Elder Sandford W. Hedges' Voice Change

“On the second anniversary of the day when President Grant dedicated the land of Japan, all the Elders and sisters visited the same spot in the woods and enjoyed a spiritual feast. All were blessed with remarkable demonstrations of the Spirit. When Elder Sandford W. Hedges began to speak, his voice changed and became like the voice of Brother Joseph H. Felt, of Salt Lake City, Utah. All who knew Brother Felt could scarcely realize that he was not speaking. In answer to a letter sent by President Ensign to Elder Hedges’ father, a communication containing the following was received: “The letter in which you mentioned the incident of the change in Sandford’s voice at a meeting some time ago, was read with much interest. While it is hard for me to bring myself to believe in such strange manifestations, I do believe though that a person can work up an impression that such things do occur. I will mention here that when I read the letter to Sandford’s uncle Mel, he said that it did not surprise him, and after he asked what time it occurred, he referred to his diary and told the following: ‘About that time a meeting of the High Priesthood was being held, and during the course of the remarks made by Brother Joseph E. Taylor, he said that he was impressed that one of the brethren present at the meeting was standing with his arms around a young missionary, and that that person was Brother Joseph H. Felt.’ His remarks so impressed Mel at the time, that he said he felt the missionary was Sandford. You can thus see that some influence was at work which we cannot account for.” — Millennial Star 66:22”