ness of the gospel of Jesus Christ, who is the Son,
whom we saw and with whom we conversed in the heavenly vision;
For while we were doing the work of translation, which the Lord
had appointed unto us, we came to the twenty-ninth verse of the
fifth chapter of John, which was given unto us 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. Now
this caused us to marvel, for it was given unto us of the
Spirit; and while we meditated upon these things, the Lord
touched the eyes of our understandings and they were opened, and
the glory of the Lord shone round about; and we beheld the glory
of the Son, on the right hand of the Father, and received of his
fulness; and saw the holy angels, and they who are sanctified
before his throne, worshiping God, and the Lamb, who worship him
for ever and ever. And now, after the many testimonies which
have been given of him, this is the testimony last of all, which
we give of him, that he lives; for we saw him, even on the right
hand of God, and we heard the voice bearing record that he is
the Only Begotten of the Father--that by him and through him,
and of him the worlds are and were created, and the inhabitants
thereof are begotten sons and daughters unto God."[1540]

The vision was followed by further revelation both through sight and
hearing; and the Lord showed unto His servants and proclaimed aloud the
fate of the wicked and the characteristic features of the varied degrees
of glory provided for the souls of mankind in the hereafter. The several
states of graded honor and exaltation pertaining to the telestial, the
terrestrial, and the celestial kingdoms were revealed, and the ancient
scriptures relating thereto were illumined with the new light of
simplicity and literalness.[1541]

PERSONAL APPEARING OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IN THE KIRTLAND TEMPLE.

In less than three and a half years after its organization the Church
began the erection of the first temple of modern times at Kirtland,
Ohio. The work was undertaken in compliance with a revelation from the
Lord requiring this labor at the hands of His people. The Church
membership was small; the people were in poverty; the period was one of