I'm going to start making posts again to this blog. I encourage you to do the same. I came across this several years ago. The implications are profound especially considering the promise in DC 18:16.
DC 75:5 And thus, if ye are faithful ye shall
be laden with many sheaves, and crowned with
honor, and glory, and immortality, and eternal life.
Alfred
Douglas Young, an early convert to the Church, was conversing with his brother
on the morning of September 17, 1841, about the principles of the gospel, when
he was constrained by the Spirit to go to some secret place. Out into the woods
some distance from his brother’s house, he was beckoned in vision by an angelic
personage to “Follow thou me”:
“He
ascended upward in the direction from whence he came and I followed him. He
took me into the presence of God the Father and his Son Jesus Christ. There was
a rail between us; but I saw them seated on a throne. I had in my hands many
sheaves of wheat of the purest white.
“There
was an altar on my left hand and also one directly in front of me. The one on
my left appeared to be about three feet in height, the one in front about
eighteen inches. I laid the sheaves of wheat that were in my hands on the altar
to my left as an offering to the Lord. I bowed myself on my knees on the altar
in front of me which was also in front of the throne.
“I
prayed God the Father in the name of his Son Jesus Christ to accept the
offering I had laid upon the altar.
“While
I prayed the rail was removed and I stood upon my feet. Jesus arose and stepped
from the side of his Father and came near where I stood. I was in their
Presence and I gazed upon their glory.
“Jesus
then said to me, ‘Your offering is accepted, and wouldest thou know the interpretation
thereof?’ I replied, ‘Yes, Lord.’ The angel, my conductor, said, ‘Look,’ and I
saw as it were an innumerable company that had come up from all nations,
kindreds, tongues, and peoples around the throne of God, and they fell down and
worshipped Him and gave glory to Him. Jesus then said, ‘These are they thou
shalt be the means of bringing into my Father’s Kingdom and this is the
interpretation of the offering thou hast laid upon the altar.’” (BYU Letters Alfred Douglas Young,
“Autobiographical Journal,” 1808–1842, pp. 3–13.) ENSIGN AUG. 1975 ‘For We Saw Him’
15 And if it so be that you should labor
all your days in crying repentance unto this people, and bring, save it be one
soul unto me, how great shall be your joy with him in the kingdom of my Father!
16 And now, if your joy will be great with one soul
that you have brought unto me into the kingdom of my Father, how great will be
your joy if you should bring many souls unto me! DC 18: 15,16
