Henry M. Stanley's Preservation from Famine
Published October 12, 2026 at 5:28 AM
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Millennial Star Research
Explorer Henry M. Stanley testified that he was preserved from famine during his African explorations through the miraculous interposition of Providence.
In Their Own Words
“Stanley, the noted African explorer, sincerely believes that he was aided in his undertaking by the Almighty, and describes incidents in his travels where he was preserved from famine in a most miraculous manner, by the interposition of Providence. — Millennial Star 57:8”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 21 February 1895 (Vol. 57, No. 8). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1895-02-21_57_8 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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