Henry Cuerden's Directed Discovery of Lodging and Work in Bradford
Published October 4, 2026 at 5:28 AM
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Upon arriving in Bradford without money or housing, Elder Henry Cuerden prayed for and was guided by the Spirit to a place of lodging. Subsequently, while searching for work, he and his wife were led to a mill named 'Providence', where they secured employment after an encounter with a man who became interested in his message.
In Their Own Words
“We were strangers in the town, without a sixpence when we arrived; and all seemed to look very dark; we had no money, no house, no lodgings, but I knew I had not come on a vain errand; no, we were directed to a place by the Spirit, and we got lodgings; and then we had no work. But one day, as we were walking up and down Bradford seeking work, we saw a mill called “Providence,” and we went to ask for work, knowing that Providence had sent us, and my wife got work; and I went to another place and got work, and we were soon comfortable, and I have been enabled to pay my way, and have something to spare for the poor, and to help the work of the Lord.”
— Henry Cuerden, letter to the editor, The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 2, No. 12 (April 1842), p. 191
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), April 1842 (Vol. 2, No. 12). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1842-04_2_12 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Full first-person account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 2, No. 12 (April 1842), p. 191 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1842-04_2_12
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