Elder John Tucker's Missionary Success with John Moore in South Africa
Published October 13, 2026 at 3:22 AM
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Millennial Star Research
Elder John Tucker, a missionary traveling on the steamship Sicilian to South Africa, succeeded in teaching the gospel to John Moore, who accepted his testimony and the calling of the Prophet Joseph Smith, leading to Moore's baptism.
In Their Own Words
“He writes from the s.s. Sicilian in Cape Town Harbor, and narrates many experiences, particularly his associations with and baptism of John Moore, who accepted his testimony as to the Gospel, and now testifies himeelf as to the truth and calling of the Prophet Joseph Smith. — Millennial Star 62:26”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 28 June 1900 (Vol. 62, No. 26). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1900-06-28_62_26 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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