| 82 And the life is eternal with God. Go with me.
Go with me, will you go to the mansions above,
Where the bliss, and the knowledge, the light, and the love,
And the glory of God do eternally be?-
Death, the wages of sin is not there. Go with me.
Nauvoo, January, 1843
The Answer.
To W. W. Phelps, Esq.
A Vision.
1. I will go, I will go, to the home of the Saints, 17. I beheld round the throne, holy angels and hosts,
Where the virtue's the value, and life the reward; And sanctified beings from worlds that have been,
But before I return to my former estate In holiness worshipping God and the Lamb,
I must fulfil (fulfill) the mission I had from the Lord. Forever and ever, amen and amen!
2. Wherefore, hear, O ye heavens, and give ear O ye earth; 18. And now after all of the proofs made of him,
And rejoice ye inhabitants truly again; By witnesses truly, by whom he was known,
For the Lord he is God, and his life never ends, This is mine, last of all, that he lives; yea he lives!
And besides him there ne'er was a Saviour (Savior) of men. And sits at the right hand of God, on his throne.
3. His ways are a wonder; his wisdom is great; 19. And I heard a great voice, bearing record from heav'n,
The extent of his doings, there's none can unveil; He's the Saviour (Savior), and only begotten of God-
His purposes fail not; from age unto age
He still is the same, and his years never fail.
4. His throne is the heavens, his life time is all
Of eternity now, and eternity then;
His union is power, and none stays his hand,-
The Alpha, Omega, for ever: Amen.
5. For thus saith the Lord, in the spirit of truth,
I am merciful, gracious, and good unto those
That fear me, and live for the life that's to come;
My delight is to honor the saints with repose;
6. That serve me in righteousness true to the end;
Eternal's their glory, and great their reward;
I'll surely reveal all my myst'ries to them,-
The great hidden myst'ries in my kingdom stor'd-
7. From the council in Kolob, to time on the earth.
And for ages to come unto them I will show
My pleasure & will, what my kingdom will do:
Eternity's wonders they truly shall know.
8. Great things of the future I'll show unto them,
Yea, things of the vast generations to rise;
For their wisdom and glory shall be very great,
And their pure understanding extend to the skies:
9. And before them the wisdom of wise men shall cease,
And the nice understanding of prudent ones fail!
For the light of my spirit shall light mine elect,
And the truth is so mighty 't will ever prevail.
10. And the secrets and plans of my will I'll reveal;
The sanctified pleasures when earth is renew'd,
What the eye hath not seen, nor the ear hath yet heard;
Nor the heart of the natural man ever hath view'd.
11. I, Joseph, the prophet, in spirit beheld,
And the eyes of the inner man truly did see
Eternity sketch'd in a vision from God,
Of what was, and now is, and yet is to be.
12. Those things which the Father ordained of old,
Before the world was, or a system had run,-
Through Jesus the Maker and Savior of all;
The only begotten, (Messiah) his son.
13. Of whom I bear record, as all prophets have,
And the record I bear is the fulness (fullness),-yea even
The truth of the gospel of Jesus-the Christ,
With whom I convers'd, in the vision of heav'n.
14. For while in the act of translating his word,
Which the Lord in his grace had appointed to me,
I came to the gospel recorded by John,
Chapter fifth and the twenty ninth verse, which you'll see.
Which was given as follows:
"Speaking of the resurrection of the dead,-
"Concerning those who shall hear the voice of
"the son of Man-
"And shall come forth:-
"They who have done good in the resurrection
"of the just.
"And they who have done evil in the resurrection
"of the unjust."
15. I marvel'd at these resurrections, indeed!
For it came unto me by the spirit direct:-
And while I did meditate what it all meant.
The Lord touch'd the eyes of my own intellect:-
16. Hosanna forever! they open'd anon,
And the glory of God shone around where I was;
And there was the Son, at the Father's right hand,
In a fulness (fullness) of glory, and holy applause.
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