I EMBRACE THE GOSPEL.

your generation. There is no fruit of the church of Christ
upon the earth. There is no man ordained of God to
administer in any of the ordinances of the gospel of salvation
upon the earth in this day and generation. But, in the next
generation, I the Lord will set up my kingdom and my church
upon the earth, and the fruits of the kingdom and church of
Christ, such as have followed the prophets, apostles and saints
in every dispensation, shall again be found in all their fullness
upon the earth. You will live to see the day, and handle the
fruit; but will never partake of it in the flesh.' "

When the old prophet had finished relating the vision and
interpretation, he said to me, calling me by my christian
name: "I shall never partake of this fruit in the flesh; but
you will, and you will become a conspicuous actor in that
kingdom." He then turned and left me. These were the
last words he ever spoke to me upon the earth.

This was a very striking circumstance, as I had spent many
hours and days, during twenty years, with this old Father
Mason, and he had never named this vision to me before.
But at the beginning of this last conversation, he told me that
he felt impelled by the Spirit of the Lord to relate it to me.

He had the vision about the year 1800, and he related it to
me in 1830—the same spring that the Church was organized.

This vision, with his other teachings to me, made a great
impression upon my mind, and I prayed a great deal to the
Lord to lead me by His Spirit, and prepare me for His church
when it did come.

In 1832, I left Connecticut, and traveled with my eldest
brother to Oswego County, New York; and in the winter of
1833, I saw, for the first time in my life, an Elder of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He preached
in a school-house near where I lived. I attended the meet-
ing, and the Spirit of the Lord bore record to me that what
I heard was true. I invited the Elder to my house, and next
day I, with my eldest brother, went down into the water and
was baptized. We were the first two baptized in Oswego
County, New York.

When I was baptized I thought of what the old prophet
had said to me.

I EMBRACE THE GOSPEL.

your generation. There is no fruit of the church of Christ upon the earth. There is no man ordained of God to administer in any of the ordinances of the gospel of salvation upon the earth in this day and generation. But, in the next generation, I the Lord will set up my kingdom and my church upon the earth, and the fruits of the kingdom and church of Christ, such as have followed the prophets, apostles and saints in every dispensation, shall again be found in all their fullness upon the earth. You will live to see the day, and handle the fruit; but will never partake of it in the flesh.' "

When the old prophet had finished relating the vision and interpretation, he said to me, calling me by my christian name: "I shall never partake of this fruit in the flesh; but you will, and you will become a conspicuous actor in that kingdom." He then turned and left me. These were the last words he ever spoke to me upon the earth.

This was a very striking circumstance, as I had spent many hours and days, during twenty years, with this old Father Mason, and he had never named this vision to me before. But at the beginning of this last conversation, he told me that he felt impelled by the Spirit of the Lord to relate it to me.

He had the vision about the year 1800, and he related it to me in 1830—the same spring that the Church was organized.

This vision, with his other teachings to me, made a great impression upon my mind, and I prayed a great deal to the Lord to lead me by His Spirit, and prepare me for His church when it did come.

In 1832, I left Connecticut, and traveled with my eldest brother to Oswego County, New York; and in the winter of 1833, I saw, for the first time in my life, an Elder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He preached in a school-house near where I lived. I attended the meeting, and the Spirit of the Lord bore record to me that what I heard was true. I invited the Elder to my house, and next day I, with my eldest brother, went down into the water and was baptized. We were the first two baptized in Oswego County, New York.

When I was baptized I thought of what the old prophet had said to me.