Vision, 16 February 1832, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 76]
Source Note
“The Vision,” [, Portage Co., OH, 16 Feb. 1832]. Version copied [ca. Apr. 1832] in Gilbert, Notebook, pp. [63]–[75]; handwriting of ; Revelations Collection, CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Revelation, 27 Feb. 1833 [D&C 89].
of the , which glory is that of the lesser, even as the glory of the Stars differeth from the glory of the Moon in the firmament. These are they who receive not the Gospel of Christ, neither the testimony of Jesus. These are they who deny not the Holy Ghost. These are they who are thrust down to Hell. These are they who shall not be redeemed from the Devil untill the last resurrection, untill the Lord even Christ the Lamb, shall have finished his work. These are they who receive not his fullness in the eternal world but of the Holy Ghost through the administration of the & the Terestrial through the administration of the & also the Telestial receive it of the administration of who are appointed to be ministering spirits for them, for they shall be heirs of salvation; & thus we saw in the Heavenly vision the glory of the Telestial which surpasseth all understanding & no man knoweth it except him, to whom God hath revealed it.— And thus we saw the glory of the Terestrial which excelleth in all things the glory of the Telestial, even in glory in power, & might, & <in> dominion.— And thus we saw the glory of the Celestial which excelleth in all things, where God even the Father dwelleth [p. [71]]