Reflections on Alma 22:15

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

What John Murdock wrote

 “In one of these meetings the prophet told us if we could humble ourselves before God, and exercise strong faith, we should see the face of the Lord. And about midday the visions of my mind were opened, and the eyes of my understanding were enlightened, and I saw the form of a man, most lovely, the visage of his face was sound and fair as the sun. His hair a bright silver grey, curled in most majestic form, His eyes a keen penetrating blue, and the skin of his neck a most beautiful white and he was covered from the neck to the feet with a loose garment, pure white, whiter than any garment I have ever before seen. His countenance was most penetrating, and yet most lovely. And while I was endeavoring to comprehend the whole personage from head to feet it slipped from me, and the vision was closed up. But it left on my mind the impression of love, for months, that I never felt before to that degree.” 


John Murdock, A Brief Synopsis of the Life of John Murdock, ed. Reva Baker Holg [L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah], 8; capitalization standardized, italics added.

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