| Joseph Smith–History |
By this timely aid was I enabled to reach the place of my destination in Pennsylvania; and immediately after my arrival there I commenced copying the characters off the plates. I copied a considerable number of them, and by means of the Urim and Thummim I translated some of them, which I did between the time I arrived at the house of my wife’s father, in the month of December, and the February following.
God has a great Urim and Thummim in heaven that allows him to see past (through) all things; moreover, this great “sea of glass” allows him to see all that will ever exist before they exist and all those who have failed and went into outer darkness to never be thought of again (went out of existence). This is the glory of the Holy Ghost to know those that no longer exist.