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Elder George W. Palmer and Robert Anderson's Sustenance During Lecture Tour

Published October 12, 2026 at 2:22 PM

1890s · 1899
London
George W. Palmer·Robert Anderson

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While conducting a lecture tour for the Church, Elders George W. Palmer and Robert Anderson experienced divine sustenance. They attribute their health, strength, and successful performance of their duties to the faith, prayers, and petitions of the Saints and friends on their behalf.

Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 61, No. 15, 13 April 1899, p. 237):

Elders George W. Palmer and Robert Anderson, who have been laboring in the London conference, write: 'We have been blessed with health and strength, and have been enabled to perform our duties, which we attribute to the faith, prayers, and petitions of the Saints and friends in our behalf.'

In Their Own Words

“By their hospitality we have been fed; by their hopeful and sympathetic words, encouraged; and by their faith and prayers, sustained. In answer to the many petitions in our behalf, God has blessed us with health, strength and happiness in the pe: form- ance of our duties. — Millennial Star 61:15”

Sources & References

The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 13 April 1899 (Vol. 61, No. 15). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1899-04-13_61_15 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Complete account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 61, No. 15, 13 April 1899, p. 237 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1899-04-13_61_15

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Questions about this account

Who was involved in this account?
The account involves George W. Palmer, Robert Anderson. Each person named here also has a witness page collecting the other accounts involving them.
When did this account take place?
The account is set in 1899, in the 1890s.
Where did this account take place?
It took place in London.
What kind of miracle is this?
It is filed as a Power of Prayer account reported in United Kingdom.
Where does this account come from?
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 13 April 1899 (Vol. The full source citation appears in the Sources section below, with links to the original where available.

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