Joseph Sr. retires to bed contemplating the confusion of the Christian world.
He soon fell into a sleep, and before waking had the following vision,
which I shall relate in his own words, just as he told it to me the
next morning:—
Joseph "seemed" to be traveling through an open, barren field—nothing
but fallen trees in all directions, not even a blade of grass, and not
a sound to be heard.
… no living thing … was there save myself and an attendant spirit that
stood at my side of this personage I enquired the meaning of what I
saw and why I was traveling in this gloomy place
Joseph Sr. asks the spirit why he (Joseph) was in such a dismal place.
The spirit answers that the field is the world:
inanimate & dumb as to the things pertaining to the true religion or
the order of Heavenly things all is darkness
He is told to continue on until he comes upon a box on a log:
whose contents will make you wise and if you eat the same you {shall}
have wisdom and understanding
I did as I was directed and presently came to box I took it up and
placed it under my left arm forced up the lid and began to taste of
its contents
when all maner of beasts {and} horned cattle and roaring animals rose
up on every side and rushed upon me tearing the Earth tossing their
horns in air belowing round {him} <me> threatning every moment to
devour {me} <me>
they came so close upon me that I was forced to drop the box—and fly
for my life although <it> {the possesion of} made me the happiest of
anything <of which> I ever had possession I awoke trembling with
terror
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