J. Samuel Baikry's Vision of the World's Nations
Published October 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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In October 1905, J. Samuel Baikry, a resident of Verviers, Belgium, experienced a dream or vision in which he saw the flags of all nations passing in a line through the heavens. He saw the American flag rise from behind the others to lead them all. Later, after reading a tract left by Elder John H. Taylor, he interpreted this as the restoration of the Gospel through an American, Joseph Smith, and its spread to all nations. This manifestation led him to contact missionaries and eventually join the Church.
In Their Own Words
“One night in the month of October, 1905, I received from the Lord a dream or vision. I saw in my dream, passing in a line through the heavens, the flags of all nations. While watching the procession, I beheld the American flag come from behind the others and go up and lead all the rest. This dream made a great impression upon my mind. I thought of it daily, but I could not get the interpretation of it. Some days later an Elder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints left a Gospel tract at my home. My wife read it, and when I returned in the evening she handed it to me, as she thought I would be interested in reading it. I was very much impressed with its contents. I believed that in it I could read the interpretation of my dream—the Gospel had been restored to Joseph Smith, an American, and it was to go to every nation, kindred, tongue and people, or, in other words, to all the nations of the world and finally was to fill the whole earth.”
— J. Samuel Baikry, The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 69, No. 17
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), Vol. 69, No. 17 (1907). https://archive.org/details/millennialstar6917eng (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. 69, No. 17 (April 25, 1907), p. 267 https://archive.org/details/millennialstar6917eng
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