The Appearance of Elizabeth Condie's Spirit

Six young girls in Croyden, Utah, were singing hymns in a cemetery. After decorating the grave of Elizabeth Condie, they felt an impression to return to the grave. Upon singing and praying to see the deceased sister, they witnessed the form of a woman clothed in white descend toward the grave. She appeared to be Sister Condie, who had passed away. The girls, including the deceased's daughter Irene, recognized her. The figure disappeared after being seen by the girls but not by the father or brother of Irene.

Fuller account of this event (as retold in The Young Woman's Journal, vol. 2, no. 2 (November 1890), p. 88):

In the little settlement of Croyden, Morgan County, Utah, there lived a good sister named Elizabeth Condie, who passed away some time ago, leaving a husband and several children. A few weeks after her death, six young girls, friends of the family, went to the cemetery to decorate her grave and the graves of her two children who were buried near her. After they had finished their work, they felt an impression to return to the grave. They did so, and while there, they sang some hymns and offered a prayer, asking the Lord to let them see the spirit of their departed friend. While they were thus engaged, they saw a form, clothed in white, descend from the air and hover over the grave. It was the form of a woman, and the girls, among whom was Irene, the daughter of the deceased, recognized her as Sister Condie. The little girls were frightened at first and began weeping when suddenly Irene exclaimed, “Why, it’s ma.” The woman beamed upon them with a lovely smile, looked upon the flowers that had been placed on her grave and on the graves of her two children who had been buried near her remains, took off her head-covering and turned slightly around, as if to say, “Do not be afraid; you see it is I.” She made no sound, however. The girls were so overcome with emotion that they could not speak. The figure then slowly ascended and disappeared from their sight. The father and brother of Irene were near the cemetery at the time, but they did not see the manifestation.