The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-01


| that had afflicted him. As the light fell
upon the PROSTATE lad. he saw two per-
! sonagcs. in the form OF inea. glorious above
| description. standing above hun III tue ar.
4 one q them calling him BY name spoke
! saying: This is my beloved son, hear hith'
Gaining control OF AIS thoughts, ne re.
Mgmbcrcl the object o. MS search, anu
Inquired which Of all the sects was right.
! IN answer he was told tina. none OF them
( Was right. that he must join none. said the
/ Glorious Beng; They draw near 10 nue.
with their lips, but their hearts are far
! from me; they teach for doctrine the com
I iiandnents Of men, having form o. Godii-
ness, but they deny the power thereon.
Joseph was amazed at the instruction, for
w TO this time it had not entered his MIND
I that tho true church was not TO be found
upon the face OF the earth.
Repeating their command that he should
not ally himself with any OF the man made
sects. the personages withdrew the light
vanished and the youth recovering, found
himself lying on his back gazing up into
heaven.
"Repearlng their comnSind that he should
! he had seen and heard. it created Wide sur
prizes. not to say CONSERVATION aud amaze
ment. He was counted a blasQhener for
announcing the Father was a parsonage and
eth worse that he. an obscure boy had
seen Him and the son. and heard their
divine voice. His parents and brothers be
T
/ The ministers 70 whom he eouflded his
vision told him that Il was OF the devil.
There We're no such things as visions and
revelations IN these days such manifes-
tatjons had ceased with the apostles and
! there would never be any more. Put the lad
/ rama ned true TO his trust. and as a result
+ he y Is persecuted stiema.ited as "a kuavc
and hypocfite. His lie Wis sought but
I nothing could change the stcalf8stness OF
his testimony which he maintained through
'ha toll. poverty. scorn and trihulatlon OF
The following three years. during which
time, forced from the society Of his former
friends. he was obliged to seek companion
ship which MSS gen.a! and social nature
craved among tA1se unnotel Tor their good
IS. among eyi! characters. as he himself
/ confess,s. Thus he fell frequently into
maay foolish errors, ami ne felt greatly
condemned at times for his weakness ana
/ Intersections. At length he was forced 10
seek the Lord that he might receive for
glNeness Tor all MS sins ana toi5ies. on the
( hlEhl OF september Il, 1871, he prayed
earnestly. AMI while thus engaged darkness
3 oes2n 70 iaie away and glory appeared,
( uttl the room was brighter than MONDAY.
/ In the midst OF this light In the air by his
7 bedside. stood radiant parsonage, whose
/ eoeh''naice Vas lovely and more bright
( IMAM VIVID lightning. Calling the youth by
name. ne declared himself messenger
I ron God whose name was horoni. He said
( - -, .isl- = vi n 4"' "p''rih 10 uo liat
/ through MN Hod power ana kingdom
/ a. al'u loNer were 20 be returned to earth ann
ny MS name shou4l oe had loF good ana
e'!l aIhouS an nations,
-. re wss Shown 10 Vision the mn wherein
WEI I'1len tnc sol0 pt9ieS containing me
1 IeVolu OF we BOOK OF Mormon ana win
mem 'nS INN ana ihumlilih' pr pareG
oy me -AliA's1ty 10 a.! in the trans !ation
I =, tne doom ne anger iAen quoted from
/ ile scriptures various progresses relating
| 10 me restoration o. the Gospel ana the
/ prles'hool' ana me setting N Of the Sa-
/ Nlor lAtter-oay Kingdom and the usher
| ing IN OF the millennium lie referred TO
Inc pFopheciss included in the fourth and
/ part OF the third chapters OF Malachi the
| eleNentA chapter Of Isaiah, the twenty
second and twenty third verses CT the
/ MIRA chapter OF Acts and the last five
! verses OF the second chapter OF Joel saying
/ these we're about 10 be fulfilled. He de-
| clared that the 'fuiiness OF the genties
! would soon come in and warned the youth
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