Conversion of a Quaker visitor following the destruction of Mormon literature
Published October 12, 2026 at 6:34 AM
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Millennial Star Research
A man opposed to the LDS faith became enraged upon seeing Mormon literature at a friend's home and tore the book to pieces, speaking against the Latter-day Saints. A visitor who had been present, and who had previously enjoyed reading the material, was prompted by this man's hostile behavior to investigate the Church further. The visitor eventually joined the Church, noting that he found the only true Gospel.
In Their Own Words
“Some time ago I showed the views of Salt Lake City to a family who were very friendly to me, as they had read nearly all my tracts, and pronounced them very good. The family and also a visitor were looking at the views, when the husband came in, and seeing that it was a book containing Mormon doctrine, and he being opposed to us, became enraged and he tore the book to pieces. He also began to tell what a bad set of people we were. The visitor up to this time had heard nothing about us, but he had read the friendly discussion which he liked very much. The conduct of this man caused him to investigate, and he has since joined us. While the intention of the man was to do us harm, it has been the means of adding one more to the fold of Christ.”
— Elder J. W. M., Millennial Star
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 2 December 1897 (Vol. 59, No. 48). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1897-12-02_59_48 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Full first-person account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, 2 December 1897 (Vol. 59, No. 48), p. 764 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1897-12-02_59_48
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