and while i was yet in the spirit , the angel of the lord took me away to the hill in the east of pontoosuc , and there he showed unto me the record buried under an oak tree as large as the body of a large man ; and i beheld it as a man can see a light stone in clear water , for i saw it by urim and thummim ; and i returned the urim and thummim to the angel of the lord , and he departed out of sight .