Visions of Moses, June 1830, as Recorded in Phelps, Diary and Notebook [Moses 1]
Source Note
“Revelation to Joseph June 1830,” Visions of Moses, [, Seneca Co., NY, or , Susquehanna Co., PA (or possibly , Broome Co., or , Ontario Co., NY)], June 1830. Version copied [ca. 1835] in William W. Phelps, Diary and Notebook, pp. [38]–[45]; handwriting of ; CHL.
and calling on the name of God, he beheld his glory again, for it was upon him, and he heard a voice saying: Blessed art thou Moses, for I the Almighty have chosen thee, and thou shalt be made stronger than many waters; for they shall obey thy command as if thou wast God; & lo! I am with thee even unto the end of thy days: for thou shall deliver my people from bondage, even Israel my chosen. And it came to pass as Moses’ voice was still speaking, he cast his eyes, and behold the earth, yea, even all the face of it, which there was not a particle of it, which he did not behold, descrying it by the Spirit of God. And he beheld also the inhabitants thereof, and there was not a soul which he beheld not, and he discerned them by the Spirit of God: And their numbers were great, even numberless as the sand upon the Sea Shore: And he beheld many lands; and each land was called earth, and there were inhabitants on the face thereof. And it came to pass [p. [42]]