IвЂ™ve written about this memorable revelation before (in a previous column titled ' Doctrine and Covenants 76 is deeply significant in many ways,' Oct. Not a sound nor motion made by anyone but Joseph and Sidney, and it seemed to me that they never moved a joint or limb during the time I was there, which I think was over an hour, and to the end of the vision.вЂќ вЂњThis manner of conversation was reported at short intervals to the end of the vision, and during the whole time not a word was spoken by any other person. Then Sidney replied, вЂI see the same.вЂ™ Presently Sidney would say вЂWhat do I see?вЂ™ and would repeat what he had seen or was seeing, and Joseph would reply, вЂI see the same.вЂ™ Then he would relate what he had seen or what he was looking at.

вЂњJoseph would, at intervals, say: вЂWhat do I see?вЂ™ as one might say while looking out the window and beholding what all in the room could not see. вЂњI saw the glory and felt the power,вЂќ he recalled, вЂњbut did not see the vision.вЂќДibble provides an invaluable account of what the process of receiving the vision looked like from the outside. Joseph and Sidney had just worked through John 5:29, which says that the dead вЂњshall come forth they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.вЂќДЄccording to an account given decades later by Philo Dibble, perhaps as many as a dozen others - including himself - were in the room when Joseph and Sidney received the revelation on Feb. It appeared self-evident from what truths were left, that if God rewarded every one according to the deeds done in the body, the term вЂHeaven,вЂ™ as intended for the SaintsвЂ™ eternal home, must include more kingdoms than one.вЂќ From sundry revelations which had been received, it was apparent that many important points touching the salvation of man, had been taken from the Bible, or lost before it was compiled. вЂњUpon my return from Amherst conference,вЂќ Joseph wrote, вЂњI resumed the translation of the Scriptures. None, however, was more important than the vision of the three degrees of glory that we now know as Doctrine and Covenants 76. Many important revelations were received there. Working with Sidney Rigdon, the Prophet devoted much of his time in Hiram to whatвЂ™s known today as the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible. The Smiths accepted the offer, and so, for roughly a year, from September 1831 through September 1832, the Johnson house effectively served as headquarters for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After Joseph Smith healed Alice Johnson of вЂњchronic rheumatismвЂќ in her shoulder, Johnson and her husband invited him and his wife, Emma, to live in their home, near Hiram, Ohio.

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