I related this vision to the believers in Portland, who had full confidence that it was from God. They all believed that God had chosen this way, after the great disappointment in October, to comfort and strengthen His people. The Spirit of the Lord attended the testimony, and the solemnity of eternity rested upon us. An unspeakable awe filled me, that I, so young and feeble, should be chosen as the instrument by which God would give light to His people. While under the power of the Lord, I was filled with joy, seeming to be surrounded by holy angels in the glorious courts of heaven, where all is peace and gladness; and it was a sad and bitter change to wake up to the realities of mortal life. {LS 68.1}

Jeg berettede dette syn til de troende i Portland, som havde fuld tiltro til at det var fra Gud. Herrens ånd tog del i vidnesbyrdet og det eviges alvor hvilede over os. En usigelig ærefrygt fyldte mig, så jeg, så ung og svag, skulle vælges som det redskab hvorved Gud ville give sit folk lys. Medens jeg var under Herrens kraft blev jeg fyldt med glæde og synes at være omgivet af hellige engle i himlens herlige sale, hvor alt er fred og glæde og det var en kedelig og bitter forandring at vågne op til det dødelige livs realiteter.