Divine Protection and Retribution against Methodist Persecutors in Wrexham
Published October 26, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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Zion's Trumpet Research
While the Latter-day Saints were preaching in Wrexham, Methodists attempted to disrupt them by singing. Additionally, irreligious people attempted to throw rotten eggs at the Saints. During this attempt, one of the eggs hit a Methodist in the forehead, leading the Methodist to sue the attacker. The judge presiding over the court case rebuked the Methodist for bothering the Saints, declaring that the Saints had the authority to preach and deserved peace.
In Their Own Words
“They have been preaching outside within the last fortnight near Wrexham; and the Methodists came there to sing, for the purpose of disrupting them; and irreligious people came there also with rotten eggs to throw at the Saints. But as they threw the rotten eggs, one of them hit the forehead of one of the Methodists, who went to sue the other because of it. After going to court, the Methodist was asked by the judge, why he was troubling the Saints? and he declared that it served him right, and that the Saints had the authority to preach and have peace, as well as any other sect. — Udgorn Seion (Zion's Trumpet), No. 12 (June 12, 1852) (English translation by Ronald D. Dennis)”
Sources & References
Ronald D. Dennis, trans. and ed., Zion's Trumpet: 1852 Welsh Mormon Periodical (Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University), No. 12 (June 12, 1852) issue. https://rsc.byu.edu/sites/default/files/pub_content/pdf/June_12.pdf (account extracted verbatim from the published English translation PDF; research confidence: high)
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