Farmer's Divine Protection from Lightning
Published October 13, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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Millennial Star Research
A farmer skeptical about telephones was talking to his wife over a wire when a flash of lightning struck the wire. The farmer fell sprawling to the floor, but remained unharmed despite the accident.
In Their Own Words
“Just then a flash of lighting caused by the heat of the summer day struck the wire, and he fell sprawling to the floor. The neighbor was chagrined that the old man should meet with such an accident on the first trial of a telephone, and assured him that such a thing would not happen except in case of storms. But the farmer was convinced of the possibilities of communication, however, and would not try again. He rose to his feet, and shaking his head knowingly, said: It's wonderful; that was Jane, all right. — Millennial Star 68:35”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), Vol. 68, No. 35 (1906). https://archive.org/details/millennialstar6835eng (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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