Given in May 1819
Lucy Mack Smith History Manuscript (1844-1845)
Lucy Mack Smith History Manuscript (1845)
Lucy Mack Smith History (1853)
1
A. I thought I was walking alone, and although I was very much fatigued I continued to travel as fast as I conveniently could.
B. I seemed to be on my way to a meeting.
C. It was the day of judgment and I was going to be judged, but when I came in sight of the meeting house I saw crowds of people coming from every direction and pressing with great anxiety towards the door of this great house.
D. I thought that I should get there time enough that there was no need to be in such a hurry and a bustle. There was no danger but that I should enter, and I felt very careless and easy.
E. However, when I came to the door I found it shut.
F. I knocked for admission and was informed by the porter who kept the door that I could not go in as I had come too late and the door was shut.
2
A. I soon felt exceedingly troubled and that I was perishing, so I earnestly began to pray. Presently I found that my flesh continued to wither on my bones, and so I grew still more anxious and prayed still more fervently.
B. I was about to despair thinking that I must be lost when the angel that attended me asked if I had done all that was necessary to receive admission.
C. I said I had done all that was in my power and knowledge to do. “Well,” said my guide, “Justice must have its demands, and then after this mercy has her claims.”
D. It then came into my mind to ask God in the name of Jesus. I cried out in the agony of my soul, “Oh Lord God, I beseech Thee in the name of Jesus Christ to forgive my sins!”
E. After this I then felt considerably strengthened and my flesh began to be restored.
F. The porter then said, “You must plead the merits of Jesus, for He is the Advocate with the Father, and a Mediator between God and Man.”
G. I was now made quite whole and the door was opened, but on entering I awoke.