James Bullock's Visionary Manifestation of the Gospel
Published October 13, 2026 at 6:23 AM
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Millennial Star Research
In 1848, while reading the Book of Mormon, James Bullock felt enveloped in fire and heard a voice declaring the book and the Latter-day Saints to be of God. Later, in 1851, he prayed for direction and heard an audible voice directing him to move to Brighton, where he found the Saints.
In Their Own Words
“One day while reading it, a strange feeling came over me, and it seemed that I was enveloped in fire from my head to my feet, and a voice said to me: "This book was written by holy men inspired of God, and the Latter-day Saints are the people of God, and they have the Gospel of Jesus Christ." ... In the morning, while dressing, a voice spoke to me and said, "Go to Brighton." — Millennial Star 68:10”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), Vol. 68, No. 10 (1906). https://archive.org/details/millennialstar6810eng (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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