A Divine Warning Regarding Theft on a Train
Published October 12, 2026 at 6:17 AM
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Millennial Star Research
Brother Archibald was sleeping on a train passing through Wyoming. A voice spoke to him, warning him of his position and the danger to his money. Upon waking, he caught a thief attempting to rob him.
Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 58, No. 48 (26 November 1896), p. 764):
Brother Archibald, while traveling on the cars through Wyoming, was sleeping, when a voice spoke to him, saying, 'Archibald, look out for your money.' He awoke, and found a man in the act of picking his pocket.
In Their Own Words
“One night while resting in half position on the seat of the car a voice said to him “You are lying in such a position that all your money can be taken out of your pocket.” With a sudden start he clapped his hand over the pocket in which he carried his purse, and awoke from his sleep just in time to see a man go out rather hastily through the car-door. ... When Brother Archibald learned from his companion traveler of the attempt made to rob him, he was satisfied that it was a divine intervention. — Millennial Star 58:48”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 26 November 1896 (Vol. 58, No. 48). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1896-11-26_58_48 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Complete account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 58, No. 48 (26 November 1896), p. 764 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1896-11-26_58_48
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