system had ilag runk run ran through jesus ir and savior of all tha ma only oaly begotten messiah ils liis son so n 13 of whom I 1 bear record records as all prophets have and the record I 1 bear is the fullis full nest ns ves ven et even the truth of the gospel of jesus the agrist with whom I 1 ia the vision al of 1 beahn 14 for while in the act of translating his word which the lord in ills his grace had appointed to me 1 I came to the gospel recorded by john chapter fifth and tho the twenty ninth verse which see which was given as follows I speaking of the tile resurrection of the beadi dead concerning those who shall hear the voice of the son of man mail and shall omit come forth they who have done good in the resurrection of the just and they who have done evil in a tire tile resurrection of the unjust 11 15 1 I marceld mar veld at at these resurrections indeed for it came unto me by the spirit direct and arid while I 1 did meditate what it all meant the tha lord the eyes of my ray own intellect 16 hosanna IIo lio sanna sinna forever ever they anon and tile llie glory of god shone bhone around where I 1 was and there was the son agthe at the Fat fathers heris herIg right hand in a falness of glory and holy applause 17 1 I beheld round the throne holy angels and hoss and sanctified beings from worlds that bave havo been in holiness worshipping wor shipping god and the lam lamb for ever and ever amen and amen IS 18 and now after all of he ilia proofs made mad of or liim him by witnesses truly by whom lie he was k known this is mine last of all that lie he lives yea lie he lives and sits tits at the right hand of god oil on his throne 19 and I 1 heard a great voice bearing record from headla iles hes the savior and only begotten of god Byli byll behim lm of him and through him the ilia worlds were all made even all that career hi in the heavens so broad 20 whose inhabitants too from the tilo first to the last Ares are avd by the very same savior of ours and of course are begotten gods daughters and sons by the very same truths and the very same 1 21 I and I 1 saw and bear record of warfare in hearn for an angel of light iu in authority great rebella Re belld against jesus and sought for his power but was thrust down to woe from his modified Godi godl fied state 22 and the heavens all wept and the tears drood like dew that Luci lucifer tir son of the morning had fell yea is fallen is fallen and become oil alas the son of perdition the devil of hell 23 3 and while I 1 iwas was yet in the spirit of truth the commandment was write ye the vision airout all air out for satan old serpent the devils for war and yet will encompass tle the saints round about 21 and I 1 saw santoo tot too too the and mi mia mid gry iry ry of those Over overcome com a by tile the devil in warfare and fib fig fight gilt glit in hell fire and vengeance the doom of the damned for the lord said the tha vision is further so write 25 5 for thus saith the lord now concerning all those who know of my power and parta paria partake ke of the same and suffer themselves that they ba be overcome by the power of or satan suan despising my hame name 26 6 defying my power and denying the truth they are they tiley of or the world or of meu men most forr forlorn orn the sons of perdition of whom nh I 1 say better for them had llad they never been born 27 vessels of wrath and dishonor to god doomed to suffer ills his wrath in the regions of woe through the terrific ni n of round with the devil and all of his angels below 28 23 of whom it is said no forgiveness is civill in this world alas nor the world to come for they have llave denied tho the spirit of god after having recel received rece ivd it and aud mi arys their doom 23 29 arid and denying the only begotten of god god gok and crucet crucify him to thern themselves silves as they do and openly put him to shame in their flesh by gospel they cannot repentance tande tanae renew 30 they are they who must mast go to tho tile groat lak laki lik ilk i of fire which brimstone yet never consumes arid and dwell with the devil and angels of hh his willie eternity goes ard and eternity comes conked 31 they are aro they theyo who must groan through the great second death and A lid iid are not redeemed in the time of the lord while all the rest are through the triumph of christ made partakers par takers of grace by tile the power of his word 33 32 the bystry in of godliness truly is great the past and the tho present and what is to be and this ia is the gospel glad tidings to all which the voice from the heavens bore record to me 33 that tint he came cama to tha tho world in the middle of time to lay down his life for forhia his friends and his ills foes and bear away sin as a mission of love and aud sanctify earth for a blessed re spose 31 34 31 decreed that hell holl save all tile the work of his hands and sanctify them by his hia own precious blood and purify earth for tile the sabbath of rest by the agent of fire as it was by the tho flood 35 the savior will save all lis father did give even all thit lie lle gave in the regions save tilo tile sons of perdition lost ever lost and can never return to the presence of god 36 they tiley are aro they who must reign with the devil evil in hell in eternity now and eternity then where the worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched quen clied and the punishment still is eternal amen 37 and which in is the tho torment apostates receive but the end or the tho place where ilia tilo dorment connant began save to them who are made to partake of the same was lever never nor will be revealed unto man 38 yet god shows by vision a glimpsy of their fate and straightway ho lie closes jahe the scene that was bhonn so tile tilo width or the tho depth or the tha misery thereof save to those that partake is for ever unknown 39 and while I 1 was pondering iila the vision was closed and the voice baid said to me write the vision for lo 10 tila tho end of the scene of the sufferings rings of those who remain filthy still in la their anguish and woe 40 and again I 1 bear record of heavenly things where virtues the value above all prica of the truth of the gospel conce concerning ruing the tha just that rise in the fint resurrection rebur of christ 41 who received and believed and repented likewise w Is e and then were baptised baptized sed as a man always wasy was wab who asad and a remission of sin cin and honored the kingdom by keeping its laws 42 being buried in water as jesus had been and keeping the whole of his holy commands thoy they received the gift of the spirit 0 truth by the ordinance truly of laying hying on hands 0 43 for these thesa overcome by their fhi fai th and their works B inc ing tried in their lire life time lime as purified gold and beald geald by tile the mph it of promise to ilie ilia by men well called of god us as was aaron of old 44 they are they of the church of the first born of god godo and unto whose hands he commit teth all things for they hold the tile keys of the tha kingdom of headla and reign with tile the savior as priests and as kings kins 45 til eyre priests of the order of Melchi meichi sedek like jesus from whom is this thia highest reward receiving a falness of glory awl light As written watten gods even sons bons of the lord ag so all nil things are theirs yea of life or of death yea whether things now or to come all are th irs ITS and thay are the saviors Savior ls and he lie ii H the lords having overcome all as eter altys heirs 47 tig wisdom that man never glory in nuin man but give god the glory for all thit that th it at he lie hath for tile the righteous oua will walk in iu the tile presence of 0 G god od while the wicked are trod under foot ia his lis wrath 49 yea yes the tile righteous shill ehilt dwell ii the tile presence of god and of jesus forever from earths second ilith unil for when lie coms com s 9 down in the splendor of 0 lie ile heton wil all ali these hell hall bring ewt with him to reign on tiie tile earth 49 these are they that chat arise in their bodies ct of flesh flash I 1 when theto the tho trump of iaia tha first resurrection ankh stink bound sound these are they that come up to mount zion in life where the blessings and gifts gifta of tile the spirit abound 50 these are they that have come corne to tho ilia heavenly place to the numberless courses of angels above to the city of god een the bolest of all and the home of the bless biess blessed bd the fountain cf or love 51 to the church of old enoch and of the first born and genral assembly of ancient renow renowned reno wnM nd whose names are all kept in the archives of heavin As chosen and faithful and fit to be crowned 52 tese thesa are they that are perfect through iesu jesus sown own blood whose bodies celestial are mentions menti ond by paul pan where the sun is the typical glory thereof and god and his bis christ are the true truo judge of all 53 again I 1 beheld the terrestrial world in ilie the order and glory of jesus go on oil not as the church of the first born of or god but shone silone in its place as tha moon to the sun 54 beholds behold these are they that have died without law the heathen of ages that never had bad hope and those of the region and shadow of stath the spirits in prison that light has brought up 55 to spirits in prison the savior once and taught them the gospel with powers afresh and then were tho living for their thel dead that they might be judged us if men in the fles flesh I 1 55 56 these are they that are hol hoi rable rabie men of the earth who were wera blinded and by the cunning camping of men I 1 they rece received ivd not the truth of the tile savior at hirst first but did when they heard it in prison again 57 not valiant for truth they not the tha crown but are of thal that glory tydd by the moon they are they that come como into luto the presence of christ but not to the tha fatness of god on his throne 53 again I 1 beheld the as third the lesser or starry world next in its place for the leaven must leaven three measures of meal and every knee bow that Is subject to grace 59 these are they that received not the gospel of christ or evidence either that ha he ever was As the stars are all dlf dif dif dlf Prent frent in glory and light so differs the glory of these by the laws GO these are they that deny not the spirit of god but are thrust down to hell with the ibe devil for sills sins As hypocrites liars choro mongers bongers and thieves and stay till the last resurrection begins 61 till the lamb shall have finished finis hd the work he begun shall have trodden the wine wino press in fury alone and overcome all by the power of his might lie ile conquers to conquers conquer and save all his owr ga these are they that receive not a fullness cf light from christ in world where they are the ilia terrestrial sends them tiie tha comforter though and mini ministering string angels to happey there 63 and so the li Is ministered to by ministers from the terrestrial ones one As terrestrial terri is from the celestial throne and the great greater greatest seems seema scarf star moon and sun gl ai G l and thus lilus I 1 beheld in the vision of heava hea vb the glory dominion and bliss surpassing the great understanding of men save rev cald in itt a world vain as this CS 65 and aid lo 10 I 1 beheld the too which excels tle de lei lel estul in glory and light in splendor aud and knowledge and wisdom and joy in blessings and graces auces muces dominion and might 66 1 I beheld the celestial in glory sublime which 1 is the most exe eilent client kingdom that is where god esen elen een iha tha father in han harmony gannony nony reigns almighty supreme and eternal in bliss 67 where the tha church of the tha first born ta hi reside and they baoas seen and they kaow as known being equal in power dominion and might with a fullness of glory and grace round his lis throne GS 63 the tile glory gory celestial is one like the sun tile the glory terrestrial ter id ia oner onty like the swoll rhion the glory I 1 is one like th tax stars bibra and ull uli harin barin otilLe lako iao ino tle gal gul wll gil A tune 63 As the stars are all ail different in lustre and size so the bestial region is mingled ili in biss bliss froni F born beatt lea t 0 nto oto greatest and aud a tid greatest to teas leas tile reward is 13 exactly ex icely as pro promised wised in til this tins 70 these ao tire iley hi y that came out for apollos and arid rm for C pil mph pit is hid alif jesu jesus in all kinds of or hope for tor en ellah h ail ami ati moss mos H and an pter P ter and jolin john for luther arld arid ana calv a j i vm vea ile lle lie tie pop pope 71 for fon fortley fortier they tiey never rec ree r n w d he the goppel gorp elof elor of christ nor it tf prophetic api it 3 th A t came camet froin the lord nor tile the e vr tint rint ri rill nril it wr n r which winch yacob once had they went wat thir th ili ir own anav d and aud they have their ir nw w rd 72 by 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