Elder James McGaw's provision of food and raiment during his mission
Published October 5, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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Millennial Star Research
Elder James McGaw reflects on his three-year mission, noting that he was never hungry or destitute of clothing or money, likening his experience to the Apostles of old whom Jesus sent out without purse or scrip.
Fuller account of this event (in the witness’s own words):
I have been engaged in the ministry for the last three years, and have traveled through various parts of the country, and have been treated with the greatest kindness by the Saints, and many who are not of our faith. I have been enabled to bear a faithful testimony to the truth of the work of God in these last days, and have seen many brought to a knowledge of the truth. So all my wants have been supplied; I have neither been hungry, nor destitute of clothing or money, for all of which I feel thankful, and pray the Lord to bless those that have administered to my wants, with homes and blessings in Zion.
In Their Own Words
“So all my wants have been supplied; I have neither been hungry, nor destitute of clothing or money, for all of which I feel thankful, and pray the Lord to bless those that have administered to my wants, with homes and blessings in Zion. — Millennial Star 30:24”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 13 June 1868 (Vol. 30, No. 24). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1868-06-13_30_24 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Fuller account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 30, No. 24, June 13, 1868, p. 381 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1868-06-13_30_24
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