Divine Protection and Provision for Elders in North Carolina
Published October 12, 2026 at 5:52 AM
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While laboring in North Carolina, Elders experienced divine protection from mob violence and miraculous provision of food and entertainment, despite traveling without purse or scrip, which they attributed to the hand of the Lord and the presence of angels.
In Their Own Words
“We are laboring in Wake County, North Carolina, and have been here about three months. We have met with some opposition, but the Lord has been with us and has blessed us in our labors. We are protected, however, from all violence and harm. One lady in the same place said she had been looking and praying for just such a message of salvation as we brought, and she said that now it had come she was ready to die. God’s angels are on our right hand and on our left to shield us from all harm, and though we travel without purse and scrip we are provided with entertainment and food, and we acknowledge the hand of the Lord in it. We have held several meetings and have had good attendance. We feel that there is a good work to be done here, and we are trying to do our duty as servants of the Lord.”
— E. C. Robinson, The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 19 December 1895 (Vol. 57, No. 51). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1895-12-19_57_51 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Full first-person account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 57, No. 51, 19 December 1895, p. 814 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1895-12-19_57_51
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