G. D. Watt Sees Heber C. Kimball in a Vision the Night Before His Ship Arrives, and Identifies Him at the Liverpool Dock (1849)

G. D. Watt, while musing on the signs of the times in his home, received a vision of a man appearing before his bedside in a room filled with light. The man was Heber C. Kimball. In the vision, the figure informed Watt of his journey to England, specified he would land in the Liverpool harbor that morning, and requested Watt to meet him there. The next morning, Watt went to the harbor and identified Kimball by his face, dress, and gait, exactly as he had seen him in the vision.

Fuller account of this event (in the witness’s own words):

Last night my sleep went from me, and I lay musing on the signs of the times, when suddenly there shone a light around me, above the brightness of the sun, clear, pure and transparent; I marvelled at the sudden change, and looking around, I saw the figure of a man, advancing from the farthest corner of the room towards my bedside, I marked the figure well, and ’t was yourself, sir; every feature of your face is the same, and the very same dress from head to foot, I even marked your walk so well, I feel assured I could have known you by it. Advancing to my bedside, with mild benignity of countenance, you informed me of your present journey to this country, and you would land in this harbour this morning, and requested me to meet you here about this time. You then smiled upon me with a smile so sweet, I think I feel its influence now, and turned and walked away. The light receded in the same degree, until I was left in total darkness. Wherefore I have not been disobedient to the heavenly vision, for such I feel assured it was. Gracious heavens! ’tis he! ’tis the very identical person I saw in my vision of yesternight!—his countenance—his dress—his gait—all—all are the same! they are fixed on my memory in such a manner that I cannot be mistaken, sure enough. I feel my heart throbbing. I’ll to him forthwith.