Heber C. Kimball's prophetic insight into Daniel H. Wells's conversion
Published October 11, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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Millennial Star Research
While Daniel H. Wells was walking on the street in Nauvoo, Heber C. Kimball approached him, touched him on the shoulder, and stated, "You are thinking of joining the Church and becoming one of us." Wells was startled because he had not shared his private thoughts with anyone.
In Their Own Words
“One day he was walking on the street in Nauvoo, when Brother Kimball came up behind him, touched him on the shoulder and said, You are thinking of joining the Church and becoming one of us." He was startled, because he had not mentioned what he felt to anyone.— Millennial Star 53:17”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 27 April 1891 (Vol. 53, No. 17). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1891-04-27_53_17 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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