JT declares purpose of First Vision in discussion of priesthood, missionary work, and enlightenment.

Date: Mar 2, 1879
Type: Speech / Court Transcript
Source: John Taylor
LDS
Hearsay: Scribed Verbatim
Reference: John Taylor, "The Interest of Humanity Should Be Observed," in Journal of Discourses, 26 vols. (Liverpool: William Budge, 1880), 20:257
Scribe/Publisher: William Budge
People: John Taylor, Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience: Latter-day Saints, Reading Public
Transcription: When the Father and the Son and Moroni and others came to Joseph Smith, he had a priesthood conferred upon him which he conferred upon others for the purpose of manifesting the laws of life, the Gospel of the Son of God, by direct authority, that light and truth might be spread forth among all nations.
Source Link: https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/JournalOfDiscourses3/id/7268
Citations in Mormonr Qnas: Multiple Accounts of the First Vision
Black Saints and the Priesthood (Brigham Young/Early Utah era)