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Elder C. H. Wheelock Receives Heavenly Vision While Blessing His Father

Published October 4, 2026 at 7:41 AM

1850s · 1853
Jefferson county, New York

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Millennial Star Research

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While visiting his father in New York, Elder C. H. Wheelock administered a blessing to his aged father. During the administration, Wheelock experienced a spiritual manifestation he described as a heavenly vision, feeling the Holy Spirit bring the past, present, and future pertaining to eternity clearly before his vision.

In Their Own Words

“But how shall I undertake to describe my feelings when my aged father, who gave me a being upon the earth, took his seat in the chair, and desired my blessing to be sealed upon him! It appears to me that the tongue of man, clothed with the highest degree of celestial inspiration, must fail in the attempt, much less my very clumsy and inexperienced pen. It appeared to me more like a heavenly vision than an earthly reality. The Holy Spirit rested upon me and seemed clearly to bring clearly before my vision the past, the present, and the future—things pertaining to eternity, and celestial principles, of which I had heard, through the Prophets, but had forgotten until reminded of them as above described.— Millennial Star 15:20”

Sources & References

The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 14 May 1853 (Vol. 15, No. 20). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1853-05-14_15_20 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)

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