Thankful Pratt's Open Vision of Her Impending Death

“A few days previous to her death she had a vision in open day while sitting in her room. She was overwhelmed or immersed in a pillar of fire, which seemed to fill the whole room as if it would consume it and all things therein; and the Spirit whispered to her mind, saying: 'Thou art baptized with fire and the Holy Ghost.' It also intimated to her that she should have the privilege of departing from this world of sorrow and pain, and of going to the Paradise of rest as soon as she had fulfilled the prophecy in relation to the promised son. This vision was repeated on the next day at the same hour, viz:--twelve o'clock. She was now filled with an indescribable peace and joy, and she seemed to be waiting with a longing heart for the time of her departure. She was delivered of a son, and in a few hours after, she departed this life, and went to the Paradise of rest, as she had been promised.”

— Parley P. Pratt, Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt