Essentials in Church History: A History of the Church from the Birth of Joseph Smith to the Present Time (1922), with Introductory Chapters on the Antiquity of the Gospel and the "Falling Away"Smith, Joseph Fielding
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Essentials in Church History: A History of the Church from the Birth of Joseph Smith to the Present Time (1922), with Introductory Chapters on the Antiquity of the Gospel and the "Falling Away"
Smith, Joseph Fielding
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History
"I beheld the celestial kingdom of God, and the glory thereof,
whether in the body or out I cannot tell. I saw the transcendent
beauty of the gate through which the heirs of that kingdom will
enter, which was like unto circling flames of fire; also the
blazing throne of God, whereon was seated the Father and the Son. I
saw the beautiful streets of that kingdom, which had the appearance
of being paved with gold. I saw Fathers Adam and Abraham, and my
father and mother, my brother, Alvin, that has long since slept,
and marveled how it was that he had obtained an inheritance in the
kingdom, seeing that he had departed this life before the Lord had
set his hand to gather Israel the second time and had not been
baptized for the remission of sins.
"Thus came the voice of the Lord to me, saying--
"'All who have died without a knowledge of this Gospel, who would
have received it if they had been permitted to tarry, shall be
heirs of the celestial kingdom of God; also all that shall die
henceforth without a knowledge of it, who would have received it
with all their hearts, shall be heirs of that kingdom; for I, the
Lord, will judge all men according to their works; according to the
desire of their hearts.'
"And I also beheld that all children who die before they arrive at
the years of accountability are saved in the celestial kingdom of
heaven."
Many other wonderful manifestations they beheld, and angels ministered
to them; the power of the Lord rested upon them and the house was
filled with the glory of God. The Prophet's scribe, Warren Parrish, saw
the armies of heaven, and visions of the redemption of Zion.
At this and succeeding meetings the various councils and presiding
officers in the several quorums, each in turn, received blessings by
the anointing of oil and laying on of hands, such as the patriarch and
presidency had received, and the visions of heaven were opened to their
view with wonderful manifestations of the glory and power of God, and
they shouted, "Hosanna to God and the Lamb."
The Solemn Assembly
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