Sarah Smith's Vision of a Celestial Garden and the Lord on His Throne (1835)

“In 1835, on the 26th of December, being carried away in a vision, I was in a beautiful garden, in which were gravel walks, green and beautiful fruit-trees; looking towards the east, I saw the rays of the sun playing among the shades, the heavens were bright, and I was dressed in white, with a hymn-book in my hand, and was singing hymns. I then saw the Lord Jesus coming to meet me; he was arrayed in white, and his countenance was as the sun; he had twelve angels before him, and twelve behind him, with harps in their hands, and were singing and playing music; they were all in white, with long hair hanging in beautiful ringlets down their shoulders. The Lord took me by the hand, and said unto me, follow thou me; he led me to a place like unto a prison and said, behold on thy left; and I looked and beheld the flames of hell; and I cried Lord save me, and he said, from this hour thy soul is saved. He then came to the bottom of a steep hill, and I saw at my right hand, as it were, a temple built of pure gold, mingled with glass, we then ascended the hill, hand-in-hand, the twelve angels before and the twelve behind; at the top of the hill were the gates of heaven, as it were, of pearl, cut in beautiful figures, and clear as crystal. At the gates stood two angels with trumpets in their hands, the Lord spoke to them, and the gates flew open; I saw within, the Lord sitting on a throne, which was of pearl, beautifully wrought in figures and ornaments, his countenance was as the lightning, almost too bright to behold; legions of angels were round about him, all singing, and playing on musical instruments. He had in his left hand a roll of parchment, while his right hand was extended to his son, and he said unto his son, sit thou at my right hand, and he was then seated at his right hand; he said unto me, enter into the joy of thy Lord, and I was seated at his right hand; and he gave me a harp to play, and I sung and played with them. After beholding several other things which it is not wisdom to write, I awoke from my vision. — Millennial Star 3:4”