A Choir of Angels Heard Singing in the Kirtland Temple During a Fast Meeting

Prescindia Lathrop Huntington recorded an extraordinary audible manifestation she shared with her sister Zina during one of the Kirtland fast meetings, when the congregation was united in vocal prayer:

"At another fast meeting I was in the temple with my sister Zina. The whole of the congregation were on their knees, praying vocally, for such was the custom at the close of these meetings when Father Smith presided; yet there was no confusion; the voices of the congregation mingled softly together. While the congregation was thus praying, we both heard, from one corner of the room above our heads, a choir of angels singing most beautifully. They were invisible to us, but myriads of angelic voices seemed to be united in singing some song of Zion, and their sweet harmony filled the temple of God."

The account is particularly compelling for its precise detail — Huntington describes the angelic choir as coming from a specific corner of the room above their heads, as invisible presences, and as singing in a harmony so full and beautiful that it filled the entire temple. Both she and her sister Zina heard it simultaneously. The setting — a congregation of Saints on their knees in unified, quiet, vocal prayer — lends additional credibility as a spiritually prepared environment for such a manifestation.

Fuller account of this event (in the witness’s own words):

At another fast meeting I was in the temple with my sister Zina. The whole of the congregation were on their knees, praying vocally, for such was the custom at the close of these meetings when Father Smith presided; yet there was no confusion; the voices of the congregation mingled softly together. While the congregation was thus praying, we both heard, from one corner of the room above our heads, a choir of angels singing most beautifully. They were invisible to us, but myriads of angelic voices seemed to be united in singing some song of Zion, and their sweet harmony filled the temple of God.