Testimonies (Why I Believe)

Iver L. Larsen's Welsh convert's spiritual manifestation at confirmation

Published October 30, 2026 at 12:10 AM

1920s · 1929
West coast of Wales

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An unnamed British navy warrant officer, a veteran of World War I who had witnessed severe wartime trauma, was baptized in the ocean on the west coast of Wales on a Sunday in late October 1929. During his confirmation, Elder Iver L. Larsen experienced a profound outpouring of the Spirit, and the convert was deeply touched, weeping as he was confirmed.

In Their Own Words

“After the baptism, a most spirited Sacramental meeting was held. One of the converts, a man forty-seven years of age, a warrant officer in the British navy, who had gone through the war, seen ships covered with human blood, men running with their heads blown off — and other horrors that words cannot describe, was deeply touched when I laid my hands upon his head to confirm him a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He broke down and cried pitifully. Never before have I felt or enjoyed the Spirit of the Lord to such an extent. — Millennial Star 91:45”

Sources & References

The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), Vol. 91, No. 45 (1929). https://archive.org/details/millennialstar9145eng (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)

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Questions about this account

Who was involved in this account?
The account involves Iver L. Larsen, unnamed warrant officer. Each person named here also has a witness page collecting the other accounts involving them.
When did this account take place?
The account is set in 1929, in the 1920s.
Where did this account take place?
It took place in West coast of Wales.
What kind of miracle is this?
It is filed as a Testimonies (Why I Believe) account reported in United Kingdom.
Where does this account come from?
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), Vol. The full source citation appears in the Sources section below, with links to the original where available.

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