Frederick G. Williams records Sidney Rigdon interpreting David W. Patten's speaking in tongues; Enoch said to have seen the time "when Adam his father was made."

Date
Feb 27, 1833
Type
Manuscript
Source
Sidney Rigdon
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Direct
Reference

Revelation Book 2, 48-49, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed September 28, 2022

Scribe/Publisher
Frederick G. Williams
People
Sidney Rigdon, David W. Patten
Audience
N/A
Transcription

Song, 27 February 1833

Sang by the gift of Tongues & Translated

age after age has rolled away, according to the sad fate of man. countless millions of for ever gone at length the period of time has come that oft was seen by a prophetic eye and writen too by all holy men of Inspired of the Lord a time which was seen by Enoch of Old at a time when he stood upon the mount which was called the mountain of God as he gazed upon nature and the corruption of man of man and mourned their sad fate and wept and cried with a Loud voice and heaved forth his sighs Omnipotence Omnipotence o may I see thee— and with his finger he touched his eyes and he saw heaven he gazed on eternity and sang an Angelic song and mingled his voice with the heavenly throng Hozana Hozana the sound of the trump around [the throne] of God echoed & echoed again and rang and reechoed until eternity was filled with his voice he saw yea he saw and he glorified God the salvation of his people his city caught up through the gospel of Christ he saw the begining the ending of man he saw the time when Adam his father was made and he saw that he was in eternity before a grain of dust in the ballance was weighed he saw that he emenated and came down from God he saw what had passed and then was and is present and to come therefore he saw the Last days the Angel that came down to John and the Angel that now is now flying having the everlasting Gospel to commit t◊ unto men— which in my soul I have recivd and from death and bondage from the Devil I’m freed and am free in the gospel of Christ and Im waiting and with patience Ill wait on the Lord hozana loud sound the trump cause eternity to wring hozana for ever Im waiting the coming of Christ a mansion on high a celestial abode a seat on the right hand of God Angels are coming the holy Ghost is falling upon the saints and will continue to fall the saviour is coming yea the Bride groom prepare ye prepare yea the cry has gone forth go wait on the Lord the Angels in glory will soon be descending go join you in singing the praises of God the trump Loud shall sound the dark vail soon shall rend heaven shall shake the earth shall tremble and all nature shall feel the power of God, gaze ye saints gaze ye upon him, gaze upon Jesus hozana loud sound the trump his church is caught up hozana praise him ye saints they stand at his feet behold they are weeping they strike hands with Enoch of Old they inherit a city as it is writen the City of God, Loud sound the trump, they receive a celestial crown hozana hozana the heaven of heavens and the heavens are filled with his praises of God Amen

Given Februa[r]y 27— 1833—

BHR Staff Commentary

According to the Joseph Smith Papers website:

No other version of this item exists, though the text was later adapted into a hymn and published. An undated broadside of the hymn states that it was ‘sung in tongues’ by David W. Patten and ‘interpreted’ by Sidney Rigdon. (‘Mysteries of God,’ CHL.) This item was never canonized.

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