One of them, pointing to the other, said to the boy: "_Joseph, this is my Beloved Son; hear him_." Joseph then asked which of all the religions was right, and great was his surprise when he was told that none was right; that they all had gone astray from the truth; and that he must join none of them.

Joseph was told many other things, among which was that some day the true gospel would be made known to him.

Then they left him alone in the woods.
What a wonderful thing! God the Father and his Son Jesus Christ had actually come to Joseph.

He had seen them and they had spoken to him.

That same Jesus of whom he had read in his Bible had come from heaven and his Father had come with him to introduce him to the boy praying in the woods! This was the first vision and the beginning of the gospel in our day; and by thinking carefully about this vision, we may see that it teaches us many things.