Apostle George Teasdale's Testimony of Divine Knowledge

Apostle George Teasdale, born in London on December 8, 1831, joined the Church in 1852. His conversion began when he read an anti-Mormon tract published by the Church of England, which piqued his interest. A Latter-day Saint who was a fellow employee at the upholstery shop where Teasdale worked capitalized on this interest, bearing a powerful testimony of the gospel that led to Teasdale's conversion. Following this, both men were subjected to ridicule and abuse from their co-workers. Teasdale went on to serve as president of seven conferences in England and Scotland over the next nine years. During his later ministry as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, he frequently spoke of his conversion. At the London Conference in 1887, he testified that he had maintained a personal spiritual conviction of the truth of the Gospel for thirty-five years. He famously characterized the world's perception of his faith as a 'very happy delusion,' noting that he had always striven to gain a better resurrection.

Fuller account of this event (as retold in Lawrence R. Flake, 'George Teasdale,' in Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001), 403–5.):

George Teasdale, a fifty-year-old native of Britain, had joined the Church thirty years earlier in London after having his interest kindled by an anti-Mormon tract published by the Church of England. A fellow employee at the upholstery shop where George worked was a Latter-day Saint. Capitalizing on the interest created by the pamphlet, this faithful member bore his testimony of the gospel so powerfully that George was converted. Thereafter both men were the subjects of ridicule and abuse from the other workers.