J. D. T. McAllister's Dream of the Two Priesthoods
Published October 5, 2026 at 2:02 AM
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Millennial Star Research
During a two-day meeting in Brigham City, Elder J. D. T. McAllister shared a dream he had which revealed that there are two priesthoods in the Church and that the body of the Church is nourished and guided by the head.
Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 34, No. 28, 9 July 1872, p. 445):
Elder J. D. T. McAllister related a dream he had, in which he saw that there are two Priesthoods in the Church, and that the body of the Church is nourished and guided by the head.
In Their Own Words
“Elder J. D. T. McAllister expressed his joy at being in the society of the servants of God. He did not think it was anybody’s business if he chose to be a Latter-day Saint, nor that anybody had the right to hinder him from following the leaders of the Church. He related a dream which showed to him that there were two priesthvods in the Church, and that the body of the Church was nourished and guided by the head, and bore testimony to the truth of this wor g. — Millennial Star 34:28”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 9 July 1872 (Vol. 34, No. 28). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1872-07-09_34_28 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Complete account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 34, No. 28, 9 July 1872, p. 445 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1872-07-09_34_28
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