Christina Willardson's Vision of Heavenly Singing and Halos

Christina Willardson heard beautiful singing in the Manti Temple during dedicatory services before the choir began. She also saw a halo of light around a brother while he was speaking in the temple and again at the Salt Lake Temple capstone laying.

A contemporary report by George Teasdale, published in the Millennial Star (vol. 50, no. 26), confirms that the heavenly singing occurred on the first day of the dedication while Professor Smyth was concluding a selection from Mendelssohn. Teasdale corroborates that numerous Saints in the congregation and brethren in the west stand heard the voices, which they perceived as angelic and coming from behind and above them. He further notes that this manifestation was part of a larger 'heavenly feast' experienced by the Saints throughout the three days of the dedication, during which some also reported seeing the spirits of past Church leaders.