Elder Beauchamp, Elder Spencer, and Saints in Melbourne's Pentecostal Conference
Published October 4, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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Millennial Star Research
During a three-day conference in Melbourne, Australia, in October 1865, the gathered Saints and many strangers experienced such a powerful outpouring of the Spirit of God that those present confessed they would never forget it, characterizing the event as a pentecostal feast.
In Their Own Words
“On the 14th, 15th and 16th days of October 1865, a Conference was held here, which all the Saints in this place attended, as did also many strangers, and the Spirit of God was upon us in so great a degree, that strangers present confessed that they never could forget it. It was indeed to the Saints a pentecostal feast, who realized in a signal manner the blessings promised to the believer. — Millennial Star 28:19”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 12 May 1866 (Vol. 28, No. 19). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1866-05-12_28_19 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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