Willard Richards Copy of Abraham Manuscript, Early 1842–B [Abraham 3:18–26]

Abaham, the inteligences that were  organized bfore the world was; and among all  these were many of the noble & great onees,  and God saw these souls that they were good,  & he stood in the midst of them, and he said,  these, I will make my rulers; for he stood  among these <those> that were spirits, & he saw  that they were good; & he said untto me,  Abraham, thou art one of them, thou art  Chosen before thou wast born. & there stood  one among htem <them> that was like unto God,  & he said unto those, who were with him,  we will go down, there for there is space there,  & we will take of these materials, & we will  make an earth whereon these may dwell;  & we will prove them herewith, to see if they  will do all things whatsoever the Lord their  God shall comm[an]d them; & they, who keep  their first estate, shall be added upon; [p. 8]