James Tagg's Answered Prayer for Guidance Regarding Baptism
Published October 13, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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Millennial Star Research
James Tagg, a man who had investigated the Church for fourteen months, experienced deep mental distress and confusion from reading anti-Mormon materials. He describes praying and agonizing before the Lord for a definite sign on whether he should join the Church. Subsequently, after deciding to be baptized and attending meetings in Fulham, he received a firm, sure testimony of the truth of the work. He and his family were subsequently baptized.
In Their Own Words
“I have been investigating the Gospel for fourteen months, and during that time I have read a great deal of anti-'Mormon' literature, which caused me much mental distress and confusion. I could not reconcile the statements made by the enemies of the Church with the lives and teachings of the Elders. In the meantime I prayed and agonized before the Lord to make known to me in a very definite way what I should do. I then attended some meetings being held at Fulham, and finally decided, after fourteen months' investigation, to be baptized. This decision brought the testimony firm and sure that this latter-day work is divine. I have since been baptized, and my wife and children have also entered the waters of baptism, and we are all rejoicing in the truth.”
— James Tagg, as quoted in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 70, No. 43
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), Vol. 70, No. 43 (1908). https://archive.org/details/millennialstar7043eng (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. 70, No. 43 (October 22, 1908), p. 683 https://archive.org/details/millennialstar7043eng
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