A vision given to Joseph Smith the Prophet, in the temple at Kirtland, Ohio, January 21, 1836. HC 2: 380—381. The occasion was the administration of the ordinances of the endowment as far as they had then been revealed.

1—6, The Prophet sees his brother Alvin in the celestial kingdom; 7—9, The doctrine of salvation for the dead is revealed; 10, All children are saved in the celestial kingdom.

 THE ^aheavens^• were ^bopened^• upon us, and I beheld the ^ccelestial kingdom of God, and the glory thereof, whether in the ^dbody^• or out I cannot tell.

 I saw the transcendent ^abeauty^• of the ^bgate^• through which the heirs of that kingdom will enter, which was ^clike^• unto ^dcircling^• flames of fire;

 Also the ^ablazing^{• b}throne^• of God, whereon was seated the ^cFather and the ^dSon^•.

 I saw the beautiful streets of that kingdom, which had the appearance of being paved with ^agold^•.

 I saw Father ^aAdam and ^bAbraham^•; and my ^cfather^• and my mother; my brother ^dAlvin^•, that has long since ^eslept^•;

 And ^amarveled^• how it was that he had obtained an ^binheritance in that kingdom, seeing that he had departed this life before the Lord had set his hand to ^cgather^• Israel the second time, and had not been ^dbaptized^• for the remission of sins.

 Thus came the ^avoice^• of the Lord unto me, saying: All who have died ^bwithout^• a knowledge of this gospel, who would have received it if they had been permitted to tarry, shall be ^cheirs^• of the celestial kingdom of God;

 Also all that shall die henceforth without a knowledge of it, who ^awould^• have received it with all their hearts, shall be heirs of that kingdom;

 For I, the Lord, will ^ajudge^• all men according to their ^bworks, according to the ^cdesire^• of their hearts.

 And I also beheld that all ^achildren who die before they arrive at the ^byears^• of accountability are ^csaved in the celestial kingdom of heaven.