Gift of tongues in the Merthyr Tydfil Conference
Published October 5, 2026 at 5:49 AM
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Millennial Star Research
During a meeting in the Merthyr Tydfil Conference, the gift of tongues was manifested by Elder Thomas and another, who spoke in tongues while teaching the plan of salvation.
In Their Own Words
“Sunday last, four of the brethren, myself and Thomas have spoken in tongues, and traveled some two hundred miles on foot, preaching the plan of salvation as established by Jesus Christ and taught by the Latter-day Saints. — Millennial Star 43:41”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 10 October 1881 (Vol. 43, No. 41). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1881-10-10_43_41 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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